The threat of rain subsided for the second practice ses🧔sion at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, giving all the teams 60 more minutes of dry weather running.

Verstap🅘pen continued where he left off as he dominated the afternoon session in Mont🔴real.

The Dutchman’s 1m14.127s s♓tood well clear of the rest of the field until Leclerc got within a tenth. 

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Like in FP1, Verstappen was mighty in the final third of the lap with the RB18 performing well on the straiꦏghts whereas Ferrari were more competitive in the tighter middle sector. 

Leclerc still hasn’t used the medium tyres so far this weekend which suggests he saving them for the race, particularly if he is ✨hit with a grid penalty for taking more power unit components. 

Regardless, Ferrari were competitive with Carlos Sainz backing up his teammate in third, just oꦯver 0.2s off the pace.

Sebastian Vettไel was the star of the session for Aston Martin as he continues his resurgence in 2022.

Vettel has scored points in the last two races and looks back to his best as he ended FP2 an impressiveꦑ 👍fourth, just 0.315s behind Verstappen.

Fernando Alonso completed the top five for Alpine, 0.4s off Verstappen’s be෴nchmark. 

Pierre Gasly’s upturn in form also continued in🅘 FP2 as he finished sixth overall ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell and McLaren duo Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris.

Esteban Ocon m🧸ade it💖 two Alpines in the top 10 albeit over half a second off his teammate.

The Frenchman had a disrupted morning after suffering a fron𒁃t-right brake issue.

Sergio Perez will be scratching his head as he could only manage t🃏he 11th quickest time, over one second off 𒈔teammate Verstappen.

𒉰Lance Stroll and Lewis Hamilton had substantial deficits to their respective teammate𒐪s - 0.9s in the Canadian’s case.

The seven-time champion also reverted to an 🙈older specification of floor after testing an experimental version in 🌌the morning session. 

A couple of drivers will have to see the ste🎀wards after the session.

Gasly failed to follow the race director’s instructions at the final chicane as he failed to take to🍸 the bollard when he locked up - Stroll is also under investigation fꦺor the same offence.

Vettel and Aston Marti🍃n will also be required to see the stewards after an unsafe release into the path ওof Kevin Magnussen’s Haas.

Another Friday disaster for Bottas

It was deja vu down at Alfa 🦩Romeo with Valtteri Bottas sat in the garage for the majority of the session🎃.

Tℱhe 10-time grand prix winner only managed three laps💎 in what was another disrupted session for him.

While Alfa Romeo ꩵhaven’t officially confirmed what the issue was, Bottas complained about an issue with the dashboard on his steerin💜g wheel which was linked to how the car was braking.

More reliability issues don’t bode well for the team given that teammate Guanyu Zhou - who was 16th fastest in FP2 - has retired from three𒐪 of the last four grands prix due to technical issues.