Lando Norris was quickest in the second practice session in Las Vegas but many of his rivals were unable to complete flying laps on soft tyres.

The session was disrupted by two stoppages which began as drivers conducted their qualifying simulation runs. Both interruptions were caused by concerns over a possible loose manhole cover on the track between turns 16 and 17.

Race control sent staff to the scene following the first stoppage. They decided the track was in a suitable condition to resume the session, but remained in the area after the cars returned to the track.

At that point they noticed the cover was moving as cars passed the scene. The decision was therefore taken to stop the session again. As there had only been six minutes left on the clock when it first restarted, there was insufficient time remaining to restart it again.

The drivers may therefore have rued their hesitancy to leave the pits when the session began. No one left the pits for the first five minutes following light rain between the two sessions. However it only took a few minutes’ running for drivers to start beating their lap times from the first session.

Most drivers did the majority of their laps on the medium tyre compound while the track was clear. Norris, George Russell and Max Verstappen exchanged the fastest time at this point.

Racing Bulls were the first team to switch to soft tyres and Liam Lawson immediately jumped up to second place. Isack Hadjar eventually beat his team mate’s time after going off at turn 14 – a corner which caught out many drivers during the session.

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Andrea Kimi Antonelli initially went quickest on the soft tyres but behind him Norris was setting quicker sector times. The McLaren driver pipped his rival by less than three-hundredths of a second.

The first red flag fell soon afterwards which brought an end to the timed laps. A similar problem with a loose drain led to serious disruption to the first day of running at the track two years ago, and caused significant damage to Carlos Sainz Jnr’s Ferrari.

2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix second practice result

P. # Driver Team Model Time Gap Laps
1 4 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes MCL39 1’33.602 13
2 12 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes W16 1’33.631 0.029 18
3 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-25 1’33.763 0.161 16
4 27 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari C45 1’33.879 0.277 14
5 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 02 1’33.893 0.291 16
6 30 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 02 1’33.901 0.299 16
7 63 George Russell Mercedes W16 1’34.037 0.435 18
8 23 Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes FW47 1’34.067 0.465 17
9 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB21 1’34.105 0.503 16
10 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari SF-25 1’34.127 0.525 17
11 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR25 1’34.191 0.589 15
12 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault A525 1’34.373 0.771 18
13 55 Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams-Mercedes FW47 1’34.435 0.833 16
14 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes MCL39 1’34.493 0.891 12
15 22 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB21 1’34.692 1.090 16
16 43 Franco Colapinto Alpine-Renault A525 1’34.824 1.222 18
17 87 Oliver Bearman Haas-Ferrari VF-25 1’34.986 1.384 17
18 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR25 1’35.012 1.410 14
19 31 Esteban Ocon Haas-Ferrari VF-25 1’35.228 1.626 18
20 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber-Ferrari C45 1’35.499 1.897 15

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