Hamilton defeated Leclerc in second practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton continued to lead the way Intercity Istanbul Park than the times in the second training session for the Turkey Grand Prix On Friday afternoon.

After setting a record breaking pace in the morning, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team In the afternoon, the driver took the top spot with a brilliant lap of 1: 23,804, even though he was driven close by Scuderia Ferrari‘S Charles Leclerc, who was just 0.166 seconds behind second place.

After using only soft tires in the morning, Hamilton finally hit the track on the middle compound in the afternoon, but it wasn’t until he returned to the soft tires that he took over the top of the timing.

Teammate Valtteri Bottas In the end he finished third, but unlike the first two, he couldn’t get below the 1:24 mark, with his best lap of 1: 24.214 he was enough to oust both of them Red Bull Racing Driver. Sergio Perez had the better session of the Red Bull pairing in fourth with the championship contender Max Verstappen ended almost a tenth of a second behind the Mexican in fifth place.

Lando Norris was an encouraging sixth for the McLaren F1 team, while Alpine F1 team are encouraged by their performance there Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon finished seventh and eighth with a gap of just 0.012 seconds.

The only downside for Alpine came after the session when a suspected transmission problem prevented Ocon from attempting his training start. He had to park his car on the grid and allow the marshals in Turkey to bring his car into the pit lane.

Despite a turn at turn six, Pierre Gasly was again in the top ten for Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda in ninth place while teammate Yuki Tsunoda had a much better second session finishing eleventh, missing the top ten by just 0.086 seconds. Refusing the Japanese driver a place in the top ten was Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN‘S Antonio Giovinazzi.

Running a new engine this weekend and knowing that he’ll start the race at the back of the grid no matter where he qualifies, Carlos Sainz Jr. finished twelfth fastest in the second Ferrari, just ahead of the leader Aston Martin Cognizant Formula 1 team Driver and last year’s surprise polesitter in Turkey, Lance walk.

Daniel Ricciardo will scratch his head to be only 14th in the second McLaren, more than half a second behind team-mate Norris while he is in 15th place Kimi Raikkonen will be hoping his Alfa Romeo team will fix their drink after encountering a problem during the session where water leaked into the cockpit and around the Finn’s feet.

Former Turkish Grand Prix winner Sebastian Vettel was a low sixteenth while in the second Aston Martin Nicholas Latifi marginalized Williams races Teammate George Russell even though the Canadian had two spins on turn nine.

The two Uralkali Haas F1 Team Drivers were again at the bottom of the list Mick Schumacher a little more than two tenths of a second faster than teammate Nikita Mazepin. Mazepin was another to suffer a spin during the session, which the Russian lost at the third vertex of turn eight.

Intercity Istanbul Park Free Practice 2 Result