Austin, FP2: Second training session for Lewis Hamilton

The current champion, who was still testing test tires in the morning season 2020, answered with the best lap time another free workout US GP. He ranked behind him Charles Leclercand the third was the fastest morning workout Max Verstappen. Fourth Sebastian Vettel, fifth Valtteri Bottasand the sixth Alex Albon. Three top teams in their world.

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Times of the second free practice of the US Grand Prix

Corrugated asphalt surface at the COTA racetrack, it also caused racers headaches in the afternoon. Romain Grosjean took care of a spectacular trip off the track, and in addition, the commissioners are also in second training for many racers deleted the fastest lap timesbecause they did not adhere to the track limit.

The other was Charles Leclerc, who was still struggling with the gas pedal in the morning. - Photo: Hasan Bratic

As said, it is the fastest round of afternoon training drove away Lewis Hamilton namely 1: 33.232 minutes. The Briton was even on hard mixtures very close to competitors who were shod in a soft blend. Charles Leclerc he was three tenths of a second behind the Briton, third Max Verstappen but after the Monaco c Ferrari lagged only by 14 thousandths. Fourth Hag he was a good three tenths of a second behind the Dutchman, and towards the end of training he could still afford it rotation along the path.

The fastest in the morning and the third in the afternoon - Max Verstappen - Photo: Hasan Bratić

Peti Valtteri Bottas was with a medium mixture slower than a teammate on the hard mix and on the soft he lagged behind Hamilton eight tenths seconds. He was the last of the three top teams Alex Albon in sixth place, and Tajec was already a good second behind. He was seventh Pierre Gasly, a shade slower than Albon, won eighth place Carlos Sainz, two tenths behind Gasly, he was ninth Lance stroll and the tenth Antonio Giovinazzi, who was a good second and a half behind Hamilton.

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The biggest shock of the second practice was Romain Grosjean, the racer of the Haas team,
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And a video of Grosjean's trip and collision….

Od eleventh place onwards, the racers were ranked as follows: Daniel Ricciardo, Daniil Kvjat, Nico Hülkenberg, Lando Norris, Sergio Perez, Kimi Raikkonen, Kevin Magnussen, Romain Grosjean, George Russell and Robert Kubica.

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Antonio Giovinazzi took it better than Grosjean.

Za the biggest shock the second workout he took care of after only ten minutes Romain Grosjean. The Frenchman is on a bump seventh bend lost ass and with flew off the runway at high speed, but fortunately due to the long paved excursion zone a blow to the protective fence he was not severe. For him, training was over and the other racers had a short ten-minute break because of the red flag.

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The commissioners also erased the best lap times for many racers in the second practice because they went a little too far off the track.

Yours insert off-track he also staged Giovinazzi in the sixth corner, Vettel inserted on the race simulation pirouette between turns 14 and 15, where it suddenly took his ass. Shortly afterwards, he flew in turn 18 Kvyat, who destroyed a set of tires. Otherwise, the second training took place without major incidents. The race commissioners also had a lot of work to do in the afternoon by deleting laps of racers, who reached their time outside the track limit. These include Hamilton and Vettel.   

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