Le FP2 they closed the first day in Barcelona with a free practice session with the asphalt still hot: no less than 44°. Teams try both qualification simulation – where it excels Ferrari - be race pace simulation - where is it Red Bull is confirmed at the top, Mercedes is situated at ease, and Ferrari chases.
Ferrari with two faces
The redhead from Maranello is confirmed in FP2 excellent on the fast lap: Charles Leclerc rips the first half by printing a 1:19.670, Sainz it is fourth. Ferrari he found though many difficulties in the race pace simulation with medium rubber, finding so much degradation in a few laps. The horse's technicians will have a lot of work to do in view of tomorrow afternoon's FP3. Despite that, la straight speed is improved, a sign that work to improve aerodynamic efficiency is bearing the first fruits.
Red Bull sets the pace… race
Despite Red Bull has not clarified the doubts about its potential in qualifying in these FP2s, the Milton Keynes team is proving to be the best car at the moment. Verstappen closes in fifth place behind the Ferraris and Mercedes; Perez only seventh. the team directed by Christian horner has done an excellent job regarding i new updates taken to Spain, and there RB18 today it seems to be the car that best marries with the Catalan track. stay theunknown of the qualification as the Montmelò track is not known as the easiest to overtake; Red Bull will therefore also have to do well on the fastest lap if it wants to secure the top, because as it has shown, the pass is there.
Mercedes is reborn
Well the good performance seen in FP1 they don't seem like a flash in the pan. The W13 was reconfirmed in FP2 and seems to have dressed the new updates quite well, so much so that Russell he puts himself in second place, taking his teammate with him. What is most surprising is the race pace – which it seems greatly improved – and the situation pouring: all teams brought updates to reduce it, e everyone succeeded, but Mercedes may have found the crux of the matter to get on the right path to the pursuit of unlocking potential; the Catalan weekend will tell us the truth outspoken.
Top ten between Alpine, Vettel and Schumacher
The French team in FP2 gets sixth and ninth position, with the landlord in front of Or with. Hag is eighth, dragging aAston Martin brand new to data correlation research; Stroll he is 13th. Closes the top 10 Schumacher what harm does not do, placing oneself in front of Magnussen: Danish is 12th behind gasly. tsunoda he is 14th and behind him there is a McLaren is did not do a race pace simulation. Ricciardo is 15th e Norris last. The English after a long where has damaged the bottom at the beginning of the session, he never returned to the track. Alfa Romeo in 16th and 17th: Bottas, the first of the two, was forced to run just three laps after that the engine abandoned it. Albon 18th and Latifs 19th, Williams the team most in difficulty is confirmed.
Situation represses
Both Fernando Alonso, that the young man Juri vips, they received a rebuke. The Spanish he hindered Hamilton, while the Estonian rookie at the wheel of Sergio Perez's Red Bull, he obstructed Russell's Mercedes in FP1. So many impediments that have Mercedes as the victim as their common denominator.
