Sainz led the session before the sprint race

Carlos Sainz was the fastest in the second free practice of the F1 Austrian GP, ​​beating by 50 thousandths charles leclerc and at 0 “168 to Max Verstappen. No one is bitter with a sweet and the Spanish result is positive, but no one is important or representative, because the key to free 2 It’s not in lap time, more in racing speed.

In the format of Big prize in sprint running, this is the session that is most beat. In Free Practice 2 with a standard GP format, teams focus on simulating qualification and racing. But in this kind of Big prizedisputing that classification the day before, the teams went from time trials to a lap and focused their work on evaluating the tires and their long run.

Thus, it was very difficult to draw conclusions from the work of the groups, as each played the fuel load they wanted, performing a sprint race simulation and a simulation of the start of the race on Sunday. In that review game, ferrari Y red bull left good feelings before a sprint race this afternoon (4:30 pm) where Sainz and Leclerc They want to come out on the attack for a Max Verstappen with the aim of escape. The key may be in the beginning and in the first three corners.

He finished in fourth place Alonsoat 0 “222 from the head, and at the fifth, another Alpine ng Stephen Ocon (at 0 “238). Alpine didn’t want to ride early in the session because they were the only team that did race simulation work only in FP1 and they rode with great racing speed in this Free 2. Alpine He did leave a good sensation, but they need to be confirmed in the race.

the doubt is in Mercedes after their two vehicles collided yesterday. The mechanic worked overtime and even had to replace the chassis hamilton. The 7-time champion went out for a round in the final minutes to check if his car was okay and to regain his senses after the crash before today’s sprint race.