Hungarian GP: Limited running for Williams Racing in FP3
By Andrew Hooper
July 17 2020
The second Friday practice session for the 2020 Hungarian GP would see the Williams Racing Team faced with wet conditions throughout the session such that both George Russell and Nicholas Latifi despite having runs on the full wet and intermediate tyre would not set a time in the session. With further rain reported for the rest of the weekend it appeared to be very much a case of saving tyres as well as limiting the mileage on their engines in a session that would be less than productive.
Williams
Racing Hungarian GP Friday 2nd Practice
Team Summary:
The second Friday practice session for the 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix would
start with rain falling but it was easing. Nobody was going out most likely
awaiting for the conditions to improve. After having lost the first session
due to car issues Gasly would be first out running on full wet tyres. He
would pit after a single lap. Perez would be next out also on the full wet.
He would set a 1m:43.862 followed by a 1m:42.470. Stroll and Raikkonen would
also come out. Perez would pit after a four lap run. Stroll would set a
1m:46.445 to be second ahead of Raikkonen. Stroll would go quickest with a
1m:43.380. The track would empty with fifty five minutes remaining.
Ocon would do a single untimed lap on the intermediate. Ricciardo would also
come out also on the intermediate. Leclerc and Vettel were out running on
the full wet tyre. Leclerc would set a 1m:45.827 as Norris and Kvyat also
came out both on the full wet. Vettel was third behind Perez. Thirty five
minutes remaining and Grosjean would also come out on the full wet followed
by Giovinazzi. Vettel would go quickest with a 1m:41.564. Leclerc was fourth
followed by Norris with both having pitted. A 1m:40.464 from Vettel.
Giovinazzi was now sixth followed by Raikkonen, Kvyat, and Grosjean. Bottas
was out running also on the wet tyre. Grosjean was now fourth while Bottas
was now second. Sainz and Hamilton would come out with Hamilton on the
intermediate. Sainz was now third and would pit taking on the intermediate.
With fifteen minutes remaining both Williams cars had completed wet tyre
runs but had not set any times. Both Vettel and Bottas were now running on
the intermediate tyre. Leclerc was now eighth and also on the intermediate.
Verstappen was out running on the intermediate tyre with thirteen minutes
remaining. Verstappen would pit without a time. Vettel had now set a
1m:40.464. Stroll was back out this time on the intermediate. He would pit
after a single lap. The last driver to run would be Magnussen on the
intermediate. Three minutes remaining and we would have more drivers coming
out most on the intermediate tyre. Verstappen was now seventh on the full
wet tyre as the session came to an end. The order would be Vettel, Bottas,
Sainz, Stroll, Perez, Gasly, Verstappen, Grosjean, Raikkonen and Leclerc
tenth. Neither Williams driver had set a time in a session where to take
anything away from the session for the Williams Team would be very much
pointless.
George Russell:
With his team-mate pitted George was out running on the full wet tyre.
George would pit without setting a time. With six minutes remaining George
would return on the intermediate tyre. George would pit after a single
untimed lap.
Nicholas Latifi:
Nicholas would be first out for Williams running on the full wet. Nicholas
would pit without setting a time. Nicholas would return this time on the
intermediate tyre as the session drew to a close. Nicholas would pit
without setting a time
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