Carlos Sainz he finished 10th, with his teammate Leclerc in 9th position. But its result should not be representative at all. The two red cars are expected to be at the top. Don’t know if they can fight a round red bull, but they have enough weapons to be in the ointment. Their engine power should allow them to get plenty of long straights and plenty of fast corners. jeddah. Besides, his SF23 like a shot to a turn. Knowing this, the Italians focused their work on Friday on fine-tuning their car’s settings for the weekend and working long hours, which have been their weak point in Bahrain. This time, on a track where there was less damage, Ferrari chose to keep and hide, without looking at the time table. That might explain his result in Free Practice 2.
“An intense day here in Jeddah. This circuit is unusual and has certain characteristics that require specific work to find a good balance. We can still find more performance, but overall the car is in a good window. The race pace was pretty good and tomorrow we will focus our attention on getting the best out of the qualifying session”, commented Carlos Sainz in a statement to his networks, satisfied with the long run of his car, a bit behind Aston Martin but very similar to Mercedes. Considering that Ferrari has a conservative engine map, it makes seeing Ferrari this weekend with more optimism.
Conservative engine map and not looking at times
Due to the reliability problems of the first appointment with Leclerc’s car, Ferrari chose to mount a second combustion engine in its two cars, as a precaution, a strange thing since it was only the second appointment, since the limit on a whole year is on three combustion engines. . That could make Ferrari more relaxed this Friday, being very conservative with their engine maps. It was clear to see that one of his customer cars, Hülkenberg’s Haas, was leading in 8th position, something that was not really true.
Ferrari and Sainz should be higher than seen in the first free practice. As Carlos said on Thursday, “it’s not about how it starts, but how it ends.” That phrase can be applied to the Italians’ work plan for this second GP of the course.
Comparison of long runs in Free Practice 2
Alonso, medium rubber:
Lap 6: 1’35″035
Lap 7: 1’35″400
Lap 8: 1’35″423
Lap 9: 1’35″328
Lap 10: 1’35″238
Perez, medium rubber:
Lap 6: 1’35″157
Lap 7: 1’34″977
Lap 8: 1’34″888 GOOD TIME
Lap 9: 1’34″856 GOOD TIME
Lap 10: 1’1’34″708 GOOD TIME
Lap 12: 1’35″184
Leclerc, medium rubber:
Lap 6: 1’35″630
Lap 7: 1’35″630
Lap 8: 1’35″581
Lap 9: 1’37″914 (traffic) He asks if everything is fine with the engine… “We don’t see anything in the data,” said his engineer.
Lap 10: 1’35″390
Russell:
Lap 8: 1’35″470
Lap 9: 1’35″722
Lap 10: 1’35″650
Sainz, medium rubber:
Lap 4: 1’35″892
SOFT GEMS:
Verstappen:
Lap 8: 1’35″024
Lap 9: 1’35″410
Lap 12: 1’35″205
Verstappen rolled 4 tenths better than Stroll with 4 laps older tires…
Sainz:
Lap 8: 1’35″555. Sainz stopped and went into the middle.
Source: La Verdad
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