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<strong>FP2:</strong> Leclerc fastest, Hamilton hits the wall

FP2: Leclerc fastest, Hamilton hits the wall

Published on 07 Jun 2019 21:30
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By: Fergal Walsh

Charles Leclerc has topped the second session of practice in Montreal, as championship leader Lewis Hamilton ended his session after contact with the wall.

Leclerc's fastest lap time was a 1:12.177, narrowly getting the better of teammate Sebastian Vettel with the two Ferraris split by less than a tenth of a second.

Hamilton appeared to take too much of the inside kerb on the entry to Turn 8, which unsettled the car and saw it slide outwards towards the exit barrier.

The right rear smacked the concrete wall which delivered heavy damage to the W10. Mercedes inspected the car and determined that there was too much damage to continue in the session.

Valtteri Bottas was third for Mercedes, over one-tenth down on Leclerc. The timesheets tell a different story from FP1, where Mercedes was one second ahead of Ferrari.

Carlos Sainz was fourth for McLaren, outpacing Kevin Magnussen in fifth by four-tenths. Hamilton, who was hampered in the amount of running he could do, was sixth.

Sergio Perez was seventh, heading the Renault duo of Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg. Hulkenberg hasn't out-qualified Ricciardo since the season-opening Australian Grand Prix - a run he will be aiming to end on Saturday.

Lance Stroll, who is taking part in his third home Grand Prix, rounded out the top ten in the Racing Point.

Red Bull didn't set representative fast lap times during the session, as Pierre Gasly and Max Verstappen ended the day in 12th and 13th respectively.

Verstappen also hit the barriers during the session when he was attempting to lay down a time on the soft tyres.

However, on the approach to the final chicane, the Dutchman closed up onto the back of teammate Gasly, which drifted him wide and into the barriers - however he was able to get away with no substantial damage.

F1Grand Prix Canada - Free practice 2

Gilles Villeneuve - 07 June 2019

Driver

Team

Time

Difference

#
1

Charles Leclerc

Ferrari

1:12.177

39
2

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

1:12.251

+0.074

38
3

Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes

1:12.311

+0.134

46
4

Carlos Sainz jr

McLaren

1:12.553

+0.376

45
5

Kevin Magnussen

Haas F1

1:12.935

+0.758

41
6

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

1:12.938

+0.761

8
7

Sergio Perez

Racing Point

1:13.003

+0.826

39
8

Daniel Ricciardo

Renault

1:13.016

+0.839

40
9

Nico Hülkenberg

Renault

1:13.168

+0.991

42
10

Lance Stroll

Racing Point

1:13.171

+0.994

37
11

Lando Norris

McLaren

1:13.249

+1.072

38
12

Pierre Gasly

Red Bull Racing

1:13.345

+1.168

38
13

Max Verstappen

Red Bull Racing

1:13.388

+1.211

22
14

Alexander Albon

Toro Rosso

1:13.436

+1.259

45
15

Daniil Kvyat

Toro Rosso

1:13.521

+1.344

40
16

Kimi Räikkönen

Alfa Romeo Racing

1:13.542

+1.365

41
17

Romain Grosjean

Haas F1

1:13.598

+1.421

39
18

Antonio Giovinazzi

Alfa Romeo Racing

1:14.870

+2.693

16
19

George Russell

Williams

1:15.036

+2.859

36
20

Robert Kubica

Williams

1:15.287

+3.110

44

mcbhargav

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Then you aren’t following F1 from ‘14.

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Jun 7 2019 - 23:18

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Replies (7)

f1fan0101

Posts: 1,804
That's more like it
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- Jun 7 2019 - 21:49
motorthread

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let’s just hope Mercedes weren’t sandbagging.
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- Jun 7 2019 - 23:11
- mcbhargav
  
  Posts: 1,332
  Then you aren’t following F1 from ‘14.
  + 2
  
  Jun 7 2019 - 23:18
- abhidbgt
  
  Posts: 283
  Definitely much more to come from them.
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  Jun 8 2019 - 14:36
mcbhargav

Posts: 1,332
The way they are driving, Giovinazzi, Kvyat, Kubica arent going to make the cut, come 2020.
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- Jun 7 2019 - 23:23
- Ram Samartha
  
  Posts: 1,172
  Kvyat? He's been out-performing Gasley all year in the 'inferior' car.
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  Jun 8 2019 - 07:22
Pistonhead

Posts: 556
Cant wait for this race - Ferarri on road at last to recovery?
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- Jun 8 2019 - 08:22