He’s like a glove Silverstone Circuit to Red Bull. At the former military airport, the car of Milton Keynes it has more wings. Especially if piloted by a Max Verstappen in a state of grace that everything he touches now turns to gold. The Dutch pilot is a real rocket. He left when he wanted and how he wanted in the final part of the first free practice of the British F1 GP to send a clear and strong first message to everyone. It’s the favorite, it’s clear. But start by putting about half a second on your teammate ‘Czech’ Perez in the first session and 6 tenths in Alonso (4th) and Leclerc (5th)says it all.
Max likes to sing. Instead, he wants to continue to be a hit after his insulting success Austriawhere he has no mercy ‘Czech’ to make an extra stop in two laps to find the fastest lap he had on the last lap. A’murderer‘ which at Silverstone continues with the knife between his teeth. Insatiable, in search of constant relish in the taste of not only victory, but of winning by crushing. He has no mercy.
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Verstappen is clearly the great opponent for everyone. Nobody was thinking anything but victory for the Dutchman on a track with so many fast corners. Even on pole, here the Ferrari should be further away from the other tracks because although they have improved their performance in fast corners, they are not as quick in these types of turns as the RB19.
Alonso, good start.
Despite the space on the side where Verstappen is, having returned to Planet Earth, it is too early to draw too many conclusions, especially since the times are not yet to be taken as representative. The obvious example is seeing Alex Albon with Williams in 4th place. Yes, the British team has improved in recent races, but that is not their position and they probably want to show themselves more than they should show their fans before the real fire starts.
More indication is to see Fernando Alonso in fourth place. When Aston Martin struggles to start, it usually shows in Free Practice on Fridays. This time, the times were easy from the start on his home track, located a few meters from the green box factory.
house set, with Fernando in fourth position at 0″668, he left a good feeling with a new front wing. The team was below expectations in Barcelona, reappeared with its new package in Canada and in Austria it dissolved again.
Aston Martin should check this weekend if this is more of a circuit issue or a fast cornering pattern or more standard layouts. Alonso believes more in the former and in how good or bad a particular circuit is given to a team. At Silverstone he expected a better version of his car and so far he was right. We will wait for the second session and find out the pace of his race compared to his rivals, but above all, qualifying, where Alonso needs to be at the front if he wants to fight for an increasingly expensive podium.
Leclerc, 5th, Sainz, 7th and Mercedes hiding
Aston Martin’s rivals will once again be Ferrari, McLaren and a Mercedes that has hidden from the start. The stars were the only ones who didn’t try the soft tire and focused on riding the medium, even with some initial setbacks. Hamilton was 12th and Russell 14th, but not wearing qualifying tyres. They will be waiting to show their heads at a circuit where everyone expects them to do better and even fight for the podium after two bad races.
For his part, Carlos Sainz started well on the medium tyre. He was fast at the start, leading the time table with that rubber, where he concentrated on his work until putting on the soft at the end, where he is 7th at 0.757, still has room for improvement. His teammate Leclerc was 5th at 0.680, with Ocon between the two Ferraris in sixth place in his Alpine.
The McLaren, with Norris 8th ahead of Stroll (9th at 0″841) and Piastri 10th, they should be up against Ferrari, Mercedes and Aston Martin tomorrow in qualifying, where it may rain. And maybe Alpine will join a very good group too. Without Red Bull, the battles for victory would be crazy and F1 would be unpredictable.
So far, while waiting for rain on Saturday, the teams have been able to take advantage of the first dry session (no rain this afternoon either) to draw important conclusions and collect key data ahead of the possible ‘qualy’ madness this Saturday.
Source: La Verdad
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