Yahoo Autos Verstappen edges Alonso in tight second Spanish GP practice
Max Verstappen has swept Friday practice with another session-topping time in a close-run FP2 ahead of local favorite Fernando Alonso.
Verstappen lowered the day’s benchmark to 1m 13.907s with his single push lap on the soft-compound tire early in the session, and no-one who followed was able to better it.
Alonso, who had spent first practice earlier in the day evaluating car upgrades, got closest. The Spaniard strung together a lap just 0.17s shy of the Dutchman, including the fastest time in the final split.
Nico Hulkenberg was s surprising inclusion in the top three, putting his Haas within 0.27s of the leader.
