{"id":2411,"date":"2024-07-27T12:22:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T12:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/belgian-grand-prix-2024-lando-norris-and-oscar-piastri-top-second-practice-for-mclaren\/"},"modified":"2024-07-27T12:22:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T12:22:08","slug":"belgian-grand-prix-2024-lando-norris-and-oscar-piastri-top-second-practice-for-mclaren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/belgian-grand-prix-2024-lando-norris-and-oscar-piastri-top-second-practice-for-mclaren\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgian Grand Prix 2024: Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri top second practice for McLaren"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri showed the pace of the McLaren by securing a one-two in second practice at the Belgian Grand Prix – with Max Verstappen set for a 10-place grid drop for Sunday’s race. <\/b><\/p>\n

A week on from the intra-team row in Hungary,<\/a> Norris was the quicker of the two drivers by 0.215 seconds, with reigning world champion Verstappen in third place – all on the soft C4 tyre. <\/p>\n

Red Bull’s Verstappen has taken his fifth internal combustion engine (ICE) at Spa-Francorchamps – exceeding his allocated number of power units for the season.<\/p>\n

The two Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were fourth and fifth respectively, but the gap to Norris was more than half a second for Leclerc and 0.838secs for Sainz. <\/p>\n

George Russell ended his hour in sixth place while Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton was 10th. The Silver Arrows have brought further upgrades for this weekend’s race but during the opening session, both drivers complained of balance issues with the car. <\/p>\n

Alpine’s Esteban Ocon, who only managed one lap in first practice because of a suspected water leak, was seventh fastest, with the Haas of Kevin Magnussen and the second Red Bull of Sergio Perez eighth and ninth respectively. <\/p>\n

After topping second practice, Norris – who is 76 points behind leader Verstappen in the drivers’ championship after finishing second to Piastri at the Hungarian Grand Prix – said he still needs to find “rhythm” with his car. <\/p>\n

“I’ve just not felt very comfortable today with the car, so hopefully I’ll just wake up tomorrow and feel a bit more comfortable with it,” said the 24-year-old Briton. <\/p>\n

“We did try and improve a few things but I don’t know, we looked good on the timesheets but I did not feel super-comfortable with going out and doing it.”<\/p>\n

Norris said McLaren had a “prepared well and had a good set-up on the car”, but added: “Just from my side, [in terms of] feeling like I could just go out and nail it, I’m not quite there just yet.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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