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	Summary - Sainz fastest in F1 Italian GP second practice from Verstappen and Leclerc - Red-flag deployed just before halfway point after Schumacher stops on track - Ferrari on top in FP1, with Leclerc leading Sainz ahead of the two Mercedes - FP3 takes place on Saturday at 1200 BST (1300 local time)
	Leaderboard Sainz, Ferrari Verstappen, Red Bull Leclerc, Ferrari Norris, McLaren Russell, Mercedes Perez, Red Bull Hamilton, Mercedes Ocon, Alpine Alonso, Alpine Albon, Williams

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18:12 And that's all from us on Live today, thanks for joining us through both practice sessions! We'll be back tomorrow for FP3 and qualifying.

18:10 Here's the report from FP2 at Monza: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1-italian-gp-sainz-tops-fp2-for-ferrari-from-verstappen/10366412/

18:03 Tsunoda's failing to slow for yellows citation will now be investigated by the stewards. Reprimand No. 6 incoming?

18:01 That's Sainz from Verstappen from Leclerc in the top three, with Norris fourth and Russell fifth.

18:00 And there's the chequered flag, bringing an end to Friday's practice runs.

17:59 Leclerc's decided to have another look at the Turn 1 slalom challenge, as we tick down into the final seconds of the session...

17:57 Tsunoda's had an incident noted for failing to slow for yellow flags at Turn 5.

17:55 Leclerc's exploring the limits of the track - and some of the run-off down at Turn 1. He has a good look at the barriers he has to slalom his way through too.

17:52 We've got all 19 cars still in this session out on track - Zhou comes through the pitlane but he's back on the road again. A full mix of tyres being tested at Monza, which we're hoping brings a range of strategies for Sunday.

17:50 Russell continues to report areas of improvement for Mercedes, feeding back that "deployment is a bit all over the place at the moment". Engineer Riccardo Musconi says it's the same for both cars.

17:47 Sainz has emerged from the pits for the final 15 minutes on mediums now. Ocon is exploring the hard compound, and he's the only one to do so.

17:43 "Quite a bit more bottoming down the straight," Russell reports over the radio as he hurls his bouncy Mercedes around the Monza circuit.

17:41 Verstappen, Norris and Hamilton bolt on mediums, and it looks like their focus is already on the race runs. Alonso, Zhou, Magnussen and Tsunoda follow suit.

17:39 And indeed, Sainz does a 1m21.664s on the softs to go top.

17:37 The runs on softs continue, so we expect to see a few more changes in the timesheets before the teams switch onto race runs. Sainz seems to be on a quick one.

17:35 And the session has reopened, and there's a few takers for the top of the final 25 minutes.

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17:30 "I think I seized the engine, I don't know what happened," Schumacher says. Gary Gannon tells his man to calmly pull over and park up.

17:29 And there's a red flag! Mick Schumacher has come to a stop at the side of the road before the first Lesmo.

17:28 Verstappen then pumps in a 1m21.807s to go top, finding a great deal of pace in the middle sector.

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