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00:00as he makes his way around the next fast left-hander.
00:03This is Lando Norris starting off his current fast lap.
00:06A near unsteady under braking,
00:08a little bit like the first corner at Brazil
00:11that cost him a few places last time out.
00:14Lewis Hamilton, who was quickest in FP1,
00:16currently making his way towards the end of his latest lap.
00:21And as you can see, he's gone purple and purple
00:23through the first two sectors.
00:25Round turn 17 he goes.
00:27And he's fastest by nearly 7 tenths of a second.
00:30That's a third colder than it was in the previous session.
00:34Getting very close to the wall, but not hitting it.
00:37That's exactly how you need to take turn 5.
00:40Hitting the ground, as we watch with Charles Leclerc.
00:46Like Lando had, just a bit of rear instability
00:49as he came into turn 1,
00:51riding a board with the World Championship later.
00:53This is into turn 5.
00:55And he also has that rear instability there.
00:59Ah, just no grip.
01:03Yeah, they're all struggling with low tyre temp.
01:06We don't think that Mercedes were one of those teams
01:08that was asked to modify, was it?
01:10I think it was Ferrari...
01:13Is it Ferrari and Red Bull?
01:14No, Red Bull, I think one of the teams not affected by this
01:18was Lando Norris goes fastest.
01:20And then George Russell goes quicker than him.
01:22Riding on board with car number 20.
01:26Kevin Magnussen.
01:27Another lock-up coming his way, yep.
01:29Outside front on that occasion.
01:33Oh, nice little donut there.
01:34Very good.
01:35Yeah, big lock-up on the outside front.
01:38Right, Ted Kravitz, down to you.
01:41Ah, your skid block correspondent here, Mr. Croft.
01:44Ah, thank you.
01:45I was just before, I was just at Red Bull actually discussing this.
01:49And it was a technical directive
01:52that was going to be introduced next year.
01:55And Red Bull's position and Christian Horner's position,
01:58Christian Horner just said, look, let's bring it forward.
02:01Why are we waiting?
02:02So mindful of trying to get the brakes in the right window.
02:05There's a stop in again, locking the outside front
02:08and going out wide.
02:09But, yeah, because he's, you know,
02:12trying to get the brakes in the right window is so important.
02:15They, um, it's, yeah, interesting from Sainz and Ferrari there
02:19to put that on the steering wheel, to have it at all times.
02:23Yeah, I mean, it can only be a help.
02:24It's certainly helping Ferrari at the moment.
02:26Charles Leclerc, here he is,
02:28fastest at the moment by five one hundredths of a second.
02:32We're seeing drivers just locking up,
02:36and many of them having lock-up problems.
02:39Sergio Perez next.
02:42Yeah, that's a typical move, not just from Sergio,
02:46but from many other drivers during the course of this evening.
02:48Would you want, just to go back to the Williams thing,
02:51would you want to know how you're doing
02:53compared to your previous best,
02:55or is there something to say for,
02:57I've just got the feel that it's a really good lap,
02:58I don't need to know what I'm comparing myself against?
03:02Yeah, on paper, it's got all the attributes of a track
03:05that should suit Lewis Hampton, we'll see.
03:07But Russell, you know, Russell's really driving well
03:10as Caesar Crockett, isn't he?
03:11And two tenths up on Lewis, however good that lap was.
03:14George Russell was a couple of tenths faster.
03:16Here's Pierre Gasly.
03:19He's got a car just ahead of him
03:21that is rather getting in his way, I would believe.
03:24That's Oskar Piastri in the McLaren.
03:28Yeah.
03:29Thank you very much.
03:32Honestly, they can't open their eyes,
03:34or it's the deal with them today.
03:37Jet lag.
03:38Yeah, jet lag's tough around here.
03:41No, it certainly is. We've all got it.
03:44Seven o'clock, I was up this morning.
03:47So was I. I was in the gym. Where were you?
03:50Breakfast. I'm trying to get back to sleep again.
03:52Sergio Perez locking up
03:56at a corner that is so, so crucial
03:58to your lap time, the left-hander
04:00before the start of the strip.
04:02And there's Fernando Alonso taking to the runoff there, I think.
