2023-07-07 21:03:46
The normal timetable for a Formula 1 racing team: fine tuning in the first practice, endurance runs in the second. The set-up will be refined in the third practice session, plus qualifying attempts, followed by the final practice session on Saturday followingnoon.
This program has been completely overturned at Ferrari with Charles Leclerc. After the fifth best time in the first training session, the Monegasse Leclerc was unable to do a single lap in the second hour of training – an electrical defect might not be repaired in time.
Leclerc is missing the endurance runs that are so important with regard to Sunday. Now it gets even worse: what was missed on Friday followingnoon, the five-time GP winner will most likely not be able to catch up on Saturday followingnoon. Because there is a high probability that it will rain at least in the third training session.
Charles would have needed a carefully tuned car, because the 25-year-old says: “We had a hard time this year on routes where the wind can play one or the other trick, in Miami, also in Baku. So it would have been important to be able to feel the car, which has now been improved, for longer in such conditions.”
“If you have an unstable car, the wind makes everything worse. This also has a direct influence on tire wear. Just like driving in the slipstream of an opponent. In such situations we struggled in the first third of the season, in Austria I felt an improvement. »
“It’s a pity that I mightn’t take part in the second free practice session. Now we have to try to get as much as possible out of Saturday. But we are aware that the conditions on Saturday will probably be completely different.”
2. Training, Silverstone
01. Max Verstappen (NL), Red Bull Racing, 1:28,078 min
02. Carlos Sainz (E), Ferrari, +0.022 sec
03. Alex Albon (T), Williams, +0,218
04. Sergio Perez (MEX), Red Bull Racing, +0.264
05. Logan Sargeant (USA), Williams, +0,688
06. Lance Stroll (CDN), Aston Martin, +0,788
07. Nico Hülkenberg (D), Haas, +0.802
08. Pierre Gasly (F), Alpine, +0,811
09. Oscar Piastri (AUS), McLaren, +0.848
10. Fernando Alonso (E), Aston Martin, +1,056
11. Guanyu Zhou (RCH), Alfa Romeo, +1,147
12. George Russell (GB), Mercedes, +1,160
13. Esteban Ocon (F), Alpine, +1,164
14. Lando Norris (GB), McLaren, +1.182
15. Lewis Hamilton (GB), Mercedes, +1,205
16. Valtteri Bottas (FIN), Alfa Romeo, +1,300
17. Kevin Magnussen (DK), Haas, +1,361
18. Yuki Tsunoda (J), AlphaTauri, +1,405
19. Nyck de Vries (NL), AlphaTauri, +1,493
20. Charles Leclerc (MC), Ferrari, no time
1. Training, Silverstone
01. Max Verstappen (NL), Red Bull Racing, 1:28,600 min
02. Sergio Perez (MEX), Red Bull Racing, +0.448 sec
03. Alex Albon (T), Williams, +0,489
04. Fernando Alonso (E), Aston Martin, +0.668
05. Charles Leclerc (MC), Ferrari, +0,680
06. Esteban Ocon (F), Alpine, +0,483
07. Carlos Sainz (E), Ferrari, +0.757
08. Lando Norris (GB), McLaren, +0.841
09. Lance Stroll (CDN), Aston Martin, +0,871
10. Oscar Piastri (AUS), McLaren, +1.058
11. Nyck de Vries (NL), AlphaTauri, +1,091
12. Lewis Hamilton (GB), Mercedes, +1,168
13. Pierre Gasly (F), Alpine, +1,228
14. George Russell (GB), Mercedes, +1,274
15. Valtteri Bottas (FIN), Alfa Romeo, +1,490
16. Yuki Tsunoda (J), AlphaTauri, +1,492
17. Logan Sargeant (USA), Williams, +1,524
18. Guanyu Zhou (RCH), Alfa Romeo, +1,721
19. Kevin Magnussen (DK), Haas, +1,785
20. Nico Hülkenberg (D), Haas, +1,991
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