Brazilian GP: FP2 a difficult session for ROKiT Williams
By Andrew Hooper November 16 2019
The second Friday practice session for the 2019 Brazilian GP could not have been anymore different for the ROKiT Williams team with one driver crashing and the other suffering from a poor handling car. For Robert Kubica his session would end in the barrier without having even set a time. A combination of factors would see Robert spin at Turn 3 and head into the barriers extensively damaging his car. As for George Russell his session would see him struggle with handling issues with his car seeing him slowest. George would come on to his radio saying the understeer at Turn 13 was atrocious.
ROKiT Williams
Brazilian GP Friday 2nd Practice
Team Summary:
The second Friday practice session fro the 2019 Brazilian GP would be a
difficult one with one car crashing very early in the session before it had
even set a time while the other would struggle with the track conditions and
would end up well off the pace.
Robert Kubica:
Robert's first run in the second Friday session would see him come out on
the hard tyre but in what was a very unexpected moment he would be coming
through the Senna esses and would lose control of his car in the right hand
part of the series of turns. His car would snap and then turn instantly and
would head across the grass and then into the barrier. His car would be
extensively damaged and his session was ended without even having set a
time. Replays would show Magnussen going across the kerb at the same point
seeing a huge amount of spray but it would not be until a reasonable period
of time had passed before Robert would come across the same point. You could
see water coming from the front of his car so it may have contributed to the
accident but later in the session several drivers would go across the same
kerb without incident. Either way Robert's session was over.
George Russell:
George would also come out for his first run in the second Friday session
but his first run would be on the medium tyre tyre. After a series of long
runs on the medium he would switch to the soft tyre but would would struggle
with understeer seeing him only set a best lap time of 1m:11.8 which was 1.1
seconds off the time of the car next in front of him. He would come on to
his radio saying the understeer at Turn 13 was atrocious. A difficult
session for George but it is hoped that with warmer conditions on Saturday
he can find some time.
Pos
Driver
Car
Time
Gap
Laps
1
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
1m09.217s
-
30
2
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1m09.238s
0.021s
35
3
Max Verstappen
Red Bull-Honda
1m09.351s
0.134s
33
4
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
1m09.373s
0.156s
37
5
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1m09.440s
0.223s
39
6
Kevin Magnussen
Haas-Ferrari
1m10.143s
0.926s
38
7
Daniel Ricciardo
Renault
1m10.194s
0.977s
32
8
Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
1m10.210s
0.993s
39
9
Alexander Albon
Red Bull-Honda
1m10.275s
1.058s
31
10
Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren-Renault
1m10.310s
1.093s
38
11
Nico Hulkenberg
Renault
1m10.325s
1.108s
31
12
Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso-Honda
1m10.352s
1.135s
26
13
Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
1m10.419s
1.202s
36
14
Daniil Kvyat
Toro Rosso-Honda
1m10.424s
1.207s
34
15
Sergio Perez
Racing Point-Mercedes
1m10.443s
1.226s
31
16
Romain Grosjean
Haas-Ferrari
1m10.504s
1.287s
38
17
Lance Stroll
Racing Point-Mercedes
1m10.568s
1.351s
33
18
Lando Norris
McLaren-Renault
1m10.700s
1.483s
41
19
George Russell
Williams-Mercedes
1m11.818s
2.601s
36
20
Robert Kubica
Williams-Mercedes
-
-
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Brazilian GP: FP2 a difficult session for ROKiT Williams
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Date: 16/11/2019 06:00
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