Bojan Vrbnjak
The second free practice is behind us GP Abu Dhabi, which is already a bit more authoritative than the first one, as the racers will complete Saturday's qualifiers and start Sunday's race.
This second workout did the best Lewis Hamilton while his rival was in the fight for the title Max Verstappen a few retained. Surprisingly, he was second Esteban Ocon, which together with Fernando Alonso proves the good shape of the race car AlpineF1 on the Yas Marina Circuit track. Third place went to Hamilton's teammate at Mercedes Valtteri Bottas.
Apparently, however, the trail v Abu Dhabi lies also To Yuki Tsunoda and the AlphaTauri race car, as he is also his teammate Pierre Gasly among the ten. We also find both racers here Ferrari. When training time had passed, however, a collision occurred Chemistry Raikkonen in the 14th turn, which honestly broke his race car.
result
Lewis Hamilton he drove the fastest lap in time 1: 23.691 minutes and was thus almost a second and a half faster than Verstappen on the first free practice. Although the Dutchman also significantly improved his time in the second training session, he is in favor Hamilton lagged behind by more than six tenths seconds, which was enough for fourth place. Hamilton’s first pursuer was in second practice Esteban Ocon, who was a good three tenths of a second behind the Briton. Third Valtteri Bottas recorded a lag of just under four tenths.
He finished fifth behind teammate Verstappn Sergio Perez with seven tenths of a second behind, and he had a tenth more in sixth place Fernando Alonso. He was seventh Yuki tsunoda, and then, just like in the first practice, both racers together Ferrari, where he was in eighth place Charles Leclerc faster than a teammate Carlos Sainz on the ninth. He concludes ten Pierre Gasly.
Od eleventh place onwards however, the racers were classified as follows: Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo), Lando Norris (McLaren), Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin), Lance stroll (Aston Martin), Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo), George Russell (Williams), Nicholas latifi (Williams), Mick Schumacher (Haas) and Nikita mazepin (Haas).
Incidents
In addition excursions from the trail due to braking errors, which we saw in the first practice, this time the racers caused the most problems wrap the last sector. Since turn number 12, the guardrails are fairly close to the track, which they felt the most Valtteri Bottas in Nicholas latifi.
Racer Mercedesa tested track limitation in bend 14 and with the latter right wheel crashed into a fence. For Finc, this contact had no consequences. It was worse at Latifi, which spun and collided backwards into the fence in bend 13 and hurt yourself hind wings. After a short break for repairs, the Canadian drove onto the track again.
At the last minute, when the training time had actually expired, however, it was Kimi Raikkonen donated to his mechanics undesirable gift in a word. Because the 42-year-old is in bend 14 lost the rear of his car and crashed harder into the fence. The mechanics will have quite a bit of work to do to get his race car ready for tomorrow.
