Monaco GP: Pirelli Thursday Practice Review
By Courtesy of Pirelli
May 24 2019
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Monaco GP Thursday Practice Review |
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WHAT WE LEARNED FROM FP1 AND
FP2
- Following a trend we have seen all year lap times were quicker than they
were in 2018: the best time from Lewis Hamilton in FP2 was more than 0.7s
faster than last year.
- Conditions were quite cool, with ambient temperatures of 24 degrees and
track temperatures peaking at 33 degrees during the afternoon. The forecast
for the rest of the weekend seems to be mixed, with still a possibility of
rain for Saturday.
- As a result of these cool temperatures, as well as a ‘green’ and slippery
track as usual, there was a small degree of graining seen this morning,
minimised in the afternoon.
- All three compounds were run today, but the focus was firmly on the soft
compound: which has been nominated almost exclusively by all the drivers for
this weekend.
- Monaco is the track that extracts the least energy from the tyres, so wear
and degradation remained low throughout the day, as expected.
- Unusually, there were no red flag stoppages or other lengthy delays, with
very little contact with the barriers throughout the three hours of running
today.
- So far, the performance gaps between the compounds are around 0.8 seconds
between medium and soft, and 0.9 seconds between hard and medium (even
though there was not much running today on the hard).
MARIO ISOLA - HEAD OF CAR RACING
“It was a fairly typical Monaco Thursday, although with slightly cooler
conditions than is often the case, and no lengthy stoppages. We saw most
drivers on the soft tyres all day, which are similar to last year’s
hypersoft here, but with extra durability. As a result, the drivers have
been able to push harder for longer: already at the end of Thursday we are
not far from the pole time from last year. Although there are some question
marks about the weather still, we’d expect the tyre strategy for qualifying
and the race to be reasonably straightforward, with the teams having
gathered plenty of information today.” |
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FREE PRACTICE 1 – TOP 3 TIMES
DRIVER TIME COMPOUND
Hamilton 1m12.106s SOFT C5 NEW
Verstappen 1m12.165s SOFT C5 NEW
Bottas 1m12.178s SOFT C5 NEW
FREE PRACTICE 2 – TOP 3 TIMES
DRIVER TIME COMPOUND
Hamilton 1m11.118s SOFT C5 NEW
Bottas 1m11.199s SOFT C5 NEW
Vettel 1m11.881s SOFT C5 NEW
FP1 - BEST TIME BY COMPOUND
COMPOUND DRIVER TIME
HARD C3 Perez 1m15.499s
MEDIUM C4 Albon 1m15.202s
SOFT C5 Hamilton 1m12.106s
FP2 - BEST TIME BY COMPOUND
COMPOUND DRIVER TIME
HARD C3 Magnussen 1m13.985s
MEDIUM C4 Hamilton 1m11.926s
SOFT C5 Hamilton 1m11.118s
MOST LAPS BY COMPOUND SO FAR
COMPOUND DRIVER LAPS
HARD C3 Perez 24
MEDIUM C4 Giovinazzi 35
SOFT C5 Ricciardo 34
TYRE STATISTICS OF THE DAY
HARD MEDIUM SOFT
Kms driven* 297 961 3977
Sets used overall** 4 14 63
* 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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