
Max Verstappen [Red Bull] was fastest in the second free training session before the race for the Russian GP in Sochi. The Dutchman was faster than Charles Leclerc [Ferrari] by a good three tenths of a second [Ferrari], and Valtteri Bottas [Mercedes] finished third with a gap of just seven tenths.
Max Verstappen achieved a time of 1 in the qualification simulation: 31. 83, which was three tenths of a second faster than Charles Leclerc, while Valtteri Bottas was third in third place. 623 seconds.
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Lewis Hamilton, who also struggled with the balance of his Mercedes, ranked in the top three. The leading racer in the World Cup was eight seconds behind the fastest time.
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The fifth time of the first free training session was set by Sebastian Vettel [Ferrari], who was more than a second behind Verstappno. Sixth place was taken by Piere Gasy [Toro Rosso] and seventh was Sergio Perez [Racing Point], who beat Nice Hulkenberg [Renault] by a few thousandths of a second.
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The top ten were complemented by Lance Stroll [Racing Point] and Alexander Albon [Toro Rosso].
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RESULTS
1 28 Max Verstappen Red Bull- Honda 1 '28. 89 026 2 13 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1 '28. 431 0. 223 28 3 054 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1 '28. 785 0. 623 17 4 36 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1 '28. 960 0. 676 27 5 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1 '29. 176 1. 35 27 6 (**************************************************************************************************************************************************) Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso- Honda 1 '29. 971 1. 798 20 7
00 Sergio Perez Racing Point- Mercedes 1 '29. 998 1. 808 26 8 22 Nico Hulkenberg
Renault
1 '31. 0 20 1. 838 28 9
014 Lance Stroll Racing Point- Mercedes 1 '31. 162 2. 11 26 (**************************************************************************************************************************************************) 18 Alexander Albon Red Bull- Honda 1 '31. 208 2. 37 014 00 4 Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 1 '31. 212 2. 039 28 004 20 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso- Honda 1 '31. 280 2. 88 34 09 16 Kevin Magnussen
Haas-Ferrari 1 '31. 335 2. 99 20 10 3 Daniel Ricciardo Renault
1 '31. 337 2. 175 23 12 7 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo- Ferrari 1 '31. 351 2. 201 29 13 8 Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1 '31. 550 2. 370 26 14 38 Carlos Sainz Jnr McLaren-Renault 1 '31. 600 2. 374 026 014 77 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo- Ferrari 1 '32. (****************************************************************************************************************************************************) 2. 836 026 15 44 George Russell Williams-Mercedes 1 '32. 646 3. 593 34 16 061 Robert Kubica Williams-Mercedes 1 '33. 838 4. 635 32 CLASSIFICATION: END OF FP2
Max Verstappen takes P1 in FP2, ahead of Charles Leclerc ?
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Gasly ? Kvyat
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