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In conditions that were hotter and windier than Friday's earlier FP1 session, the second 60-minute practice running was initially led by Alfa Romeo's Antonio Giovinazzi. The Italian's 1m20.691s was set on the medium tyres, which all the drivers appeared on for their first runs in the session's opening quarter. But Giovinazzi's leading time from the first minutes was soon beaten by a flurry of fast times, as Esteban Ocon moved ahead with a 1m20.303s and Bottas's 1m19.087s. Bottas went fastest again on a 1m18.419s after a couple of slower tours, with Hamilton trailing his teammate by 0.042s and Verstappen 0.366s slower after his fastest lap on the mediums. The session was interrupted at the 10-minute mark, when the virtual safety car was activated so a piece of bodywork – that had flown off Carlos Sainz's car after he had run heavily over the Turn 9 exit kerbs leading on the back straight – could be cleared by a marshal. A brief lull in action followed as most of … [Read more...] about Spanish GP: Hamilton tops FP2 from Bottas, Leclerc

Both Friday practice sessions have each been cut to one hour in 2021, instead of the usual 90 minutes each. FP1 was topped by Bottas, and teammate Lewis Hamilton was fastest in FP2 – which was faster than the morning session. Spanish Grand Prix FP1 results: Bottas fastest from Verstappen Cla Driver Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Valtteri Bottas 25 1'18.504 213.466 2 Max Verstappen 19 1'18.537 0.033 0.033 213.377 3 Lewis Hamilton 22 1'18.627 0.123 0.090 213.132 4 Lando Norris 24 1'18.944 0.440 0.317 212.277 5 Charles Leclerc 25 1'18.996 0.492 0.052 212.137 6 Carlos Sainz Jr. 22 1'19.020 0.516 0.024 212.072 7 Pierre Gasly 26 1'19.062 0.558 0.042 211.960 8 Sebastian Vettel 24 … [Read more...] about Grand Prix practice results: Hamilton fastest in Barcelona

At every grand prix event, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali meets with team bosses for an informal chat about the latest developments within the sport. And on the back of the track limits controversy from Portugal last weekend, when Max Verstappen lost a pole position and fastest lap for running wide, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says that the topic will come under the spotlight. For although there is no debate over Verstappen breaking the rules after running off the circuit in Portimao, Horner thinks that the consistency of how track limits are applied needs to be discussed. He does not like the fact that at some corners drivers are allowed to run out over the kerbs, while at others the edge of the track is defined as the white line. Speaking to Sky F1 on Friday, Horner said: “I think the main thing for us is that we were over the track limits. So obviously we had lap times [in Portugal] or overtaking places [in Bahrain] taken off us. “But I think it's just the … [Read more...] about F1 team bosses to hold meeting to discuss track limit rules