Follow usLando Norris and Oscar Piastri showcased the speed of the McLaren by securing the top two positions in the second practice session at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Norris led the session, 0.215 seconds ahead of his teammate Piastri. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen, who is set to face a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his allocated number of power units by taking his fifth internal combustion engine (ICE) at Spa-Francorchamps, finished in third place on the soft C4 tyre.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz placed fourth and fifth, respectively, but both were significantly off Norris’s pace, with Leclerc more than half a second behind and Sainz 0.838 seconds adrift. George Russell secured sixth place, while his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton ended the session in 10th.
Despite bringing further upgrades for the weekend, both Mercedes drivers struggled with balance issues during the session.
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