During the second free practice, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris came close to each other. The McLaren driver just so happened to be on a quick lap and had to brake very quickly. Norris then took to the radio to voice his displeasure.
Right after Norris had to abort his lap, he went on the radio to say, "Why does no one use radios at all? Yeah, I got blocked by the Red Bull. Completely in the way." After wondering out loud, he was then told that Verstappen had blocked him.
Norris managed to top the second practice session after coming second during the first one. Only Pierre Gasly was ahead of the Briton during FP1, but for FP2, Norris held the top spot once again.
Verstappen had a bit more difficulty with being down in P3. His teammate, Yuki Tsunoda, crashed into a wall with seven minutes left to go, leaving the Dutchman with only one more lap to get higher than P3. Verstappen landed just after Norris's teammate, Oscar Piastri.