F1 LIVE | Second free practice for the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix

The Formula 1 weekend in Turkey has now officially started. It's time for the second free practice for the Turkish Grand Prix at Intercity Istanbul Park. In this free practice session, it will become clear how the ratios are in terms of qualifying and race speed. So it will be important to see how Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton perform compared to each other. You can follow it all with this liveblog from GPblog.

LIVEBLOG | Second free practice for the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix

This edition of the Turkish GP will be very exciting. The drivers will fight for every inch as the business end of the season approaches.

Pérez must perform

At the beginning of this season and especially after qualifying in Imola, it seemed that Sergio Pérez would be the ideal teammate for Max Verstappen. However, during the rest of the races, it became clear that even the Mexican could not come close to Verstappen, as we have seen with other teammates in the past.

The second Red Bull Racing driver has been under fire for not making enough progress in recent races. This weekend it will be crucial for Sergio Pérez to set a good qualifying performance in order to help Verstappen fight back against Mercedes and get the Dutchman back into the lead of the Formula One championship.

The second free practice session will be important again this weekend. The teams will be looking for the best setup. The result of this session often gives an indication of who will set the fastest qualifying time.