Summary

  • Kimi Antonelli tops second practice at Belgian Grand Prix

  • Lando Norris second quickest and Max Verstappen third

  • George Russell finishes 1.285 seconds behind Mercedes team-mate Antonelli

  • Pierre Gasly crashes heavily towards end of session

  • Norris, Isack Hadjar and Lance Stroll each have 10-place grid penalties for Sunday's race at Spa-Francorchamps

  • Antonelli leads drivers' championship by 25 points from Russell

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Tasnim Chowdhury

  1. Lando Norris is now in second, his lap time on the board is 1:46.134.

    He has bumped Red Bull duo Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar to third and fourth.

  2. Rebecca Clancy
    F1 journalist on Sports Extra 2

    Ouch. What is going on with George Russell?

    That is very poor, and he wasn't great in FP1 either.

    The lap looked clean but it was slow.

  3. Alpine's Franco Colapinto has put in a great lap and gets his car in the top five, just ahead of George Russell.

  4. We are half-way through second practice. Kimi Antonelli continues to be the fastest on the leaderboard. He is followed by two world champions, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.

  5. Oscar Piastri is making up for missing out the first run because of an issue with his car. He has got his McLaren up to eighth, just behind team-mate Lando Norris.

  6. Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton has put in a lap and gets his car up to third. His team-mate Charles Leclerc is in fifth.

    Liam Lawson's Racing Bull runs wide and he touches the gravel. There's no issues and he continues with his run.

  7. 'Mightly impressive lap by Antonelli'

    Rebecca Clancy
    F1 journalist on Sports Extra 2

    Whatever gremlin was in Kimi Antonelli's car earlier today, it has put itself to bed.

    Atonelli, Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar are the top three and on the soft tyre, so they will go quicker, but that was mightly impressive by Antonelli - nearly half a second quicker than Verstappen.

    Where has he pulled that from?

  8. The top three of Kimi Antonelli, Max Verstappen, Isack Hadjar, the two Ferraris, Alex Albon and Sergio Perez have the red soft tyres bolted on.

    Everyone else is on the medium compounds.

  9. The Red Bulls have found some speed in their cars now.

    Isack Hadjar takes the top spot but only for a short time. Max Verstappen pips him to the top of the leaderboard.

    Kimi Antonelli is having none of that and slots himself back to the top, with a lap time of 1:45.944.

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    Hayden, La Source

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  11. Oscar Piastri missed out on the first run before the red flag. But, the McLaren team have managed to get the car ready and he is off on an out lap.

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    If Sainz becomes too frustrated with Williams, could he try Alpine? Franco Colapinto is still a Williams contracted driver, he could return there and develop with the team. He's younger, he has the time that Sainz does not. He didn't join Williams to fight for P14.

    Edward, London

  13. Back to racing now. The gravel has been swept away and cars have made their way onto the circuit for their outlap.

  14. Top 5

    1. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

    2. Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)

    3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

    4. Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)

    5. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)

  15. As that was happening, British rookie Arvid Lindblad has put in a great lap and gets his Racing Bulls car into fourth.

    The red flag has been swapped to a yellow now.

  16. red flag

    Red flag

    The red flag has been waved and everyone returns to the pits.

    There is gravel on the track that needs sweeping away.

  17. Is it going to rain? It is looking a little cloudy out on track...

    The two Red Bulls, Isack Hadjar and Max Verstappen, are second and third on the leaderboard at the moment.

    Charles Leclerc is fourth and Lando Norris is fifth.

    Kimi Antonelli continues to be the fastest out on track.

  18. 'Weather at Spa can be a challenge for drivers'

    Rebecca Clancy
    F1 journalist on Sports Extra 2

    There will be a lot of weather chat - it aways dominates the weekend at Spa.

    It's the longest circuit on the calendar, 7.004km, so it's very possible - and definitely does happen - that you can have rain on one corner or one portion of the track, and then somewhere else it's completely dry.

    It throws up quite the challenge for the drivers.

  19. Everyone has matching yellow medium tyres on.

    Carlos Sainz was on a fast lap but gets on to the radio to complain about Sergio Perez who got in his way.

  20. Twenty-one cars are out on the track in Spa. Just Oscar Piastri who is still in the garage.

    Valtteri Bottas' Cadillac is the first to set a lap time in second practice.

    There is a flurry of fast lap times but it is currently Kimi Antonelli who is at the top of the leaderboard. 1:46.911 on the board for the Italian.