Lance Stroll seemed very unhappy with the balance of his Aston Martin, the Canadian saying at one point: “This is not a car, this is not a car right now.” He ended up 13th.
Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas had a little off at the start of the session but no harm was done and finished the session 14th, ahead of Tsunoda, with the second Sauber of Zhou Guanyu failing to set a representative time in 19th.
Franco Colapinto, competing in only his second FP2 session, was showing an impressive turn of speed but the Williams driver couldn’t catch a little snap at Turn 4 and slid into the wall. That brought out the red flag for the third time (the first was to clear debris while the second was required to clear Leclerc’s stricken Ferrari and repair the barrier).
Colapinto was classified 16th, a fraction ahead of Alex Albon who had a little trip down the escape road at Turn 4 but kept it out of the barriers.
It wasn’t a great day for Alpine, with Pierre Gasly down in 18th while Esteban Ocon was left propping up the time sheets after failing to set a timed lap.
The Frenchman reported a loss of power early on and, while he recovered to the pits, his session was over early as Alpine investigated the issue.
