Although Mercedes drivers did not light up the timing screens on Friday, Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton were happy with their team’s progress in terms of reliability following its gearbox issues at the season-opener. After winning every session and the race itself at last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen stopped Mercedes’ domination in the second practice for the Sytrian Grand Prix. FIA indicated that the final results in the afternoon session could serve as the starting order for the race should the weather make it impossible to hold the qualifying session. While some drivers approached FP2 as a qualifying session, the two Mercedes drivers followed a different...
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