Team Summary:
The early times would see Vandoorne set a slow 1m:37.219 only to see Hartley go quicker, 1m:36.358. Magnussen and Grosjean would go quicker with Magnussen setting a 1m:35.986. With these initial times the Williams drivers were now 7th and 8th. They would drop down the times to be 15th and 16th. At the front it was now Verstappen quickest with a 1m:34.923, on the supersoft tyre, followed by Raikkonen and Vettel. Vettel would go quickest with a 1m:34.647 as both Williams drivers continued to lap the circuit as they dropped to 16th and 17th. Ricciardo would go third seeing Raikkonen fourth. Neither Mercedes had set a time. But Hamilton would go fourth while Bottas would set a 1m:34.156 to be quickest on the soft tyre.

After their first runs were completed the Williams drivers were 18th and 19th, again slowest of the field. Hamilton would set a new quickest time with a 1m:33.915 on the supersoft tyre. He would improve with a 1m:33.582 followed by Bottas and Verstappen. After their first ultrasoft tyre laps the Williams drivers were now 16th and 17th, a small improvement. The session would be red flagged as a result of Perez's Force India stopping after his left rear tyre would come off his car seeing him spin and his tyre fly off down the track. His car would have to be recovered and removed on the back of a truck. Prior to this Ricciardo was able to go quickest with a 1m:33.243 using the ultrasoft tyre.

The session would restart with under forty minutes remaining. For Bottas his car would have an issue with his mechanics start to take his car apart. Raikkonen would go second but Hamilton would go quickest with a 1m:32.539, followed now by Ricciardo, Raikkonen, and Vettel. Both Williams drivers were back out on used ultrasoft tyres. Verstappen would improve to be third behind his team-mate. Grosjean would improve to be sixth and Bottas seventh. Bottas' issue was a coolant leak requiring some major work on his car. Both Williams drivers would continue their runs on various tyres as no doubt they worked through their tyre evaluations. With just over five minutes remaining Hartley would be told to stop seeing the Virtual safety Car deployed.

It would be removed and the session would come to an end with both Williams drivers remaining 17th and 18th. The top ten was Hamilton followed by Ricciardo, Verstappen, Raikkonen, Vettel, Grosjean, Bottas, Alonso, Magnussen and Gasly tenth. Another day of disappointment for the Williams team with the rest of the weekend looking to be not much better.

Lance Stroll:
Lance would come out for the second session running on the soft tyre. Lance would set a 1m:37.411 seeing him drop down to seventh. He would quickly drop to be 15th. This would become 16th but with a 1m:37.166 he would improve one place to be 15th. As he pitted he would be 16th after a nine lap run on the supersoft tyre, this would become 18th. After a short stop he would return running on the ultrasoft tyre. He would set a 1m:35.936 to now be 16th. Lance had dropped down to 17th as he returned for a further run on used ultrasoft tyres. Lance would also pit returning on used supersoft tyres. Lance would say that the car really did not like these tyres meaning the supersoft. Lance would show his frustrations in an exchange with his engineer.

Sergey Sirotkin:
Sergey would be out for Williams in the second Friday practice session, running on the soft tyre. Sergey's first time was a 1m:37.802 to be eighth. Sergey would also drop down the times to be 16th and again slowest. Sergey would set a 1m:37.501 but would not improve and was now 18th. He would pit now 19th and slowest again. Sergey's second run was also on the ultrasoft tyre. Sergey would also improve but just one place with a 1m:35.970 to be 17th. Like his team-mate he would drop to now be 18th as he came back out for a further run on used ultrasoft tyres. Sergey would pit after a short run coming back out on used soft tyres.