McLaren seek to continue their morning pace in Friday afternoon practice at the Hungaroring.

Championship leader Alonso is second now. Senna the only driver among the top 10 in the timesheets on the track.

Indeed Caterham are keen for Heikki Kovalainen to get some quick work in on the soft tyres. The rain, if it comes, is predicted to be a short shower.

Felipe Massa puts the Ferrari on top with 1m22.831s as rain warnings come in. 10km away though, so no panicked rush back to the pits... indeed the drivers should take advantage of the dry running while they can.

This short circuit is no longer packed with cars. Have a look at its vital statistics.

Vettel now sixth with 1m23.713s.

Michael Schumacher fifth with 1m23.317s while Button is fastest in the first and third sectors but remains behind Raikkonen overall.

Hamilton is the last man to set a time - 1m23.924s puts him third.

Vettel ninth after his initial 1m24.608s. Red Bull were two seconds slower than McLaren in FP1.

Jenson Button sixth then second with his first two runs, the second of them a 1m23.558s. /// @Lotus_F1Team: "That put his nose out of joint: a brush with the barriers means a new nose for @RGrosjean"

All drivers expect for the Lotuses are on track.

He is fine and the Lotus has some front-wing damage, but all four wheels are intact.

GROSJEAN SPINS AT TURN SEVEN AND HITS THE BARRIER!

Kimi Raikkonen makes it a Lotus one-two by going P1 with 1m22.950s.

Romain Grosjean now leads the way with 1m24.110s in the Lotus.

Nico Rosberg puts Mercedes top of the pile with his first lap, a 1m26.689s.

Senna goes top with 1m27.605s before his Williams team-mate Pastor Maldonado tops his effort with 1m27.518s.

Charles Pic is the early pacesetter for Marussia with 1m32.688s.

No Red Bulls or McLarens as yet. Nico Hulkenberg, Bruno Senna and Narain Karthikeyan take control of their cars after test/reserve drivers picked up experience in FP1.

The second session of the weekend off to the usual busy start, with several cars immediately lapping.

There are more clouds overhead as this session begins.