Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg have finished as the two fastest drivers in the second practice session for the German Grand Prix.

Red Bull's Vettel went fastest near the start of the session and his 1:30.416 was enough to keep him at the top for the remainder.

His compatriot Rosberg was second-fastest in his Mercedes, 0.235 seconds behind Vettel with a time of 1:30.651.

Britain's Lewis Hamilton, who was quickest in P1, struggled this time and only managed the eighth-fastest time of 1:31.304, just ahead of his former McLaren teammate Jenson Button in ninth.

Vettel's teammate Mark Webber set the third-fastest time of 1:30.683.

Full standings:

1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
2. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
3. Mark Webber (Red Bull)
4. Romain Grosjean (Lotus)
5. Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus)
6. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
7. Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
8. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
9. Jenson Button (McLaren)
10. Paul di Resta (Force India)
11. Adrian Sutil (Force India)
12. Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso)
13. Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso)
14. Sergio Perez (McLaren)
15. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)
16. Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber)
17. Valtteri Bottas (Williams)
18. Pastor Maldonado (Williams)
19. Charles Pic (Caterham)
20. Giedo van der Garde (Caterham)
21. Jules Bianchi (Marussia)
22. Max Chilton (Marussia)