Free 2 | F1, live today: results, summary and classification of the Las Vegas Grand Prix with Alonso and Sainz, live

Final classification of the second free practice of the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Las Vegaswith Hamilton leading against Norris, Russell and Sainz, who was fourth in his Ferrari. Alonso was 14th in a session in which he started on the rebound after changing the settings in his car and had to change the settings again to improve this aspect. Verstappen finished very far.

The end of the second free practice for the 2024 F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix and the end of the first day.. It is confirmed that In these very cold track conditions, with temperatures of just 13 degrees on the tarmac at the end of the session, the Mercedes feels very comfortable.. Hamilton led both sessions, and Russell was third.

But be careful that Lando Norris, theoretically fueled, is second at 11 thousandths with my McLaren.

And in the midst of title contention, a weekend in which Verstappen has his first chance to become a 4-time Formula 1 world champion, Red Bull is far away: Max is in 17th place and Perez is in 19th.

…Although it is already known that Red Bull always improves on Saturday, the start was unsuccessful for the champion.

After one lap Ferrari were worried about the cold to warm up the tyres, and at the moment Sainz was 4th and Leclerc 5th on a track that actually seems very good in terms of performance for those in red, although not quite so . temperature. For now, these low temperatures appear to have added Mercedes to the party, which started in style: Hamilton led in Free Practice 1 and is currently back at the top of the overall standings in Free Practice 2, with Russell in third and Norris. in second place with 11 thousandths. What about Verstappen? He was 7th in Free Practice 1 and is now 17th in this FP2.

This red flag ends the qualifying simulations soft and the times remain the same (table below). Now, when the session resumes after the red flag, the drivers will begin their long runs, albeit with a fraction of the time, less than expected, so teams may not be able to complete their desired long runs.

After Leclerc was only 19 centimeters from touching the wall, already touching the defense… now there is red flag because Alex Albon’s car stopped. The Thai Williams stops on the track and the driver has to get out of the car. He was leaving the pits and shortly before he had problems with the fuel system. Perhaps this is related.

De la Rosa on Alonso on DAZN: “Alonso was complaining about the rebound and now they’re changing the rear springs so the car absorbs bumps a little better and doesn’t go into that harmful rebound frequency. Then it won’t have time to find a feel for a medium tire and put on a soft tire, then focus on long trails to see the grain that will come with a medium tire.

“Everyone is leaving the hard tires behind, but there seems to be a lot of graining on both the medium and soft tires in Free Practice 1. It’s asphalt with very poor grip, very dirty, just like last year, and if you add it, the colder it gets, the more grainy it becomes.”

Now you can read the interview we did yesterday with Carlos Sainz!

“I think you’ll have to make another change to your formation because of the rebound.”says Fernando Alonso. In Brazil, the Spaniard bounced a lot and this caused severe back pain during the race. And after changing settings between sessions on the green car, he now has to return to the pits to make adjustments to avoid that annoying bouncing.

The second free practice of the Las Vegas Grand Prix begins. At the moment, everyone who has a medium tire is on one cold track, only 13 degrees (temperature 11).

These very specific conditions make the second session crucial for the teams as they continue to look for a way to warm up the tires to ensure proper use, especially in qualifying. First of all, Ferrari, which has a harder time putting tires in the right window than the leading teams.

Welcome to the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix. We will start with the second free practice, the most important of the day, to understand the race pace in the long term and the pace in qualifying.