[F1] – Good evening dear readers of FormulaPassion.it and welcome back with the appointment dedicated to the direct text of the second free practice session of the 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix, the 20th stage of the Formula 1 world championship.
Session ended, relive it with our minute by minute news
00.40 – The complete results of the second free practice session. Thanks for joining us, goodnight.
00.35 – This is the picture at the end of PL2 of the Mexican Grand Prix.
00.30 – Checkered flag
00.28 – Red flag, final, because Guan Yu Zhou is stopped in the stadium. Hydraulic leak.
00.25 – Large oversteer in the stadium area for several drivers.
00.20 – The drivers are continuing to complete the planned laps despite the red flag displayed for Leclerc’s exit from the track.
00.15 – The gallery of the Leclerc accident.
00.10 – Sfaznauer considers the penalty imposed on Red Bull to be fair.
00.05 – Thirty minutes still available for teams and drivers.
00.00 – Let’s recap the top-10: Russell, Tsunoda, Ocon, Hamilton, Perez, Verstappen, Leclerc, Sainz, Bottas and Gasly.
23.55 – Green lightit begins again.
23.50 – Here our in-depth analysis of the Leclerc off-piste. All the components, including the gearbox, were ‘old’ and therefore there will be no penalties on the starting grid.
23.45 – Leclerc’s Ferrari on the tow truck is now back in the pits. There will be some work to be done for the mechanics of the Scuderia di Maranello, PL2 obviously over for the Monegasque.
23.40 – Leclerc lost the rear at the entrance of the mixed section that characterizes the central sector. The impact did not have a high deceleration.
23.35 – The Monegasque driver hit the barriers with his rear, to check the gearbox in terms of penalties on the starting grid.
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Charles hits the barriers hard at the exit of Turn 7
He’s OK and out of the car #MexicoGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/8xs4k7KUvx
— Formula 1 (@F1) October 28, 2022
23.32 – Red flagLeclerc to wall.
23.30 – Another 60 minutes available for teams and drivers.
23.27 – Long to Verstappen in Curva-4.
23.25 – Below the top-10: Russell, Tsunoda, Ocon, Hamilton, Perez, Verstappen, Leclerc, Sainz, Bottas and Gasly.
23.23 – Ocon does not impress with soft tires: third time 1 ″ 2 behind Russell.
23.21 – Great time for Russell compared to PL1 results: 1’19″970 for the Mercedes driver. Tsunoda is second at eight tenths.
23.19 – Russell is launched with soft rubber.
23.17 – Perez mocked his box mate for nine thousandths, 1’21″579 the new reference.
23.15 – Heavy passage on the curb in Turn-2 by the world champion.
23.13 – Brings Verstappen in front of everyone 1’21″588gomma ‘proto’.
23.10 – Russell takes the lead with medium tires in 1’21″742.
23.08 – Questa the top-10: Sainz, Gasly, Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez, Hamilton, Russell, Alonso, Ocon e Ricciardo.
23.06 – Sainz takes the lead in 1’21″943.
23.04 – Russell and Ocon are on track with ‘normal’ tires having skipped the PL1.
23.02 – Immediately on the track Verstappen obviously with proto tires. We remind you that this session will last 90 minutes and is dedicated to Pirelli tests for 2023.
23.00 – Green light at the end of the pit lane, the second free practice session of the Mexican Grand Prix begins.
22.55 – 25 ° C the air temperature, 39 ° C that of the asphalt.
22.50 – Andreas Seidl, McLaren team principal, does not believe that the penalty against Red Bull for exceeding the budget cap is sufficient.
22.40 – The telemetry analysis of the PL1 highlights the excellent start of the Ferraris on a circuit where the aerodynamic load makes the difference.
22.30 – Let’s start our report by starting from the results of the PL1 which saw the Ferraris in front of everyone.
