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The second free practice of the Russian Grand Prix started in similar conditions to the first one (temperatures above 25 degrees, asphalt above 35 degrees) and the drivers expected a slightly better grip on the track, as we could see various defects during the morning.
Training, as usual, consisted of warming up in medium-hard mixes at first, Hamilton was ahead in the middle, showing that this was 19th in the morning, followed by Ricciardo and Verstappen with half a second ahead, followed by Bottas . difficult.
It took 20 minutes to also see the laps they ran in the first soft mixes, it was the two Mercedes who ventured into them, Hamilton with the best time of the weekend so far, 1: 33.786, approx. He started this stage one tenth before his partner.
It didn’t take long for the British, Bottas quickly regained first place, with a more serious lead of nearly three decimal places, while the others began to slowly seep into the red sidewall tires as well.
These laps shook the field a bit behind Mercedes, behind Hamilton came Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Pérez, while Max Verstappen only finished fifth first and then Lando Norris came first, so he was in sixth place mid-training.
Carlos Sainz timed his timing simulation later than the others, thus reaching fourth place between Ricciardo and Norris, pushing Verstappen to another position, behind which the two Ferraris also made the top ten, a good sign for the Maranello team.
The negative training surprise this time around is definitely Lance Stroll, who came in in 17th place just ahead of both Haast and Antonio Giovinazzi in an upgraded car at Racing Point, while Perez finished in sixth place.
After that, the soft mixes were only added for race simulations, so the final result was realized and as there was no major event in training, the biggest news was the appointment of Stefano Domenicali in the meantime to lead the Formula One.
