Overview
- Charles Leclerc clocked 1:34.273 to go fastest of the test so far on day two, with Lando Norris half a second back as Ferrari and McLaren logged heavy mileage (139 and 149 laps respectively).
- Red Bull lost most of the morning to a hydraulic leak that limited Isack Hadjar to a single installation lap before lunch, though he recovered to complete 87 laps in the afternoon.
- Mercedes replaced a power unit after Kimi Antonelli managed only three laps in the morning; George Russell later returned to the track for 54 laps and the fourth‑best time of the day.
- Day one set the early tone with Norris topping the times and Max Verstappen second and completing 136 laps, as Toto Wolff said Red Bull’s straight‑line energy deployment had “set the benchmark.”
- With sweeping 2026 rules in force, teams and manufacturers are pressing the FIA on power‑unit interpretations, and drivers including Lewis Hamilton have flagged the systems as “ridiculously complex.”