2022 USA Grand Prix FP2 record as well as highlights: Leclerc tops prolonged 2nd session in Austin as vehicle drivers examination 2023 tires

October 22, 2022

Ferrari vehicle driver Charles Leclerc uploaded the fastest time in FP2 for the 2022 USA Grand Prix– this session extended from 60 to 90 mins for Pirelli’s model 2023 tire examination.

Leclerc clocked a 1m 36.810 s throughout a very early job on the 2022-spec tool tire, having actually been permitted to run his very own program at the beginning of the session after remaining FP1.

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With weather warm as well as bright at the Circuit of The Americas, it confirmed to be an optimal session for Pirelli to collect depictive information on their work-in-progress substances before an intended post-season examination for the clear-cut variations in Abu Dhabi.

Alongside Leclerc as well as Ferrari, a number of various other vehicle drivers as well as groups performed custom programs for a section of FP2 prior to concentrating on the tire examination, with McLaren, Alfa Romeo, Williams as well as Haas likewise offered dispensation for running ‘novice’ vehicle drivers in FP1.

1


Charles
Leclerc
LEC
Ferrari

1:36.810

2


Valtteri
Bottas
ROBOT
Alfa Romeo

+0.715 s

3


Daniel
Ricciardo
RIC
McLaren

+0.817 s

4


Carlos
Sainz
SAI
Ferrari

+1.422 s

5


Mick
Schumacher
MSC
Haas F1 Group

+2.697 s

Without a doubt, FP2 noted the very first laps of the weekend break for Leclerc, Daniel Ricciardo, Valtteri Bottas, Nicholas Latifi as well as Kevin Magnussen– the last aiming to recuperate shed gas mileage at Haas after Antonio Giovinazzi’s collision in the opening session.

Behind Leclerc, Bottas as well as Ricciardo used the 2022-spec soft substance en path to P2 as well as P3 for Alfa Romeo as well as McLaren specifically, both completing over 7 tenths far from the Monegasque’s criteria.

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FP1 pace-setter Carlos Sainz led the pack of vehicle drivers limited to suggested runs (that included established job sizes as well as gas tons) on the unmarked Pirelli tires, winding up around 1.5 s adrift, with Mick Schumacher finishing the leading 5 for Haas.

Lando Norris took 6th in the various other McLaren, directly staying clear of the wall surface after a wild slide at the pit entrance, complied with by Red Bull vehicle driver Max Verstappen as well as the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton.


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Pirelli got some beneficial info with their unmarked model 2023 tires in FP2

AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly as well as Red Bull’s Sergio Perez were the last vehicle drivers to lap under the 1m 40s obstacle in nine as well as 10th specifically, with the previously mentioned Magnussen positioning 11th in his fixed VF-22.

George Russell was practically a 2nd down on group friend Hamilton in 13th, splitting the various other AlphaTauri as well as Alfa Romeo makers of Yuki Tsunoda as well as Zhou Guanyu, with Aston Martin’s Lance Walk going down from P4 in FP1 to P15 in FP2.

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Towering group companions Esteban Ocon as well as Fernando Alonso ended up 16th as well as 17th, the only minute of dramatization for the group coming when Alonso obtained stuck behind Hamilton on a very early run as well as regreted over the radio that his competitor “has no mirrors today”.

At the back, Williams vehicle drivers Alex Albon as well as Latifi sandwiched Sebastian Vettel’s Aston Martin– the area covered by 5.5 secs around the 5.513 kilometres Austin location.

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