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FP2: Hamilton remains on top as Red Bull look to challenge

Published on 20 Oct 2017 22:29
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By: Fergal Walsh

Lewis Hamilton emulated his finishing position of the first practice session this morning in Austin, ending the second outing in the afternoon as the fastest man. The three-time world champion's quickest time was a 1:34.688, which was 2.3 seconds faster than his lap time in FP1.

Behind Hamilton was Max Verstappen, who announced today that he has extended his deal with Red Bull to 2020. The Dutchman was over three and a half tenths down on Hamilton's time.

Following Verstappen was the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel, who suffered from a violent spin early in the session. Vettel ended up in the gravel but was able to keep the car running and return to the garage. Valtteri Bottas ended up in fourth place, while fifth and sixth saw Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Raikkonen.

Trailing the top six drivers was Fernando Alonso in the McLaren-Honda. Felipe Massa, who showed some strong pace in the morning session, ended his day in eighth. The two Force India's rounded out the top ten, with Sergio Perez heading Esteban Ocon.

Carlos Sainz was able to go faster than new teammate Nico Hulkenberg at Renault. The pair were eleventh and twelfth, separated by five-thousandths of a second. Sainz's former teammate Daniil Kvyat followed the Renaults in thirteenth place.

Kevin Magnussen was fourteenth, ahead of Stoffel Vandoorne and Lance Stroll. Debutant Brendon Hartley was seventeenth, while the Saubers of Pascal Wehrlein and Marcus Ericsson followed suit. Rounding out the timesheets was Romain Grosjean.

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F1Grand Prix United States of America - Free practice 2

Circuit of the Americas - 20 October 2017

Driver

Team

Time

Difference

#
1

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

1:34.668

26
2

Max Verstappen

Red Bull Racing

1:35.065

+0.397

30
3

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

1:35.192

+0.524

11
4

Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes

1:35.279

+0.611

39
5

Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull Racing

1:35.463

+0.795

24
6

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

1:35.514

+0.846

29
7

Fernando Alonso

McLaren

1:36.304

+1.636

28
8

Felipe Massa

Williams

1:36.460

+1.792

30
9

Sergio Perez

Force India

1:36.481

+1.813

28
10

Esteban Ocon

Force India

1:36.490

+1.822

34
11

Carlos Sainz jr

Renault

1:36.529

+1.861

30
12

Nico Hülkenberg

Renault

1:36.534

+1.866

18
13

Daniil Kvyat

Toro Rosso

1:36.761

+2.093

40
14

Kevin Magnussen

Haas F1

1:37.285

+2.617

17
15

Stoffel Vandoorne

McLaren

1:37.463

+2.795

31
16

Lance Stroll

Williams

1:37.788

+3.120

27
17

Brendon Hartley

Toro Rosso

1:37.987

+3.319

41
18

Pascal Wehrlein

Sauber

1:38.165

+3.497

35
19

Marcus Ericsson

Sauber

1:38.262

+3.594

22
20

Romain Grosjean

Haas F1

1:38.387

+3.719

26

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