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Team Summary:
With the start of the second Friday practice it would be Grosjean who would
set a time with a 1m:44.748 but quickly others would go ahead with Bottas
now quickest using the ultrasoft tyre, 1m:41.694 but Vettel would go ahead
with a 1m:41.520. Both had used the ultrasoft tyre while Raikkonen would go
quickest with a 1m:41.267. Vettel was second followed by Bottas, Hulkenberg,
Sainz and Leclerc in sixth. After their first runs the Williams drivers were
in 15th and 16th while at the front Hamilton would go quickest only to see
Vettel move ahead with a 1m:40.972. Verstappen was now third followed by
Raikkonen and Bottas. Ricciardo would move into third also using the
ultrasoft tyre with the Williams drivers now 19th and 20th.
Raikkonen would go quickest with a 1m:40.510 now followed by Ricciardo and
Vettel. Verstappen and Vettel would move ahead of Ricciardo to be second and
third. With over twenty minutes of the session completed the Williams
drivers were in 17th and 20th. Raikkonen was leading from Verstappen,
Vettel, Ricciardo, Hamilton, Bottas, Perez, Alonso, Hulkenberg and Ericsson
tenth. Twenty five minutes completed and there were just a handful of
drivers running. Ricciardo would move up to third with the Williams drivers
now 18th and 20th. Drivers started to make runs on the hypersoft tyre with
Hulkenberg and Bottas both running on this tyre. Hulkenberg would move into
fifth while Bottas would set a 1m:39.368 to be quickest. More drivers were
coming out running on the hypersoft tyre as Sainz moved into second and then
Hamilton would set a 1m:38.710 to be quickest using the hypersoft tyre.
Raikkonen would go quickest with a 1m:38.699 followed by Hamilton and
Bottas.
Ricciardo would improve to be fourth followed by Sainz, Grosjean and Alonso.
Verstappen would improve to be fourth ahead of his team-mate. Vettel would
start his hypersoft tyre run but would brush the wall seeing him take to the
pits with damage to his car currently ninth. Verstappen was now third ahead
of his team-mate Ricciardo. Bottas was now fifth ahead of Sainz and
Grosjean. After the hypersoft tyre runs the Williams drivers were 19th and
20th. The final part of the session would see the teams work through race
simulations with drivers using the soft, ultrasoft tyre and hypersoft tyre
in their runs. Both Williams drivers were on longer runs on the hypersoft
tyre but Lance would pit with a brake issue.
Ten minutes remaining and drivers were changing tyres moving from the
hypersoft tyre to the ultrasoft and even soft tyre. Vettel would take no
further part in the session due to damage to his car. The session would come
to an end with Raikkonen remaining quickest from Hamilton, Verstappen,
Ricciardo, Bottas, Sainz, Grosjean, Alonso, Vettel, and Hulkenberg. The
Williams drivers would remain slowest in a repeat of their disappointing
performances from the earlier session. The prospects of it improving over
the rest of the weekend were not looking even remotely promising.
Lance Stroll:
Lance would come out running the soft tyre for the first time and would set
a 1m:44.530 to currently be 13th. He would drop to 19th becoming 20th as his
team-mate moved ahead. But Lance continued to run on the soft tyre. Lance
would also come into his pit after an eight lap run. Lance would also come
out for a hypersoft tyre run with fifty five minutes remaining. Lance would
set a 1m:42.141 to now be 16th. He would drop to 19th with under forty five
minutes remaining. Replays would show that Lance's rear brake was actually
on fire. His engineer would come on the radio saying "We need to cool the
brakes." and would tell him to pit. He would remain in his pit as the
session completed.
Sergey
Sirotkin:
Sergey would be the first out for Williams in the second session using again
the ultrasoft tyre. Sergey would set a 1m:46.649 to currently be ninth
dropping to 11th. he had a small moment at Turn eight but was able to
continue. This would become 14th one place behind his team-mate. He would
drop to 20th as he continued to lap on the ultrasoft tyre. But Sergey was
able to improve with a 1m:43.925 to be 17th. Sergey would pit after an eight
lap run. He would drop to 18th and with just under an hour remaining he
would return using the hypersoft tyre and would set a 1m:42.414 to be 15th.
He would drop to 19th as others did their hypersoft tyre runs. Sergey would
set a 1m:42.181 to be 19th dropping to 20th. Sergey would continue to lap
the circuit on a longer run with twenty minutes remaining. He would pit
changing to the ultrasoft tyre. With the end of the session he would
complete twelve laps on the end of the session. |
