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Team Summary:
The second Friday practice for the 2021 Hungarian GP would get underway with
Raikkonen first out followed by Sainz both on the hard tyre. As the first
times were set Leclerc would set a 1m:19.654 only to see Alonso and Ocon go
quicker, all on the medium tyre. Alonso had set a 1m:19.419 as Bottas went
quickest with a 1m:18.376. After their first laps the Williams drivers were
10th and 12th. Hamilton would move into second followed by Alonso, Stroll,
Ocon, Vettel, Leclerc, Gasly, Giovinazzi and Norris tenth. Verstappen on his
first lap on a medium was now second behind Bottas. After his first session
crash Tsunoda was still in his pit with his car been repaired. Perez would
improve to be fourth ahead of Ocon.
Bottas would improve his time with a 1m:18.248 but Hamilton would move ahead
with a 1m:18.140. Both Williams drivers were back out this time on the soft
tyre. They would be joined by both Aston Martins. Vettel was able to improve
to be second while Stroll was fourth. After their soft tyre runs the
Williams pair were 11th and 12th. With just over twenty minutes completed
the order was Hamilton, Vettel, Bottas, Stroll, Verstappen, Perez, Alonso,
Gasly, Ocon and Leclerc tenth. Gasly would set a 1m:18.113 to be quickest as
more drivers set soft tyre times. Bottas was now quickest with a 1m:17.012
from Hamilton and Ocon. The Williams pair were now 12th and 13th. This would
become 13th and 14th as Giovinazzi went 12th.
On the soft tyre Verstappen was now third ahead of Ocon. Both Williams
drivers would continue their longer runs on the medium and hard tyres
currently 15th and 16th. With five minutes remaining and both drivers had
completed ten laps. With the end of the session Bottas would remain quickest
from Hamilton, Verstappen, Ocon, Perez, Gasly, Alonso, Vettel, Norris, and
Stroll tenth. The Williams drivers would remain 15th and 16th with George
leading Nicholas. Again another uneventful session for the Williams Racing
team as they continued their preparations for qualifying and the race. It
was pretty much a standard looking Friday for the team. At this stage just
it is hard to assess their pace but Q2 is a realistic possibility.
George Russell:
George Russell would be first out in the second Friday session using the
medium tyre. He would set a 1m:20.538 to be ninth dropping to tenth. This
would become 14th one place ahead of his team-mate. George would pit after a
five lap run dropping to 15th. With just over forty minutes remaining George
would return on the soft tyre. A 1m:19.357 and he would be ninth, dropping
to eleventh. George would pit currently 12th dropping to 14th. With twenty
five minutes remaining George would return completing several runs through
the pit lane. With fifteen minutes remaining George would return to the
medium tyre. He would run through to the finish of the session completing
fifteen laps.
Nicholas Latifi:
Nicholas would follow his team-mate out in the session except using the hard
tyre. A 1m:21.111 from Nicholas would see him 12th then 15th. Nicholas would
pit also only doing a five lap run now 16th. Nicholas had been complaining
about traffic. Nicholas would return joining George on the soft tyre. A
1m:19.479 from Nicholas and he was now 12th and after a six lap run Nicholas
would pit currently 15th. Nicholas would also return but would make several
trips into and out of the pit lane. But Nicholas would switch to the hard
tyre for what would be further race preparations. He would complete fifteen
laps with the end of the session. |
