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Charles Leclerc topped the times ahead of Sebastian Vettel as Ferrari took full advantage of a Lewis Hamilton puncture to lead the way in Friday's eventful second free practice at the Canadian Grand Prix. Leclerc, bitterly disappointed by a team error in hisLeclerc on top as Ferrari rebound after Hamilton puncture
Charles Leclerc topped the times ahead of Sebastian Vettel as Ferrari took full advantage of a Lewis Hamilton puncture to lead the way in Friday's eventful second free practice at the Canadian Grand Prix. Leclerc, bitterly disappointed by a team error in his home Monaco event two weeks ago, clocked a best lap of 1min 12.177sec to outpace the four-time champion by 0.074sec and leave Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes third, adrift by one-tenth. Hamilton, who endured his setback after smacking a wall, wound up in sixth place behind Carlos Sainz of McLaren and Kevin Magnussen of Haas. The defending five-time champion completed only eight laps and missed more than an hour of the session, a possibly vital absence in terms of collecting data, notably on tyre degradation, at the challenging Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. Sensing an opportunity, Ferrari grabbed a chance to show the power of their engines and leave Mercedes facing serious problems for the first time this year after a record run of six wins since the start of the season. Sergio Perez was seventh for the Canadian-owned Racing Point team ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and his Renault team-mate Nico Hulkenberg and local hopeful... Read more