In Barcelona surprised everyone with the second best car on the grid, second only to Verstappen. After a long journey, they raised their heads. Many announced that Mercedes He is back. They changed half a car and entered Spain they were surprised at the better rhythm than Aston Martin. But they need to confirm. In Barcelona, low asphalt temperatures due to clouds can benefit the stars. AND Aston Martinwith important news for it Canadian GP, can return to the front. Those doubts were still unresolved this Friday on the first day of practice for the Canadian F1 GP. But it seems clear that Mercedes is very serious.
Lewis Hamilton led Free Practice 2 Free Practice 2 ahead of his teammate Russell (27 thousandths of a second). The Brackley team doubled up to start, with Sainz third at 0″126 and Fernando Alonso, debuting his improvements, in fourth position at three tenths, although still well-favourite rather than hidden, a Max Verstappen who will start this Saturday as a great rival to the Pole in qualifying (10pm/DAZN F1). Although the forecast indicates rain all day, in the wet, as the ‘Wall of Champions’ awaits for its moment of glory, anything can happen.
Free Practice in Canada 2 Times
Canadian F1 GP, day 1
1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 1’13”718
2. George Russell (GBR/Mercedes) by 0.027
3. Carlos Sainz (ESP/Ferrari) at 0”126
4. Fernando Alonso (ESP/A. Martin) at 0”326
5. Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari) at 0”376
6. Max Verstappen (PB/Red Bull) at 0.424
7. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Alfa Romeo) at 0.502
8. Sergio Perez (MEX/Red Bull) at 0.532
9. Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin) at 0.701
10. Pierre Gasly (FRA/Alpine) at 0.759
11. Oscar Piastri (AUS/McLaren) at 0.815
12. Kevin Magnussen (DIN/Haas) at 0.826
13. Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren) at 0.899
14. Zhou Guanyu (CHN/Alfa Romeo) at 1.093
15. Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/AlphaTauri) at 1.223
16. Nyck de Vries (PB/AlphaTauri) at 1.284
17. Alexander Albon (TAI/Williams) at 1.285
18. Esteban Ocon (FRA/Alpine) at 1.374
19. Logan Sargeant (USA/Williams) at 1.708
20. Nico Hülkenberg (ALE/Haas) at 2.652
Sainz, good start
On a circuit with so many straights, with up to three DRS zones, Red Bull should be the favorite (even Verstappen, waiting for Pérez, who is 8th, to take the lead again), but the times could be very close. And in the lead, the two Spaniards will have great weapons. Carlos Sainz, who was 2nd in ‘qualification’ in Barcelona,is comfortable and confident driving behind his Ferrari and he showed it again from the start in Canada, again ahead of a Leclerc that he has yet to find answers to what happened in his bad classification of Barcelona.
For now, with Verstappen and the reborn Mercedes, Carlos Sainz ran again this Friday as a candidate for a turn in the fight for pole position.Although the main question is to see if Ferrari, taking advantage of the most favorable characteristics of this track, finally manages not to sink in the race due to greater tire wear.
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Alonso, 4th in a day of multi-part testing
In that fight for the top positions should be Fernando Alonso with his Aston Martin after an important day of free practice. A problem with the track’s closed circuit security cameras prevented it from shooting Free Practice 1 (only 5 minutes) and this seems to have made the weekend difficult for the Spaniard and his team. SRain is expected for FP2 and Saturday and Aston Martin will need to test the new parts package brought to Montreal to find out how it will perform and begin its evaluation ahead of Sunday’s race. Finally, the FIA Free Practice 2 was extended by half an hour and delayed by rain, giving the cars a key and a half hour to dry, especially Fernando Alonso and his teammate Lance Stroll.
The man from Oviedo and the Canadian took the improvements and made a direct comparison rolling with different loads on his rear wing. In addition, the team also tested some changes to the cooling of Fernando’s rear brakes and focused on collecting a lot of data from the new bottom they installed on the track, the element that contributes the most downforce to current F1 cars .
On the other side of this, Fernando Alonso also had time to fine-tune the car for his driving to feel more comfortable behind his AMR23. He was able to end the day with a smile, happy in his car. Before the rain started, Fernando put on the soft rubber and set the record in the first sector, but a mistake in turn 6 caused him to abort his turn. He tried it twice, in the same game, and improved to fourth place. It has room for improvement. They all have. Fighting for pole position can be exciting.
Source: La Verdad
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