Miami Grand Prix Results: What Happened In FP2?

Your Sports Illustrated guide to the Miami Grand Prix FP2 session.

The second free practice sessions ahead of the Miami Grand Prix has come to an end with Max Verstappen putting the fastest time on the board followed by Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc who put in the second and third fastest times, respectively. 

There was a brief yellow flag during the first ten minutes after Haas driver Kevin Magnussen spun out on Turn 11 narrowly missing major contact with the wall so was able to continue. 

Max Verstappen was complaining about issues with his headrest again, which was also causing him problems in Baku last weekend. Whereas, his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez was shown a black and white flag for crossing the line at the pit entry.

Traffic seemed to also be an issue during the session as fans heard Perez shout "Oh my goodness!" over the team radio as he swerved out of the way of Nyck de Vries as he appeared round the corner. We later heard from George Russell that he had a close call with a McLaren in a similar situation. 

The second quick yellow flag of the session was after Alex Albon span out at Turn 17, but again, was able to avoid collision or damage so was able to continue with the session.

Charles Leclerc caused a red flag on the session with just under ten minutes to go as he crashed into the race wall at Turn 7, retiring him from the practice and leaving his SF-23 with a broken front wing. 

Miami GP FP2 Results

1. Max Verstappen
2. Carlos Sainz
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Sergio Perez
5. Fernando Alonso
6. Lando Norris
7. Lewis Hamilton
8. Lance Stroll
9. Esteban Ocon
10. Alex Albon
11. Pierre Gasly
12. Kevin Magnussen
13. Zhou Guanyu
14. Valtteri Bottas
15. George Russell
16. Oscar Piastri
17. Nico Hulkenberg
18. Yuki Tsunoda
19. Nyck de Vries
20. Logan Sargeant