Hungarian GP: Pirelli Friday Practice Review
By Courtesy of Pirelli
July 18 2020
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Pirelli
Hungarian GP Friday Practice Review |
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FRIDAY SUMMARY
* The two free practice sessions in Hungary were very different: Mercedes
driver Lewis Hamilton topped the times in the morning, which was mostly dry
but cool and cloudy. In the afternoon, conditions were fully wet at the
Hungaroring, with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel going fastest on the Cinturato
Blue wet tyre.
* Hamilton’s fastest time in FP1 – set on the P Zero White hard tyre – was
faster than all the free practice times in Hungary last year. His team mate
Valtteri Bottas was second-fastest on the medium tyre in FP1, with both
Mercedes drivers around half a second clear of their closest pursuers.
* Weather conditions remain uncertain for the rest of the weekend, which
influenced the way that the tyres were used today. Although conditions in
the afternoon were generally too wet for intermediates, a number of drivers
used them in order to have an extra set provided tomorrow, as per the
regulations..
MARIO ISOLA - HEAD OF CAR RACING
“It was an inconclusive day, which sets up an intriguing weekend. The
weather is likely to be wet again tomorrow, and we could even see a wet race
on Sunday. As a result, some drivers didn’t run extensively in FP2, in order
to save tyres for the rest of the weekend and preserve their cars in these
challenging conditions. We did see some running on the intermediate, even
though it wasn’t ideally suited to the amount of water in the afternoon.
This was mostly to take advantage of the regulations that provide an extra
set of intermediates under these circumstances. With so many question marks
around how the weekend will evolve, teams are understandably keeping all
their options open despite the relatively small amount of useful data
available.” |
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TOP 3 TIMES
FP1
Hamilton 1m16.003s HARD C2 NEW
Bottas 1m16.089s MEDIUM C3 NEW
Perez 1m16.530s SOFT C4 NEW
FP2
Vettel 1m40.464s WET NEW
Bottas 1m40.736s WET NEW
Sainz 1m41.784s WET NEW
BEST TIME BY COMPOUND
FP1
HARD C2 Hamilton 1m16.003s
MEDIUM C3 Bottas 1m16.089s
SOFT C4 Hamilton 1m16.126s
FP2
INTERMEDIATE Vettel 1m42.191s
WET Vettel 1m40.464s
MOST LAPS BY COMPOUND SO FAR
COMPOUND DRIVER LAPS
HARD C2 Hamilton 24
MEDIUM C3 Magnussen 24
SOFT C4 Stroll 22
INTERMEDIATE Leclerc, Vettel 6
WET Raikkonen 16
TYRE STATISTICS OF THE DAY
HARD MEDIUM SOFT INTERMEDIATE WET
Kms driven* 753 1178 617 153 319
Sets used overall** 13 15 10 19 16
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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