[Jody Barton]

Hamilton looks less comfortable, but he's still quicker, and not looking like either are really pushing.

Interestingly for me the new configuration Ferrari is closer to the Mercs in S1 and S3, but only slightly quicker in S2... whereas older spec Ferrari over the entire lap is a 1 second off Mercedes. The old spec Ferrari was destroyed in S1 and S3, but way quicker in S2. Ferrari have some head scratching, but I think coupled with the less graining on the new update / spec it's got to be the way to go.

Mercedes apparently did mixed running with Bottas running new parts and Lewis not, so we can't read much into their time differences either, except to say it isn't as clear cut for them whether or not their updates actually worked, whereas both Ferrari and RBR are clear that their udated cars are definitely better.

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feeling a bit bad for Kubica... he couldn't beat Latifi, even though he did more running. He's not going to be at Williams much longer, the only reason Latifi doesn't have his seat already is because he doesn't have a super license... hell, Latifi was mostly doing aero runs for Williams and still wound up quicker than Robert Kubica. Time he called it a day.