> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.the-race.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # What went on in Ferrari-dominated second French GP practice - URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/what-went-on-in-ferrari-dominated-second-french-gp-practice/ - Published: 2022-07-22T17:05:04.000Z - Updated: 2023-09-16T14:11:21.000Z - Description: Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz, who is set to serve a grid penalty in the French Grand Prix, set the pace in the second Friday practice session - Author: Valentin Khorounzhiy - Tags: Formula 1, #image-center-left Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz, who is set to serve a grid penalty in the French Grand Prix, set the pace in the second Friday practice session. --- **Key moments:** \> Ferrari half a second clear \> Verstappen third, Perez only 10th \> Big spin for Schumacher --- As one of the very few drivers to run the soft compound rather than the medium on his opening run in FP2, Sainz established a lead of over eight tenths early on – with his former team-mate Max Verstappen and his current team-mate Charles Leclerc behind him, 0.010s apart on the yellow-walled tyres. Leclerc jumped two tenths ahead of Sainz once switching to softs, but the Spaniard – who will serve a penalty of at least 10 places for Sunday’s race – replied with an eight-tenth improvement of his own to a 1m32.527s. Ferrari’s 1-2 was then secured by Leclerc lapping 0.101s off Sainz, which crucially left him well clear of championship leader Verstappen. The Dutchman couldn’t get within half a second of Sainz on his first soft-tyre attempt and appeared to overrule his team’s guidance in requesting another qualifying simulation attempt – which was another four tenths slower thanks to “a lot of understeer in the first sector” despite a session-best second sector. Mercedes was three quarters of a second off the pace in fourth-placed George Russell’s hands, with Lewis Hamilton – who had ceded his W13 to Nyck de Vries in first practice – another two tenths down. Lando Norris, who ran the old-spec McLaren in first practice but switched to the upgraded version for the afternoon session, was a tenth off Hamilton in sixth, followed by AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly, Haas driver Kevin Magnussen and Norris’s team-mate Daniel Ricciardo. The second Red Bull of Sergio Perez was only 10th, a second off Verstappen. The biggest incident in the session befell Magnussen’s team-mate Mick Schumacher, the German caught out in a high-speed spin through the ‘double right’ Le Beausset and appeared quite fortunate to not end up in the barriers. ## Practice 2 Results | Pos | Name | Car | Best Time | Gap Leader | | --- | ---------------- | --------------------- | --------- | ---------- | | 1 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1m32.527s | | | 2 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1m32.628s | +0.101s | | 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1m33.077s | +0.55s | | 4 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1m33.291s | +0.764s | | 5 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m33.517s | +0.99s | | 6 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m33.607s | +1.08s | | 7 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-Red Bull | 1m33.906s | +1.379s | | 8 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1m33.928s | +1.401s | | 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m33.984s | +1.457s | | 10 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1m34.06s | +1.533s | | 11 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | 1m34.259s | +1.732s | | 12 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1m34.264s | +1.737s | | 13 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1m34.42s | +1.893s | | 14 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-Red Bull | 1m34.54s | +2.013s | | 15 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1m34.595s | +2.068s | | 16 | Alex Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 1m34.653s | +2.126s | | 17 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1m34.654s | +2.127s | | 18 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1m34.66s | +2.133s | | 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | 1m35.195s | +2.668s | | 20 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 1m35.412s | +2.885s |