The Dutchman ended up well down the order in ninth after aborting his qualifying simulation run following a mistake at Turn 10 that left him over six-tenths down on Lewis Hamilton’s benchmark time as the seven-time world champion led a Mercedes 1-2 in FP2. Verstappen rounded out what appeared to be a tricky session by picking up damage to the right-hand side of his front wing after running wide over the kerbs at Turn 8 during his race simulation, but he remained positive about Red Bull’s prospects. “We seem quite competitive,” Verstappen said after second practice. “How competitive we’re going to be tomorrow is always going to be a question mark but from our side, we were quite...
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