Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton set the two quickest occasions again. Behind Gasly, Norris, Ocon, Verstappen, with Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso in seventh and eighth place respectively
September 24, 2021 (15:15 CET)
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) was sooner again in the afternoon throughout FP2
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Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) gained again in the afternoon throughout FP2 at the Russian circuit of Sochi. One of the best time set by the Finn was 1’33 ”593, along with his teammate Lewis Hamilton at simply 44 thousandths. Third was Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri), adopted by Lando norris (McLaren), Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Max verstappen (Crimson Bull) with a brand new energy unit, Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) seventh and Fernando Alonso (Alpine) eighth.
With a temperature equal to that of FP1 -19 ambient levels and 32 on the track-, FP2 started. As quickly as the inexperienced gentle in the pit lane got here on, the drivers began to roll, benefiting from this second free session, as the forecast for Saturday is for torrential rains. Even race 1 of System 3, which was to be held tomorrow from 8:35 am to 9:20 am (CET time), has been introduced ahead to as we speak, Friday afternoon.
The FIA issued a press release stating that Max Verstappen’s Crimson Bull acquired a brand new energy unit, so like Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), he’ll begin from the finish of the grid. In the Crimson Bull group, they took benefit of Verstappen’s 3-position setback penalty on the grid on account of the accident with Lewis Hamilton in the final Italian GP.
At the starting of FP2, Bottas and Hamilton had been again main the occasions on the medium compound, till Charles Leclerc got here out on a smooth set and positioned first. A couple of minutes later Fernando Alonso additionally positioned first, though that place modified again, with Bottas again first once he placed on the purple band rubbers.
An incident in the pits featured Lewis hamilton. He got here to his storage to vary tires, and when he went to go away, He pushed the mechanic holding the entrance jack and threw him to the floor. Happily the Mercedes group member suffered no hurt.
In the first a part of FP2, Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) was the just one who hadn’t used the smooth Pirellis, they wore exhausting ones. His McLaren received a used engine, so it won’t penalize.
After the first 30 minutes of sessionValtteri Bottas was nonetheless in the lead, adopted by teammate Lewis Hamilton. Lando Norris was third forward of Max Verstappen and the two Spaniards: Carlos Sainz fifth and Fernando Alonso sixth.
At 2:36 p.m., with 24 minutes remaining, the Crimson flag made all the pilots go to their respective garages. Antonio Giovinazzi he misplaced management of his Alfa Romeo and collided with the crash obstacles with the rear of the automotive, and though he was capable of proceed rolling, he lastly stopped in the center of the observe. At the moment, Bottas and Hamilton had been nonetheless in the high two positions, whereas Gasly moved as much as third, adopted by Norris, Ocon, Verstappen, Sainz was seventh and Alonso eighth.
Antonio Giovinazzi induced the purple flag when he collided along with his Alfa Romeo in opposition to the safety obstacles
The session was capable of resume early, with little greater than 1 / 4 of an hour left. In the remaining minutes, all the drivers besides Giovinazzi took to the observe, most with the medium compound, and solely two – Norris and Sainz – with the smooth one.
Valtteri Bottas had the greatest time adopted by his teammate Hamilton, Gasly, Norris, Ocon, Verstappen, Sainz seventh and Alonso eighth.
FP3 will likely be held on Saturday at 11am (CET).
CLASSIFICATION FP2:
1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1’33.593 2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’33.637 0.044 Three Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri Honda 1’33.845 0.252 four Lando Norris McLaren Mercedes 1’34.154 0.561 5 Esteban Ocon Alpine Renault 1’34.402 0.809 6 Max Verstappen Crimson Bull Honda 1 ‘ 34,621 1,028
7 Carlos Sainz Ferrari Ferrari 1’34.678 1.085
Eight Fernando Alonso Alpine Renault 1’34.762 1.1699 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin Mercedes 1’34,837 1,244 10 Charles Leclerc Ferrari Ferrari 1’34,925 1,332 11 Sergio Pérez Crimson Bull Honda 1’34,938 1,345 12 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Ferrari 1’35,052 1,459 13 George Russell Williams Mercedes 1’35,094 1,501 14 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Ferrari 1’35.178 1.585 15 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Mercedes 1’35.334 1.741 16 Nicholas Latifi Williams Mercedes 1’35.411 1.818 17 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren Mercedes 1’35.630 2.037 18 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri Honda 1’35.954 2.361 19 Nikita Mazepin Haas Ferrari 1’36.099 2.506 20 Mick Schumacher Haas Ferrari 1’36.230 2.637
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