2026 Austria FP2 Summary

[Hardelli]

Hadjar had a engine change between FP1 and Fp2. Verstappens issues in FP1 were software based. 20 minutes before FP2, lots of work being done on Russell

Norbert Vettel spotted!

Albon: "I've got no power" on the first out lap, boxed.

Verstappen reporting a wrong seating position, "completely wrong"

Russells car still being worked on at 52 minutes left on the session. Same with Lindblad.

Albon back on track

Bottas complaining that there is something in the cockpit banging his left arm.

VSC: Perez having the same problems as during FP1. Stopped on track T6 at 51minutes left in the session.

Verstappen boxing to fix the seating position.

Russell in the car, ready to go out at 49 minutes left in the session. Possibly transmission issue.

Green flag, 44 minutes left in the session.

Bottas going slow, floor dragging on the ground, suspension issue. Drove back into the pits.

Perez' car stopped on pitlane, being pushed back to the garage.

Norris struggling to keep brake temps in check.

[Dink]

Wow that’s a lot of break downs! How many hours are the sessions (is that what they are called)?
It’s much cooler to watch nas ar.

[Hardelli]

Wow that’s a lot of break downs! How many hours are the sessions (is that what they are called)?
It’s much cooler to watch nas ar.

Practice sessions are 1 hour, Qualifying is split in 3 parts, first part is 18 minutes and the cars below position 16 are eliminated, others get to go into qualifying part 2, which is 15 minutes. After Q2 the top 10 go to qualifying part 10, which is 13 minutes. The race is 305 kilometers, or the closest amount of laps that exceed 305 kilometers.

To make things even more complicated, some race weekends are Sprint Race weekends. A Sprint race weekend is a bit different, theres only one Free Practice session, which is held on a Friday, that session is 90 minutes. After the practice session there is Sprint Qualifying. Saturday starts with the Sprint Race, after that is the Qualification for the main race, which is held on Sunday.