Lewis Hamilton bounced back to top the times ahead of his team-mate Valtteri Bottas as Mercedes continued to dominate in Friday afternoon’s second free practice at this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.
The championship leader and six-times champion had been second behind the Finn after the morning’s opening session, but re-established his supremacy on a hot afternoon at the Circuit de Catalunya.
Hamilton clocked a best lap in one minute and 16.883 seconds to outpace Bottas by 0.287 seconds with Max Verstappen, winner of last weekend’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone, third for Red Bull, eight-tenths adrift of the fastest lap.
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