Norris quickest from Leclerc, Sainz - 2025 Italian Grand Prix FP2 results

Lando Norris restored Formula 1’s normal order by going quickest in second practice for the Italian Grand Prix.

The Briton, aiming to bounce back from his painful retirement at Zandvoort last weekend, jumped to the top of the times in FP2 after a subdued first session in which he was down in sixth.

Although the McLaren driver went quickest, it was a very close session, with the top three drivers covered by less than a tenth of a second.

Last year’s winner at Monza, Charles Leclerc, finished second, 0.083sec slower than Norris’s 1:19.878sec lap.

The Ferrari driver was followed closely by Carlos Sainz, who shone again in the Williams to wind up third, 0.096sec off the pace.

Championship leader Oscar Piastri was back in the cockpit of the McLaren, having given it up for Alex Dunne in FP1.

Piastri was fourth fastest ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who had been quickest in the first session on his debut as a Ferrari driver at Monza.

Max Verstappen was two tenths of a second off the pace in sixth, the Red Bull racer complaining about how nervous his car was feeling.

The session featured a huge amount of scares as drivers ran wide and took trips on the gravel, particularly at the Lesmos and the Variante Ascari.

The red flag had to be deployed 10 minutes into the running when Kimi Antonelli lost control of his Mercedes at the second Lesmo.

The Italian rookie spun backwards into the gravel and his Mercedes got stuck, his day coming to an end.

Antonelli, who had also made a similar error in practice at Zandvoort last weekend, managed just four laps before his session was over. He finished 19th, only ahead of Franco Colapinto‘s Alpine.

Antonelli’s incident triggered a post-session investigation into Gabriel Bortoleto for allegedly overtaking a rival under yellow flag conditions.

2025 Italian Grand Prix FP2 results