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Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc drives his car in a practice session. practices on the Barcelona Catalunya track in Montmelo, Spain.
Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) signed The best time of the second free practice session of the Spanish Grand Prix, the sixth round of the Formula 1 World Championship, this Friday at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló. (Barcelona).
With 1 minute, 19 seconds and 670 thousandths (the fastest time of the day), the leader of the drivers’ classification surpassed the Mercedes of the British George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, who were 117 and 204 thousandths, respectively.
“In Miami (in the previous Grand Prix) we were the fastest order on Friday and here we are the seconds, so We’ll see”, said Russell cautiously.
In this Grand Prix in Miami, victory went to Verstappen, ahead of the Ferraris of Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr.
Russell was fifth and Hamilton had to settle for sixth, something both will try to improve on Sunday as F1 returns to Europe. On Friday, Leclerc had already been the fastest driver.
Then he got over it. on the time sheet of the session to his partner Carlos Sainz Jr, who was fourth in the second session. Third in the first session was the Dutch Max Verstappen, current world champion and fifth in the second session in Montmeló.
The German Sebastian Vettel, who by a time came provisionally the best of the second session, he obtained the eighth fastest time, behind the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Alpine), sixth, and the Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull), seventh.
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Finn Valtteri Bottas had to stop his second practice session prematurely due to a technical problem in his Alfa Romeo. He could barely do three laps before parking the car.
At McLaren, the British Lando Norris damaged & gué; his single-seater and was barely able to do six laps, signing the worst time of the second free practice session of this Spanish Grand Prix.
Saturday will be disputed. The third free rehearsal session (11:00 GMT), before the qualifying session, which will start at 4:00 p.m. local time (2:00 p.m. GMT). there will be decided the order of the starting grid for Sunday’s race.
Montmeló; It is an essential event on the motorsport calendar and the drivers know the track well, as it has been the venue for pre-season tests since 2014 (except in 2021).
This Friday’s day was also the one chosen for several young drivers will take the place of the starters during the first free practice session.
The Formula E world champion, the Dutchman Nyck De Vries, replaced so in that session the Thai Alexander Albon in Williams. He was 18th, ahead of the other Williams driver, the Canadian Nicholas Latifi.
At Red Bull, the Mexican Sergio Pé rez left him. The seat of him in that session to the Estonian Júuuml;ri Vips (20th and last).