Alonso on top as rain scuppers Australian GP second practice plans.
The Spaniard finished 0.445secs faster than Charles Leclerc's Ferrari with a best effort of a one minute, 18.887s set on medium tyres.
Friday 31 March 2023
Ewan Gale
GPFans

Fernando Alonso emerged on top in a rain-affected second practice for the Australian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen ended third, a further two-tenths down as drivers missed out on representative qualifying simulations with the rain coming down.

Drivers rushed to hit the track early with rain predicted, causing traffic issues despite a fix to the GPS problems that brought FP1 to a stop earlier in the day. The Red Bull drivers were at the heart of the traffic jams - Sergio Perez held up by Lance Stroll and then Zhou Guanyu with the Mexican labelling the issues as "horrendous".

Team-mate Verstappen found himself in the way of Ferrari's Carlos Sainz at turn 11, though the Dutchman was finding his way past two other cars. But with only Perez and Williams driver Alex Albon fitting soft tyres and each driver tackling long run plans before the rain fell 13 minutes into the session, ending any chance for representative running.

‘Rain scuppers Australian GP second practice plans’;

https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/10...esults-report/


(FP2) Second Practice Results – 2023 Australian Grand Prix
31st March 2023
by Emer Hedderman
FormulaSpy

Results (Classification):
1. Fernando Alonso Aston Martin -1:18.887
2. Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +0.445
3. Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +0.615
4. George Russell Mercedes +0.785
5. Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari +0.808
6. Esteban Ocon Alpine +0.838
7. Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +1.196
8. Lando Norris McLaren +1.289
9. Nico Hulkenberg Haas +1.307
10. Pierre Gasly Alpine +1.319

‘Australian Grand Prix – Here are the complete results from the second free practice ahead of this weekend’s 2023 F1 World Championship race in Melbourne’;

https://formulaspy.com/f1/fp2-second...and-prix-81773


LIVE COVERAGE: Follow all the action from second practice for the Australian Grand Prix
31 March 2023
Becky Hart.
Special Contributor.
Formula One - Official Site

‘Follow all the action’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/a...I9Sobo8mq.html


All you need to know about Alonso-led F1 Australian GP FP2
Mar 31 2023
By Jack Cozens
The Race

Fernando Alonso headed the second Formula 1 practice session of the Australian Grand Prix weekend as rain meant limited running was completed beyond the 20-minute mark.

Key moments:
> Alonso fastest after early rush of laps
> Perez faster on softs before hitting traffic
> Intermediate tyres needed for second half of session
> No-show for Sargeant after FP1 electrical issue

The majority of the field headed straight out at the start of FP2 with the threat of rain looming over the Albert Park circuit, albeit on a variety of different compounds.

‘All you need to know’;

https://the-race.com/formula-1/all-y...ralian-gp-fp2/


Alonso fastest in FP2 before rain hits Melbourne
31st March 2023, 07:08
by Phillip Horton
Motorsport Week

Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso led the way before rain influenced proceedings in second practice for Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix. The second one-hour session began under gloomy skies and the threat of rain at Albert Park.

Alonso posted a time of 1:18.887 on Medium tyres to sit 0.445s clear of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc before rain started to fall just over 10 minutes into the session.

Runaway title leaders Red Bull wound up with Max Verstappen third and Sergio Perez seventh. Verstappen ran wide through the Turn 1 grass while Perez was on course to topple Alonso atop the timesheets before being baulked in the final sector.

‘Alonso fastest’;

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2023/...its-melbourne/