Racing Bulls duo Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson completed the top 10 in a pretty much incident-free 60 minutes of running.
Carlos Sainz triggered yellow flags 15 minutes into the session when he lost control of his Williams at Luffield, spinning and nearly making contact with Hamilton.
The team blamed a gust of wind for the incident, for which Sainz was put under investigation for rejoining unsafely.
In first practice, Red Bull protégé Arvid Lindblad made his grand prix weekend debut at the wheel of Yuki Tsunoda‘s Red Bull.
The 17-year-old Briton showed decent pace, lapping half a second slower than Verstappen to finish 13th quickest.
Tsunoda was 15th quickest in FP2, nearly six tenths behind Verstappen.
Paul Aron, one of Alpine‘s reserve drivers, also had his first practice outing, taking over Nico Hülkenberg‘s Sauber.
The Estonian also had a solid day of work, completing 25 laps and finishing in 17th, three places ahead of Gabriel Bortoleto in the second Sauber, the Brazilian completing a 360-degree spin without consequence.
Friday practice 2 results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:25.816 | 25 | |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:26.038 | +0.222sec | 28 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 1:26.117 | +0.301sec | 28 |
| 4 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:26.286 | +0.470sec | 26 |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:26.314 | +0.498sec | 22 |
| 6 | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 1:26.383 | +0.567sec | 27 |
| 7 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:26.430 | +0.614sec | 23 |
| 8 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:26.523 | +0.707sec | 26 |
| 9 | Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls | 1:26.524 | +0.708sec | 26 |
| 10 | Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls | 1:26.624 | +0.808sec | 27 |
| 11 | Alex Albon | Williams | 1:26.840 | +1.024sec | 29 |
| 12 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:26.876 | +1.060sec | 23 |
| 13 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber | 1:26.904 | +1.088sec | 26 |
| 14 | Esteban Ocon | Haas | 1:26.941 | +1.125sec | 26 |
| 15 | Yuki Tsunoda | Red Bull | 1:26.980 | +1.164sec | 24 |
| 16 | Carlos Sainz | Williams | 1:27.159 | +1.343sec | 26 |
| 17 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 1:27.165 | +1.349sec | 28 |
| 18 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1:27.174 | +1.358sec | 23 |
| 19 | Oliver Bearman | Haas | 1:27.226 | +1.410sec | 26 |
| 20 | Franco Colapinto | Alpine | 1:27.289 | +1.473sec | 28 |
Friday practice 1 results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 1:26.892 | 26 | |
| 2 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:26.915 | +0.023sec | 26 |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:27.042 | +0.150sec | 28 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:27.095 | +0.203sec | 26 |
| 5 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:27.163 | +0.271sec | 25 |
| 6 | Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls | 1:27.217 | +0.325sec | 28 |
| 7 | Alex Albon | Williams | 1:27.304 | +0.412sec | 30 |
| 8 | Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls | 1:27.351 | +0.459sec | 27 |
| 9 | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 1:27.367 | +0.475sec | 25 |
| 10 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:27.432 | +0.540sec | 26 |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:27.678 | +0.786sec | 24 |
| 12 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:27.844 | +0.952sec | 22 |
| 13 | Carlos Sainz | Williams | 1:27.909 | +1.017sec | 26 |
| 14 | Arid Lindblad | Red Bull | 1:27.958 | +1.066sec | 22 |
| 15 | Esteban Ocon | Haas | 1:28.057 | +1.165sec | 23 |
| 16 | Franco Colapinto | Alpine | 1:28.086 | +1.194sec | 27 |
| 17 | Paul Aron | Sauber | 1:28.142 | +1.250sec | 25 |
| 18 | Oliver Bearman | Haas | 1:28.147 | +1.255sec | 24 |
| 19 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1:28.332 | +1.440sec | 23 |
| 20 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber | 1:28.397 | +1.505sec | 23 |