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2021 Formula 1 Turkish GP
Oct 8, 2021 to Oct 10, 2021
| Istanbul Park, TR
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Formula 1 Turkish GP
F1 Turkish Grand Prix Live Commentary and Updates - FP1 & FP2
All of Friday's F1 action from the Istanbul Park circuit
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- FP2 for the Turkish Grand Prix has finished
- Hamilton finished top with a 1m23.804s ahead of Leclerc and Bottas
- Hamilton also topped this morning's FP1
- FP3 starts at 10:00 BST on Saturday
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Leaderboard
- Hamilton, Mercedes
- Leclerc, Ferrari
- Bottas, Mercedes
- Perez, Red Bull
- Verstappen, Red Bull
- Norris, McLaren
- Alonso, Alpine
- Ocon, Alpine
- Gasly, AlphaTauri
- Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo
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09:11:37 am
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FP2 report: Hamilton leads Leclerc, Verstappen fifth -
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1-turkish-gp-hamilton-tops-fp2-from-leclerc-with-verstappen-in-fifth/6683147/
09:04:37 am
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Ocon is having a few gear selection issues as he attempts a practice start. He's stuck in neutral and stranded on track as he's been told to switch off.
09:01:41 am
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Tsunoda was 11th from Sainz, Stroll, Ricciardo, Raikkonen, Vettel, Latifi, Russell, Schumacher and Mazepin.
09:01:14 am
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Hamilton tops the session with a 1m23.804s from Leclerc, Bottas, Perez, Verstappen, Norris, Alonso, Ocon, Gasly, Giovinazzi.
09:00:46 am
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The yellow flag was for Latifi, who spun at Turn 9 again.
Checkered flag
09:00:21 am
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Chequered flag is out and that's a wrap on FP2.
08:59:56 am
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Someone's gone off in sector two and briefly brought out a yellow flag.
Yellow flag
08:57:21 am
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Mazepin had a big slide going through Turn 8. He's ruined his tyres as a result... and most likely his underpants too.
08:56:42 am
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We're now looking at Norris finishing a lap. The McLaren driver is doing his work this afternoon on the hard tyre.
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08:56:15 am
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Russell has just been told his mid 1m28s pace is "matching Aston and Ocon".
08:55:37 am
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You know there's not a lot happening when we get to see shots of cars exceeding track limits at Turn 1.
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08:54:21 am
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Verstappen reports the "vibrations are picking up on the right front". He's currently on a run on the medium tyres and there's a fair bit of marking on that right front - same as Leclerc had.
08:50:59 am
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Just 10 minutes of running left in FP2.
08:50:20 am
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Not sure how old those mediums are on Leclerc's car, but they already look quite marked on the inside of the front right.
08:49:26 am
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Gasly has gotten his AlphaTauri going again, but that set of soft tyres he's is a bit wrecked now.
Yellow flag
08:48:34 am
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Gasly has now had a spin exiting Turn 6.
08:48:06 am
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Verstappen has a big moment going through Turn 7 on this lap. Clearly still struggling for stability mid-corner.
08:45:32 am
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Just 15 minutes of FP2 remaining and we're right into the long running now.
08:44:10 am
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Bottas now has a big lock-up into Turn 1 and runs on. Another student for the Toprak school of hard braking later on.
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08:43:30 am
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Raikkonen continued his drinks-related rant in his garage, saying - among other things - "[It's] the most simply part of the car and we can't fix it." Can't imagine what Kimi is like when someone spills milk at home!
08:41:44 am
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We're yet to see a soft tyre lap from 14th-placed Ricciardo.
08:40:57 am
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Meanwhile, Ocon makes another improvement in his Alpine to seventh behind team-mate Alonso.
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08:39:29 am
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"I think my arms are too short to turn the wheel," Gasly says. Millions of short F1 fans instantly relate.
08:37:13 am
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Leclerc did hope the track surface would be just as slippery as it was last year as it suited Ferrari, but he's looking in decent form at the moment.
08:36:26 am
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Only two drivers have gone sub-1m24s this afternoon - Hamilton with a 1m23.804s, and Leclerc with a 1m23.970s.
08:34:44 am
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Tusnoda's the latest to be caught out by Turn 9. Had a bit of a snap into the corner on his previous flying lap. The Japanese driver is currently ninth.
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08:32:43 am
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Raikkonen is complaining his drinking system is "leaking like f***".
08:31:53 am
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Outside of the top 10 it's Alonso, Stroll, Ricciardo, Raikkonen, Vettel, Latifi, Russell, Mazepin, Schumacher and Ocon.
08:31:20 am
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Half an hour of this session gone, Hamilton leads Leclerc, Bottas, Perez, Verstappen, Norris, Giovinazzi, Tsunoda, Sainz, Gasly.
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08:30:28 am
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Verstappen says his car mid-corner feels "like a slingshot".
08:28:37 am
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Interesting lap for Hamilton. On the same soft tyres, he's managed to improve to a 1m24.804s.
08:27:15 am
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Verstappen goes fourth with a 1m24.736s.
08:26:19 am
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He's 0.491s down in sector one as a result of that error.
08:25:58 am
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Verstappen goes onto a time attack on soft rubber now but made a bit of a mistake exiting Turn 1.
08:25:32 am
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And Hamilton sees that lap through to go top with a 1m23.840s, but you have think there's a few tenths missing from that as a result of the traffic.
08:24:47 am
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He's kept his foot on the loud pedal though and is still up in sector two.
08:24:27 am
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Hamilton is up through sector one on this lap but has come up on a lot of traffic into Turn 8.
08:23:02 am
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Norris makes a bit of a mistake at Turn 9 on this soft tyre lap and has to abort.
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08:22:30 am
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Vettel is asked for his thoughts on car balance. His reply: "Very poor, tons of understeer". An apt description of both his Aston Martin and every shopping trolley ever.
08:21:36 am
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The Williams driver makes a small improvement to 16th.
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Published: Oct 8, 2021, 1:11 PM
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