F1 Spanish GP: Antonelli leads tricky second practice as Lindblad crashes

Kimi Antonelli has topped second practice at Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix, pipping Ferrari's Charles Leclerc on Friday afternoon at the new Madring circuit, while Arvid Lindblad crashed.

Antonelli set the fastest lap around the halfway mark in the second one-hour session as drivers and teams kept chipping away at their set-ups on the extremely difficult circuit in Madrid.

The 5.4km track, a hybrid of street portions and a purpose-built loop featuring several high-speed corners, proved tricky to tame from the outset. And with runoff virtually non-existent, teams made a conservative start to the weekend in first practice, sacrificing optimal lap time as drivers settled into a rhythm and built-up muscle memory.

Some of those training wheels started to come off in FP2, although lap times didn't take as much as a tumble as first thought, despite the improving grip levels.