FRIDAY SUMMARY
* Mercedes was fastest in the morning session courtesy of Valtteri Bottas, while Red Bull and Max Verstappen were quickest of all in the afternoon: seven-tenths of a second faster than Bottas’s FP1 time. * In both free practice sessions, the P Zero Red soft compound was used to set the best time.
* Conditions were cool all day, with some drops of rain as well: although not during any of the Formula 1 sessions. These cool and humid conditions, typical of Spa, are expected to remain for the rest of the weekend.
* All three P Zero compounds were sampled during free practice, with each set to play a valid role in the race strategy on Sunday.
* Other stand-out performances in FP2 include Daniel Ricciardo, who was second for Renault, just behind Verstappen, and Alex Albon – fourth in the other Red Bull.

MARIO ISOLA - HEAD OF CAR RACING
“With a softer compound choice here compared to last year, the work today mainly consisted of assessing the performance of the soft, to see how it could fit into the overall race strategy. With Spa being the longest lap of the year, the differences between the compounds are magnified and the difficulty of putting together a perfect lap increases. Conditions today were tricky but quite normal for Spa, with ambient temperatures consistently under 20 degrees centigrade and a track made slippery by some light rainfall, but all three compounds still offered performance in line with expectations and this weather seems set to be representative of the rest of the weekend. We’re seeing a bigger time gap between the medium and soft compounds than anticipated so far, which will clearly have an effect on qualifying strategies tomorrow – making it harder to get through Q2 on the medium.”

TOP 3 TIMES
FP1
Bottas		1m44.493s	SOFT C4 NEW
Hamilton	1m44.562s	SOFT C4 NEW
Verstappen	1m44.574s	SOFT C4 NEW

FP2
Verstappen	1m43.744s	SOFT C4 NEW
Ricciardo	1m43.792s	SOFT C4 NEW
Hamilton	1m43.840s	SOFT C4 NEW

BEST TIME BY COMPOUND
FP1
HARD C2		Verstappen	1m45.470s
MEDIUM C3	Hamilton	1m45.298s
SOFT C4		Bottas		1m44.493s

FP2
HARD C2		Hamilton	1m44.652s
MEDIUM C3	Verstappen	1m44.354s
SOFT C4		Verstappen	1m43.744s

MOST LAPS BY COMPOUND SO FAR
COMPOUND	DRIVER		LAPS
HARD C2		Raikkonen	18
MEDIUM C3	Giovinazzi	17
SOFT C4		Norris		18

TYRE STATISTICS OF THE DAY
 			HARD	MEDIUM	SOFT
Kms driven*		1211	1519	2801
Sets used overall**	17	20	39

The above number gives the total amount of kilometres
driven in FP1 and FP2 today, all drivers combined.
** Per compound, all drivers combined.