Stephane Sarrazin posted the quickest lap time of the afternoon session with a 1:14:649. Sebastian Buemi finished the day in second place a tenth of a second behind the Venturi driver.

Sarrazin’s lap time was close to a second quicker of what the drivers achieved yesterday in qualifying.

Mahindra Racing where the early pace setters in the second session, but Lucas Di Grassi hit the ground running with a 1:14:999 in the first hour.

The Andretti Autosport cars did not take part in the second testing session in the afternoon, as they planned to only take part in the first session.

China Racing brought in Argentinian driver Esteban Guerrieri for the last hour and a half of the session in place of Nelson Piquet.

The session saw four red flags with Sam Bird causing the third one after stopping at turn 10. Nelson Piquet also caused two red flags for stopping on track.

The first session saw Jean Eric Vergne top the timesheets with a time of 1:14:965, which was half a second quicker than his qualifying time yesterday. The Frenchman was on top for the majority of the session and was only second once when Lucas Di Grassi went quickest.

The Trulli team had a strong session with both cars in the top ten. Jarno Trulli finished in 6th and Michela Cerruti finished in 1oth place. The team where hoping to use the track time to really try and understand the car after starting eight months behind the other teams.

Some teams where focusing on race pace throughout the test and did not do many full power lap times. It was more essential for teams to learn more about the regen process and how to best conserve energy, whilst going fast enough to be competitive in the races.

Mahindra Racing and E. Dams where two of the teams that focused on the regen process in the morning session, as both sets of drivers where lower in the timing screens compared to where they normally are.