Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas has continued his rich run of form by topping Free Practice 2 for the Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix. The Finn proved fastest during the qualifying simulation phase of the session, with Pierre Gasly again showing prodigious pace for AlphaTauri in second. Max Verstappen was only third, 0.3s away from Bottas, with Hamilton 0.1s slower in fourth. The flood lit circuit saw a busy start as conditions more closely resembled that expected in qualifying and the race. While the day’s earlier session had seen all three compounds in use as track action began, in Practice 2 teams restricted themselves to the hard and medium rubber. Times were comparatively pedestrian...
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