Vettel heads Leclerc as Ferrari return to form: Brazilian GP FP2 Results

Sebastian Vettel led Charles Leclerc as Ferrari seemed to return to their red-hot of recent months in FP2 at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Leclerc will not be a contender for pole position on Saturday at Interlagos, as he will serve a 10-place grid penalty for taking a new engine, but his and Vettel's form bodes well for the Scuderia.

Vettel took P1, despite seeing his initial single-lap run interrupted by Valtteri Bottas, who also got in the way of his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in a clumsy session.

The Mercedes were narrowly behind the Red Bull of Max Verstappen in one-lap trim.

Robert Kubica started the session in dismal fashion, taking a trip into the barriers exiting the Senna esses on his first meaningful lap of the session, having sat out FP1 as Nichols Latifi took over, while the session also ended under the red flags after Daniil Kvyat crashed and his Toro Rosso caught fire.

Qualifying is set to be fraught, with positions seven to 18 separated by just half a second on the short runs.

Brazilian GP FP2 results

1. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 1:09.217
2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1:09.238
3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1:09.351
4. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 1:09.373
5. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1:09.440
6. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 1:10.143
7. Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) 1:10.194
8. Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) 1:10.210
9. Alexander Albon (Red Bull) 1:10.275
10. Carlos Sainz (McLaren) 1:10.310
11. Nico Hulkenberg (Renault) 1:10.325
12. Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) 1:10.352
13. Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) 1:10.419
14. Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1:10.424
15. Sergio Perez (Racing Point) 1:10.443
16. Romain Grosjean (Haas) 1:10.504
17. Lance Stroll (Racing Point) 1:10.568
18. Lando Norris (McLaren) 1:10.700
19. George Russell (Williams) 1:11.818
20. Robert Kubica (Williams) NO TIME

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