Lewis Hamilton topped the leaderboard on Friday’s second practice session for the Chinese GP ahead of Raikkonen, Riccardo, and Vettel. Lewis’s lap on the option tyre, worth around 2 sec per lap quicker than the primes.

FP2 saw among other things a ‘lunatic’ running through the main straight towards the paddock and leaping into it. He was then reportedly arrested by security.

We also learned an astonishing fact: Did you know in three seconds of F1 braking, you can create enough energy to power a fridge freezer for an entire year? Incredible.

Back to the cars and the action though, Felipe Massa had a big moment as he just avoided the wall during a big rear-lockup which resulted in the session’s only red flag - stopping outside turn 14. Kvyat then had a small fire and smoke from his left-rear tyre and went off track. He stopped after a brake failure.

Overall we could see McLaren’s running better, Red Bull - Kvyat incident aside - making a proper step forward in pace, and the Marussias steady in their way to try and start another race.

The top ten:
1. Hamilton — 1:37.219
2. Raikkonen — +0.443
3. Ricciardo — +1.092
4. Vettel — +1.120
5. Rosberg — +1.180
6. Kvyat — +1.518
7. Bottas — +1.631
8. Nasr — +1.813
9. Grosjean — +1.923
10. Button — +2.056