Summary

  • Leclerc top in second practice, but Mercedes could have quicker race pace

  • Leclerc fastest in wet-dry first practice

  • Raikkonen & Perez crash, several cars spin

  1. Special Chequered Flag podcastpublished at 09:49 British Summer Time 6 September 2019

    Listen to a special edition of the Chequered Flag podcast with Claire Cottingham, Andrew Benson, as Daniel Ricciardo opens up on some of the realities of being a Formula 1 driver.

    Daniel Ricciardo - Danger and Death.

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  2. First practice from 10:00 BSTpublished at 09:44 British Summer Time 6 September 2019

    Our F1 commentary team of Jack Nicholls, Jolyon Palmer, and Claire Cottingham will be live at the top of the page from 09:55 BST.

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  3. On to Monzapublished at 09:34 British Summer Time 6 September 2019

    Famous, historic, and one of everyone's favourites.

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  4. Champions of Spapublished at 09:26 British Summer Time 6 September 2019

    Finally we were able to tell the story of Charles Leclerc winning a race, although it was under a cloud which nobody could have predicted or wished for.

    He's had three pole positions in his first year at Ferrari, and it was one of few times that fans were desperate for the pole sitter to win the race.

    Leclerc was close in Bahrain until his power unit gave up in the closing stages of the race, allowing Lewis Hamilton to breeze past and inherit the victory, a move which has been successful for Hamilton in quite a few races this year.

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    Ferrari have 18 wins in Spa, more than McLaren's 14, and Mercedes' four