F1 Dutch GP: Charles Leclerc tops tight second practice, Red Bull off the pace
Just 0.0🅰72s separated the top three in FP2 during the qualifying simulation runs on soft tyres, with Leclerc heading the pack after setting a new benchmark time on a 1m12.345s.
Leclerc pipped Sainz by just 0.004s, while Hamilton was only 0.072s off the quickest time in what has so far been an encouraging showing from Mercedeꦑs.
McLaren’s Lando Norris was fourth and just a tenth adrift of Leclerc, with George Russell completing the top five in the second Mercedes, a𓂃 couple of tenths further behind Hamilton.
Lance Stroll put his Aston Martin sixth ahead of Alpine’s Fernando Alonso, while Max Verstappen was only eighth-fastest on what has been a difficult start to his home event at the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Dutch Grand Prix.
The reigning world champion broke do🎐wn with a gear𝄹box issue just 10 minutes into the opening session, and was uncharacteristically six tenths off the pace in FP2.
Verstappen’s Red ꦑBull teammate Sergio Perez was also out of pos🅰ition in 11th, 1.1s down.
Alpine’s Esteban Ocon took ninth ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, whose session came to a premature end after McLaren discovered an oil leak on the r🍌adiator of his car.
A fairly uneventful session was briefly disrupted 🉐with 12 minutes left on the clock when Yuki Tsunoda beached his AlphaTauri in the gravel tr🌸ap at Turn 10.
At the other end of the order, Nicholas🐼 Latifi was once again anchored to the bottom of the practice timesh🀅eet for Williams.
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