Lewis Hamilton finished fastest in the second free practice session for the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, although Max Verstappen did close to 0.4s behind towards the end and on the medium tyre.
Back in front of the home Tifosi, Scuderia Ferrari were not exactly optimistic coming into the weekend – fearing this could actually be their least competitive Grand Prix of the 2021 Formula 1 championship
And unfortunately things did not go as planned for the Maranallo team in FP2: another costly crash for Carlos Sainz, who lost control of his Ferrari and smashed into the barriers at the Ascari chicane with 25 minutes to go until the end of the session. Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari was recovered back to the pits, while the Spaniard headed to the medical centre for further checks. He got out of the car unaided, so that was positive news. But certainly not ideal for Carlos before the Formula 1 Sprint Qualifying race later today.
The Spanish driver later left the medical centre, so good news on that front: “Carlos has preliminarily cleared, but there will be another check in an hour’s time” – Formula 1 race director Michael Masi confirmed.
But a big repair job awaits Ferrari on that SF21 car.
Charles Leclerc took to the track on medium and soft tyres to run more race pace simulations and gather important data ahead of the Sprint Qualifying and the main event on Sunday afternoon at Monza. The Monegasque driver finished just outside the top ten, with a personal best lap time of 1:24.770, which was one and a half seconds off Lewis Hamilton’s best lap time of FP2.
Italian Grand Prix – Here are the complete results from from practice two ahead of this weekend’s 2021 F1 World Championship event at Monza.
Results (Classification):
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:23.426
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +0.222
Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +0.416
Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.671
Esteban Ocon Alpine +1.017
Robert Kubica Alfa Romeo +1.034
Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo +1.256
Fernando Alonso Alpine +1.293
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +1.408
Lando Norris McLaren +1.419
Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +1.524
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren +1.528
Nicholas Latifi Williams Racing +1.559
George Russell Williams Racing +1.837
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri +2.176
Nikita Mazepin Haas +2.483
Lance Stroll Aston Martin +2.517
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin +2.689
Mick Schumacher Haas +2.766
Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari +2.878
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