Max Verstappen topped the second free practice session at the French Grand Prix, just eight milliseconds ahead of Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas.
Bottas was fastest in first practice and looked competitive again in his Mercedes, with the Silver Arrows looking back on form after two out-of-sorts weekends in Monaco and Baku.
Lewis Hamilton was behind the Finn in P3, Fernando Alonso raised eyebrows by placing his Alpine in P4 and Charles Leclerc put his Ferrari just behind.
Soft tyre runs came afterwards as the teams tested the fastest compound – in theory. The searing heat of the 47° track temperature appeared to have a negative performance on the softs.
Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc finished in P5, with 23 laps completed and a best lap time which was 0.678s slower than Max Verstappen’s best time (1:32.872 21) in the second free practice session at the Paul Ricard Circuit. Carlos Sainz finished in P8, with Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly between the two Ferrari drivers. The best lap time of Carlos was 1m33.698s
French Grand Prix – Here are the complete results from the second free practice ahead of the 2021 F1 World Championship race from Paul Ricard.
Results (Classification):
Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing – 1:32.872
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +0.008
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.253
Fernando Alonso Alpine +0.468
Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +0.678
Esteban Ocon Alpine +0.813
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +0.824
Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari +0.826
Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo +0.914
Lando Norris McLaren +0.950
Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo +0.959
Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +1.049
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri +1.083
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren +1.207
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin +1.575
Lance Stroll Aston Martin +1.760
George Russell Williams Racing +2.394
Nicholas Latifi Williams Racing +2.459
Mick Schumacher Haas +2.640
Nikita Mazepin Haas +2.679
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