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

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

    Max Verstappen once again led the pack, taking the top time in the second practice session of the Mexican GP weekend. This time it was a 1:16.720 that placed him in first, ahead of his team-mate. Despite this, he was unable to finish the session as his car lost power in the remaining minutes, due to a hydraulics problem.

    Ricciardo was close behind with a 1:16.873, ahead of Carlos Sainz who once again took third place as he had in the earlier session. His quickest time was a 1:17.953, putting him ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Nico Hulkenberg, who rounded up the top 5.

    Mercedes once again struggled with the pace. Lewis Hamilton finished the session in 7th with a 1:18.100, while Bottas was a couple places further down in 9th with a 1:18.140.

    Pierre Gasly had a better running in this session than in FP1 where he was limited to just 2 non-timed laps due to power unit issues. This time around he finished in 14th with a 1:19.047. Team-mate, Hartley, finished up in 6th with a 1:18.061. Toro Rosso has yet to announce if Hartley will continue with the team in 2019 or not.

    Raikkonen, Bottas and Perez were the other drivers to finish within the top 10.

TIMES:

1. Max Verstappen - 1:16.720 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands
2. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:16.873 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia
3. Carlos Sainz - 1:17.953 / Renault-Renault / Spain
4. Sebastian Vettel - 1:17.954 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany
5. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:18.046 / Renault-Renault / Germany
6. Brendon Hartley - 1:18.061 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand
7. Lewis Hamilton - 1:18.100 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain
8. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:18.133 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland
9. Valtteri Bottas - 1:18.140 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland
10. Sergio Perez - 1:18.167 / Racing Point Force India-Mercedes / Mexico
11. Esteban Ocon - 1:18.485 / Racing Point Force India-Mercedes / France
12. Romain Grosjean - 1:18.733 / Haas-Ferrari / France
13. Charles Leclerc - 1:19.024 / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco
14. Pierre Gasly - 1:19.047 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France
15. Stoffel Vandoorne - 1:19.096 / McLaren-Renault / Belgium
16. Lance Stroll - 1:19.219 / Williams-Mercedes / Canada
17. Marcus Ericsson - 1:19.322 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden
18. Sergey Sirotkin - 1:19.335 / Williams-Mercedes / Russia
19. Fernando Alonso - 1:19.543 / McLaren-Renault / Spain
20. Kevin Magnussen - 1:19.670 / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark

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