Charles Leclerc recovered from an FP1 crash to finish Friday’s follow operating on the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix quickest.
The Ferrari driver posted a lap on tender tyres which was simply 0.006 seconds faster than Purple Bull’s Sergio Perez, who demonstrated encouraging tempo as he seems to show round his current stoop in kind.
Following on from an erratic FP1 during which he ended up within the Flip 15 obstacles, Leclerc continued to have adventures within the second session, however nearly saved his automotive out of the wall.
Lewis Hamilton was third-quickest for Mercedes, solely 0.066s behind his future Ferrari teammate.
Carlos Sainz wound up fourth-fastest within the different Ferrari, some 0.466s adrift, with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri finishing the top-five.
Championship chief Max Verstappen, who led the timesheet in FP1, ended up sixth, half a second adrift. The Dutchman practically crashed when he locked up and ran deep into Flip 5, narrowly avoiding hitting the wall.
Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll was seventh, whereas George Russell discovered himself in a Haas sandwich in ninth, with Nico Hulkenberg (eighth) and Oliver Bearman managing a time ok to place him contained in the top-10.
Championship hopeful Lando Norris was solely seventeenth after seeing his solely tender tyre run compromised when he caught a slow-moving Pierre Gasly by way of the high-speed kinks main onto the principle straight.
In stark distinction to Friday’s chaotic opening follow which was punctuated by three pink flags, there have been no suspensions in FP2, regardless of a number of drivers getting perilously near the obstacles.
