2023-06-16 19:07:04
The first free practice session of the 2023 F1 Round 9 Canadian Grand Prix took place at Montreal’s Gilles Villeneuve circuit on Friday 16 June, but was canceled just minutes following the session started due to local CCTV issues. , each team was virtually unable to run. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) got stuck on the exit of Turn 8 and the red flag was shown almost immediately following the start.
However, the local surveillance camera system malfunctioned during the red flag, forcing an extension of the red flag situation. But the problem turned out to be more serious than expected, prolonging the delay. “Delays will be even longer as the CCTV is not properly synchronized,” said the FIA (International Automobile Federation). “The system was installed on site and we are still working to resolve the issue. There must be a 2.5 hour gap between FP1 and FP2, so the session will not be extended. We have the option to extend FP2. “We are looking into it,” as the matter remained unresolved, the FIA issued a second and final update, saying the session would not resume. With less than 10 minutes remaining, the session was called off and Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) topped the FP1 timesheets with a time of 1:18.728 ahead of the Aston Martins of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso. I decided to stand in Red Bull finished the session with Sergio Perez fourth, Max Verstappen fifth and Oscar Piastri (McLaren) sixth. Haas’ Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg were seventh and eighth respectively, ahead of another Alfa Romeo, Guan Yu Zhou. Carlos Sainz finished in the top ten ahead of his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc. Nick de Vries (Alfa Romeo) was the slowest of the 12 drivers, while team-mate Yuki Tsunoda was among the eight who failed to complete a lap of the Gilles Villeneuve circuit. is one of Lando Norris (McLaren), Alex Albon/Logan Sargent (Williams), Lewis Hamilton/George Russell’s Mercedes and Alpine were the two cars that failed to set times. Due to this delay, it has been decided that an additional 30 minutes will be added to the second free practice session, with the session starting 30 minutes ahead of schedule at 16:30 local time and running for 90 minutes. Rank No Driver Team Time Lap 177 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1 minute 18 seconds 7283 218 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1 minute 19 seconds 1753 314 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1 minute 19 seconds 8073 411 Sergio Perez Red Bull 1 minute 20 seconds 1543 51 Max VerstappenRed Bull 1’20.2313 681Oscar PierstrimcLaren 1’21.4963 720Kevin MagnussenHaas 1’24.0453 827Nico HulkenbergHaas 1’24.3363 924 lapsAlfa Romeo 1’24.9613 1055Carlos SainzFerrari 1m 25s9913 1116Charles LeclercFerrari 1m 26s8093 1221Nick De VriesAlphaTauri 1m 32s2743 1322Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauriNo Time2 144Lando NorrisMcLarenNo Time2 1510Pierre Guthrie Alpine No Time1 1623 Alexander Albon Williams No Time1 172 Logan Sargent Williams No Time2 1831 Esteban Ocon Alpine No Time0 1944 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes No Time0 2063 George Russell Mercedes No Time0
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