With 43 minutes remaining in the long six-hour session, Fernando Alonso’s number 66 car hit the wall on the outside of turn four before finishing its race in the pit lane. The Spaniard then posted the 8th fastest time of the day (with an average lap of 361.1 km / h) but his fault, biting a little too much on the inside of turn 4, was immediately punished.
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“I lost the grip of the car and here the walls are very close … It’s like that, whispered Alonso. Unfortunately it still happened today. Hope it happens now rather than Sunday August 23 (race day).» The images bring back bad memories to the two-time Formula 1 world champion. Last year, also on the second day of testing, the future Renault driver had violently left the track, destroying his car. An accident that cost him hours of testing and ultimately his qualification for the race. And if it will not experience the same mishap this year (there are just enough cars, 33, to fill the starting grid), it will be necessary to observe closely the consequences that this accident could have during the tests at full power on Friday. (the turbo pressure being boosted at the qualifying level). “We learn with each lap on this track and I would learn from this experience, hoped the Spaniard. I hope we can start normally tomorrow (Friday). Until then, everything is more or less OK so I hope we can continue and have no more problems. “
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Scott Dixon (Chip-Ganassi), current leader of the Indycar championship, achieved the fastest lap of this second session (363.9 km / h). The French title holder Simon Pagenaud (Penske) finished 27th (357.6 km / h) in a session that he mainly devoted to driving comfort in the race.
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