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Team Summary:
For Williams racing the second Friday practice session would see George
Russell return joining Nicholas Latifi. With the start of the session it
would be Grosjean first out. Quickest time would be Raikkonen with a
1m:06.339 running on the medium. Leclerc would move ahead but Kvyat would
set a 1m:06.116 running on the hard tyre. Raikkonen would move into second
followed by Leclerc, Sainz, Norris, Giovinazzi, Grosjean and Nicholas
eighth. Gasly was now fourth followed by Albon both on the hard tyre. At the
front Perez was now fastest with a 1m:05.296 followed by Stroll both on the
medium tyre. Albon was now third followed by Ocon, Sainz, Kvyat, Raikkonen,
Leclerc, Gasly and Norris tenth.
But the session would be red flagged when Ricciardo was to have a crash at
Turn nine leaving the track at high speed and hit the barrier badly damaging
his Renault. The Williams drivers were currently 14th and 16th. The session
would restart with both Williams drivers coming out. Quite a few drivers
were on the soft tyre as Hamilton went fastest only to see Bottas move ahead
with a 1m:04.999. But Norris and Sainz would go ahead on the soft tyre while
Perez would be quickest with a 1m:04.087. Verstappen was now second followed
by Norris and Sainz. Bottas and Hamilton were fifth and sixth both still on
the medium tyre. But Verstappen's time would be deleted due to track limits.
Verstappen was able to recover to return to second. Stroll was now up to
third with Ocon fourth. Perez had improved his quickest lap time to now set
it at 1m:03.877.
Bottas was seventh on the soft tyre. His next lap would see him move into
second. Stroll would move into second on the soft tyre seeing Bottas third.
Verstappen would move back into second but it would be deleted seeing him
drop back to sixth. This would become seventh as Albon went fifth. The
Williams drivers were now 15th and 17th. Bottas would go quickest with a
1m:03.703 followed by Perez, Stroll, Sainz, Hamilton, Albon, Norris,
Verstappen, Leclerc, and Ocon tenth with thirty five minutes remaining.
Verstappen was able to move ahead of Bottas with a 1m:03.660. Albon would
spin at Turn eight taking to the gravel. He would return to his pit. With
the end of the session the top ten drivers were Verstappen, Bottas, Perez,
Stroll, Sainz, Hamilton, Albon, Norris, Leclerc, and Ocon tenth. The
Williams Racing Team would see their drivers finish in 15th and 17th. Both
drivers were having to make up for missed first practice sessions for
different reasons. But again both drivers are well in the fight with the
likes of Alfa Romeo and Haas.
George Russell:
George would come out for his first run using the hard tyre. He would set a
1m:08.651 to be 13th. He would drop to 15th and would pit after a four lap
run. This would become 16th. He would return with the restart running on the
soft tyre. A 1m:06.850 to be 17th. But George would move ahead of his
team-mate with a 1m:06.352 to be 16th. He would pit after a seven lap run.
Like his team-mate he would return for a second soft tyre run. George would
improve with a 1m:05.588 to be 14th. George would pit after a five lap run.
Twenty five minutes remaining and George was back out again on the soft
tyre. George was currently 15th and would complete his soft tyre run
returning on teh hard tyre. He would pit after a four lap hard tyre run. He
would complete a brief two lap soft tyre run pitting with the end of the
session.
Nicholas Latifi:
Nicholas would take to the track early running on medium tyres. In the first
session he had only done six laps so needs the track time. His first time
would be a 1m:08.159. He would improve with a 1m:07.439. Nicholas would
continue to lap on the medium tyre but would pit after a nine lap run.
Nicholas would also come out with the session restart running on the soft
tyre. He would set a 1m:06.450 currently 16th. He would drop to 17th prior
to pitting after a seven lap run. With just over fifty minutes remaining
Nicholas would return again on the soft tyre. Nicholas would set a 1m:05.855
to be 15th dropping to 16th. Nicholas would pit after a five lap run. With
thirty minutes remaining Nicholas would return again on the soft tyre. He
would improve with a 1m:05.655. Nicholas would say to his engineer that the
rear of his car was feeling on the edge. Nicholas would pit switching to the
medium. With five minutes remaining he had completed twelve laps. He would
pit after a 14 lap run as the session came to an end. |