A somewhat clearer picture of the pecking order emerged during the second free practice session in Canada when Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso managed to stay ahead of Lewis Hamilton, with just 0.012s gap between the two them.
The one and half hour session was run throughout a dry track after this morning’s wet-dry conditions, with Kimi Raikkonen initially leading the way for Lotus, followed by Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg.
If in the morning session Paul di Resta was the fastest man on track for Force India the things were a little more complicated this time around and no less than six drivers were able to set fastest times until everyone focused on the long run pace leaving Fernando Alonso at the top of the time sheet with 1:14.818s.
The Ferrari driver was closely followed by Lewis Hamilton for Mercedes and Romain Grosjean for Lotus while the top five was closed by Mark Webber on P4 for Red Bull and the Monaco GP winner Nico Rosberg stationed on P5 for Mercedes.
| Pos. | Drivers | Teams | Time | Laps |
| 01. |  Fernando Alonso |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:14.818 | 48 |
| 02. |  Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:14.830 | 45 |
| 03. |  Romain Grosjean |
Lotus F1 | 1:15.083 | 40 |
| 04. |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull Racing | 1:15.212 | 46 |
| 05. |  Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:15.249 | 46 |
| 06. |  Felipe Massa |
Lotus F1 | 1:15.254 | 43 |
| 07. | Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull Racing | 1:15.280 | 41 |
| 08. | Adrian Sutil |
Sahara Force India | 1:15.396 | 43 |
| 09. | Jenson Button |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:15.422 | 29 |
| 10. | Daniel Ricciardo |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:15.566 | 38 |
| 11. |  Kimi Raikkonen |
Lotus F1 | 1:15.599 | 35 |
| 12. |  Sergio Perez |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:15.661 | 39 |
| 13. | Paul di Resta |
Sahara Force India | 1:15.855 | 22 |
| 14. |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams F1 | 1:16.319 | 46 |
| 15. | Jean-Eric Vergne |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:16.351 | 38 |
| 16. | Valtteri Bottas |
Williams F1 | 1:16.374 | 40 |
| 17. | Esteban Gutiérrez |
Sauber F1 | 1:16.475 | 45 |
| 18. | Nico Hulkenberg |
Sauber F1 | 1:16.929 | 35 |
| 19. | Jules Bianchi |
Marussia F1 | 1:17.070 | 41 |
| 20. | Charles Pic |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:17.236 | 35 |
| 21. | Max Chilton |
Marussia F1 | 1:17.888 | 45 |
| 22. |  Giedo van der Garde |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:18.392 | 39 |
