cedes ▁team mate ▁Lewis ▁Hamilton ▁at ▁ 1 : 4 0 . 8 1 2 . ▁As ▁conditions ▁improved ▁further , ▁K imi ▁R ä ikk ön en ▁set ▁a ▁new ▁fast est ▁time ▁after ▁about ▁half ▁an ▁hour ▁of ▁practice . ▁So on ▁after , ▁the ▁track ▁had ▁d ried ▁enough ▁for ▁the ▁drivers ▁to ▁go ▁out ▁on ▁s lick ▁ty res , ▁with ▁Daniel ▁Ric ci ardo ▁setting ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁on ▁the ▁medium ▁comp ound ▁with ▁ 1 : 3 4 . 0 0 7 . ▁After ▁around ▁one ▁hour ▁of ▁practice , ▁Hamilton ▁managed ▁the ▁best ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁session , ▁at ▁ 1 : 2 9 . 7 2 5 . ▁Still , ▁several ▁wet ▁sp ots ▁on ▁the ▁track ▁caused ▁problems ▁to ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁drivers , ▁including ▁Max ▁Ver st appen , ▁who ▁flat - sp otted ▁his ▁ty res ▁while ▁spin ning ▁in ▁turn ▁six , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁V alt ter i ▁B ott as ▁and ▁Rio ▁H ary anto , ▁who ▁both ▁had ▁to ▁pass ▁through ▁the ▁gra vel ▁tra ps ▁after ▁sli pping ▁off ▁the ▁track . ▁Short ly ▁before ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁session , ▁rain ▁returned ▁and ▁caught ▁out ▁many ▁drivers , ▁including ▁R ä ikk ön en ▁and ▁Ric ci ardo , ▁whose ▁Red ▁Bull ▁R B 1 2 ▁got ▁stuck ▁in ▁a ▁gra vel ▁pit ▁at ▁turn ▁twelve . ▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁several ▁rain ▁show ers ▁between ▁first ▁and ▁second ▁practice , ▁the ▁track ▁was ▁again ▁wet ▁during