2023-10-27 19:42:31
First part of free practice
Sunny. Dry. Air +23С, Highway +42С
Teams are obliged to provide a place in the car for two training sessions for “young” drivers who have completed no more than two Grand Prix in their career. As the season progressed, no one wanted to do this, so they had to serve the duties in the last races.
In the first training session there were five substitutions at once. At Haas, Oliver Berman took the wheel of Kevin Magnussen’s car, at AlphaTauri Isaac Hajjar replaced Yuki Tsunoda, at Alpine Jack Douin replaced Pierre Gasly, at Alfa Romeo Theo Pourcher replaced Valtteri Bottas and at Mercedes Frederic Vesti replaced George Russell.
Pirelli brought a “soft” three compounds to the stage – C3, C4 and C5, labeled Hard, Medium and Soft. In addition, the drivers received two sets of prototype C4 tires for next season.
Hajar returned to the pits when the system that prevented the engine from stalling was activated. Pourcher had problems with hydraulics, the brake pedal travel increased, and he ended the session early. Alonso spent half the session in the pits due to problems with the car, but was able to drive out.
Otherwise, the session went smoothly. Max Verstappen headed the protocol, completing a lap in 1:19.718.
Results of the first session
Driver Team Time Difference Laps 1. M.Verstappen Red Bull 1:19.718 – 29 2. A.Albon Williams 1:19.813 +0.095 31 3. C.Perez Red Bull 1:20.015 +0.297 28 4. L.Norris McLaren 1: 20.237 +0.519 30 5. C. Leclerc Ferrari 1:20.297 +0.579 30 6. O. Piastri McLaren 1:20.463 +0.745 32 7. C. Sainz Ferrari 1:20.479 +0.761 23 8. D. Ricciardo AlphaTauri 1:20.568 + 0.850 30 9. E.Con Alpine 1: 20.677 +0.959 26 10. L. Stroy Aston Martin 1: 20.687 +0.969 26 11. L. Hamilton Mercedes 1: 20.724 +1.006 25 12. N. Hulkenberg Haas 1: 20.968 +250 +250 +250 +250 29 13. G. Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:21.129 +1.411 27 14. L. Sargent Williams 1:21.157 +1.439 30 15. O. Berman Haas 1:21.313 +1.595 31 16. F. Alonso Aston Martin 1:21.347 +1.629 17 17. A.Hajar AlphaTauri 1:21.941 +2.223 25 18. D.Duin Alpine 1:22.109 +2.391 25 19. F.Vesti Mercedes 1:22.937 +3.219 26 20. T.Pourcher Alfa Romeo 13:17.153 +717.435 4
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