Antonelli Leads Norris and Verstappen in Second Belgian GP Practice
Antonelli set the pace on softs as teams ran qualifying simulations, while McLaren kept Oscar Piastri in the garage to fix a hydraulic leak.
- On Friday, Formula 1 championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli topped the second free practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, setting a best lap time of one minute and 45.944 seconds.
- Two red flags disrupted the hour-long session, starting when Max Verstappen kicked gravel onto the racing line at Stavelot, followed by Pierre Gasly's crash at the Fagnes chicane in the final 15 minutes.
- Reigning world champion Lando Norris finished second, 0.190 seconds behind Antonelli, while Max Verstappen took third; Mercedes' George Russell struggled in eighth, 1.285 seconds off the pace.
- Gasly's crash triggered a 13-minute red flag suspension, leaving teams only two minutes of final track time to complete their programs and conduct practice starts on the uphill grid.
- Norris will serve a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday's race after McLaren fitted a new control electronics unit, complicating the defending champion's prospects ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix.
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Italian Kimi Andrea Antonelli (Mercedes), the championship leader, set the fastest time this Friday in the second free practice session for the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix. The tenth Grand Prix of the World Championship is being held at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Stavelot, in eastern Belgium. On his best lap, Antonelli covered 7.004 kilometers… Continue reading “Antonelli sets the bar high: Formula 1 leader sets fastest time in second fre…
Kimi Antonelli Fastest For Mercedes In Second Practice At Belgian Grand Prix
World championship leader Kimi Antonelli topped the times for Mercedes ahead of defending champion Lando Norris of McLaren in Friday's second free practice ahead of this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix.
Kimi Antonelli saust in training in Spa-Francochamps all of them. In the race, automated speed delays can be expected due to the regular reform. That's why the Grand Prix could be entertaining.
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