Marko Hanželic
After the first he was Max Verstappen fastest also in the second free practice for GP of Styria na Red Bull Ringu in Austria Spielberg. Nevertheless, the Dutchman in the service of the local team was not the one who would be the most talked about after the end of training, as he took care of that with his spinning in the pits. Valtteri Bottas.
But let's go nicely in order. They are racers start of the second training waited with a view of the sky as they hovered over the racetrack threatening clouds, but the weather endured and more or less everyone was able to try the tires for the dry track, as only the track fell a few drops of rain.
Verstappen dictated the pace from the start, but stayed longer on hard tires, allowing the fastest lap to be set up Lewis Hamilton, who took a time of 1: 05.796 on red-rimmed tires, which he then corrected for four tenths, but his achievement was deleted, as he was at the exit of the bend with all four wheels over the curb and thus the boundaries of the track itself.
That meant it was Verstappen drove the fastest lap of the day, with a time of 1: 05,412, which he tried to improve in the second, but was unsuccessful, as he was one tenth of a second behind his first achievement. Delete time Hamilton’s quick lap made it possible Daniel RIcciard in Esteban Ocon, that they finished the second free practice in second and third place, respectively, and the seven-time world champion ended up in fourth place.
Much slower than their teammates were both other racers Red Bulla in Mercedes. Sergio Perez was ninth at the end, Valtteri Bottas only the twelfth, and at the same time he took care of the most bizarre event of the day, when he spun with unheated tires in the pits and almost collided into McLarn mechanics, who were standing nearby and quickly turned Finca in the right direction.
Pri McLarn informed the race director immediately of an incident which, in their view, could end tragically, Michael Masi, who called Finca immediately after training to defend himself.
Fernando Alonso he completed the good performance of the French team and finished in fifth place, landing in sixth place Sebastian Vettel. They may be much less satisfied in the camp Ferrari, it is Sainz finished only in 11th place, Charles Leclerc and two places lower.
The training didn't go smoothly this time either Nikita Mazepina, who joined him this time Nicholas latifi. The Russian managed to turn the car in the fourth, the Canadian in the sixth turn. He failed to attend the second free practice Pierre Gasly, as after the end of the first training they had to thoroughly inspect the drive unit on his car due to unusual data.
Results: GP of Styria, FP2
