Carlos Sainz and his Ferrari teammate, Charles Leclerc, was the only teammate of Lando Norris not to use soft tires in FP2 to set a fast lap in the second session of F1 2024 Canadian GP free practice. The reason? Simple. Carlos’ goal in a session that was not representative in terms of times was not to go for a time trial. And an example of this is that he was 1.9 behind the best time of the day, of Fernando Alonso, using medium rubber And it was on a wet asphalt from the start, which was never completely dry before the arrival of the rain second session part, Ferrari chose to prioritize data collection on changing conditions.
The red cars prefer to stay on the track to understand the state of the asphalt at all times and know when they should put each type of tire in qualifying this Saturday and in the race on Sunday, because the rain and change of conditions are expected for the entire race.
“Friday was different because it rained non-stop. “We managed to put the soft and the intermediate tire and at the end today instead of going for a fast lap we tried to stay on the track in all possible conditions to try to know exactly what the condition is and what tire should use at all times.” , Sainz declared, highlighting what could be one of the main keys to sorting out Saturday’s set.
“It looks like the rest of the weekend will be exactly the same as Free Practice 1 and Free Practice 2, so all the information we collected this Friday we hope to apply it this Saturday and Sunday in the race,” he finished, looking forward to what could happen on a circuit where much is expected of him Ferrari.
Source: La Verdad
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