The second one-hour session of Friday day at Imola featured a number of unusual developments, as the Mercedes drivers did not find major gains using the soft tyres on their mid-session qualifying simulation runs, while Ferrari's Charles Leclerc actually set FP2's best time, but had it deleted for a track limits offence. Leclerc then brought the session to an early end when he crashed at the second Rivazza corner in final minutes. Much like in the day's opening session, the first 15 minutes of the session were very busy, with several drivers enjoying time at the top of the standings. George Russell led the pack out and duly set the opening lap of FP2 at 1m22.939s, which was soon bettered by Kimi Raikkonen's 1m20.118s. Carlos Sainz and Leclerc brought the P1 benchmark into the 1m17s bracket, with the latter's 1m17.076s taking him to the top of the times as he followed his teammate around the 3-mile track. Both Ferrari drivers were running the medium tyres – the same … [Read more...] about Emilia Romagna GP: Bottas tops FP2 as Verstappen hits trouble