Hamilton leads Mercedes 1-2 before late rain shower

The second practice session was extended by half an hour following the opening session’s curtailment as technical issues emerged with the circuit’s CCTV system.

This left the teams, who had managed only the most cursory of laps in FP1, with the bulk of the data to gather ahead of Saturday’s preparations for qualifying.

Charles Leclerc was first to bother the stopwatch, setting the opening benchmark of a 1m16.564s on the medium tyres, but the Ferrari driver was soon…