Team Summary:
The second Friday practice for the 2022 Bahrain GP would get underway with a rush of drivers coming out including both Williams drivers. This session would be run under the lights of the Bahrain circuit as Magnussen set a 1m:34.572 on the medium tyre but Sainz would move ahead with a 1m:33.837 now followed by Ocon. Leclerc was now fastest with a 1m:33.121 from Sainz and Ocon. Alonso was now third followed by Hamilton, Ocon, Zhou, Magnussen, Russell, Gasly and Bottas tenth. On the medium tyre Verstappen was now second behind Leclerc. The Williams drivers were 17th and 19th as Bottas went fourth.

On the soft tyre Hulkenberg, who was replaced Covid infected Vettel, would move up to sixth. But as more soft tyre times weer set Magnussen was now second followed by Norris, Ocon, Verstappen, Sainz, Stroll, Bottas, Hulkenberg, and Perez tenth. But Alonso would go quickest with a 1m:32.877 now followed by Sainz and Leclerc. Leclerc would again be quickest with a 1m:32.263 from Alonso and Sainz. Magnussen was now fourth followed by team-mate Schumacher. IT would continue to change as we now had Verstappen quickest with a 1m:31.936 from Leclerc, Alonso, Bottas, Perez, Sainz, Schumacher, Magnussen, Norris, and Ocon tenth. The Williams pair were currently 19th and 20th.

Leclerc was now second and Russell had moved into third. Hamilton was now ninth with both Williams drivers back in their pits. But we would see one car return then both with ten minutes remaining in the session. As the final minutes counted down the order was Verstappen, Leclerc, Sainz, Russell, Alonso, Bottas, Perez, Schumacher, Hamilton and Magnussen tenth. The Williams drivers were to remain in 19th and 20th as the session came to an end. Again the drivers would be allowed to complete practice starts prior to returning to the pits.

Alex Albon:
Albon was first out in the second Friday session running on the medium tyre. But he would pit after a single lap not setting a time. He would quickly return but his first timed lap was a 1m:54.256 which was exceedingly slow. But he would improve with a 1m:36.163 to be 17th. Alex would comment to his engineer "The actual car balance is pretty good". He would drop to 18th and would pit after a seven lap run. He would return on the soft tyre and would set a 1m:34.735 to see him only 19th. He would dropt o be slowest as he returned again on the medium tyre. He would complete nine laps on the medium tyre with the end of the session.

Nicholas Latifi:
Nicholas would follow his team-mate for the session also using the medium tyre. His first timed lap was a 1m:37.613 to be 12th. But it was very early days in the session. This would become 17th even though he set a 1m:36.489. After a six lap run Nicholas would pit currently 18th. He would return currently 20th this time on the soft tyre. He would set a 1m:34.486 to be 13th. He would drop to 18th and would pit after a five lap run. This would become 19th and was one place ahead of team-mate Alex. With twenty five minutes remaining Nicholas would return but on the medium. After a three lap run he would pit returning to a used soft tyre. He would be on a longer un on this tyre and would complete 14 laps with the end of the session.