Verstappen leads second training despite a late accident at Spa-Francorchamps

Max Verstappen crowned the second training session for that Belgian Grand Prix on Friday, but the Dutchman ended the session in the barrier after running far at turn seven.

the Red Bull Racing Driver caused the second red flag of the session after Charles Leclerc also its crashed Scuderia Ferrari SF21 earlier in the session between turns six and seven. Both cars were damaged and the mechanics are busy before the race on Saturday at Spa-Francorchamps.

Leclerc lost control of his car as he exited corner six, and the rear of the car moved away from him enough to sever the barriers on the outside of corner seven when he tried to correct the slip, being the front left tire slipped the most damage.

Verstappen fell at a faster rate, with the Dutchman spinning at the exit of turn seven after driving far and putting two wheels on the gravel. The left side of the vehicle was again hit hardest by the impact, but the red flag ended the session prematurely.

Verstappen had previously set the fastest time of the day with a lap of 1: 44.472 on the red-walled soft tires, but he is on the pace of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team this weekend, with Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton both within a tenth of a second of the Dutch, but on the supposedly slower, yellow-walled medium tire.

Neither Bottas nor Hamilton were able to improve on their soft tire run, but Mercedes and Red Bull will be close this weekend based on Friday’s pace. The only odd thing about this fight was the performance of Sergio Perez, fresh from a new contract for 2022 with Red Bull, who was more than nine tenths of a second behind Verstappen in tenth place.

Fernando Alonso was an excellent fourth for that Alpine F1 team, while Pierre Gasly showed that Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda have a strong car this weekend, finishing fifth after finishing third in the morning session.

the Aston Martin Cognizant Formula 1 team ended sixth and eighth with Lance walk and Sebastian Vettel each on both sides of the second Alps of Esteban Ocon. Ocon made a quick yellow flag early on after spinning while exiting the Fagnes chicane, ruining the Frenchman’s tires in the incident. However, he was able to return to the pits on his own and continue the session.

Lando Norris ended ninth for the McLaren F1 team before Pérez while Carlos Sainz Jr. was the leading Ferrari driver in eleventh place when Leclerc’s crash left him in eighteenth place.

Yuki Tsunoda The AlphaTauris was the twelfth fastest in the second, but similar to the morning session, he was well behind his teammate Gasly, with almost eight tenths of a second separating the duo. He landed just before that Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN Duo of Antonio Giovinazzi and Kimi Raikkonen, while Daniel Ricciardo will be disappointed to only finish fifteenth in the second McLaren.

Nicholas Latifi had the better Williams races Teammate George Russell on Friday afternoons, with the Canadian and British finishing sixteen and seventeen, respectively, during Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher once again the bottom for them Uralkali Haas F1 Team.

Belgian Grand Prix Free Practice 2 result