04:05For now, though, very good middle sector for Lando Norris
04:08as Liam Norris goes 16th fastest.
04:11And Lando Norris around the final corner,
04:13turns 17 to cross the line
04:15and just over a tenth and a half up on George Russell.
04:19They have to mind the wall on the far side there
04:23as Oscar Piastri streams through here
04:26in the McLaren.
04:29And by the time they get through
04:31the little S-Bend you can see over there,
04:35they're north of 100 miles an hour,
04:37such is the acceleration on these cars.
04:39Over 160 kilometres an hour,
04:41just literally as they disappear out of my view.
04:45So huge amounts of energy going on.
04:47Huge amounts of energy going on
04:49with the braking.
04:51Let's see the Aston coming through here,
04:52Fernando Alonso now.
04:54That was nice, actually.
04:55He picked up the throttle,
04:56but then just couldn't find enough traction with it.
04:59Goes wide.
05:00He's going to just about get out of the way of Sergio Perez.
05:04It's all happening down here.
05:06Often we've seen cars way down there in the runoff area.
05:11So, yeah, brilliant little car.
05:13We've got a red flag.
05:14Something has happened, Crofty.
05:15Yes, we have.
05:17We have. Alex Albon has come to a standstill.
05:21And there is the Williams.
05:22Now, Ted was reporting the fuel system issue that he had.
05:28And he's been sent out onto the track.
05:31And I would hazard a guess
05:34that that fuel system issue has reared its ugly head once more,
05:37because it doesn't look like he's touched the barriers in any way.
05:40But we have a red flag,
05:42because that car is going to need clearing away.
05:45Oh, here we go. Let's talk about that in a moment.
05:49So, the minute he came out,
05:51had to slow down for a fast-moving car.
05:54And then...
05:55He's staying in second gear.
05:59Is he lost? Is it a hydraulic issue?
06:01Is he not able to change gear?
06:03Yeah. Well, on that particular show,
06:06it looked like he was just driving around in second gear.
06:08Yeah.
06:09I wonder if he's got a hydraulic issue.
06:11Oh, it never rains, but it pours.
06:13Even in Vegas, where it's not going to rain.
06:16And you have to feel for the Williams team.
06:18I'm not exactly sure if that's impacted the competitors at all,
06:22but that's not a concern of ours.
06:25Yeah, because it hasn't impacted you,
06:27or you've found a solution to it?
06:29It hasn't impacted us.
06:30Well, that's sixth place,
06:33which is worth an awful lot of money.
06:35Right on board with Oskar Piastri now.
06:38He touched the wall.
06:39Oh, it just got very close to it.
06:43Yeah.
06:44On the rear, maybe?
06:45Yeah, just on the rear.
06:46He just did, and then on the dust there.
06:48Still made the apex, though, which is impressive.
06:51This is what we're saying. Hamilton, we didn't...
06:53We saw the yellow flag come up, but we didn't see this.
06:55There's a nice little half donut there
06:58to get himself back on track.
07:01So no real harm done there.
07:03Just waiting for a car to go past before he rejoined.
07:06This is Pierre Gasly.
07:08Oh, don't go too close to the wall.
07:11I can stand and watch those for hours and hours and hours.
07:13I think I might go and do that, Karun,
07:15because that's it for the track action today.
07:17Lewis Hamilton, fastest in FP1,
07:19fastest in FP2 as well.
07:2111,000ths of a second between himself and Lando Norris.
07:26George Russell, third fastest.
07:28British top three, as it was in the first practice session.
07:31Then come the two Ferraris.
07:33Gasly right up there on a track he qualified fourth last year.
07:36The two Haases in the top ten.
07:38Oskar Piastri slotting in between them in eighth.
07:40And Yuki Tsunoda for RB.
07:44Ahead of his teammates, Liam Lawson.
07:47Separated Tsunoda and Lawson by about 7 tenths of a second.
07:51Alex Albon only managed three and a little bit laps.
07:55A fuel system problem ending his run.
07:58And Sergio Perez didn't get a fast lap in on the soft compound tyres.
08:02Neither did his teammate Max Verstappen.
08:04That's why they were right down at the bottom.
08:07Hamilton, once again, on top.