Max seventh in FP2 Silverstone: "A good day"

Published on 03 July 2015 by Stefan Meens

After finishing the first practice session for the British Grand Prix in third, Max Verstappen continued his encouraging run around the Silverstone circuit with seventh place in FP2. Nico Rosberg remained at the top of the timing sheets ahead of the two Ferrari's and his team mate.

Max: “We can be happy with today, especially if we consider that this was my first time driving an F1 car at such a difficult track as Silverstone. I’m satisfied with our pace and how the day went. Of course, we still have some work to do tonight on the set-up, but in general it was a good start to the weekend.”

Like the rest of his colleagues, Max starts the session on the harder of the two Pirelli compounds. Right from the start, the Dutchman shows pace and throughout the session heremains near the top of the table.

Fifteen minutes into FP2, the first red flag of the session is waved. Romain Grosjean is the culprit. The Frenchman beached his Lotus in the gravel traps at Luffield. But Grosjean is not the only one caught out by this particular section. Right after the session is resumed, Fernando Alonso hits the gravel at Luffield. In true rally fashion the McLaren driver drifts his way back on track, preventing another red flag.

Meanwhile, Max continues to put in good times. Near the halfway mark, he clocks his quickest lap of FP2 (1:35.300), set on the medium tyres. With 30 minutes on the clock, Scuderia Toro Rosso's focus shifts to long runs. Again, Max shows good pace and is able to consistently lap the course in 1:39s.

Unfortunately he has to abort the stint due to a red flag. Once again, Luffield is the scene of the crime with Roberto Mehri stuck in the gravel. After the Marussia is removed and the track is given the all clear, Max heads out on a set of used mediums before finishing the day practising starts on the main straight and pit stops.

Silverstone - British Grand Prix - Friday 3 July

 RESULTS FREE PRACTICE 2
 P  No Driver             Team          Time     Gap   Laps 
 1   6 Nico Rosberg       Mercedes      1:34.155         34 
 2   7 Kimi Räikkönen     Ferrari       1:34.502 +0.347s 29 
 3   5 Sebastian Vettel   Ferrari       1:34.522 +0.367s 27 
 4  44 Lewis Hamilton     Mercedes      1:34.621 +0.466s 23 
 5  26 Daniil Kvyat       Red Bull      1:35.009 +0.854s 25 
 6   3 Daniel Ricciardo   Red Bull      1:35.153 +0.998s 22 
 7  33 Max Verstappen     Toro Rosso    1:35.300 +1.145s 36 
 8  27 Nico Hulkenberg    Force India   1:35.387 +1.232s 34 
 9  55 Carlos Sainz       Toro Rosso    1:35.866 +1.711s 37 
10  19 Felipe Massa       Williams      1:36.147 +1.992s 33 
11  13 Pastor Maldonado   Lotus         1:36.164 +2.009s 32 
12  77 Valtteri Bottas    Williams      1:36.183 +2.028s 33 
13  11 Sergio Perez       Force India   1:36.351 +2.196s 29 
14   8 Romain Grosjean    Lotus         1:36.728 +2.573s 21 
15  14 Fernando Alonso    McLaren       1:36.731 +2.576s 19 
16  12 Felipe Nasr        Sauber        1:36.822 +2.667s 23 
17  22 Jenson Button      McLaren       1:37.196 +3.041s 16 
18   9 Marcus Ericsson    Sauber        1:37.327 +3.172s 37 
19  28 Will Stevens       Marussia      1:38.279 +4.124s 21 
20  98 Roberto Merhi      Marussia      1:39.878 +5.723s 21 

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