Canadian GP: Free Practice #2 - RE-CAP & TIMES

CANADIAN GP - FREE PRACTICE #2 - RE-CAP & TIMES

    Max Verstappen made it two from two with the fastest time in the second free practice session.

    Verstappen knocked Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen off the top spot with a 1m12.198s lap, once again on the hypersoft tyre. Raikkonen finished 0.130s further back with Daniel Ricciardo P3 after spending most of the session in the pits with an electrical problem.

    With a limited supply of the hypersoft tyres, neither Mercedes driver ran the softest compound in FP2. That put Lewis Hamilton 0.579s off Verstappen’s pace, but he still managed to finish P4, ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas.

    Romain Grosjean took best of the rest in P7, ahead of Esteban Ocon, Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso.

    Renault once again brought out the red flag, but this time it was Carlos Sainz causing the stoppage. Sainz span backwards into the wall, damaging his Renault and spreading debris over the track. The Spaniard was able to limp back to the pits, but debris on track called for the red flag.

    Stoffel Vandoorn also ran into trouble when he was forced to stop on track. The McLaren hit the wall, damaging the suspension and causing a puncture. Vandoorn attempted to return to the pits but was told by his engineers to stop, to prevent damage to the floor of his car.

    Charles Leclerc managed to go 11th fastest, ahead of Brendon Hartley, Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg.

    Marcus Ericsson, Vandoorn, Sainz, Pierre Gasly, Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin complete the order.

TIMES:

1. Max Verstappen - 1:12.198 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands
2. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:12.328 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland
3. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:12.603 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia
4. Lewis Hamilton - 1:12.777 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain
5. Sebastian Vettel - 1:12.985 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany
6. Valtteri Bottas - 1:13.061 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland
7. Romain Grosjean - 1:13.620 / Haas-Ferrari / France
8. Esteban Ocon - 1:13.747 / Force India-Mercedes / France
9. Sergio Perez - 1:13.754 / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico
10. Fernando Alonso - 1:13.866 / McLaren-Renault / Spain
11. Charles Leclerc - 1:13.884 / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco
12. Brendon Hartley - 1:13.889 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand
13. Kevin Magnussen - 1:13.956 / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark
14. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:13.967 / Renault-Renault / Germany
15. Marcus Ericsson - 1:14.108 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden
16. Stoffel Vandoorne - 1:14.167 / McLaren-Renault / Belgium
17. Carlos Sainz - 1:14.433 / Renault-Renault / Spain
18. Pierre Gasly - 1:14.486 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France
19. Lance Stroll - 1:14.703 / Williams-Mercedes / Canada
20. Sergey Sirotkin - 1:14.782 / Williams-Mercedes / Russia

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