2025 Spanish Grand Prix FP2 report and highlights: Piastri tops the timesheets ahead of Russell and Verstappen during second practice in Spain

Soon afterwards it was the turn of Piastri to go fastest after pumping in a 1m 12.760s, putting him nearly three-tenths clear of Russell. Ferrari, meanwhile, looked to be having a tricky session, with Charles Leclerc seen sliding during his flying run while Hamilton lingered in P11 some eight-tenths off the pace.

With attentions turning to longer runs during the final third of FP2, Piastri’s time remained on top through to the end of the session, the McLaren driver heading Russell and Verstappen. The latter had a bit of a moment in the final minutes after taking a tow from Leclerc – before the Ferrari then sped up to avoid running in another car’s dirty air, prompting a sarcastic laugh from the Red Bull driver.

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Norris, meanwhile, remained in fourth on that identical time to Verstappen, the Briton placing behind due to setting his lap later than the Dutchman. Leclerc was the lead Ferrari in fifth, ahead of Antonelli in sixth and home favourite Alonso in seventh.

Alpine’s Pierre Gasly followed up his top-10 appearance in FP1 by taking eighth in second practice, with the Racing Bulls pair of Hadjar and Liam Lawson following in ninth and 10th respectively.

Six-time Spanish Grand Prix winner Hamilton had to settle for 11th, while Kick Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg, Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda and the Williams duo of Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon covered 12th through to 15th. Behind them were the Aston Martin of Stroll (P16), Kick Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto (P17), Ocon (P18), Bearman (P19) and Colapinto (P20).

With Friday’s running now complete, the drivers and teams will look over their data before returning to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the third and final practice session on Saturday at 1130 local time, ahead of Qualifying later in the afternoon.