Monaco GP: FP3 improvement from FP2 for ROKiT Williams
By Andrew Hooper May 25 2019
The final practuice session for the 2091 Monaco GP would see the ROKiT Williams team drivers finish slowest but this time it would be Robert Kubica who would finish ahead of team-mate George Russell. Both drivers would spend the whole session running on the soft tyre. George would complete a longer higher fuel run early in the session prior to both drivers completing their qualifying simulations. It was encouraging to see Rpobert only a few tenths behind the Racing Point cars that were in front of him in the times.
ROKiT Williams
Monaco GP Saturday Practice
Team Summary:
The Williams team would send their driver out early to set the early
quickest time but the Toro Rosso cars would go quicker but Ricciardo would
set a 1m:14.628 to be ahead of Kvyat and Albon. Albon would go quickest with
a 1m:13.775 to be 0.8 ahead of Ricciardo. Bottas would easily move ahead
with a 1m:12.764 from Vettel and Leclerc. Bottas would improve with a
1m:12.238 while the Williams drivers were currently 13th and 15th with
fifteen minutes completed. Hamilton was now second ahead of Vettel and
Leclerc. Vettel would have a front right lockup going into Ste Devote
crashing into the barrier ending his session. With thirty seven minutes
remaining the Williams drivers were last with Robert leading George.
Verstappen was now up in third followed by Gasly and Vettel now fifth. Albon
was sixth followed by Raikkonen, Leclerc, Magnussen and Giovinazzi in tenth.
At the front Bottas was still fastest with a time of 1m:11.835 as Leclerc
moved into fourth. At the front Leclerc would go quickest with a 1m:11.265
to move ahead of Bottas. Hamilton was still third as the final ten minutes
of the session commenced. Verstappen was fourth followed by Gasly,
Hulkenberg, Ricciardo, Grosjean, Vettel and Raikkonen. Both Williams drivers
had run on new soft tyres having improved their times but remained slowest.
Stroll would go off at Ste Devote but was able to continue. Kvyat would move
up to sixth but Giovinazzi would take this spot from Kvyat, Raikkonen, Albon
and Magnussen tenth. The result for the Williams team was pretty much
expected but they seemed to be closer to the Racing Point cars in front of
them, especially for Robert.
Robert Kubica:
After his team-mate had completed a few lap Robert would come out also the
soft tyre. His first time was a 1m:21.714 as he got hs tyres up to
temperature. His next lap was a 1m:16.454 to be ahead of his team-mate. A
further improvement with a 1m:15.682 would see Robert remain ahead of his
team-mate. Robert had pitted switching to new soft tyres and would set a
1m:14.923 and he would also pit after a quick four lap run. With twenty five
minutes remaining Robert would return on a new set of soft tyres. He would
set a 1m:14.527 to find a few tenths over his previous time. But Robert
would set a 1m:14.086 to move ahead of Stroll. But he would drop behind
seeing Robert finish 19th.
George Russell:
George would be first out in the final practice running on the soft tyre. He
would set the first time of the session with a 1m:22.611, a slow lap. But he
would improve with a 1m:17.926. A 1m:17.039 would see him a considerable
margin behind the quickest time. A further improvement with a 1m:16.857 from
George as he continued his run on the soft tyre. A 1m:16.452 from George as
he showed that he was on a long run on the soft tyre running high fuel.
George would pit after a fourteen lap run. George would follow his team-mate
out also on new soft tyres. A 1m:14.598 from George but he was still behind
his team-mate. George would improve with a 1m:14.305 but Robert was still
ahead. With the end of the session George would remain slowest.
Pos
Driver
Car
Time
Gap
Laps
1
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1m11.265s
-
26
2
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
1m11.318s
0.053s
27
3
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1m11.478s
0.213s
27
4
Max Verstappen
Red Bull-Honda
1m11.539s
0.274s
24
5
Pierre Gasly
Red Bull-Honda
1m11.738s
0.473s
27
6
Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
1m12.170s
0.905s
23
7
Daniil Kvyat
Toro Rosso-Honda
1m12.194s
0.929s
27
8
Kevin Magnussen
Haas-Ferrari
1m12.270s
1.005s
25
9
Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
1m12.308s
1.043s
27
10
Alexander Albon
Toro Rosso-Honda
1m12.338s
1.073s
32
11
Nico Hulkenberg
Renault
1m12.489s
1.224s
26
12
Daniel Ricciardo
Renault
1m12.519s
1.254s
26
13
Romain Grosjean
Haas-Ferrari
1m12.566s
1.301s
27
14
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
1m12.583s
1.318s
7
15
Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren-Renault
1m12.862s
1.597s
29
16
Lando Norris
McLaren-Renault
1m12.914s
1.649s
26
17
Sergio Perez
Racing Point-Mercedes
1m13.232s
1.967s
23
18
Lance Stroll
Racing Point-Mercedes
1m13.622s
2.357s
21
19
Robert Kubica
Williams-Mercedes
1m14.086s
2.821s
27
20
George Russell
Williams-Mercedes
1m14.305s
3.040s
27
Monaco GP: FP3 improvement from FP2 for ROKiT Williams
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Date: 25/05/2019 12:41
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