F1 Australian GP: Fernando Alonso tops rain-hit second practice from Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen
Alonso went quickest amid a busy start to FP2 as the drivers headed out on track to make the most of 🐲the dry conditio🌜ns and complete some running before the rain hit.
The 41-year-old Spaniard ended up 0.445s clear of Ferrari’s L🌠eclerc and early champions꧋hip-leader Verstappen, who was 0.615s adrift in his Red Bull.
George Russell was fourth-fastest,🗹 0.785s off the pace, while Mercedes teammate Lewis Ha💞milton was only 13th.
The seven-time world champion was unhappy with the balance of his W14 and carr✅ied out further set-🔯up changes as he looks to get on top of his early struggles with Mercedes’ 2023 challenger.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was fifth, ahead of ✱Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez, who was blocked on both of his dry-tyre runs.
Lando Norris, Nico Hulkenb🌜erg and Pierre Gasly completed the rest of the top-10 ord🐽er for McLaren, Haas and AlphaTauri respectively.
Electrical issues at Williams restricted F1 roo♓kie Logan Sargeant to his 🌃;garage for the entire session.
The rain prevented any representative running and also meant teams were unable to complete any race simulations on dry tyres🥀.
Aside from a couple of trips over the grass at ♛Turn 1 for the likes of Verstappen and Norris, the drivers avoided any dramas in the greasy conditions.
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