Belgian GP: No improvement for Williams Martini in FP2
By Andrew Hooper
August 24 2018
The second Friday practice session for the 2018 Belgian GP would see the Williams Martini team continue to struggle with no improvement. The end of the session would see Seregey Sirotkin and Lance Stroll finish in 18th and 19th. Both drivers would complete runs on the supersoft tyre followed by longer runs on a mix of tyres. At times it appeared that the Williams team had found pae with the FW41 but as others set their tims they would continue to drop down the times. Overall Friday was another friustrating day that most likely will be continued across the rest of the weekend.
Williams
Martini Belgian GP Friday 2nd Practice
Team Summary:
Ricciardo would be the first to set a time with a 1m:46.161 but Vettel would
go ahead using the medium tyre to set a 1m:46.101 using the medium tyre.
Magnussen and Grosjean wre third and fourth. Raikkonen would go quickest
with a 1m:44.400 using the soft tyres. Ricciardo would go second but Vettel
would move ahead to be behind his team-mate. After their first runs the
Williams drivers were in ninth and tenth and dropping down the order. Gasly
was now fourth followed by Ericsson, Magnussen, Grosjean and Leclerc now
ninth. The Williams pair were now 13th and 14th splitting their strategy on
tyres. Bottas would go second splitting the Ferrari drivers.
Using the medium tyre Hamilton would go quickest with a 1m:44.369. He was
followed by Raikkonen, Bottas, Vettel, Verstappen and Ricciardo sixth.
Drivers were starting to use the supersoft tyre for their second runs. On
this tyre Raikkonen would go fastest with a 1m:43.355 while Hamilton would
go second and Bottas third after their supersoft tyre runs. Vettel was now
fourth followed by Verstappen, Sainz, Ericsson, Leclerc, Ricciardo, and
Hulkenberg tenth. After their supersoft tyre runs the Williams drivers were
17th and 18th. The Williams drivers would drop to 18th and 19th in what was
a further frustrating weekend for the team. Drivers were now on longer runs
in the last half and hour of the session. There was a mix of tyres been used
with all three types been used. The session would draw to a close with the
top ten been Raikkonen from Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen, Vettel, Ricciardo,
Perez, Sainz, Ericsson and Leclerc. The Williams team would remain in 18th
and 19th a result that does not bode well for the rest of the weekend.
Lance Stroll:
Lance would follow his team-mate a short while later but he would come out
on medium tyres. He would set a 1m:47.893 to be eighth right behind his
team-mate. This would become tenth but he would drop down the order further
to be 15th and he would also pit after a nine lap run. Lance would also
return coming out on the supersoft tyre for his next run. lance would set a
1m:46.718 to be 14th dropping to 15th. He would continue to lap dropping to
19th.
Sergey
Sirotkin:
Sergey would be out early for the session running on soft tyres. Sergey
would set a 1mn:47.781 to be second dropping to fifth. This would become
seventh then ninth. Sergey would pit after a nine lap run currently 14th. He
would would for his second run using the supersoft tyre with an hour
remaining. He was able to set a 1m:46.451 to now be ninth. Dropping to 11th
he would pit after a short four lap run. In the pits he would drop to 17th.
With just under forty minutes remaining Sergey would return for a further
run using the used supersoft tyres. He would pit switching to the soft tyre
for his next run currently 18th.
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