Sochi FP2: Second training session for Max Verstappn

Max Verstappen is s 1: 33.162 minutes reached the fastest lap time of the afternoon second free practice and on soft rubber compounds for more than a second exceeded the morning time he had reached Charles Leclerc. Monaco was an afternoon for the good three tenths seconds slower than The Dutchman. The first two are on third and fourth place, with more than half a second behind, ranked Mercedes the duo at which he was Valtteri Bottas to learn faster than a teammate Lewis Hamilton.

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The times of today's second free practice of the Grand Prix of Russia in Sochi

Both racers silver arrows they needed quite a few attempts to achieve their best times on the soft mix. In fifth place, however, we find Sebastian Vettl, which is due to the fact that he failed to take any in the afternoon pure circle, za Verstappen lagged more than second. He had to interrupt his first fast lap due to traffic. On the way to your friend the fastest lap was otherwise faster than in the first sector Leclerc, but lost in the second sector over two tenths seconds, and the inferior third sector contributed to its large lag behind Verstappen.

The fastest in the morning, and in the afternoon Charles Leclerc had to concede the victory of Max Verstappn in Red Bullin - Photo: Hasan Bratić

Na sixth place he found himself surprisingly Peirre Gasly v To Toro Rosso, which is for The Dutch lagged behind 1,8 seconds, just behind him, the training ended Sergio Perez iz Racing Point, who was three hundredths of a second behind the young Frenchman (+ 1,83). He was eighth Nico Hulkenberg iz Renault (+ 1,86), ninth place went to Lance Stroll, Racing Point (+ 2,01), and concludes ten Lando Norris iz McLaren (+ 2,03).

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Interestingly, among the top ten in the final speed we do not find racers of the Mercedes and Ferrari teams

From the eleventh place onwards, the following were ranked: Daniil Kvjat, Kevin Magnussen, Daniel Ricciardo, Kimi Raikkonen, Romain Grosjean, Carlos Sainz, Alexander Albon, Antonio Giovinazzi, George Russel, and Robert Kubica, who was a second slower than his teammate.

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Excursion zones were very visited today

On the slippery asphalt of the track v Sochi, we also saw a lot in the afternoon braking errors. Especially before the bend number two, where the racers for the first time concretely sigh at brake pedal, is a lot incense. Among the candidates who did not do well in this turn today, we find Vettl, Perez, Gasly, Bottas and Grosjean.

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Today, many racers had trouble finding the right braking point, causing a lot of smoking before corner number two.

After 20 minutes, the phase began virtual safety car, because they had to put up a sign in the excursion zone of the second bend that someone had passed. Braking before a bend was also critical number 13 at the end of the opposite plane. They are here Vettel, Grosjean, Bottas and Giovinazzi drove into the excursion zone.

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Both Toro Rosso racers caused a small shock to their bosses

Just before the end of training, it became tight honey Albon in Hamilton. The current champion approached in the third corner at high speed Thai and barely prevented their collision. Albon he did not drive due to a breakdown in the second training session, as he spent a lot of time in the garage. Both racers were also very close Red Bull, which probably caused a short stir at the team's command desk.  

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