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FRIDAY SUMMARY
* Istanbul Park’s return to Formula 1 after nine years was characterised by
slippery new asphalt and a slightly damp surface in FP1, with cool track
temperatures of less than 20 degrees centigrade in FP2. This made it hard to
find grip and caused plenty of sliding, with some graining mainly on soft.
Tyre wear and degradation was extremely low.
* As a result, the lap times remained slower than was expected from the
predicted simulations supplied by the teams.
* All three compounds were tested, with the teams mostly running the P Zero
White Hard tyre in the morning, before completing the afternoon runs on the
Red soft tyre, having also used the Yellow medium in FP2.
* The estimated performance gap between the tyres is quite closely matched:
around 0.9 seconds between the soft and medium, and 0.8 seconds between
medium and hard.
* Red Bull was fastest in both sessions, with Max Verstappen going quickest
each time. More than five seconds separated the fastest and slowest car in
FP2.
MARIO ISOLA - HEAD OF CAR RACING
“The new asphalt at Istanbul Park, which is less than two weeks old, proved
to be extremely slippery. In fact, we expected something more similar to
Portugal, but in fact it was quite different with very little grip. There
was a high amount of track evolution despite having no support races here.
On top of that, the track surface was washed overnight, leading to some
areas that were slightly damp this morning. We saw a bit of graining on the
soft as expected in these extreme conditions due to the cars sliding; this
situation should improve during the weekend as more rubber gets laid down,
drivers get more heat into their tyres, and the track continues to evolve.
However, we need to keep an eye on the weather too; there’s a possibility of
rain at some point during the weekend that could reset the track conditions
and add to what is already a very big challenge.” |
TOP 3 TIMES
FP1
Verstappen 1m35.077s HARD C1 USED
Albon 1m35.318s HARD C1 NEW
Leclerc 1m35.507s HARD C1 USED
FP2
Verstappen 1m28.330s SOFT C3 NEW
Leclerc 1m28.731s SOFT C3 NEW
Bottas 1m28.905s SOFT C3 NEW
BEST TIME BY COMPOUND
FP1
HARD C1 Verstappen 1m35.077s
MEDIUM C2 Gasly 1m35.543s
SOFT C3 Russell 2m02.106s
FP2
HARD C1 Norris 1m34.365s
MEDIUM C2 Albon 1m30.872s
SOFT C3 Verstappen 1m28.330s
MOST LAPS BY COMPOUND SO FAR
COMPOUND DRIVER LAPS
HARD C1 Vettel 21
MEDIUM C2 Vettel 26
SOFT C3 Latifi 33
TYRE STATISTICS OF THE DAY
HARD MEDIUM SOFT
Kms driven* 2119 2076 2386
Sets used overall** 38 20 21
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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