Italian GP: Sainz tops FP2 ahead of Verstappen
10th September 2022Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz topped the final practice session of the opening day, 0.143 seconds faster than Red Bull’s defending world champion, Max Verstappen.
How second practice unfolded…
The cars began to filter out onto the Italian circuit, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, as the pit exit light went green. After the first 10 minutes, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen topped the timing board with a 1:22.303, 0.004 seconds faster than his championship rival – Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, and Carlos Sainz (+0.180).
The top three remained unchanged by the first quarter while Verstappen improved his lap time with a soft tyre run and set another personal – and session – best with a 1:21.807.
McLaren’s Lando Norris made an appearance in the top three with the third fastest lap, half a second off the pace.
A red flag was soon brought out as Haas’ Mick Schumacher suffered a mechanical issue at the halfway mark of the session. As the young German entered the second chicane, on the circuit, and suggested the engine had seized. Schumacher was soon ordered to pull of to the side of the circuit.
The session soon got back underway and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz jumped up to the top of the timing board with a quick lap time of 1:21.664, 0.143 seconds faster than Verstappen and Leclerc (+0.190) who occupied P2 and P3 respectively.
As the session came to a stop, after its one-hour allotted time, Alpha Tauri’s Yuki Tsunoda was put under investigation by race control for failing to slow down under yellow flags.
The Japanese driver was found to have failed to slow down, under yellow flags, and was given a three-place grid drop – alongside his 10-place grid penalty for exceeding the reprimand allowance, in addition to two penalty points on his super licence (eight in total over 12 months).
Fastest three:
- Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
- Max Verstappen, Red Bull
- Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
That’s it for the article: Italian GP: Sainz tops FP2 ahead of Verstappen! With grid penalty due to be dished out, who is a contender for pole position? Let us know in the comments!
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Hi, I'm Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion. I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I've loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.
