Mexican GP: Mixed conditions for ROKiT Williams in FP3
By Andrew Hooper
October 26 2019
The final practice session for the 2019 Mexican GP would see the ROKiT Williams team fnish in their usual positions been slowest of the cars that ran. George Russell would finish again ahead of team-mate Robert Kubica. The session would start with a damp track that would see very limited running and it would not be until very late in the session that both Williams drivers would come out for what would be long runs using the soft tyre.
ROKiT Williams
Mexican GP Saturday Practice
Team Summary:
The final practice session would see the track damp after rain having fallen
earlier on in the day. With the intermediate tyre been used it would be
Albon who was quickest with a 1m:31.539. He would improve with a 1m:28.975
but Verstappen would go ahead with a 1m:28.711. ten minutes into the session
and only two drivers had set times. Both Mercedes cars would set times with
Bottas going quickest with a 1m:26.781 and Hamilton third behind Albon who
was now second. Hamilton would improve to be quickest with a time of
1m:26.562 while Albon had moved into second and Bottas now third. Verstappen
would also improve with a 1m:26.118 as the track conditions improved
slightly.
Grosjean was upo to fifth followed by Raikkonen and Leclerc with only twenty
seven minutes remaining. Magnussen would move ahead of Grosjean with the
intermediate tyre still the preferred tyre. With fifteen minutes remaining
Raikkonen would be the first driver to come out on the soft tyre. Bottas was
running but would pit saying that he wanted to switch to the medium.
Raikkonen would go quickest with a 1m:21.673 but Bottas would move ahead
with a 1m:19.101. Sainz was now quickest but it was changing rapidly as we
had Albon fastest with a 1m:17.370 from Vettel and Leclerc. Bottas was now
second ahead of Vettel, Sainz and Leclerc.
Vettel and Leclerc would return to be second and third but Verstappen would
change it all as he would go quickest with a 1m:16.903. Hamilton was now
third but on the medium tyre. As the track improved drivers would improve as
Sainz went fastest with a 1m:16.638. Neither Renault car would run due to
issues. Bottas and Hamilton on soft tyre runs would move into first and
second with Bottas ahead of Hamilton. But Vettel would go quicker with a
1m:16.172 only to see Leclerc quicker with a 1m:16.145. Both Williams
drivers were on longer runs on their soft tyre as the session came to an
end. They would finish down in 17th and 18th with the end of the session.
The top ten would be Leclerc, Vettel, Bottas, Hamilton, Sainz, Verstappen,
Gasly, Albon, Norris and Perez tenth.
Robert Kubica:
Robert would be first out for Williams running on the intermediate tyre
given the wet track. He would pit after a single lap. Robert would finally
return in what was now a very busy track. he wa son the soft tyre. Robert
would set a 1m:23.968 to be behind his team-mate but a considerable margin
behind. He would fins time but could only manage a 1m:22.002 to be 1.0s
behind George. Robert would complete ten laps on the soft tyre pitting with
the end of the session.
George Russell:
George would follow his team-mate out also on the intermediate tyre. George
would say that the track would not be ready for slicks anytime soon. He
would also pit after a single lap. With ten minutes remaining George would
return running on the soft tyre. George would set a 1m:22.714 with eight
minutes remaining. George would improve with a 1m:21.402 to be 2.5s ahead of
Robert. He would continue to improve with a 1m:20.965 and after a ten lap
run and with the end of the session he would pit.
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