Japanese GP: Massa 16th for Williams Martini in FP2

Team Summary:
It would be twenty three minutes into the session before Felipe Massa would take to the track for his first run with used intermediate tyres. Felipe had set a 1m:52.765 to be fourteenth. With just under an hour left in the session quickest was Kvyat with a 1m:48.277 running on intermediate tyres. Rosberg was second followed by Hamilton, Ricciardo, Vettel, and Raikkonen sixth. But the rain again started to fall seeing most cars back in their pits. Thirty minutes remaining and the track was empty as the rain continued to fall now even heavier. Most teams were reluctant to send their cars back out. The only driver on the track was Alonso but he was three seconds off the times being set on the intermediates in the first sector, while he was on the full wet.

With under ten minutes left in the session Vettel, Hamilton and Button would come out but Button would pit after one lap complaining that it was aquaplaning on the straight. Next out would be the Force India cars along with Raikkonen. Both Force India's would pit after one lap along with Hamilton. Both Ferrari's continued to lap the circuit. Alonso had also come out while for Williams both drivers remained in their pits as the session came to an end.

With the variable track conditions the times did not give a true reflection of the true pace of drivers. Kvyat was quickest but he would set his time on intermediates while Rosberg and Hamilton had set their times on full wets. If Saturday is dry the morning session will be very busy for the teams as they work through their dry weather setup schedule.

Felipe Massa:
Felipe would be first out for the Williams Martini team and his first timed run would produce a 1m:52.765 to be fourteenth. He was running on used intermediate tyres that had completed well over a dozen laps. Felipe would say "I'm still struggling with the front." Felipe was suffering from graining problems. Felipe would pit and would drop to sixteenth. Felipe would only complete six laps with this rain affected session.

Valtteri Bottas:
While Felipe was out on the track Valtteri was still in his pit. With forty minutes left in the session Valtteri had yet to set a time. As the clock counted down Valtteri was still in his pit having not come out at all. IT would stay this was as the session ended.

Pos  Driver         	Team		        Gap      Laps
1  Daniil Kvyat		Red Bull-Renault	1m48.277s 6
2  Nico Rosberg		Mercedes		1m48.300s 8
3  Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1m48.853s 8
4  Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1m49.097s 10
5  Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari			1m50.268s 19
6  Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari			1m50.319s 16
7  Carlos Sainz		Toro Rosso-Renault	1m50.418s 6
8  Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1m50.542s 5
9  Felipe Nasr		Sauber-Ferrari		1m50.968s 10
10 Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes		1m51.557s 7
11 Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1m51.674s 11
12 Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda		1m51.861s 9
13 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari		1m51.934s 12
14 Sergio Perez		Force India-Mercedes	1m52.070s 8
15 Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes		1m52.534s 6
16 Felipe Massa		Williams-Mercedes	1m52.765s 6
17 Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda		1m55.239s 10
18 Will Stevens		Marussia-Ferrari	1m58.059s 6
19 Alexander Rossi	Marussia-Ferrari	1m59.419s 7