Leclerc Tops Bahrain FP2 as Mercedes Stumbles at Sepang
Leclerc’s 1:37.528 lap beat Hadjar by 0.099 seconds, while Hamilton was summoned after stewards noted an alleged blocking incident.
- On Friday, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc topped the second practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, clocking a best lap of one minute and 37.528 seconds to edge Red Bull's Isack Hadjar by 0.099 seconds.
- Formula One returned to Sepang International Circuit, 40 miles south of Kuala Lumpur, for the first time in nine years to host the rearranged Bahrain Grand Prix, cancelled earlier this season due to the Middle East conflict.
- Championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli and George Russell finished seventh and eighth in their upgraded Mercedes, while fourth-placed Max Verstappen avoided soft tires to guard his true speed.
- Seven-Time world champion Lewis Hamilton faces a stewards' investigation for allegedly impeding Audi's Gabriel Bortoleto, whose car stopped on track with a transmission failure late in the session.
- Although the FIA predicted a 90 per cent chance of rain, the session remained dry, providing critical data on tyre degradation expected to factor heavily in Sunday's race.
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Writing sports, 2 Oct (EFE).- Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) was the fastest this Friday, ahead of the French Isack Hadjar (Red Bull), in the second free training for the Baréin Grand Prix, the 16th Formula One World Championship, which is contested in the Sepang circuit in Malaysia. Italian Andrea [...] La entrada Leclerc leads ahead of Hadjar the second Sepang free; Antonelli, eighth published first in HolaNews.
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The 28-year-old Monegasque driver, who had spoken out in support of Vasseur on Thursday, clocked a best lap of one minute and 37.528 seconds to outpace Hadjar by 0.099 seconds in an uneventful session run in sweltering conditions. World champion Lando Norris of McLaren recovered from a disappointing 12th place in the opening run to take third ahead of four-time champion Max Verstappen in the second Red Bull, seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton in…
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc fastest in practice for Bahrain GP in Malaysia
Max Verstappen, who was fastest in the first running, guarded against showing his true pace on the quickest tyres.
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