Overview

• Lando Norris set the FP2 benchmark with a 1:19.878, edging Charles Leclerc by 0.083s, with Carlos Sainz third and Oscar Piastri fourth.
• Ferrari signaled strong one-lap pace as Lewis Hamilton topped FP1 in 1:20.117 ahead of Leclerc, who finished second in both sessions.
• FP1 was red-flagged when Isack Hadjar dragged gravel onto the track at Ascari, and FP2 stopped early after Andrea Kimi Antonelli beached his Mercedes at Lesmo 2.
• George Russell’s Mercedes lost power and stopped late in FP1, before he ended FP2 in 10th as Antonelli classified 19th after his early off.
• Championship leader Piastri skipped FP1 for McLaren’s young-driver running with Alex Dunne, and he arrives with a 34-point lead over Norris.