Following a delayed start to the session 🌊due to drain repairs, Hamilton recovered from a difficult FP1 to jump to the top of the timesheets during the Soft tyre runs in FP2, though his best lap time - a 1m19.837s - was some two-tenths slower than what his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas managed in the morning.

Verstappen, who trails Hamilton in the championship by just a single point heading into this weekend’s second-ever grand prix at Portimao, once again to🌱ok second spot in his RB16B.

The Dutchman’s session was briefly interrupted by a brake-by-wire issue but it proved to be a minor problem as he retജurned to the circuit following a short spell in the garage to split the Mercedes pair, with Bottas 0.344s down on Hamilton’s FP2 benchmark. 

Carlos Sainz was a strong fourth for Ferrari, while it was an encouraging afternoon for Alpine as both Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon got 🐓wit☂hin 0.4s of the leading time in P5 and P6.

Ferrari ended Friday with both its cars inside the top-10 as Charles Leclerc took seventh ahead of the lead McLaren of Daniel Ricciardo, who continues his quesꦫt to get fully 💞up to speed at his new team.

Rounding out the rest of the top-10 runners were Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and the second Red Bull of Sergio Perez, with the Mexican unable to replicate the pace he showe⭕d in FP1.

Further down the order, Antonio Giovinazzi returned to the cockpit of his Alfa Rome𓆉o after Ferrari junior Callum Ilott deputised in the morning to make his grand prix practice bow🦹.

The Italian finished 17th fastest, ahead of the Haas duo of Mick Schumacher an𒆙d Nikita Mazepin - both of whom once again sandwiched Nicholas Latifi, who took a trip through the Turn 8 gravel on his way to 19th.

FULL RESULTS FROM SECOND PRACTICE FOR THE 2021 FORMULA 1 PORTUGUESE GRAND PRIX.