Max Verstappen is the favourite. His red bull, at the old airport SilverstoneIt’s like home. It flies and does it with more thrust than before because of how well it behaves on a track full of fast curves. The Dutchman is the great favorite for pole position and victory in F1 British GP this weekend after dominating the two free practice sessions of the day. In the first session, Max won by 4 tenths over his teammate ‘Checo’ Pérez. However, in the second training session, Carlos Sainz is in charge bearing in mind that the Ferrari may be there to try to approach, even at a turn, after being placed in Only 22 thousandths of the best time achieved by Max Verstappen.
It looks like it will be very difficult for Max to crash at Silverstone. However, in qualifying this Saturday, with rain more likely or another possible session against the clock in mixed and changing conditions, anything can happen.
Of course, security, confidence and the Dutchman’s stellar driving moments do not give hope to anyone. To this day, Max has proven to be an impeccable pilot both in the dry and in the wet, always setting the time when he should be in some really complicated and delicate final classification. His hands never failed despite the conditions and neither did his team, always putting their driver on the track at the right time to set the best time. This Saturday Ferrari will have another chance to put pressure on him for a turn. If Max fails, the Italians could be there with a lightning fast Carlos. This is where Leclerc becomes doubtful.
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The Monegasque had trouble with his car and there was even a fire in his car. He was unable to run in Free Practice 2 and the car will be ready to return to the asphalt this Saturday. However, Charles will miss a very important session to add turns and learning on a representative track for the race. This Saturday may repeat the delicate conditions that he has suffered so much in recent Saturdays. If Charles doesn’t solve his problem with the wet conditions, he could have another tough day at the office. Not so Carlos, who in Barcelona and Austria showed his great performance on the water.
Another step by Ferrari
Whether or not they manage to challenge Mercedes, the Italians can be happy with their massive growth. Only 3 races ago, in Barcelona, takes caresssssssssssssss a new package that did not solve their problems with race speed and breakdowns. In Canada they improved and in Austria they brought more news as a result of a work against the clock of a Maranello factory that worked at full speed, furious, to get their team out of their private hole. Now, it seems to be confirmed. After the good course of the race shown in Austria, the Italians brought more new things to the track this Friday, like a new ‘beam weing’, which also worked. So, Sainz improved his sensations in the car in the afternoon and managed to catch Max, not only with a good ‘qualified’ simulation turn, but also with good race pace.
A constantly persecuting group
Ferrari is running as a candidate for the podium at Silverstone, as one of the favorites fighting to lead a chasing pack that is getting bigger and more unpredictable. Expectations are high for Mercedes, the previous favorite to fight for the third drawer of the podium. However, those from the star disappear throughout the day. In FP1 they didn’t try the soft and seemed to hide. But in FP2, Russell was 12th and Hamilton 15th. Although they have the potential to improve on Saturday, their performance is unknown.
Alonso, unrepresentative time
There are also many questions about what Aston Martin can do, with Fernando Alonso in 10th position, 1.056 behind Verstappen’s time, and his team-mate Lance Stroll in 6th position, 0.788 on back. Lance’s time made it clear that the Spaniard has the car for more, but this time, in his stint in the soft, he suffered a setback in his left front tire and his time was not to be representative.
Yes, this is the good job he did for a long time in the reverse program carried out by Aston Martin, with its two drivers testing different tires at the same time on the track to collect basic data with the new Pirelli tires, which will make its racing debut this weekend. of the week. Alonso was very consistent on the soft and Lance tested the durability of the soft to see if it was an option for Sunday. Before, they had to focus on one important ‘quality’. Alonso knows that to aim for the podium he needs to qualify ahead of Austria. You will need to fish turbulent rivers in a ‘quality’ which may be wet.
Williams peeked
With that group in front it is necessary to see if McLaren can continue after the good performance of Norris in Austria with some new things in two cars. Piastri was 9th and Lando was 14th. And if Alpine can also improve after the first day where Gasly was 8th. What seems clear is that Williams started on the right foot and can hold its head high at Silverstone. Alex Albon was 3rd at 0″218 and his teammate Sargeant was 5th at 0″688.
Source: La Verdad
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