Charles Leclerc finished comfortably clear of his rivals as Ferrari took another 1-2 during second practice for Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel edged Leclerc by two-tenths of a second during the morning session but in afternoon practice the 21-year-old moved clear.
Leclerc posted a time of 1:44.123 to finish 0.630s in front of his four-time World Champion team-mate, as Ferrari locked out the leading positions.
Mercedes emerged as Ferrari’s primary challenger, but Valtteri Bottas was 0.846s down on Leclerc, with Lewis Hamilton a further 0.046s back.
Racing Point displayed its usual strong Belgian Grand Prix pace as Sergio Perez took fifth, just a tenth down on Hamilton, while Lance Stroll was eighth.
Perez, though, ended his session in the run-off exiting Rivage after his RP19 came to a halt with a suspected engine issue.
It brought the session to a premature halt two minutes prior to the expected scheduled finish time.
Max Verstappen was the lead Red Bull driver in sixth position, 1.271s behind Leclerc, as a suspected engine glitch denied him a representative Soft tyre run, meaning he completed his best effort on Mediums.
His new team-mate, Alexander Albon, finished at the foot of the top 10, 1.648s off the pace.
Kimi Raikkonen was a strong seventh for Alfa Romeo, ahead of the aforementioned Stroll, with Daniel Ricciardo again the lead Renault driver in ninth spot.
Carlos Sainz Jr. was 11th, in front of Romain Grosjean (Haas), Nico Hulkenberg (Renault), Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) and Lando Norris (McLaren).
Antonio Giovinazzi took 16th while Pierre Gasly continued to re-adapt to Toro Rosso, taking 17th, ahead of Kevin Magnussen and the two Williams drivers.
George Russell was 19th, 1.5s behind Magnussen, while Robert Kubica was another half a second back at the rear of the field.
Saturday’s third practice session is scheduled for 12:00 local time.
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