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Bottas tops FP2 in spite of crash

Valtteri Bottas topped the final Friday of 2019 – leading a Mercedes AMG Petronas one-two – in spite of a clash with Romain Grosjean. The Finn utilised his fresh Mercedes power unit that will rule him out for the Pole Position fight to top the session by over three tenths of a second from his team-mate Lewis Hamilton. However, while Bottas was on Friday's usual long runs in preperation for the race he clashed with Grosjean. Bottas lunged to pass the Frenchman into turn eleven, only to slam into the side of the Haas car. Bottas returned to the circuit later in the session after some repairs and a red flag were brought out. Charles Leclerc was third for Scuderia Ferrari, ahead of...
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