With only one more practice session before qualifying, teams wasted little time gathering data. Verstappen then found almost three tenths to lower the benchmark to 1m46.416s, but neither Red Bull driver could match Antonelli once the Mercedes driver began his flying lap. Producing two fastest sectors to start the lap, Antonelli stopped the clocks at 1m45.944s, becoming the only driver to break into the 1m45s during the session. It was another demonstration of Mercedes' impressive one-lap speed after the team had also topped FP1 earlier in the day. The Mercedes driver could manage only eighth, finishing more than 1.2 seconds behind his team-mate despite completing 19 laps.