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Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll are under investigation for their involvement in an accident during the second practice of the Portuguese Grand Prix.
The pair collided when Verstappen attempted to overtake Stroll after racing down the pit straight.
Stroll passed Verstappen in the last corner of the previous lap. Verstappen tried to back up at the start of the next lap, but Stroll turned.
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was fastest, with teammate Lewis Hamilton eighth.
Both Verstappen and Stroll were summoned to the stewards after the session to explain their role in the incident.
Verstappen said in his post-shoot interview: “I don’t want to talk too much about it. I was so surprised that he turned around. I don’t know where I could go. I was starting my lap and he was finishing his. We can go on (talking about it). ) forever, but it was silly. “
It was a session interrupted by two red flags: one for the incident involving Verstappen’s Red Bull and Stroll’s Racing Point, and another for an earlier stop when Pierre Gasly’s Alpha Tauri caught fire.
The staccato race, accentuated by the fact that the first half hour of the session was devoted to a development tire test organized by Pirelli, meant that the session did not represent the true competitive order.
It also left teams short of information on the demanding Autodromo do Algarve, which is hosting a grand prix for the first time.
Gasly’s problem interrupted Hamilton’s fastest lap on soft tires, while Bottas managed to complete his before the session was halted.
Hamilton managed to do another lap before the second red flag, but was 1.3 seconds behind the pace.
Bottas had previously led the first session, 0.339 seconds ahead of Hamilton, with Verstappen third.
Verstappen finished the session second fastest, ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and his teammates Carlos Sainz and Sebastian Vettel.
Ferrari has the latest in a series of aerodynamic improvements, some developments to its floor were introduced in Portugal following changes to the front of the car in the last two races.
