Hamilton fastest in FP2 over Sainz, Norris

The seven-time F1 champion vaulted to the top of the order amid the mid-session soft tyre running to displace home favourite Sainz, who had kicked off the running on the C3 tyres – the softest compound for this weekend.

Verstappen set the best first and third sectors on his first tilt at a qualifying-adjacent tour, but lost 0.3s in the middle sector to Sainz to ultimately fall short of the two cars ahead.

Hamilton then fired his Mercedes to the top, logging a 1m13.264s thanks to a strong final sector, to carry him just two-hundredths clear of Sainz’s earlier effort.

Attention switched to race runs shortly after, effectively locking in the timing board as the teams and drivers sought to assess their cars in race trim.

F1 Spanish GP FP2 Result