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WHAT WE LEARNED FROM FP1 AND
FP2
* The weather was dry and warm today, with track temperatures peaking at 40
degrees during the afternoon. The circuit was in good condition, with the
tyres behaving exactly as expected. As is often the case in Belgium, there
was a big difference in track temperature between the morning and afternoon
sessions.
* Similar to last year (where Ferrari was fastest in every session apart
from Q3) the team topped both FP1 and FP2 with Sebastian Vettel and Charles
Leclerc respectively.
* The difference between the medium and soft compounds – which will be used
predominantly in the race – is around a second per lap here. The hard
compound wasn’t used much today so it’s difficult to predict the gap
accurately, but we estimate it to be in the region of 1.5 seconds.
* Usually, there is quite a lot of residual rubber put down by the Spa 24
Hours, held last month. With the 24-hour race having been held under a lot
of rain though (which even led to a lengthy stoppage) there was little
rubber already on the track.
* No blistering or graining was seen throughout the day, on one of the most
abrasive surfaces in the entire championship.
MARIO ISOLA - HEAD OF CAR RACING
“Today was largely what we expected from Friday in Belgium, with quite a
change in track temperature from the morning to the afternoon, and a
significant degree of track evolution in FP1. However, the track was
generally in good condition, which enabled a lot of representative data to
be collected. We saw long runs on both the soft and the medium tyres during
the afternoon, in roughly equal proportions. The weather forecast suggests
cooler conditions for the race on Sunday; one reason why the teams focussed
on medium and soft tyres, although we can’t of course exclude the
possibility of the hard being used as well. With the big demands that Spa
places on tyres, teams will be monitoring the levels of degradation closely
as they refine their strategies. We’ve seen a reasonable amount of
degradation on the soft tyre today, so a large part of the work from here on
will be optimising the car balance on the soft tyre, in order to make the
most of this compound during the race.” |
FREE PRACTICE 1 – TOP 3 TIMES
DRIVER TIME COMPOUND
Vettel 1m44.574s SOFT C3 NEW
Leclerc 1m44.788s SOFT C3 NEW
Verstappen 1m45.507s SOFT C3 NEW
FREE PRACTICE 2 – TOP 3 TIMES
DRIVER TIME COMPOUND
Leclerc 1m44.123s SOFT C3 NEW
Vettel 1m44.753s SOFT C3 NEW
Bottas 1m44.969s SOFT C3 NEW
FP1 - BEST TIME BY COMPOUND
COMPOUND DRIVER TIME
HARD C1 - -
MEDIUM C2 Bottas 1m45.882s
SOFT C3 Vettel 1m44.574s
FP2 - BEST TIME BY COMPOUND
COMPOUND DRIVER TIME
HARD C1 Russell 1m52.128s
MEDIUM C2 Leclerc 1m45.377s
SOFT C3 Leclerc 1m44.123s
MOST LAPS BY COMPOUND SO FAR
COMPOUND DRIVER LAPS
HARD C1 Russell 5
MEDIUM C2 Hulkenberg 18
SOFT C3 Gasly, Hamilton, Norris, Vettel 19
TYRE STATISTICS OF THE DAY
HARD MEDIUM SOFT
Kms driven* 70 2136 4300
Sets used overall** 6 30 51
The above number gives the total amount of kilometres
driven in FP1 and FP2 today, all drivers combined.
** Per compound, all drivers combined.
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