Sergio Perez he set the best time in the second free practice session at the Austin circuit. The Mexican Red Bull driver lapped in 1: 34.946, 257 thousandths better than Lando Norris. As for world title rivals, Lewis Hamilton he finished in third position, with a delay of +0.364 from Checo (but with an assault on time canceled by track limits). The highlight of the Briton’s Friday came not so much from the results as from the skirmish on the track with Max Verstappen. The Dutchman, ten minutes after the start of the session, broke the unwritten rule that drivers must not outdo each other on the launch lap, so Hamilton widened him on the outside in the corner leading to the finish line: Verstappen, for all response, he sent him to that country giving him a “stupid idiot“.
Fourth place for Valtteri Bottas, who will start on Sunday with a penalty of five positions on the grid. Also in the top-5 Daniel Ricciardo, who redeemed himself after an unlucky morning. In the top 10 the Ferrari, with Charles Leclerc seventh and Carlos Sainz ninth: in the midst of the Maranello drivers just a nervous one Verstappen, which has hardly ever found the right moment for the assault on time.
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F1 | United States GP 2021, ranking PL2
Pos. | Pilot | Team | Time and mix | Detachment |
1 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1: 34.946 (S.) | – |
2 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1: 35.203 (S.) | +0.257 |
3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1: 35.310 (S.) | +0.364 |
4 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1: 35.360 (S.) | +0.414 |
5 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1: 35.457 (S.) | +0.511 |
6 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1: 35.561 (S.) | +0.615 |
7 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1: 35.572 (S.) | +0.626 |
8 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1: 35.824 (M.) | +0.878 |
9 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1: 35.919 (S.) | +0.973 |
10 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1: 36.138 (S.) | +1.192 |
11 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1: 36.158 (S.) | +1.212 |
12 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1: 36.242 (S.) | +1.296 |
13 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 1: 36.376 (S.) | +1.430 |
14 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 1: 36.558 (S.) | +1.612 |
15 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1: 36.718 (M.) | +1.772 |
16 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1: 36.983 (S.) | +2.037 |
17 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1: 37.041 (S.) | +2.095 |
18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1: 37.254 (S.) | +2.308 |
19 | George Russell | Williams | 1: 37.490 (S.) | +2.544 |
20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas | 1: 38.026 (S.) | +3.080 |
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