After he had to hand over his car to Felipe Drugovich during the first practice session, Lance Stroll was once again allowed to get behind the wheel of his Aston Martin F1 car. However, the Canadian immediately had to deal with a technical problem and had to park his car on the side in the grass.
We got a red flag and when the session resumed it was queuing at the exit of the pit lane. The drivers therefore wanted to get back on track as soon as possible.
With about twenty minutes left on the clock, Carlos Sainz in the Ferrari was fastest on track, followed by Lando Norris in the McLaren only a few thousandths of a second.
With a few minutes left on the clock we saw Sergio Perez suddenly go wide on the exit of the last corner. As a result, Perez ended up in the gravel and eventually against the guardrails.
Another red flag and with about four minutes left on the clock the session resumed. Carlos Sainz was ultimately the fastest, followed by Lando Norris at 0.019 seconds. Sergio Perez followed in third, followed by Oscar Piastri in fourth and Max Verstappen who had to settle for fifth.
1 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:21.355s 22
2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:21.374s + 0.019s 19
3 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1:21.540s + 0.185s 17
4 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:21.545s + 0.190s 20
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:21.631s + 0.276s 19
6 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:21.716s + 0.361s 22
7 Alexander Albon Williams 1:21.979s + 0.624s 18
8 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:22.071s + 0.716s 15
9 George Russell Mercedes 1:22.176s + 0.821s 19
10 Nico Hulkenberg Haas 1:22.291s + 0.936s 18
11 Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:22.574s + 1.219s 20
12 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:22.595s + 1.240s 18
13 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:22.651s + 1.296s 21
14 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:22.696s +1.341s 22
15 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:22.716s + 1.361s 21
16 Logan Sargeant Williams 1:22.755s + 1.400s 23
17 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:22.783s + 1.428s 22
18 Liam Lawson AlphaTauri 1:23.167s + 1.812s 22
19 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo 1:23.346s + 1.991s 19
20 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 2
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(F1journaal.be)