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By: Jake Boxall-Legge

Summary

Verstappen takes control of FP2 approaching the end of the first hour
Ricciardo crashes at Turn 9 to bring out a red flag in FP2
Norris will receive a three-place grid penalty after passing Gasly in FP1 under yellows
Status: Stopped
All right folks, that's it for today. We shall return tomorrow to hopefully bring you all the action from an exciting FP3 and qualifying, if the weather plays ball.

Until then, however, thank you very much for your company and take care.
 
 
 
 
 
Drivers are now on the grid to run through their practice starts.
Gasly heads Kvyat, Raikkonen, Giovinazzi, Russell, Vettel, Latifi, Magnussen, Grosjean and Ricciardo fill out spots 11 to 20.
Verstappen leads Bottas, Perez, Stroll, Sainz, Hamilton, Albon, Norris, Leclerc and Ocon complete the top 10 in FP2.
FP2 has come to an end, and it's Max Verstappen who tops the session with a 1m03.660s.
Just over a minute to go in FP2.
Vettel has had another lap deleted for track limits at Turn 9. He's reported to his team he's still struggling in the wake of the car ahead, which is Sainz.
So, if FP2 does end up deciding the grid order, there are a couple of big losers. Vettel down in 16th - behind the Williams of Russell - and Norris, who'll drop three places from eighth, being the main ones. Hamilton won't be happy starting sixth while Verstappen and Bottas occupy the front row.
 
 
Just 10 minutes to go in this session.
I've just noticed: the grandstand at Turn 10 changes to show the initials and race number of all four Red Bull drivers. That is pretty neat.
Mercedes on Hamilton's session: "Lewis isn’t happy with the car, as can be seen from the gap to the front on a single lap. We completed a set down in the garage to check what we can in session in terms of alignments etc. We will make best use of the rest of the session on track and then be able to investigate more thoroughly this evening."
Albon: "The car has understeer but then it has this weird over-rotation thing at high speed, it took me by surprise completely."
He's wrecked that set of tyres and he's back in his pit box.
If anything, Albon lost it through Turn 7 and entered Turn 8 the wrong way.
Albon had a spin at Turn 8 during his race run.
 
 
McLaren's Zak Brown has been speaking to Sky about Norris' penalty. He says: "It was pretty close but he'll just have to race up that three position difference. He did it, so no point in appealing or arguing about a thing that he did, it is what it is. It was a mistake, but if that's the biggest mistake he makes all year, we'll be alright."
I think, in terms of graphics, that one scores a 3.2.
Yes! Car performance scores. Verstappen has scored 7.5 for straights, Bottas 8.3. I don't quite know how they work that out, to be honest. Surely if you're fastest in the straights your car is probably a 10?
"The grip's falling apart now," Stroll tells his team. He's on the mediums at the moment.
Just under 20 minutes to go and we're in the throws of race runs. Albon is giving the hard tyres a look on this run.
Hamilton is out of his Mercedes while some work goes on at the front of his car.
Verstappen visited his team in his pitbox, but is back out again.
 
Perez has had a lap cancelled for track limits at Turn 9. Maybe we should set up a bingo card for track limits abuse.
There isn't one Ferrari-powered car within a second of Verstappen's best laptime this afternoon.

Leclerc is the closest in ninth, 1.046s adrift. Raikkonen follows in 13th - 1.492s off. Giovinazzi is 1.705s off the best pace, while Vettel in 16th is 1.953s slower than Verstappen. Both Haas cars are over two seconds slower.
Gasly still massively disgruntled at Kvyat following him. I guess this is the F1 equivalent of copying the answers of the person sat next to you in school.
Haven't seen F1's new corner performance graphic this afternoon.
Gasly radios to his team his frustration at giving team-mate Kvyat a tow.
 
Looks like we're now getting into some racing running.

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