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Hamilton: a “little disaster” all day
“To be honest, today was a bit of a disaster,” said the world champion. Istanbul is indeed a great street, but the money for the new asphalt has been “wasted”. “Maybe they should have cleaned it up,” he shrugs. Ultimately, the result is that the tires don’t work and you drive like on ice. “It’s awful,” Hamilton said. There seem to be wet spots all over the track. He also doesn’t expect this to change on Saturday.
Softer tires? Verstappen disagrees with Hamilton
By the way, the Dutchman doesn’t think things would be better with softer tires. He explains: “The asphalt offers no grip. Of course you could use even softer tires, but they would be grains to death. So that’s not the solution.” So just hope the track improves on Saturday. However, he also expects Mercedes to be updated again tomorrow. Bad for Red Bull, of course.
Verstappen: “Positive day” for Red Bull
Although there was hardly any grip, it was “a pretty good day,” said the Red Bull driver, who set the best time of the day. “The car worked pretty well,” he said happily. As for the conditions, he explains: “It can’t get any worse than when FT1 started.”
Even if things have improved since then, you are still “miles away” from normal times and still drive like you are on ice. “But it’s the same for everyone, so we just have to adapt,” he shrugs and jokes, “Maybe we need to switch to studded tires or something. That would be pretty interesting …”
Bottas: “It was fun”
The Finn drove – or slipped – several laps at the start of FT1 when the track was in its worst condition. “I played a bit, it was fun,” said the Finn, who likes to drive one or two rallies in his spare time. However, he also admits: “It was quite far from the standard we are used to in Formula One.” Conditions today were “pretty extreme”, which is why he hopes to improve on Saturday. “The track will improve significantly over the weekend,” he predicts.
Hamilton: “Hard rubber is useless”
The Brit believes it would have been helpful if Pirelli hadn’t brought the three hardest mixes. Reminder: They didn’t know about the new asphalt when they were named. “The hard tire is useless, the medium works like this and the soft tire is a little better,” explains Hamilton. According to him, it would have been better to use the three softer blends. Now it’s too late for that.
“I haven’t changed anything on the car today,” Hamilton reveals about the set-up and explains: “If the tires don’t work, you don’t know what the balance problem is. It’s just the tires.” Red Bull is apparently doing a bit. is better with it. “We definitely have some work to do tonight,” Hamilton said.
Sebastian Vettel’s helmet this weekend …
… you can see it from all sides in this photo gallery!
Photo Gallery: Photo Gallery: Sebastian Vettel’s “Together As One” helmet design
The new Formula 1 helmet of Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel: instead of the flag of Germany, a rainbow is now drawn on the head protection, the …
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Sven writes to us: “Has Renault changed anything in the yellow design of its cars for Turkey? It now appears much brighter on board than in the previous GP. Or maybe this is due to the camera filters?” As far as we know, nothing has been changed. Maybe it has something to do with the lighting conditions. According to our information, nothing has been repainted.
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McLaren: It’s not a piece of the birthday cake …
A big party is however not possible for Lando Norris in Corona. To ‘Sky’ Seidl reveals with a smile: “Lando clearly made a mistake because we told him not to blow out the candles before delivering the cake. In today’s COVID era, you have to be careful, what you do without a mask. But in this way he made sure that only he can eat the cake … “
Seidl: McLaren “in the middle” in midfield
The team boss explains after FT2 on ‘Sky’: “There are cars that find it easier to put their tires in the right window – and then take a giant step in terms of lap time”. McLaren is “in the middle of the battle with Renault and Racing Points,” said Seidl. “But what Charles [Leclerc] for example it was great. They always manage to bring these tires up to temperature, at least for one lap. “
“Basically we were there on the long distance. Now we have to analyze in detail what we will do now with the car, to maybe take another step. Also tomorrow it should rain. The path, already difficult to grasp, will become ice again tomorrow. It will be interesting. are some tasks for the engineering team together with the drivers. An interesting weekend, “said Seidl.
Race point: Gute Rennpace
At least that’s what team leader Otmar Szanauer says in “Sky”. You are not perfectly positioned on a fast lap, but the race pace looks good. It also reminds us that there are no qualifying points anyway and that you can overtake in Istanbul. Stroll and Perez finished Friday in P9 and P11.
Overview
As announced, nothing has changed in the order. Here in the ticker we continue with the voting for the training day in Istanbul. But first, as usual, the overview:
Trainingsbericht
FT2 result
Overall result Friday
Longruns
There are no more fast laps, the long ones are open. Whether you learn a lot in the process is another matter, as already explained. In any case, the best time of the day will go to Verstappen. At 1: 28.3, on the other hand, it’s about eight seconds from what was expected before the weekend. Let’s see how fast the whole thing will be tomorrow.
Dreher kimi
Who hasn’t turned today or at least gone off track? Next up is the “Iceman” who won the first Turkish GP here in 2005. Logically it won’t work this year. But the points may be there. At the moment, however, it is still difficult to distinguish a clear hierarchical order, both above and below.
Three teams without a team leader
Ferrari, Williams and Renault have to do without their team boss this weekend. Mattia Binotto did not travel as planned, Simon Roberts was not cleared due to a crown infection and, according to Renault, Cyril Abiteboul has more appointments this weekend. Meanwhile the two Williams drivers rotate almost simultaneously in different places. Curious …
Verstappen wanted
The Dutchman has rectified the internal situation. Half an hour before the end of the session, he leads with a 1: 28.3 and is a full second faster than Albon. The comparison is not entirely fair, however, because Albon has been in the pits in the last few minutes and the track continues to increase. He slipped into P4 behind Leclerc and Hamilton. Vettel is currently in P7 behind Bottas and Gasly.
The path continues to improve
No surprises, that’s exactly what we expected. The riders improve with every lap. This is comparable to a wet track that dries up more and more. Albon returned to the top with a 1: 29.6. The pole time in 2011 is now “only” about 4.5 seconds missing. Compared to the morning hours, it is very fast.
Ferrari also did well
Leclerc climbed to the top with a 1: 30.7 and even passed it with a 1: 30.3. Albon responded with a 1: 30.1, but his time was canceled because he was too far away in Round 1. Generally, we see multiple times that they are canceled again today. Not to be compared, however, to the chaos we had in Imola.
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