Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton fastest in Korea practice

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton beat Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel to claim the fastest time in the second practice session at the Korean Grand Prix. Hamilton was 0.108 seconds ahead of the world champion, with team-mate Nico Rosberg third and the second Red Bull of Mark Webber fourth. Ferrari's Felipe Massa was fifth, team-mate Fernando Alonso seventh and Lotus's Romain Grosjean sixth. "It's been great," said Hamilton. "Really happy with the way the process and sessions have gone. We have some improvements we can make but otherwise all good. This is the first time I've actually felt like P2 has gone well, at least what I can remember. The car feels great here. We look like we're competitive." The four cars at the front were split by just 0.171secs, while there was a considerable gap back to fifth-placed Massa and the rest of the field. Alonso was 0.33 seconds behind his team-mate's pace but Ferrari said he had suffered "a little bit of traffic" on his fastest lap. The Spaniard is 60 points behind rival Vettel in the championship and seems to need a miracle to prevent the German extending his advantage. "There is room for improvement," said Vettel. "I think it will be very close this weekend with Mercedes. It was close today. Obviously you don't know what other people are doing with fuel loads, etc, but give or take 10kg up or down it is still quite close, and Mercedes always perform very well in qualifying." Here are the outright odds at Bet365 for Sunday's race: Sebastian Vettel - 8/13 Lewis Hamilton - 7/2 Fernando Alonso - 7/1 Nico Rosberg - 12/1 Kimi Raikkonen - 14/1