F1 French GP: Carlos Sainz heads Ferrari 1-2 as Lewis Hamilton returns in second practice

Carlos Sainz led F1 teammate Charles Leclerc in a Ferrari 1-2 as Lewis Hamilton returned to action for Mercedes in second practice at the French Grand Prix. 
Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP), Scuderia Ferrari
Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP), Scuderia Ferrari

Sainz, who is168澳洲5最新开奖结果: car♋rying a minimum 10-place grid penalty int🍌o Sunday’s race for excee🦩ding power unit components, lowered the pace in FP2 with a 1m32.527s to outpace Leclerc by 0.101s. 

Max Verstappen, who holds a 38-point advantage over Leclerc in the championshiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚp, was half a second adrift in third place 💦for Red Bull. 

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The re🦄igning world champion only completed a single push lap on Pirelli’s fastest soft tyre and complained about struggling with understeer in his RB18 through the first sector. 

George Russell was 0.764s off the pace in fourth, two tenths clear of Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, who 168澳洲♎5𝔍最新开奖结果:returned to action after sitting out of FP1 so that Nyck de Vries could complete one of Mercedes’ mandatory rookie practice outings for this season.&nb⛎sp;

Lando Norris once again finished a🐟s the fastest McLaren driver in sixth, ahead of AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly, who fumed over team radio after encountering traffic early in the session. 

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, French Grand Prix, Paul Ricard, France,
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, French Grand Prix,…

“Who the f*** was that guy, is♛ it his first day driving?” Gasly said in reference to Williams drꦫiver Alex Albon. 

Haas’ Kevin Magnussen was an encouraging eighth, with Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Perez completing the rest of the top-10 order for McLaren and Red Bull respectiv✱ely. 

Perez curiously ended up some 1.5s off the pace and a f꧋ull second behind Red Bull teammate Verstappen, and only completed 16 laps during the hour-long session. 

Mick Schumacher avoided a potenti൲ally big crash in his Haas after a high-speed spin at Turn 11, having narrowly avoided the barriers. 

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