Turkish GP: Williams Racing sees more difficult FP2


By Andrew Hooper
October 8 2021

After a posiitve start to the Friday practice session for the 2021 Turkish GP the Williams Racing Team would see their second Friday session turn out to be somewhat more difficult. The results of the session would see the Williams drivers well down the order in just 17th and 18th. This time it would be Nicholas Latifi who would be quickest being ahead of team-mate George Russell with a lot of work to do to see if they can improve their positions come Saturday.

 
 Williams Racing Turkish GP Friday 2nd Practice
 
Russell
 

Team Summary:
The second Friday practice session fr the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix would commence with the whole field coming out very quickly and just as quickly the times would come with after a series of quickest laps with Perez fastest with a 1m:25.278 followed by Alonso and for Williams Nicholas. Verstappen was fourth followed by Norris, Sainz and Leclerc. But Leclerc would set a 1m:25.021 to be quickest followed by Raikkonen and Bottas such was the pace of change in the times. The top three were all on the medium tyre. Perez was now into the 1m:24s with a 1m:24.985 now followed by Hamilton and Bottas. Leclerc would improve again with a 1m:24.102 to be quickest by 0.883s. The Williams cars were now 14th and 16th.

Norris was now up to second using the hard tyre but Hamilton would move ahead to be second and Bottas now third. Norris was now fourth followed by Perez, Verstappen, Gasly, Ricciardo, Sainz and Raikkonen tenth. Both Williams cars would return for soft tyre runs currently 16th and 17th. After their first run on the soft tyre neither driver would improve. Hamilton would go quickest with a 1m:23.840 to be ahead of Leclerc and Bottas. Perez was now fourth followed by Verstappen, Norris, Tsunoda, Sainz, Alonso and Stroll. Both Williams drivers would pit after their soft tyre runs.

Alonso would improve to be sixth and Ocon now seventh followed by Norris and Gasly. Leclerc had set a 1m:23.970 but would remain second. The Williams drivers were now in 17th and 18th with nineteen minutes remaining. Drivers would start their longer runs with the majority of drivers using the medium tyre. The Williams team had split between the medium and the hard. Gasly would spin at Turn six but was able to continue. As the session ended the drivers would again complete practice starts on the grid. Hamilton would remain fastest from Leclerc, Bottas, Perez, Verstappen, Norris, Alonso, Ocon, Gasly and Giovinazzi tenth. For Williams they would remain well down the order in 17th and 18th in what was a more difficult session for the team.

George Russell:
George would start his session using the hard tyre changing from the medium. George had set a slow 2m:05.528 to be slowest but he would improve with a 1m:25.680 to now be 11th. This would become 16th as he pitted after a six lap run. With just over forty minutes remaining George would return for a soft tyre run. He would set a 1m:25.358 not seeing any improvement being 16th. He would drop down to 17th to be right behind his team-mate. After a three lap run he would pit. George would also return on used soft tyres now in 18th. Again after a short run he would pit switching to the hard tyre. As the session drew to a close George had completed ten laps on the hard tyre. With the end of the session he would complete fourteen laps.

Nicholas Latifi:
Nicholas would switch to the medium tyre for his first run. He would set a 1m:25.596 to be third. He would drop to ninth then tenth. Nicholas would have a pin at Turn nine being able to continue. He would pit after a four lap run no doubt to have his car checked. He would drop to 14th and after a short stop he would return this time on the soft tyre. With a 1m:25.589 Nicholas was only 17th. A 1m:25.307 would see Nicholas move ahead of his team-mate to be 16th. After a three lap run he would pit. He would return on a used set of soft tyres being currently 17th. Like his team-mate he would pit to switch to the medium tyre. In the closing moments of the session Nicholas would spin again but was able to continue. He would complete thirteen laps with the end of the session..

 
Latifi
 
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap
1  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 30 1'23.804  
2  Charles Leclerc Ferrari 29 1'23.970 0.166
3  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 31 1'24.214 0.410
4  Sergio Perez Red Bull 28 1'24.373 0.569
5  Max Verstappen Red Bull 27 1'24.439 0.635
6  Lando Norris McLaren 24 1'24.525 0.721
7  Fernando Alonso Alpine 21 1'24.660 0.856
8  Esteban Ocon Alpine 26 1'24.672 0.868
9  Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 32 1'24.756 0.952
10  Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 29 1'24.796 0.992
11  Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 30 1'24.882 1.078
12  Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 34 1'24.903 1.099
13  Lance Stroll Aston Martin 31 1'25.020 1.216
14  Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 23 1'25.060 1.256
15  Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 27 1'25.143 1.339
16  Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 30 1'25.229 1.425
17  Nicholas Latifi Williams 30 1'25.307 1.503
18  George Russell Williams 29 1'25.358 1.554
19  Mick Schumacher Haas 26 1'25.480 1.676
20  Nikita Mazepin Haas 25 1'25.698 1.894
 
Russell
 

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