F1 Italian GP: Hamilton heads Mercedes 1-2, Sainz crashes heavily in FP2
Lewis Hamilton was fastest in second practice for the Italian Grand Prix ahead of Mercedes Formula 1 teammate Valtteri Bottas, while Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz crashed heavily.
Running on soft tyres, Hamღilton was 0.222s ahead of Bottas, who will start at the head of the field for F1’s second-ever sprint race at Monza on Saturday afternoon.
Max Verstappen was thir🍸d-quickest on the medium compound, 0.416s down on his main championship rival as he headed Red Bul𓆏l teammate Sergio Perez.
Verstappen heads into this weekend’s Italian GP holding a three-point advantage over H🍨amilton after back-to-back victories in Belgium and the Netherlands.
The final 60-minute practice sess🐓ion was interrupted by a red flag following a hefty shunt for Sainz, who lost control of his Ferrari at the Ascari chicane and speared into the barriers on the left-hand side.
Sainz walk🔥ed away from the incident unscathed and has been preliminary cleared during initial checks at the track medical centre after his head was seen moving violen𒆙tly in the impact.
“I had a massive crash”,” the Spaniard reported over team r🃏adio, before adding: “That hurt a bit, but I am okay.”
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