Second Free Practice Results 2021 Spanish F1 GP
Event: Spanish F1 Grand Prix
Track: Catalunya Circuit
Sir Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W12 during the Spanish GP at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Friday May 07, 2021
Weather: dry 20.8°C
Tarmac: dry 41.6°C
Humidity : 62.9%
Wind : 0.5 m/s SW
Pressure: 1003.5 bar
The second practice for the 2021 Spanish F1 GP the weather still great, just like the first practice. Strangely the ambient temperature is almost the same. The tarmac was 8°C higher.
Ferrari hadn't run any soft tyres during FP1, so all eyes are on them this session.
Halfway the session both Mercedes drivers topped the timesheet with Lewis Hamilton fastest with 1:18.170 min. Bottas was only 0.139s slower than his teammate. Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc was on P3 and both Alpine's on 4 and 5 leaded by Esteban Ocon. Both AlphaTauri's occupied P6 & 7 with Pierre Gasly only 0.026s faster than rookie Yuki Tsunoda.
Both Red Bull's were on P9 & 10. Max Verstappen was on P9 looking at a gap of 0.615s. His teammate Sergio Perez was 10th only 0.133s apart from his teammate.
Verstappen again damaged his front wing on the new curbs in turn 7 just like in FP1.
1:16.883 min was the fastest lap time of last years FP2 in Spain and was clocked by Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes W11.
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FP2 Times Table 2021 Spanish GP
| P | No | Driver | Team | Lap Time | P1 Gap | Laps | Tyres |
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:18,170 | 32 | S (C3) | |
| 2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:18,309 | 0,139 | 31 | S (C3) |
| 3 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:18,335 | 0,165 | 28 | S (C3) |
| 4 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:18,466 | 0,296 | 29 | S (C3) |
| 5 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 1:18,518 | 0,348 | 30 | S (C3) |
| 6 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:18,593 | 0,423 | 32 | S (C3) |
| 7 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:18,619 | 0,449 | 30 | S (C3) |
| 8 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:18,674 | 0,504 | 30 | S (C3) |
| 9 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:18,785 | 0,615 | 26 | M (C2) |
| 10 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:18,918 | 0,748 | 23 | S (C3) |
| 11 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:18,947 | 0,777 | 30 | S (C3) |
| 12 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:19,092 | 0,922 | 28 | S (C3) |
| 13 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:19,122 | 0,952 | 29 | S (C3) |
| 14 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:19,134 | 0,964 | 29 | S (C3) |
| 15 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:19,195 | 1,025 | 28 | S (C3) |
| 16 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:19,213 | 1,043 | 30 | S (C3) |
| 17 | 63 | George Russell | Williams | 1:19,957 | 1,787 | 29 | S (C3) |
| 18 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:20,046 | 1,876 | 26 | S (C3) |
| 19 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1:20,326 | 2,156 | 30 | S (C3) |
| 20 | 9 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas | 1:20,753 | 2,583 | 27 | S (C3) |
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