2020 F1 Belgian Grand Prix practice results

Mercedes dominated the first practice session, with Valtteri Bottas outpacing Lewis Hamilton by 0.069s with a lap time of 1m44.493s. Verstappen was best of the rest, but 0.375s off the pace for Red Bull, ahead of the Racing Points of Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll.

The Ferrari-powered Haas pairing and Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi failed to set times in this session, with both Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen having engine changes ahead of FP2.

In the second session, Verstappen leapt to the fore with a lap of 1m43.744s. He was 0.048s faster than the surprise of the session, Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo. Hamilton was the best part of a tenth of a second slower, in third having made a mistake the final corner and lost time on his fastest lap.

Ricciardo’s session ended early, however, when he was forced to pull off on the Kemmel Straight with 20 minutes of the session remaining due to a lack of hydraulic pressure.

The second Red Bull of Alexander Albon was fourth fastest, ahead of Perez, Bottas and McLaren’s Lando Norris. FP2 was briefly red flagged when an advertising board became dislodged on the exit of the first corner.

It was a horrible day for Ferrari, with Charles Leclerc's best time being 1.6s off the pace.

F1 Belgian Grand Prix Free Practice 1 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	18	1'44.493			241.302
2	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	17	1'44.562	0.069	0.069	241.143
3	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	20	1'44.574	0.081	0.012	241.115
4	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	22	1'44.629	0.136	0.055	240.988
5	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	22	1'44.868	0.375	0.239	240.439
6	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	22	1'45.049	0.556	0.181	240.025
7	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	20	1'45.099	0.606	0.050	239.910
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	24	1'45.222	0.729	0.123	239.630
9	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	21	1'45.225	0.732	0.003	239.623
10	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	28	1'45.274	0.781	0.049	239.512
11	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	25	1'45.447	0.954	0.173	239.119
12	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	17	1'45.503	1.010	0.056	238.992
13	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	19	1'45.704	1.211	0.201	238.537
14	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	18	1'45.759	1.266	0.055	238.413
15	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	15	1'46.179	1.686	0.420	237.470
16	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	19	1'46.488	1.995	0.309	236.781
17	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	21	1'46.570	2.077	0.082	236.599
18	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	1
19	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	2
20	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	2
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F1 Belgian Grand Prix Free Practice 2 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	21	1'43.744			243.044
2	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	12	1'43.792	0.048	0.048	242.932
3	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	23	1'43.840	0.096	0.048	242.819
4	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	21	1'44.134	0.390	0.294	242.134
5	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	23	1'44.137	0.393	0.003	242.127
6	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	27	1'44.162	0.418	0.025	242.069
7	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	22	1'44.168	0.424	0.006	242.055
8	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	23	1'44.208	0.464	0.040	241.962
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	23	1'44.474	0.730	0.266	241.346
10	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	27	1'44.600	0.856	0.126	241.055
11	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	23	1'44.678	0.934	0.078	240.875
12	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	26	1'44.826	1.082	0.148	240.535
13	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	29	1'44.861	1.117	0.035	240.455
14	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	23	1'44.896	1.152	0.035	240.375
15	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	19	1'45.440	1.696	0.544	239.135
16	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	25	1'45.463	1.719	0.023	239.082
17	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	21	1'45.683	1.939	0.220	238.585
18	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	26	1'45.774	2.030	0.091	238.379
19	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	12	1'45.834	2.090	0.060	238.244
20	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	12	1'46.242	2.498	0.408	237.329
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