F1 Abu Dhabi GP: Charles Leclerc tops second practice truncated by crashes for Carlos Sainz and Nico Hulkenberg
More than half the session was lost due to a lengthy stoppage while barrier repair works ♚were carried out following a heavy crash for Sainz, who lost control of his Ferrari in a ꦇbig way at Turn 3.
It marked the second time in as many weeke𓂃nds that Sainz has suffered extensive ꧑damage to his car.
The session had only just got back underway when Hulkenber൩g then spun coming out ﷺof Turn 1, with his Haas car ending up rear-ending the barriers.
Following a much speedier clear-up, the dri🍸vers got just ൩15 minutes of clean running to complete both high and low fuel running.
Leclღerc ended up 0.043s clear of McLaren’s Lando Norris, wh💞ile world champion Max Verstappen was third-quickest in his Red Bull.
Alfa Romeo’s Valtterꦓi Bottas was an eye-catching fourth ahead of the second Red Bull of Sergio Perez and Geo𝔍rge Russell’s Mercedes.
Zhou Guanyu and Lewis Hamilton were seventh and eighth respectively for Alfa Romeo and Mercedes, while Alpi🐼ne’s Pierre Gasly and Mc✱Laren’s Oscar Piastri completed the top-10.
The interupted session, which took place in conditions representative o🍎f those in qualifying and the race, gave little indication of the true competitive order due to teams conducting different run plans.
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