Second Free Practice Results 2022 Australian F1 GP
Event: Australian F1 Grand Prix
Track: Albert Park Circuit
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and George Russell (Mercedes) during Friday practice for the 2022 Australian F1 GP
Weather: dry 20.5°C
Tarmac: dry 29°C
Humidity: 68%
Wind: 1.0 m/s NE
Pressure: 1019.9 bar
Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas was first out to start his second free practice for the 2022 Australian Formula One Grand Prix. A few spots of rain came down at the start of the session, so 12 cars went out right away to get some more dry lap data.
Bottas also put the first lap time on the leaderboard with a 1:22.410 min on medium compound tyres. McLaren driver Lando Norris' first lap time was 6 tents faster with a 1:21.852 on the same tyre compound. His teammate Daniel Ricciardo was a bit quicker right behind him and now was on P1, being 0.056s faster.
That wasn't until the Ferraris and Red Bulls had clocked lap times. When the Ferraris did got out after 5 minutes, Charles Leclerc was almost 0.9s quicker with a 1:20.898 min.
Twenty minutes into this FP2, Sebastian Vettel was still waiting in the garage for the Aston Martin mechanics to replace the engine in the back of his car. At this moment Sainz was now fastest and was the first to go under the 1:20's, clocking a 1:19.979 min. Leclerc (+0.196s) was second, Bottas was 3rd (+0.453s) and Alonso was 4th (+0.536s). All drivers were on the mediums.
Three drivers still had not put a lap time on the timesheet. These drivers were Sergio Perez (Red Bull), Mick Schumacher (Haas) and Vettel. Verstappen was over 1.2 sec. behind on P8 complaining about the high speed handling. The Dutchman came in and his team changed the rear suspension settings to improve it.
Halfway the session the top 3 lap times were driven on the soft tyre compound and Sainz improved to 1:19.376. The Spanish driver still was quickest, but Leclerc and Alpine driver Fernando Alonso were only 0.1s behind him.
A few minutes later Verstappen improved 0,8s and now was 4th fastest on a set of softs. He did have some traffic on turn 10 and lost about 0.7s to Sainz in the last sector.
Leclerc seemed to get the hang of the new track layout and even went below the 1:19's with a 1:18.978 min, being 0.398s quicker than Sainz on P2. Verstappen had improved to P3 on +0.408s and Alonso was still on P4 with 20 minutes to go. In last part of FP2 normally the race simulations are on the programme, but Verstappen did put in a few laps to try and improve and improved to P2, +0.245s behind Leclerc.
45 minutes into the session the news got out that Vettel's car was not going to be fixed soon enough to get out this session. A few minutes later a red flag was deployed because the other Aston Martin car driven by Lance Stroll had lost a part of the new upstanding front wheel aero wing.
The debris was quickly removed and all drivers drove as much laps to get some race simulation data to analyse. Mercedes is having a rough time for sure with George Russell on P11 and Lewis Hamilton on P13.
The quickest FP2 lap time in 2019 was a 1:22.600 min driven by Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes.
FP2 Times Table 2022 Australian GP
| P | No | Driver | Team | Time | 1st Gap | Laps | Tyres |
| 1 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:18,978 | 27 | S | |
| 2 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:19,223 | +0,245s | 22 | S |
| 3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:19,376 | +0,398s | 27 | S |
| 4 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 1:19,537 | +0,559s | 22 | S |
| 5 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:19,658 | +0,680s | 20 | S |
| 6 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:19,842 | +0,864s | 25 | S |
| 7 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:20,055 | +1,077s | 25 | S |
| 8 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:20,100 | +1,122s | 24 | S |
| 9 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:20,142 | +1,164s | 27 | S |
| 10 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:20,203 | +1,225s | 24 | S |
| 11 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:20,212 | +1,234s | 25 | S |
| 12 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:20,424 | +1,446s | 30 | S |
| 13 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:20,521 | +1,543s | 23 | S |
| 14 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:20,611 | +1,633s | 28 | S |
| 15 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | 1:21,063 | +2,085s | 23 | S |
| 16 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:21,191 | +2,213s | 23 | S |
| 17 | 23 | Alex Albon | Williams | 1:21,912 | +2,934s | 28 | S |
| 18 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1:21,974 | +2,996s | 22 | S |
| 19 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:22,307 | +3,329s | 24 | S |
| 20 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | no time | - | 0 |
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I'm to old for this shi7e, getting up at 4 am uk time to listen to fp1 and fp2 on the radio grrrr, anyway seems like its another Max and Charles show so far
With the other teams bout 1 sec off, if that continues they'll be off into the distance..
Agree. Can't put my finger on it, but it's like they waved a full course boring flag. Even the SKY crew were a yawn. Certainly not worth staying up til after midnight in the US. Part of my disgust is that the Haas boys are doing their best to revert to full turd status. At least the new band, Zak and the Papayas, are performing well.
well done valtteri out performing shamilton by half a second hurrah!!.
Yes, getting sacked by a loser team was a stroke of luck for BOT. Good for him.
Arrrr, come on , Sir Lewis has said whatever they do to the cr its still shite , and that'll be with the best engines, the best engineers, the best hairstylists, and a quick young team mate, whats a knight to to do?
Apparently f1a has checked himself into rehab, and when he comes out hell be a Bottas fan .
When he gets out of rehab he'll find Sir Lewie without visible piercings and gold chains. The FIA banned them but said it wasn't a HAM-centric dictum. What's next, ban animal print jammies and colored dreadlocks? I thought Jaxwad told us the knight controlled the governing body. Hmm.
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