George Russell set the tempo in a dry second follow session for the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort forward of Oscar Piastri.
The Mercedes driver ended Friday because the quickest driver of the day with a finest time of a 1’10.702, simply 0.061s faster that Piastri’s McLaren. Max Verstappen was fifth-fastest for Purple Bull.
After a moist opening follow session, drivers had a dry however windy second hour of operating within the afternoon. There was way more early exercise for all of the drivers, particularly, Valtteri Bottas who returned to his seat after giving it up for Robert Shwartzman within the opening session.
Verstappen set the early tempo in his Purple Bull, however a second via the fast Scheivlak nook ruined an early lap. After a visit via the gravel within the opening session, Russell had a second early on as he locked up and ran off monitor into flip eight.
The session was stopped simply after quarter-hour after Nico Hulkenberg slid off the circuit on the first nook, Tarzan, and skidded gently into the tyre boundaries. His session was over and follow resumed after his automotive was recovered from the flip one run off.
Groups turned their attentions to the mushy tyres, with Lando Norris going quickest of all forward of Verstappen. That was till Russell set what could be the perfect time of the day with a 1’10.702, whereas Piastri moved up into second, simply six-hundredths of a second off the Mercedes.
The latter a part of the session was devoted to lengthy runs, with Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Norris and Verstappen specializing in mushy tyres whereas Piastri opted for mediums. On the chequered flag, Russell was quickest, with Piastri second, Hamilton third and Norris fourth forward of Verstappen.
Advert | Turn out to be a RaceFans supporter and
Fernando Alonso was fifth forward of Yuki Tsunoda, Kevin Magnussen, Charles Leclerc and Alexander Albon rounding out the highest ten. Sergio Perez was solely twelfth for Purple Bull.
Carlos Sainz Jnr coated simply seven laps in whole after a gearbox downside compelled an early finish to his session. He returned to the pits early within the session complaining his Ferrari was caught in seventh gear.
The stewards will examine two separate alleged unsafe pit launch incidents after the session, the primary involving Albon and Lance Stroll, the second between Zhou Guanyu and Daniel Ricciardo.
2024 Dutch Grand Prix second follow outcome
Advert | Turn out to be a RaceFans supporter and
