Practicing 2 Classification and times
There was a great desire to take advantage of the lost time in the morning, when capricious rain prevented drawing conclusions.
And
Carlos Sainz
had even more encouragement after his fight to the limit two weeks ago in Canada.
Driven by this inertia, at the wheel of a revamped Ferrari, the man from Madrid led the second free session at Silverstone (1:28.942) ahead of
Lewis Hamilton
and
Lando Norris
, while
Fernando Alonso
finished sixth, 75 hundredths off the lead.
Although in recent races he has tried to minimize his influence, at least publicly, the truth is that Alonso suffered in a very marked way from that
porpoising
that has been giving the engineers so many headaches.
Despite this deficit, very noticeable on the two straights at Silverstone, the two-time champion continued what was offered in Baku and Montreal.
He not only scratched
Esteban Ocon
for half a second , but he once again rubbed shoulders with the best.
Alpine's progression once again coincides with that of Mercedes, another car that has been dragging the terrible
porpoise
at high speed.
In the middle of a heated atmosphere, Hamilton slipped into the step where this year Ferrari and Red Bull have been taking turns.
"One swallow does not make a summer",
Toto Wolff
, team leader, announced in the preview, referring to the improvements made since Montmeló.
The truth is that with the predictable step forward from
George Russell
, the Silver Arrows will be a firm candidate for the podium on Sunday.
Of course, in the fight for victory we must continue to include Red Bull, even though Verstappen, fourth, and
Sergio Pérez
, seventh, refused to squeeze a single-seater that they have lost weight.
Sainz, who debuts this weekend turbo, MGU-H and MGU-K, and
Charles Leclerc
, with the exhaust system also renewed, must oppose in the strongest way.
Others who seem to be encouraged to add a splash of color are the guys from McLaren.
This time, even the cyclothymic
Daniel Ricciardo
managed to shoot in the same second as the leader, while in the garage they starred in a scene that was very close to nonsense.
During a test tire change, one mechanic turned the wheel upside down, while another messed with the jack.
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