The Miami circuit again showed signs of the enormous challenge it poses for the drivers, and Mercedes showed that the improvements made to their car seem to work. Russell , after being second fastest in FP1, overtook Leclerc to dominate FP2 and finish in front on Friday.
Behind the Monegasque were Sergio Pérez as the only representative of Red Bull and Lewis Hamilton, 0.241s behind his partner but also in the fight. In a hopeful fifth place, and as the last driver less than half a second behind Russell, Fernando Alonso finished as the first Alpine.
After only being able to do 14 laps in FP1 this Friday, champion Max Verstappen had a second session to forget. The first half hour he had to live from the box while Red Bull Racing disassembled his engine and worked on his car. And when he was finally able to get out on the track, he suffered another reliability issue that meant he had to rush back to the pitlane and not be able to do any full laps.
Neither did Valtteri Bottas after the crash in first practice that damaged his Alfa Romeo.
Who did but prolonging his streak of incidents was a Carlos Sainz Jr. who lost control of the Ferrari and ended up against the protections of turn 14, causing the first red flag. The second, 12 minutes from the end, was caused by the Williams that left Latifi lying in turn 9.
The second part of the top 10 was completed by Lando Norris (sixth), Pierre Gasly (seventh), Guanyu Zhou (eighth), Esteban Ocon (ninth) and Kevin Magnussen who made up to eight teams present among the top ten.
Results of the free practice 2 of the Miami GP 2022 of F1 (FP2)
| Cla | Pilot | laps | Weather | Difference | Interval | |
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| 1 |  George Russell |
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18 | 1’29.938 | ||
| 2 |  Charles Leclerc |
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21 | 1’30.044 | 0.106 | 0.106 |
| 3 |  Sergio Perez |
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19 | 1’30,150 | 0.212 | 0.106 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton |
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18 | 1’30.179 | 0.241 | 0.029 |
| 5 |  Fernando Alonso |
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20 | 1’30.372 | 0.434 | 0.193 |
| 6 | Lando Norris |
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20 | 1’30.535 | 0.597 | 0.163 |
| 7 |  Pierre Gasly |
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20 | 1’30,547 | 0.609 | 0.012 |
| 8 |  Guanyu Zhou |
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twenty four | 1’30.860 | 0.922 | 0.313 |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon |
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20 | 1’30.861 | 0.923 | 0.001 |
| 10 |  Kevin Magnussen |
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19 | 1’30.921 | 0.983 | 0.060 |
| eleven | Carlos Sainz Jr. |
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9 | 1’30,964 | 1,026 | 0.043 |
| 12 |  Daniel Ricciardo |
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23 | 1’31.208 | 1.270 | 0.244 |
| 13 |  Yuki Tsunoda |
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twenty three | 1’31.260 | 1.322 | 0.052 |
| 14 |  Sebastian Vettel |
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23 | 1’31.393 | 1.455 | 0.133 |
| 15 | Mick Schumacher |
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21 | 1’31.587 | 1.649 | 0.194 |
| 16 |  Lance Stroll |
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23 | 1’31.631 | 1.693 | 0.044 |
| 17 |  Alexander Albon |
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21 | 1’31.710 | 1.772 | 0.079 |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi |
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14 | 1’32.913 | 2.975 | 1.203 |
| 19 |  Max Verstappen |
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| 20 |  Valtteri Bottas |
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F1 Miami GP 2022 FP2 Recap
At the start of FP2, several drivers took to the track (all with medium tires), including Carlos Sainz , although Esteban Ocon was the one who led the time table during the first moments.
Lance Stroll got the first scare when he lost control of his Aston Martin at Turn 17, but was able to continue without hitting the wall. Almost at the same time, Sainz and Alonso were placed first and second, with a difference of 0.290s between them when eight minutes had already been played.
The track was improving and Leclerc dropped to a 1:31.131 that put him in front, while Checo Pérez spun between turns 7 and 8. Beyond the accident in FP1 Valtteri Bottas and Verstappen, the Mercedes were the last to go out on the track, before the first quarter of an hour had passed.
Sainz improved on Leclerc’s mark with a 1:30.964 to give Ferrari a temporary double, but while Hamilton was placed sixth, the Madrid native lost control of his car and ended up spinning and hitting the wall at turn 14.
That caused a red flag that stopped the session with 42 minutes to go, and for 12 minutes the stewards were removing the car and cleaning the track.
When the green flag returned, there were 30 minutes left, and that’s when we began to see the first soft tires ( the red ones from Pirelli ). With them Alonso was on his way to a record, but he ran into a Verstappen who had finally been able to go out on the track but who nevertheless suffered a small fire in the rear of his Red Bull, with a hydraulic problem.
With soft tyres, Russell took the lead, beating Leclerc by 0.106s on the same compound, followed by Hamilton and Checo Pérez.
From those attacks on the clock, in which Alonso was fifth, longer runs began that made the table hardly change. However, with 12 minutes remaining on the clock, Nicholas Latifi had to park his car at Turn 9 with problems. The red flag neutralized the activity for about four minutes, and when FP2 resumed Checo Pérez went wide at turn 11, avoiding the accident thanks to the asphalt run-off.
At Turn 7, Kevin Magnussen spun before the checkered flag, although it did not damage his Haas beyond the tyres. Sebastian Vettel also spun, who experienced a moment of panic when he stood in the middle of the track and saw Norris’s McLaren coming from the front, who managed to avoid him.
That was the end of the second session, the penultimate free practice session before FP3 on Saturday.
