result FP2. Sebastian Vettel lightning on the dry lap, Leclerc 3rd, hidden Mercedes? – OA Sport

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Sebastian Vettel is confirmed in excellent shape from the performance point of view after the brilliant weekend of Suzuka and signs the best time in the second free practice session of the 2019 Mexican Grand Prix, eighteenth round of the Formula 1 World Championship. The native of Heppenheim particularly shone during the time-attack with soft tires, showing a very smooth and clean ride that allowed him to set the pace with a remarkable 1’16 ″ 607 obtained also thanks to a good wake of the McLaren of Norris on the forehand that leads to curve 4.

The German Ferrari made the difference compared to the rest of the competition in the first engine sector (very high top speeds for both SF90s), while in the most tortuous section was the Dutch Max Verstappen the best of the lot, finishing the qualifying simulation in second place with Red Bull at 115 thousandths from the top, quantifiable detachment even in the wake exploited by Vettel. The talented son of Jos, winner of the last two editions of the Mexican Grand Prix, confirms himself as one of the great favorites for pole and above all for the success in the race, also in light of the excellent step highlighted in the second part of the round dedicated to the trials of long-run. Good third place (testimony to the excellent Ferrari Friday) for Charles Leclerc, 465 thousandths behind by team-mate Vettel during the time-attack.

The Monegasque della Rossa, protagonist of a couple of spins without consequences, paid duty with respect to the leader losing something in each of the three sectors of the track, so it will be necessary to make a qualitative leap tomorrow to be able to contend Vettel's pole position and Verstappen waiting to understand the true potential of Mercedes. Already because the Silver Arrows remained very slow in the qualifying simulation with the Finn Valtteri Bottas fourth at 0.614 and the British Lewis Hamilton fifth even at 0.963 from the best time of day, while on the race pace they proved to have something more than the others in the long distance.

To record theexcellent Toro Rosso team test that places the Russian Daniil Kvyat in sixth and the French Pierre Gasly in seventh place ahead of the British Lando Norris (McLaren), the German Nico Hulkenberg (Renault) and the Spanish Carlos Sainz (McLaren). Alfa Romeo struggles with Kimi Raikkonen 14th and Antonio Giovinazzi 16th at 2,282 from the head and two tenths behind his team mate. Finally, there was the incident that saw Alex Albon's Red Bull as protagonist, who lost control of the car by climbing on a curb and crashing into barriers.

CLASSIFICATION FP2 GP Mexico 2019

1 5 S. Vettel (B) Ferrari 1’16 ″ 607 30
2 33 M. Verstappen (B) Red Bull +00 ″ 115 1’16 ″ 722 33
3 16 C. Leclerc (B) Ferrari +00 ″ 465 1’17 ″ 072 28
4 77 V. Bottas (B) Mercedes +00 ″ 614 1’17 ″ 221 33
5 44 L. Hamilton (B) Mercedes +00 ″ 963 1’17 ″ 570 29
6 26 D. Kvyat (B) Toro Rosso +01 ″ 140 1’17 ″ 747 34
7 10 P. Gasly (B) Toro Rosso +01 ″ 396 1’18 ″ 003 33
8 55 C. Sainz (B) McLaren +01 ″ 472 1’18 ″ 079 32
9 27 N. Hulkenberg (B) Renault +01 ″ 654 1’18 ″ 261 23
10 4 L. Norris (B) McLaren +01 ″ 742 1’18 ″ 349 31
11 18 L. Stroll (B) Racing Point +01 ″ 755 1’18 ″ 362 32
12 11 S. Perez (B) Racing Point +01 ″ 759 1’18 ″ 366 28
13 3 D. Ricciardo (B) Renault +01 ″ 773 1’18 ″ 380 28
14 7 K. Raikkonen (B) Alfa Romeo +02 ″ 074 1’18 ″ 681 31
15 8 R. Grosjean (B) Haas +02 ″ 159 1’18 ″ 766 31
16 99 A. Giovinazzi (B) Alfa Romeo +02 ″ 282 1’18 ″ 889 41
17 20 K. Magnussen (B) Haas +02 ″ 699 1’19 ″ 306 32
18 63 G. Russell (B) Williams +03 ″ 361 1’19 ″ 968 31
19 88 R. Kubica (B) Williams +03 ″ 573 1’20 ″ 180 33
20 23 A. Albon (M) Red Bull +05 ″ 058 1’21 ″ 665 5

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