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By: Jake Boxall-Legge

Summary

Hamilton tops Bahrain Grand Prix FP2, having also gone fastest in the opening session
Verstappen P2, Bottas P3 with Perez fourth and Ricciardo fifth
Albon brings out the red flags after heavy crash at the final corner; second session stoppage comes after dog spotted on the circuit
Pirelli's 2021 tyre construction tested in early part of the session
Russell back out for Williams after Nissany's FP1 run, Raikkonen back in at Alfa Romeo for Kubica
Status: Stopped
 
Hamilton leads from Verstappen, Bottas, Perez, Ricciardo, Gasly - with Norris, Stroll, Kvyat and the wall-bothering Albon complete the top 10.
And that's that for Friday practice! FP2 is over, with Hamilton on top.
A few deleted laptimes coming up on the screen - although they're not quick times, so it won't change the current order.
F1's new quali pace graphic has popped up, which omits the pace of the hot-lapping dog earlier in the session. So, it's not truly representative.
Plenty of complaints about tyres from the drivers - and as we all know, the unhappier the drivers are, the more mixed up things get. Probably. We've not actually scientifically tested this.
We have 10 minutes of FP2 remaining.
Here's Lewis Hamilton, clocking in a 1m28.971s to go quickest. So much for "race runs, full fuel".
Verstappen's asked for a front wing update. "All good, the tyres just die," comes the Dutchman's reply.
 
Plenty of longer soft-tyre runs in force for now, with nobody setting any particularly quick times. Times are around the 1m35s and 1m36s, so we're in race prep mode.
Meanwhile, Norris and Giovinazzi are now doing their mandatory six laps on the test tyre.
Hamilton does his fastest lap of the session, going up to P6.
We're back underway, barring any more wildlife.
The beady-eyed cameraman caught that dog sneaking on-track. Meanwhile, Albon's broken Red Bull returns to the paddock.
"If I'd known we were allowed dogs, I've have brought mine," says Vettel.
We will name the dog Spaniel Ricciardo. There will be no further discussion.
From Bahrain to Bark-rain, the dog seems to have disappeared once more.
That has to be F1's shortest green flag ever. There's a wee dog on-track, that's why, and it's a very cute dog.
We're back to green...oh no, we're not!
For those of you following along on Twitter - apologies, it hasn't picked up our posts! It should be back now. We think Albon's Red Bull hit something that made it work.
The session will restart in a few seconds.
So, we've got about 35 minutes of this session left. The clock continues to tick down as the clean-up crew removes Albon's rather dog-eared Red Bull.
Gasly had a ringside seat for that one, lifts off and immediately dips into the pits.
Albon got wide at the final corner, the car didn't bite amid the dust, and puts thousands on the team's repair bill.
It's Albon! Big crash at turn 14!
It's a red flag! What's happened?
 
Perez is now just 0.08s off of Verstappen that time around with softs, although Bottas now splits the two to go P2.
Vettel did lock up at turn 10, but the wheel kept rotating so it's not been too damaging to his tyres. He's currently in P8.
"I have quite heavy vibrations at the end of straights," Vettel says. His tyres seem okay, so we're not too sure about flat spots...
More work to the underside of Verstappen's car, which he'd done in FP1 too. Elsewhere in F1 faux pas watch, Sainz and Leclerc have both wrestled with kerbs and come off worse. Kerb your enthusiasm, chaps.
Ricciardo does a hot lap on softs, logging a 1m29.603s to go P3.
Hamilton comes in to finally ditch the Pirelli test tyre, having been trundling around on the mystery compound. We have a few on fresh mediums, and others on fresh softs.
 
Perez gets up to P2, just 0.2s off of Verstappen's current benchmark.
IMSA-bound Magnussen is briefly up to fourth, before being shoved down the order a bit by Kvyat and Ocon.
Gasly and Albon now go into P2 and P3, nudging Raikkonen further down the order.
Verstappen now goes quickest, dipping below the 1m30s bracket for a 1m29.318s on the medium tyre.

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