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F1 Las Vegas GP: Hamilton stays on high in second follow
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F1 Las Vegas GP: Hamilton stays on high in second follow

By Miles Cooper November 22, 2024
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F1 Las Vegas GP: Hamilton stays on high in second follow

Lewis Hamilton ended Thursday with a clear sweep of Method 1 follow periods on the Las Vegas Grand Prix, and beat Lando Norris by 0.011s in FP2.

The Mercedes driver set a 1m33.825s on mushy tyres earlier than a quick crimson flag referred to as for the stranded Alex Albon, who had struggled all through the session with gas system issues.

Versus the low-grip circumstances in FP1, it took much less time for the drivers to rise up to hurry; Hamilton received inside a second of his first-session greatest on his opening run with the medium tyre, though this was supplanted by Lando Norris’ 1m35.406s.

George Russell was the primary to go quicker than the FP1 instances whereas nonetheless on mediums; the Briton set a 1m34.979s as the brand new benchmark, which Charles Leclerc overturned by virtually 0.4s.

The Monegasque then set a 1m34.476s to reveal the additional observe evolution, capping off the early medium runs.

Russell then kicked off with the mushy tyres and logged a 1m34.015s to go quickest, a time that was two-tenths away from Hamilton’s first effort – and the 2 Mercedes drivers have been subsequently cut up by Carlos Sainz within the order.

Norris went faster and took the instances beneath the 1m34s – setting a 1m33.836s to throw McLaren’s hat into the early ring, though Hamilton then nudged forward by 0.01s to go quickest.

The soft-tyre runs have been then placed on pause when the crimson flag was flown for Albon; the Williams driver was stranded within the pits for almost all of the session with a gas system challenge and, when he received on observe, he managed only a handful of laps earlier than his FW46 floor to a halt.

After inexperienced flag operating resumed, most selected to give attention to their higher-fuel runs on the medium tyre – prompting no additional modifications within the order.

Norris therefore cut up the Mercedes as Russell saved maintain of third, 0.09s forward of Sainz within the ultimate timing order. This ensured the highest 4 have been all inside 0.3s, a a lot finer margin in comparison with the sooner session’s near-second hole.

Leclerc was fifth quickest over Pierre Gasly, as Kevin Magnussen demonstrated Haas’ sturdy tempo with seventh total.

Oscar Piastri was eighth within the FP2 order, forward of Nico Hulkenberg and Yuki Tsunoda – RB discovering extra tempo versus its efforts within the earlier follow session.

This contrasted with the lead Crimson Bull squad which solely managed seventeenth and nineteenth as Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez set their greatest instances on the medium tyre.

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