Red Bull top second practice in Belgium

Red Bull made their presence felt at the top of the timings in the second practice session on Friday at the Belgian Grand Prix.

After the morning rain, bright sunshine welcomed the teams as they got down to the business of some serious dry-weather running.

The early part of the session was all about completing the basic set-up work that could not have been done in the morning before the teams switched to the softer medium compound to learn the speed gap between the two compounds.

Daniel Ricciardo was the first driver to do so immediately going over a second faster than than his best time on the hard tyres and that would be a theme continued throughout the grid.

As Vettel led heading into theteam are known for hiding their true pace however, Paul di Resta's Force India completes the top 10.

Following the lower fuel runs attention then switched to the race simulations as the drivers and teams learned how the Pirelli tyres would cope around one of the most testing circuits on the calendar.

Running ran very much as expected with Red Bull holding the advantage in the early laps but Lotus were more consistent as the tyre degradation kicked in. Mercedes continued to keep their cards close to their chest while Ferrari seemed a little off the optimum pace.

The session will be remembered however for a late puncture for Sebastian Vettel which brought his session to a premature end and a high speed crash for Giedo van der Garde in the