London ePrix: Buemi takes control in second practice

Title contender Buemi was in control for the majority of the 30-minute session, demolishing the benchmark set by Renault e.dams teammate Nicolas Prost in FP1 almost immediately with a 1m23.433s.

That time stood as the one to beat until the final 10 minutes, as Abt picked up his pace to lap 0.141s faster than the Swiss.

But Buemi wasn't to be denied the top slot, as he posted a 1m23.171s with three minutes left on the clock to beat Abt by 0.131s.

A last-minute effort from Prost put the Frenchman up to third, 0.144s off the pace of Buemi, ahead of Dragon Racing's Loic Duval.

Points leader Lucas di Grassi had languished down in 10th before his final lap using full power, which was completed after the chequered flag had fallen and lifted the Brazilian to fifth, 0.241s off the pace.

Jean-Eric Vergne was the best of the DS Virgin drivers in sixth, his teammate Sam Bird finishing down in 11th after suffering a problem while on a hot lap.

Nelson Piquet Jr continued a promising day with the seventh-best time, while Stephane Sarrazin, Oliver Turvey and Bruno Senna completed the top 10.

Prior to the session, the qualifying groups were announced. These are as follows: 

Group 1: Prost, Ma, Vergne, Frijns

Group 2: Senna, Turvey, de Silvestro, Sarrazin

Group 3: Buemi, di Grassi, Duval, d’Ambrosio, Felix da Costa

Group 4: Piquet, Abt, Heidfeld, Bird, Conway

FP2 times:

Cla	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Sébastien Buemi	DAMS	17	1'23.171
2	Daniel Abt	Team Abt	14	1'23.302	0.131
3	Nicolas Prost	DAMS	16	1'23.315	0.144
4	Loic Duval	Dragon Racing	15	1'23.410	0.239
5	Lucas di Grassi	Team Abt	15	1'23.412	0.241
6	Jean-Eric Vergne	Virgin Racing	15	1'23.460	0.289
7	Nelson Piquet Jr.	China Racing	15	1'23.879	0.708
8	Stéphane Sarrazin	Venturi	12	1'24.105	0.934
9	Oliver Turvey	China Racing	18	1'24.179	1.008
10	Bruno Senna	Mahindra Racing	15	1'24.530	1.359
11	Sam Bird	Virgin Racing	12	1'24.666	1.495
12	Robin Frijns	Andretti Autosport	14	1'24.754	1.583
13	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing	14	1'24.784	1.613
14	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	14	1'24.849	1.678
15	Antonio Felix da Costa	Team Aguri	14	1'24.996	1.825
16	Mike Conway	Venturi	15	1'25.087	1.916
17	Simona de Silvestro	Andretti Autosport	11	1'25.774	2.603
18	Ma Qing Hua	Team Aguri	14	1'25.972	2.801