Piastri set the fastest lap in FP2 ahead of his McLaren teammate

After an interesting first free practice session at the Bahrain Grand Prix, the general consensus was that the grip at the circuit was not ideal. Lando Norris topped the session ahead of the Alpine of Pierre Gasly and the Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton. Max Verstappen was visibly struggling with his Red Bull and didn't seem to be feeling comfortable in the car. Kimi Antonelli was ony able to get three laps in after he suffered a mechanical failure early on in the session. FP1 also saw numerous rookies take to the track with Ryo Hirakawa now driving for Haas, Luke Browning driving for Williams, Dino Beganovic driving for Ferrari, Felipe Drugovich driving for Aston Martin, Frederik Vesti driving for Mercedes and lastly, Ayumu Iwasa driving for Red Bull. With the grid back to it's regular drivers, see what happened in the second free practice session:

Williams was fined 7,500 euros for the situation between Alex Albon and Luke Browning
- Alex Albon unintentionally impeded his temporary teammate, Luke Browning, in Free Practice 1
Once again, the McLaren drivers are occupying the top two spots with Oscar Piastri setting the fastest time and Lando Norris following closely behind
Isack hadjar nearly had a moment on track with Nico Hulkenberg
- The young driver almost made contact with the veteran with both of the drivers getting angry on the radio
Fernando Alonso had an interesting moment where he took the steering wheel off the car as it was still on track
Max Verstappen definitely seemed to struggle and was on the radio complaining about the balance and the shaking of the car
Kimi Antonelli was able to get back out on track after missing out on the majority of FP1
- He finished the session in P5 ahead of Isack Hadjar
Oscar Piastri topped Free Practice 2 ahead of his McLaren teammate, Lando Norris and the Mercedes of George Russell

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Bahrain Grand Prix FP2 Results

Position	Driver Name	Team	Time
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:30.505
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.659
3	George Russell	Mercedes	1:31.032
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.045
5	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:31.227
6	Isack Hadjar	Visa Cash App RB	1:31.238
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:31.330
8	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:31.576
9	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:31.584
10	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:31.623
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.696
12	Liam Lawson	Visa Cash App RB	1:31.706
13	Gabriel Bortoleto	Stake F1 Team	1:31.772
14	Jack Doohan	Alpine	1:31.788
15	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:31.825
16	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:31.870
17	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:31.947
18	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing	1:32.024
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:32.382
20	Nico Hulkenberg	Stake F1 Team	1:32.496

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