Sainz Surprises in Isola, New Aston Martin starts better and McLaren leads the start

The action has begun Imola. The seventh Grand Prix of F1 Season He started on Friday noon in the work -Create Italy layout, near the BolognaAnd as it usually happens each year at the beginning of the European tour, most teams come along with their first major evolutionary packages of the year and need to start putting them in the first free weekend training.

Therefore and for many aerodynamic trials and review that all those with improvement, the times in this first session should not be representative, but the good start of the McLarenthat began to dominate the best grid car and With the World Cup leader, Oscar Piastrito the head of the first session.

Australia and her partner Lando Norris They are the great favorites in ImolaAlthough they should not trust. Here it is very difficult to advance and count the classification of many. Max Verstappen He always came back and the pillar capture could achieve another of his feats. Or maybe a Mercedesthat is always good for a turn and has the local pilot, the 18 -Year -old Debutant Kimi AntonelliBorn a few kilometers from this track.

However, there are still many studies in that fight and many will be seen. Especially, to a Red Bull with the new motor cover and other noveltys where Max verstappen He hopes to have a better car, with fewer weaknesses, to defend his crown against orange. But attention: they should refine that car for FP2 and Saturday along with the factory simulator sessions, because for now, Max has begun to complain about the backlide. And that’s a double news, because Max loves his car so much and is led by a deeper facade.

Max started at 7th at 0 “360 and from there he must thrive. He did it behind the Gasly, the 6th, and a Hamilton that started with the better feet of his former Ferrari, in the 5th position only 96 thousand, behind Russell, 5 to 54 thousand. Equality is very important, but it is unknown if the image approaches the fact that we will see on Saturday in class.

Sainz 3rd and 5 cars glued to 96 thousand

Above all, you need to launch that issue with Williams. Carlos Sainz, with a car without improvements (the team focused on 2026), provided a initial bell of third to only 52 thousand, though it wasn’t known if he didn’t load much than before. So far, Madrid has begun by taking more than 3 tenth with his partner Alex Albon, who precedes a Bortoleto Gabriel who caused a red flag at the end of the session when he left the track.

Aston Martin, a great start of improvements

Aston Martin tried to keep track of the expectations and needed the first package of weather improvements, with up to 7 novelty in his car such as a new floor, diffuser or motor cover. “We hope to win many tenths in this package with respect to our competitors to return to the fight,” said Eric Blandin, by Aston Martin, before FP1 with improvements that would like to correct the overall behavior of a car that started the year with many weaknesses and away points.

The track is the one sentences and we have to wait for many races, so the team will learn how to optimize the performance of these pieces in adjustments, to draw clear conclusions. But so far, the person in charge of testing the novelty is Lance Stoll, with Alonso who piloted the previous detail to compare the data.

So far, Lance has been able to mark a better time than Asturian with that car, something that has previously been, 11 to 0 “487 of the best Chrono, along Alonso In the thou -14 place in 0 “576, a tenth of the car with the improvement of Discard.

However, for this type of aerodynamic and comparison tests, pilots will have to shoot at continuous speed and can play adjustments to see concrete car performance with specific curves. So it’s hard to draw conclusions. But that Lance exceeds walking when he usually 3 tenths behind Asturian, it can be a point of hope for an Aston Martin who will be the only one to recognize this Friday if the comparison is positive. The rest, we have to wait until Saturday’s classification to find out if Aston Martin is again in the fight for points.