McLaren were nearest to Mercedes in the second practice today as Button finished 3rd right after Niko Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton. That's the best performance of McLaren after they united with Honda 16 months ago. However, the Mercedes drivers were still more than a second in front and seem to be the favorites for Sunday without any doubt. The only one who is thought to be a threat is Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, but he made another disappointing performance by finishing 6th with 1.5 slower than Rosberg. He, however, was forced out of the practice due to problems with his car. His teammate, Kimi Raikonen, finished 5th only 0.2 in front of Vettel, but he encountered traffic in all of his laps. Another surprise was Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen finishing 4th only 0.05 ahead of Raikonen.
Qualifications start tomorrow at 16:00 GMT and you can watch it here live.
Here are the full standings after P2:
1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:31.001
2. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:31.242
3. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:32.281
4. Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 1:32.406
5. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:32.452
6. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1:32.650
7. Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull, 1:32.703
8. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:32.792
9. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1:32.870
10. Felipe Massa, Williams, 1:32.873
11. Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren, 1:32.999
12. Esteban Gutierrez, Haas, 1:33.129
13. Carlos Sainz, Toro Rosso, 1:33.177
14. Romain Grosjean, Haas, 1:33.384
15. Sergio Perez, Force India, 1:33.406
16. Kevin Magnussen, Renault, 1:33.447
17. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:33.570
18. Jolyon Palmer, Renault, 1:33.640
19. Pascal Wehrlein, Manor, 1:33.953
20. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber, 1:34.224
21. Felipe Nasr, Sauber, 1:34.477
22. Rio Haryanto, Manor, 1:34.562
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