Italian Grand Prix: Carlos Sainz fastest in second practice as Sergio Perez crashes

On his 29th birthday, Carlos Sainz was fastest successful 2nd signifier having been 2nd successful the archetypal session

Sergio Perez crashed his Red Bull astatine the celebrated Parabolica country successful Friday signifier astatine the Italian Grand Prix.

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz was fastest, by 0.019 seconds from McLaren's Lando Norris, with Perez third.

Verstappen's champion thigh was wrecked by postulation and helium ended the league lone fifth, down McLaren's Oscar Piastri.

Perez's crash, from which helium emerged unhurt and did lone comparatively airy harm to his car considering the precocious velocity astatine which helium mislaid control, blotted what had different been a beardown time for him.

Perez was really faster than Verstappen connected the race-simulation runs successful the past portion of the league by astir 0.1secs connected mean implicit the fewer laps they managed earlier the crash.

It was a beardown time from Sainz, connected his 29th birthday. He topped the 2nd league aft being 2nd fastest, lone 0.046secs down Verstappen, successful the earlier archetypal hour.

His team-mate Charles Leclerc was sixth fastest successful the 2nd session, 0.361secs disconnected the pace, and 4th quickest down Perez successful the first.

Williams operator Alex Albon was seventh fastest, followed by Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, Williams operator George Russell and the Haas drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen.

Lewis Hamilton was lone 17th fastest, complaining that helium was lacking velocity connected the straights aft seemingly choosing a higher-downforce set-up than Russell.

The seven-time champion asked to alteration his car during the league but was rebuffed by his contention technologist Peter Bennington, who said it would forestall them doing the moving they needed.

Alonso's team-mate Lance Stroll had a hard day. He sat retired the archetypal league truthful reserve operator Felipe Drugovich could beryllium fixed immoderate mileage, and past his car broke down with a fuel-system occupation connected his archetypal thigh retired of the pits.

It leaves the Canadian going into Saturday having done not a azygous flying lap.

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