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Ferrari Rules Friday at COTA as Leclerc Sweeps Second U.S. GP Practice
Leclerc set a 1:35.291 to edge Kimi Antonelli by 0.042 seconds as McLaren finished seventh and eighth after handling problems.
- On Friday, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc topped the second practice session for the United States Grand Prix in Austin, setting the pace on the demanding Circuit of the Americas.
- Teams focused on setup compromises as COTA's bumpy combination of low-speed and high-downforce corners caused significant challenges, with fresh sets of soft tyres deployed shortly before the halfway mark.
- Championship leader Kimi Antonelli split his two rivals in second, falling just 0.042s short of Leclerc's benchmark, while Max Verstappen pushed his soft tyres to secure third early in the session.
- McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri struggled with grip and trailed the leaders by over one second, while George Russell recovered from a near-crash in the Esses to claim fifth.
- Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson took sixth, ahead of both McLarens, while Haas driver Oliver Bearman rounded out the top 10 as Lewis Hamilton finished fourth, six tenths adrift of Leclerc.
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Ferrari may think of aspiring to pole, at least so let him see the Friday results of the United States Grand Prix after Charles Leclerc returned to the top of the sorter during the second free practice. Ferrari’s Monegasque driver stopped...
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