Red Bull‘s Max Verstappen was quickest in Free Practice 1, prior to Sainz set the fastest time of the day in FP2 at 1m21355 s, 0.019 s quicker than McLaren‘s Lando Norris and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez
The latter ended his day in the wall at the Parabolica.
Italian GP FP1 results: Verstappen fastest from Sainz
What occurred in Italian GP Free Practice 1?
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri set the speed after 10 minutes with a time of 1m23446 s on soft tires, simply 0.033 s faster than Verstappen on hards.
Verstappen worked down to 1m22657 s on the exact same tires after 15 minutes, 3 tenths quicker than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc (likewise on hards) and 4 tenths up on team-mate Perez.
Perez enhanced to 1m22954 s right before the middle, 0.297 s off Verstappen and 0.012 s ahead of Leclerc.
Sainz set the fastest very first sector on his very first lap on brand-new hards, going up to 4th, and pressed later the exact same rubber to rise to 2nd at 1m22703 s, 0.046 s slower than Verstappen. Perez got within 0.177 s of the speed in 3rd with the advantage of a tow.
Behind Leclerc, George Russell was 5th for Mercedes, half a 2nd off the rate, from Fernando Alonso ( Aston Martin) and Norris
Aston ran its reserve motorist Felipe Drugovich in this session, and he was 18 th fastest, 1.483 s off the rate.
Italian GP FP2 results: Sainz fastest from Norris
| Pos | Nº | Driver | Car/ Engine | Time | Delay | Laps |
| 1 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1’21355 | 23 | |
| 2 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren/Mercedes | 1’21374 | 0.019 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull/Honda RBPT | 1’21540 | 0.185 | 17 |
| 4 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren/Mercedes | 1’21545 | 0.190 | 21 |
| 5 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull/Honda RBPT | 1’21631 | 0.276 | 20 |
| 6 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’21716 | 0.361 | 23 |
| 7 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams/Mercedes | 1’21979 | 0.624 | 19 |
| 8 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 1’22071 | 0.716 | 16 |
| 9 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1’22176 | 0.821 | 20 |
| 10 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas/Ferrari | 1’22291 | 0.936 | 19 |
| 11 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas/Ferrari | 1’22574 | 1.219 | 21 |
| 12 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 1’22595 | 1.240 | 19 |
| 13 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine/Renault | 1’22651 | 1.296 | 22 |
| 14 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT | 1’22696 | 1.341 | 23 |
| 15 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine/Renault | 1’22716 | 1.361 | 22 |
| 16 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | Williams/Mercedes | 1’22755 | 1.400 | 24 |
| 17 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’22783 | 1.428 | 23 |
| 18 | 40 | Liam Lawson | AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT | 1’23167 | 1.812 | 23 |
| 19 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 1’23346 | 1.991 | 20 |
| 20 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin/Mercedes | – | – | 2 |
What occurred in Italian GP Free Practice 2?
Lance Stroll triggered an early warning when his Aston lost power due to a fuel concern, requiring him to a stop and out of the session.
Verstappen set the early speed at the resumption, producing 1m22259 s on the medium tire, and after that cut that down to 1m22244 s.
Sainz got P1 after 20 minutes with 1m21565 s, with Leclerc a quarter of a 2nd slower– both on mediums. Leclerc then changed to the soft however didn’t enhance.
Perez set the fastest time at 1m21540 s on softs, as Sainz ran broad at Roggia on his very first soft-tyre lap. Verstappen was just 3rd with 1m21631 s after striking traffic in sector 2.
Norris took the leading area with 1m21374 s, 0.166 s quicker than Perez, prior to Sainz set 1m21355 s on his 2nd push lap on the softs for the fastest time of the day.
He beat Norris by 0.019 s, ahead of Perez, Piastri, a miffed Verstappen and Leclerc.
Perez spun into the wall at the Curva Alboreto, previously the Parabolica, with 9 minutes to go that triggered a 2nd warning.
