Also during the second practice session for the GP of Styria, Max Verstappen set the fastest time in his Red Bull F1 car. During the session several drivers made mistakes but the session was mainly marked by a very strange spin from Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas in the pit lane.
At the start of the second practice session for the Styrian GP, the Red Bull Ring was immediately very busy and the teams and drivers had good reason for that. After all, there was a chance of rain.
The drivers also looked a bit more at the limits of the track and that also led to mistakes. Carlos Sainz ended up in the gravel pit but luckily managed to get out again and return to the pits.
A slightly more spectacular slide, at least for the photographers, was Nicholas Latifi in the Williams F1 car.
The most spectacular and most dangerous slide, however, was that of Valtteri Bottas. When the Finn wanted to leave his pit pit in his Mercedes F1 car, he spun. Fortunately, the McLaren pit crew was just not hit.
In the end it was Max Verstappen who set the fastest time, just like during the first practice session. Daniel Ricciardo provided the surprise by setting second, followed by Esteban Ocon in the Alpine in third. Lewis Hamilton had to settle for fourth.
01 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:05.412 37
02 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1: 05.748 35
03 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:05.790 35
04 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:05.796 35
05 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:05.827 39
06 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:05.934 38
07 Lando Norris McLaren 1: 05.994 39
08 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:06.079 36
09 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1: 06.089 38
10 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1: 06.145 37
11 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1: 06.147 39
12 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1: 06.251 32
13 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1: 06.270 39
14 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 1: 06.297 41
15 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1: 06.451 39
16 George Russell Williams 1:06.628 39
17 Mick Schumacher Haas 1:06.886 29
18 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1:07.404 30
19 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:07.669 32
20 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri — 0
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