Things haven't disappointed at the temple of speed. But who can put their car on pole for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix?

We will be back tomorrow to bring you third practice when that gets going at 11:30 BST as well as qualifying later on Saturday afternoon.

For now that's where we leave you. Bye for now.

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent at Monza

Lando Norris topped Friday practice at the Italian Grand Prix at the start of a weekend in which he needs to make inroads into team-mate Oscar Piastri's championship lead.

Norris dropped to 34 points behind the Australian with nine races remaining following a retirement in last weekend's Dutch Grand Prix, the first race after Formula 1's summer break.

Norris was 0.083 seconds ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in second place, ahead of Williams' Carlos Sainz, Piastri, the second Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen's Red Bull.

Hamilton has a five-place grid penalty for the grand prix after an infringement on the reconnaissance laps before the Dutch event.

Piastri missed the first practice session as McLaren protege Alex Dunne was driving his car, and set his fastest time on his second lap on the soft tyres after a problem on his first attempt.

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Jennie Gow
F1 pit-lane reporter at Monza

I think Kimi Antonelli will go away and lick his wounds not having to be able to complete more than four laps and beaching that Mercedes in the gravel.

I think there were a lot of gravel excursions, which makes me excited for tomorrow's qualifying!

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Oscar Piastri was keen to get out at the start of FP2 and now that could come back to bite him.

The championship leader has been summoned to the stewards seemingly because he was released before the start of the session.

11. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls)

12. Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber)

13. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

14. Ollie Bearman (Haas)

15. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

16. Esteban Ocon (Haas)

17. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)

18. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

19. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

20. Franco Colapinto (Alpine)

1. Lando Norris (McLaren) - 1:19.878

2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.083

3. Carlos Sainz (Williams) +0.096

4. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.181

5. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) +0.192

6. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.199

7. Alex Albon (Williams) +0.301

8. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) +0.363

9. Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull) +0.391

10. George Russell (Mercedes) +0.398

Alice Powell
British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

I will get excited if we do see Ferrari challenging for pole position. Lando Norris is doing exactly what he needs to do, but we did see him on top at Zandvoort and then of course Oscar Piastri was able to get ahead of him in qualifying.

But Williams, nice to see them up there. And in particular, Carlos Sainz as well, who has not had the best season stepping in at Williams.

"Check the floor" Carlos Sainz tells his engineer.

He's not the only driver to be saying that this afternoon given the battering some of the kerbs have taken.

We are into the final five minutes of the second practice session.

There's not been much change at the top with Lando Norris still leading the way, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc just behind him in second, Carlos Sainz in third, championship leader Oscar Piastri fourth and Lewis Hamilton fifth.

Alice Powell
British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

That will be another radio message, this time from Charles Leclerc, to say 'check the floor!'.

Turn six and seven is where the first DRS detection zone is, just so you've got what Lewis Hamilton's said in your mind's eye.

A rapid bit of the track to have power drop out, you'd have to say.

Meanwhile, his team-mate Charles Leclerc goes off at the Ascari chicane at some speed, but he rides his Ferrari through the gravel and grass and back on track.

Hamilton: "Power keeps dropping out. Power dropping out between [Turns] Six and Seven.

Engineer: "Understood."

A word on Nico Hulkenberg. He's set the eighth fastest time of the session so far with a 1:20.241 - just over three tenths off Lando Norris.

Meanwhile, George Russell is on a hot lap in his Mercedes. He'll be hoping for a more prosperous end to the session having suffered a hydraulics issue at the tail end of FP1.

Literally as I hit publish on that last entry, Charles Leclerc sets a time of 1:19.961.

That's 0.083 seconds down on Lando Norris' fastest time.

This could be a decent end to the session given the current conditions. The gap between the top six is less than two tenths.

Not a huge surprise but everyone's settled on the soft tyre for now.

Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz are the only drivers to breach that 1:20 barrier so far.

We're into the final third of this second practice session and Lando Norris tops the charts as things stand.

Ferrari had a decent end to the first session and they're very much in the picture as time ticks down.

Charles Leclerc has just gone second fastest with a time that's just 0.083 seconds slower than Norris while Lewis Hamilton is less than two tenths down at the moment.

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1. Lando Norris (McLaren) - 1:19.878

2. Carlos Sainz (Williams) +0.096

3. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 0.181

4. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) +0.192

5. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.199

Stroll: "Ah man, come on! ****! Unbelievable. Every time!

Engineer: "That was [Alex] Albon. It was Albon."