The 2021 Formula One Grand Prix of Spain – Free Practice 2 /Timeline Report by Dro/
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| Lewis Hamilton Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team set the best lap time during FP2 of 1:18.170 at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya GP Spain 2021 | Image: Daimler AG | |
56:15 Bottas on medium tires set 1:19.087 for P1.
55:17 All drivers are on medium tires. Meanwhile, Hamilton is going
after Valtteri Bottas, Lewi’s making S1 – purple; S2 – green (+0.043); S3 –
green; getting into the traffic but still set 1:19.323 (+0.236) after Bottas.
Now it’s time for Max Verstappen to set his best lap time. So, he is
making S1 – purple; S2- purple. Let’s see the S3 which is green and Max’s best
lap time is 1:19.041 for P1.
It looks like that this race weekend we have the fight between both
Mercedes represented by Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen
with his Red Bull Honda.
51:29 we’re following Bottas: S1 – purple; S2 Purple (-0.4); S3 – green.
Best time: 1:18.419 P1.
50:25 Alonso set P4
49:20 Hamilton is making S1 and S2 – purple; S3 – green and new best lap
time 1:18.461 P2.
About 48:59 there is Virtual Safety Car (VSC) the drivers have to
decrease their speed by 40%. The race track has to be cleaned due to some part
of some car is on the race track.
39:00 Hamilton is on P1 with the best lap time of 1:18.170
35:52 Leclerc brings Ferrari in top 3, P3, as he’s just +0.165 slower than
Hamilton on P1.
So, let’s welcome Ferrari back in the game. Meanwhile, Sainz made P5
(+0.504) at 34:58. It’s nice to see that both Ferrari drivers are trying to do
what’s necessary to get the team back in the game.
27:20 we have Hamilton P1 1:18.170; Bottas P2 Out Lap; Leclerc P3
+0.165. By the way Verstappen is on P9 +0.615 getting into pit lane.
16:18 We still have Hamilton on P1 1:18.170, Bottas P2 +0.139, and
Leclerc P3 +0.165, Ocon P4 +0.296; Verstappen P9 +0.615.
About 14:00 we’re watching a Replay of how Max Verstappen gets out of
the track.
12:25 Vettel on medium tires and all other drivers are on soft tires.
10 minutes to go
For more than 20 minutes nothing interesting has been happening. We’re
watching a nice race where every driver drivers his car and manage all the
settings of his car.
7:26 by the way Alonso is on P5.
6:46 the wind is 19 km/h coming from the left-hand side on the start
line.
Hm… Max made several good laps for P1 and P2 and he is on P9 for too
long time.
5 minutes to go.
4:17 we’re following Hamilton’s progress. S1 and S2 are yellow; S3 –
yellow lap time 1.22.690 on medium tires.
1:12 Daniel Ricardo is changing his tires.
Meanwhile, Max Verstappen had small damage on the right side of his
car’s nose.
At the end of Free Practice 2, we have the best time of 1:18.032 set by
Lewis Hamilton and all other drivers’ result as follow:
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1 |
44 |
Hamilton |
1:18.170 |
32 |
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|
2 |
77 |
Bottas |
1:18.309 |
+0.139s |
31 |
|
3 |
16 |
Leclerc |
1:18.335 |
+0.165s |
28 |
|
4 |
31 |
Ocon |
1:18.466 |
+0.296s |
29 |
|
5 |
14 |
Alonso |
1:18.518 |
+0.348s |
30 |
|
6 |
10 |
Gasly |
1:18.593 |
+0.423s |
32 |
|
7 |
22 |
Tsunoda |
1:18.619 |
+0.449s |
30 |
|
8 |
55 |
Sainz |
1:18.674 |
+0.504s |
30 |
|
9 |
33 |
Verstappen |
1:18.785 |
+0.615s |
26 |
|
10 |
11 |
Perez |
1:18.918 |
+0.748s |
23 |
|
11 |
5 |
Vettel |
1:18.947 |
+0.777s |
30 |
|
12 |
4 |
Norris |
1:19.092 |
+0.922s |
28 |
|
13 |
99 |
Giovinazzi |
1:19.122 |
+0.952s |
29 |
|
14 |
18 |
Stroll |
1:19.134 |
+0.964s |
29 |
|
15 |
3 |
Ricciardo |
1:19.195 |
+1.025s |
28 |
|
16 |
7 |
Räikkönen |
1:19.213 |
+1.043s |
30 |
|
17 |
63 |
Russell |
1:19.957 |
+1.787s |
29 |
|
18 |
6 |
Latifi |
1:20.046 |
+1.876s |
26 |
|
19 |
47 |
Schumacher |
1:20.326 |
+2.156s |
30 |
|
20 |
9 |
Mazepin |
1:20.753 |
+2.583s |
27 |
