Ferrari quickest at French Grand Prix second session, Carlos Sainz ahead with Charles Leclerc second

Carlos Sainz was fastest in the second practice session at the French Grand Prix. Friday’s latter session saw the Spaniard recover from a fire at the Austrian Grand Prix, and put down the best time of the day of 1:32.527. Ad/> He was followed by his teammate Charles Leclerc, who was quickest in the first session.

French Grand PrixWolff: Mercedes 'not where we want to be' at French Grand Prix3 HOURS AGO Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen was in third, four-tenths off the Italian team who look like they may be able to build on Leclerc’s win at Spielberg. Verstappen’s stablemate Sergio Perez was 10th fastest. Behind Verstappen came the Mercedes duo, with George Russell the fourth quickest and Lewis Hamilton fifth.

Leclerc quickest at French Grand Prix FP1, Verstappen second Wolff: Mercedes 'not where we want to be' at French Grand Prix 'Don't welcome them again' — Pere calls for abusive F1 fans to be banned Hamilton was perhaps more rusty than his peers after sitting out the first session to allow Nick De Vries — the current Formula E champion — the chance to get some miles under his belt. Earlier in the day Toto Wolff had said he was a little disappointed with his team’s performance but they remain the third-strongest team for 2022. Elsewhere, French team Alpine had an underwhelming finish to the first day of their home race, with Fernando Alonso 11th, and Esteban Ocon 18th.