Max also fourth in FP2: "A positive start to the weekend."

Published on 10 June 2016 by Stefan Meens

After finishing fourth in FP1 of the Canadian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen also claimed P4 in the second free practice session. Lewis Hamilton, like earlier on the day, topped the leaderboards. Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg completed the top three. Max's Red Bull Racing colleague Daniel Ricciardo finished fifth, only a hundredth slower than his Dutch team mate.

“It was a positive day”, said Max to Verstappen.nl. “But there's still some work to do. The Ferraris are slightly faster than us and everyone else is also trying to improve. But the track suits me and the car felt good.”

“I'm happy with the balance of the car, but now we'll start fine-tuning. Hopefully that gives us more performance. We've also been able to understand the new power unit better. The first feeling is positive and more power is always good. I'm really enjoying it, Montreal is a challenging track so it's a positive start to the weekend.”

Max hit the ground running at the start of FP2. Together with world champion Lewis Hamilton, Max is vying for P1 in the opening half an hour. In the remainder of the session, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian join the duo with their fastest laps.

In the end, after 29 laps and after switching from the super-soft to the ultra-soft Pirellis, Max's fastest time (1:15.156) is only nine tenths slower than Hamilton's quickest lap around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. 

Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - Friday 10 June

01 44 Lewis Hamilton      Mercedes                    1:14.212          43
02  5 Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari                     1:14.469 +0.257s  45
03  6 Nico Rosberg        Mercedes                    1:14.738 +0.526s  46
04 33 Max Verstappen      Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer   1:15.156 +0.944s  29
05  3 Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer   1:15.168 +0.956s  43
06 77 Valtteri Bottas     Williams Mercedes           1:15.213 +1.001s  46
07 22 Jenson Button       McLaren Honda               1:15.213 +1.001s  35
08  7 Kimi Räikkönen      Ferrari                     1:15.234 +1.022s  43
09 27 Nico Hulkenberg     Force India Mercedes        1:15.321 +1.109s  50
10 55 Carlos Sainz        Toro Rosso Ferrari          1:15.410 +1.198s  42
11 14 Fernando Alonso     McLaren Honda               1:15.450 +1.238s  40
12 11 Sergio Perez        Force India Mercedes        1:15.493 +1.281s  47
13 19 Felipe Massa        Williams Mercedes           1:15.513 +1.301s  44
14 26 Daniil Kvyat        Toro Rosso Ferrari          1:15.559 +1.347s  42
15  8 Romain Grosjean     Haas Ferrari                1:16.093 +1.881s  35
16 20 Kevin Magnussen     Renault                     1:16.255 +2.043s  39
17 12 Felipe Nasr         Sauber Ferrari              1:16.582 +2.370s  40
18 21 Esteban Gutierrez   Haas Ferrari                1:16.591 +2.379s  32
19  9 Marcus Ericsson     Sauber Ferrari              1:16.902 +2.690s  51
20 30 Jolyon Palmer       Renault                     1:17.001 +2.789s  48
21 94 Pascal Wehrlein     MRT Mercedes                1:17.023 +2.811s  32
22 88 Rio Haryanto        MRT Mercedes                1:17.423 +3.211s  49

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