Team Summary:
As drivers came out for their installation laps it would be Vettel who would
set the first time with a 1m:30.462 only to see Sainz go quicker with a
1m:30.401. He would improve with a 1m:24.452 but this time would be deleted.
Sainz would set a 1m:22.183 with Sainz and Verstappen the only cars running.
Verstappen was now second behind Sainz who continued to lap with a best time
of 1m:21.497. He would continue to lower his times with a 1m:20.696. Bottas
was now second followed by Hamilton, Verstappen, Giovinazzi and Leclerc but
the order was rapidly changing. The Williams drivers were currently 12th and
13th. But after a flurry of times the Williams drivers would be 14th and
15th. Both Williams drivers would pit but would return still on the hard
tyre. With just under an hour remaining the Williams drivers were now 16th
and 17th with the pair back in their pits.
At the front it was now Hamilton fastest with a 1m:20.165 but Leclerc would
move ahead with a 1m:20.130. Hamilton was now second but a 1m:19.526 would
again see him quickest from Leclerc, Bottas, Gasly, Albon, Perez, Vettel,
and Sainz eighth. The Williams drivers were now 18th and 19th. The track
would empty as drivers pitted to return their set of Pirelli tyres. Sainz
was now fourth from Gasly, Vettel, Albon, Perez, Norris and Ricciardo tenth.
The track was now empty with forty five minutes remaining. But with forty
minutes remaining drivers would start to return with the medium tyre been
used. The track was now very busy with a mix of hard and medium tyres been
used.
Bottas was now fastest with a 1m:19.491 from Hamilton and Leclerc. Both
Mercedes were on the medium tyre. Perez on the medium was fourth followed by
Sainz, Gasly, Vettel, Norris, Albon and Ricciardo tenth. Hamilton was now
quickest with a 1m:18.874. The Williams drivers had split their tyre running
with the hard and medium been used on their second runs. They were 18th and
20th with twenty minutes remaining. On the medium tyre Bottas would set a
1m:18.410 to be 0.3 ahead of Hamilton. Verstappen was third followed by
Leclerc, Albon, Sainz, Perez, Ricciardo, Gasly and Vettel tenth. Raikkonen
would move up to eighth as the session came to a close seeing Gasly now
tenth. With the end of the session the Williams drivers would remain 18th
and 20th. George was again quickest over Nicholas by a considerable 0.680
with George having remained on the hard tyre while Nicholas had switched to
the medium.
George Russell:
George would be out first for his instillation lap using the hard tyre. With
just under an hour fifteen minutes remaining George would return again on
the hard tyre. George would set a 1m:28.434 to be fourth behind Raikkonen.
he would improves with a 1m:26.418 to now be third. A 1m:25.562 and George
was now seventh as he pitted. He would return and would quickly improve with
a 1m:24.465 to currently be 14th. A 1m:22.939 from George would see him 11th
dropping to 12th. back in the pits and George was now 17th. On his first run
George had aero rakes behind his rear tyres as the team tried to assess this
new track. George would come back out after having a floor swap carried out
with the team possibly having been testing a 2021 floor. He was again on the
hard tyre for this next run. He would drop to 20th but a 1m:21.774 would see
him now 17th. George's final run would again see him on the hard tyre with a
lap time of 1m:21.374. He would remain with this time and in 18th.
Nichols Latifi:
Nicholas would also complete an installation lap using the hard tyre.
Nicholas would follow his team-mate out also on the hard tyre. He would also
be seen running aero rakes in front of his rear tyres. A 1m:30.339 from
Nicholas to be sixth dropping to seventh. He would improve with a 1m:26.589
to currently be 12th. But with a 1m:24.970 would see Nicholas eighth,
dropping to tenth. Nicholas continued to lap on the hard and would set a
1m:23.549 to be 14th. But a 1m:22.833 would see him now 10th dropping to
11th. Nicholas would pit after an eight lap run. Nicholas was currently 18th
as he returned with forty minutes remaining this time on the medium tyre. A
1m:22.054 from Nicholas would see him 15th. He was now 16th dropping to
20th. He would pit but with just over ten minutes remaining was back out
again on the medium tyre but he would also fail to improve on his final run
remaining slowest. |