Sainz heads Leclerc in Ferrari 1-2 as Hamilton returns in FP2
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Sainz, who is carrying a minimum 10-place grid penalty into Sunday’s race for exceeding 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 championship, was half a second adrift in third place for Red Bull. Is this Mercedes’ best chance to win a race in 2022? | F1Video of Is this Mercedes' best chance to win a race in 2022? | F1Click to subscribeNever miss a video from Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get the latest reviews, interviews and moreThe reigning 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 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. Lando Norris once again finished as the fastest McLaren driver in sixth, ahead of AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly, who fumed over team radio after encountering traffic early in the session. Related Articles Horner: FIA shouldn’t change F1 floor rules for “a certain team” F1 2022 French Grand Prix – Free Practice Results (2) “Who the f*** was that guy, is it his first day driving?” Gasly said in reference to Williams driver 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 respectively. Perez curiously ended up some 1.5s off the pace and a full second behind Red Bull teammate Verstappen, and only completed 16 laps during the hour-long session. Mick Schumacher avoided a potentially big in his Haas after a high-speed spin at Turn 11, having narrowly avoided the barriers. Related How did Hamilton’s replacement do in Mercedes F1 practice outing? Leclerc edges Verstappen as de Vries fills in for Hamilton in FP1
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