Mark Webber was fastest in today's second free practice session. The Australian did the Eiffel circuit in 1:31.711. Fernando Alonso was second and Sebastian Vettel was third. Lewis Hamilton was only 7th in the session.

The second free practice session started at 14:00 CEST (13:00 BST). Although the track was quite a bit warmer, the air temperature was still only 15 degrees. The majority of drivers immediately started doing full laps when the light at the end of the pit lane turned green. The first of the top drivers to set a time was Fernando Alonso, he did a 1:32.990.

The session didn't start as well for Daniel Ricciardo. The Aussie was on his fifth lap when a big cloud of smoke came out of the back of his HRT. It marked the end of his Friday. Half an hour into the session Fernando Alonso was still on top with his first timed lap. He was leading Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel, Vitaly Petrov and Felipe Massa. Sebastien Buemi seemed to have some problems after this morning's crash. He only did 3 laps in the first 30 minutes.

Halfway through the session Felipe Massa took over the lead from his teammate. Massa fitted the soft tyres and was half a second faster than Alonso. Webber was third and was a full second behind the Brazilian. Not long after that the rest also fitted soft tyres. Webber easily beat the time of Massa on fresh yellow softs and did a 1:31.711. The time wasn't beaten by anybody else during the remainder of the session.