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The second free practice session in Portimão had two interruptions
As in the morning, the Finn Valtteri Bottas was the fastest, standing out in the second free practice session of the Portuguese Grand Prix, which started this Friday at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve.
The Mercedes driver had a better lap of 1’17.940, 595 milliseconds faster than Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and 803 faster than Briton Lando Norris (McLaren).
However, this session was not peaceful, with two red flags. The first was after Pierre Gasly’s (Alpha Tauri’s) car caught fire: the Frenchman escaped unharmed.
In the second, almost immediately after the restart, there was an accident between Verstappen and Lance Stroll (Racing Point), at the end of the finish line and which is being analyzed by the stewards.
Thus, the drivers did not have the full session time to adapt to the Portimão track, but in the first half hour, the drivers were able to test the new Pirelli tire prototypes for 2021, during which time Verstappen was the best performer. (1m21, 575 s).
This Saturday, between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m., the third free practice session will take place, while qualifying begins at 2 p.m.
The Formula 1 Portuguese Grand Prix is the twelfth race of the Formula 1 World Championship, on the return of the Grand Circus to Portugal after 24 years.
Second free practice session of the Portuguese Grand Prix
1st Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes), 1m17,940s
2nd Max Verstappen (Red Bull), a 0.595s
3rd Lando Norris (McLaren), in 0.803s
4th Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), a 0.898s
5th Carlos Sainz (McLaren), 1,173s
6th Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), a 1,235
7th Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri), a 1,238
8th Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 1,368
9th Esteban Ocon (Renault), 1,556
10th Alexander Albon (Red Bull), 1,703
11th George Russell (Williams), 1881
12th Sergio Pérez (Racing Point), 1,961
13th Daniel Ricciardo (Renault), at 2,047s
14th Nicholas Latifi (Williams), a 2,525
15. Kimi Räikkönen (Alfa Romeo), a 2,550
16th Kevin Magnussen (Haas), 2,740
17th Daniil Kvyat (Alpha Tauri), 2,789
18th Romain Grosjean (Haas), 2,927
19th Lance Stroll (Racing Point), a 3,043
20th Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo), at 3,456s
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