March 18, 2016 – Lewis Hamilton remained on top of the timesheet as he clocked the fastest time in the second free practice for the 2016 Australian Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver was 0.4 seconds faster than Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg, and a further 2 tenths up on Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen.
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m38.841s | – | 7 |
| 2 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1m39.308s | 0.467s | 8 |
| 3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m39.486s | 0.645s | 7 |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/TAG Heuer | 1m39.535s | 0.694s | 9 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1m39.694s | 0.853s | 16 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 1m39.895s | 1.054s | 16 |
| 7 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | 1m40.008s | 1.167s | 13 |
| 8 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1m40.761s | 1.920s | 7 |
| 9 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1m41.256s | 2.415s | 8 |
| 10 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull/TAG Heuer | 1m42.411s | 3.570s | 10 |
| 11 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas/Ferrari | 1m42.891s | 4.050s | 10 |
| 12 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor/Mercedes | 1m43.401s | 4.560s | 25 |
| 13 | Romain Grosjean | Haas/Ferrari | 1m43.731s | 4.890s | 8 |
| 14 | Rio Haryanto | Manor/Mercedes | 1m44.304s | 5.463s | 22 |
| 15 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m47.356s | 8.515s | 4 |
| 16 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | – | – | 2 |
| 17 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | – | – | 5 |
| 18 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | – | – | 2 |
| 19 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | – | – | 2 |
