F1, Lewis Hamilton takes the stage at Monza

Lewis Hamilton sets the best time of the second free practice

Friday at the Monza circuit closes in the sign of Lewis Hamilton: the veteran of the Circus, who next year will drive Ferrari, showed the many fans of the Redhead who flocked to the stands of the Brianza circuit what he is still capable of, setting a time of 1:20.738 the best performance of Free Practice 2.

The seven-time world champion was just 3 thousandths of a second ahead of Lando Norris (McLaren), and 103 thousandths ahead of the first of the two Ferraris, that of Carlos Sainz. Fourth time for the other McLaren, that of Oscar Piastri (+0.120), fifth the other Ferrarista, the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (+0.154).

Rather hidden are the two Red Bulls: Max Verstappen è only 14th at the end of FP2, with a personal best time more than eight tenths higher than Hamilton. Just behind him is his teammate, Mexico's Sergio Perez, who is close to a second behind the session leader.

Gp Italia, FP2 results

1 Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes 1:20.738
2 Lando Norris – McLaren +0.003
3 Carlos Sainz – Ferrari +0.103
4 Oscar Piastri – McLaren +0.120
5 Charles Leclerc – Ferrari +0.154
6 George Russell – Mercedes +0.348
7 Nico Hulkenberg – Haas F1 Team +0.402
8 Daniel Ricciardo – RB +0.562
9 Fernando Alonso – Aston Martin +0.578
10 Lance Stroll – Aston Martin +0.625
11 Valtteri Bottas – Kick Sauber +0.723
12 Kevin Magnussen – Haas F1 Team +0.761
13 Alexander Albon – Williams +0.854
14 Max Verstappen – Red Bull Racing +0.872
15 Sergio Perez – Red Bull Racing +0.940
16 Yuki Tsunoda – RB +0.997
17 Franco Colapinto – Williams +1.046
18 Pierre Gasly – Alpine +1.081
19 Esteban Ocon – Alpine +1.129
20 Guanyu Zhou – Kick Sauber +1.485