2021 Spanish GP, Ferrari second practice report: Charles P3, Carlos P8

2021 Spanish GP, Ferrari second practice report: Charles P3, Carlos P8. Ferrari second practice report.

Lewis Hamilton headed a Mercedes 1-2 during second practice for Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix though only three-quarters of a second covered the top 10.

Scuderia Ferrari finished the second practice session third fastest with Charles Leclerc, followed by the two Alpines of Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso. For now it looks like McLaren is not in the fight at Circuit de Catalunya, but as always nothing can be certain until the qualifying session.

Charles Leclerc managed a very impressive 1:18:335 to finish just behind the two Mercedes cars of Hamilton and Bottas, with a very similar lap time to the Finnish driver. Carlos Sainz was 8th in the other SF21, with a best lap time of 1:18:674, in what looks like a midfield pack who are super tight, with 16 cars around a second of each other.

Mick Schumacher maintained his superiority over team-mate Nikita Mazepin, with the rookie pair separated by four-tenths of a second across their Soft tyre runs.

Saturday’s final practice session is scheduled for 12:00 local time.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:18.170		32
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:18.309	0.139	31
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.335	0.165	28
4	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:18.466	0.296	29
5	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:18.518	0.348	30
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:18.593	0.423	32
7	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:18.619	0.449	30
8	Carlos Sainz Jr	Ferrari	1:18.674	0.504	30
9	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:18.785	0.615	26
10	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1:18.918	0.748	23
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:18.947	0.777	30
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:19.092	0.922	28
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:19.122	0.952	29
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:19.134	0.964	29
15	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:19.195	1.025	28
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	1:19.213	1.043	30
17	George Russell	Williams	1:19.957	1.787	29
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:20.046	1.876	26
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:20.326	2.156	30
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:20.753	2.583	27