{"id":12214,"date":"2025-04-12T00:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T00:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/12214\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T00:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T00:18:12","slug":"mclaren-fastest-again-as-piastri-tops-norris-in-fp2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/12214\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren fastest again as Piastri tops Norris in FP2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oscar Piastri<\/a> led Lando Norris<\/a> to top a McLaren<\/a> 1-2 in Formula 1’s second practice session at the Bahrain Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

Piastri’s qualifying simulation halfway through the one-hour night-time session was enough to usurp his team-mate by a tenth and a half as the pair comfortably cleared third-placed George Russell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following a sweltering first practice in broad daylight which distorted the picture, temperatures had gradually dropped to more representative levels as the night set over the Arabian desert.<\/p>\n

Early excitement was provided by Fernando Alonso<\/a>, who had to re-attach his Aston Martin steering wheel mid-run and was forced to pit in order to replace it.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Russell led the early running before lap times took a tumble around the halfway point when most drivers embarked on single-lap runs.<\/p>\n

After a brief appearance at the top of the leaderboard by world champion Max Verstappen<\/a>, McLaren’s title protagonists Norris and Piastri cycled through to the lead, with Piastri’s soft-tyre lap of 1m30.505s just 0.154s quicker than the championship leader.<\/p>\n

\"Oscar <\/p>\n

Oscar Piastri, McLaren<\/p>\n

Photo by: Steven Tee \/ Motorsport Images<\/p>\n

Russell slotted in third, over half a second behind as the Mercedes<\/a> appeared to be quicker on the straights but lost out to the dominant McLaren in higher downforce areas.<\/p>\n

Ferrari<\/a>\u2019s Charles Leclerc<\/a> set a 1m31.054s to finish fourth, splitting the two Mercedes cars as rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli<\/a> claimed fifth.<\/p>\n

In sixth Racing Bulls rookie Isack Hadjar<\/a> followed up a maiden point scoring weekend in Japan with another bright start to the weekend: the young Frenchman heading Verstappen and Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Haas driver Oliver Bearman<\/a> was ninth with Williams’ Carlos Sainz<\/a> completing the top 10.<\/p>\n

Yuki Tsunoda<\/a> endured a challenging session in the second Red Bull as he settled for 18th, albeit with the team\u2019s penchant of running in lower engine modes on Friday likely distorting the picture.<\/p>\n

F1 Bahrain GP – FP2 results<\/p>\n

In this article<\/p>\n

Filip Cleeren\n<\/p>\n

Formula 1\n<\/p>\n

Oscar Piastri\n<\/p>\n

McLaren\n<\/p>\n

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