Latest Free Practice News - Formula1News.co.uk https://formula1news.co.uk/tag/free-practice/ Latest F1 News, Driver Moves & Analysis Fri, 28 Aug 2020 14:07:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://formula1news.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Latest Free Practice News - Formula1News.co.uk https://formula1news.co.uk/tag/free-practice/ 32 32 Belgian GP FP1 Roundup: Bottas On Top, Ferraris Focus on Race Pace https://formula1news.co.uk/2020-belgian-gp-fp1-roundup/ Fri, 28 Aug 2020 10:56:20 +0000 https://formula1news.co.uk/?p=1045 Valtteri Bottas has topped the timing sheet in Free Practice 1 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on Friday morning after marginally outpacing teammate Lewis Hamilton during their runs on the soft tyre. However, Bottas’ FP1 was cut short as he suffered a puncture after driving over a curb in the dying minutes of the session. READ: Vettel Won’t Sign $15mn Contract With Aston Martin At Belgian GP Max Verstappen was less than a tenth of a second off Bottas’ pace, suggesting he could challenge the Silver Arrows on race day. The two Mercedes-powered Racing Point cars also showed good pace.

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]]> Valtteri Bottas has topped the timing sheet in Free Practice 1 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on Friday morning after marginally outpacing teammate Lewis Hamilton during their runs on the soft tyre.

However, Bottas’ FP1 was cut short as he suffered a puncture after driving over a curb in the dying minutes of the session.

READ: Vettel Won’t Sign $15mn Contract With Aston Martin At Belgian GP

Max Verstappen was less than a tenth of a second off Bottas’ pace, suggesting he could challenge the Silver Arrows on race day.

The two Mercedes-powered Racing Point cars also showed good pace. Sergio Perez put in a faster time than Canadian youngster Lance Stroll, with the pair ending up fourth and fifth in the session.

Meanwhile, Ferrari focussed on long-run pace and seemed to be struggling, with Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel ending the session 14th and 15th, respectively.

Leclerc was around 1.25 seconds off the pace, while Vettel trailed Bottas’ best time by almost 1.7 seconds.

Three Ferrari-powered cars – the two Haas cars and Antonio Giovinazzi’s Alfa Romeo – had engine issues and didn’t complete a single lap in the session.

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]]> Several Teams Expecting Wet Belgian Grand Prix https://formula1news.co.uk/several-f1-teams-expecting-rainy-2020-belgian-gp/ Fri, 28 Aug 2020 10:07:50 +0000 https://formula1news.co.uk/?p=1040 Several Formula 1 teams are expecting it to rain at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on race day, according to F1 pundit Karun Chandok. The ex-Formula 1 driver made the comment during Free Practice 1 on Friday morning, as drivers utilised this opportunity to tweak and optimise their setups. READ: Vettel Won’t Sign $15mn Contract With Aston Martin At Belgian GP There is a 48 percent chance it will rain during the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday, according to weather forecasts for the area. Many teams, such as Mercedes and Red Bull, are running low-downforce setups on their cars as they

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]]> Several Formula 1 teams are expecting it to rain at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on race day, according to F1 pundit Karun Chandok.

The ex-Formula 1 driver made the comment during Free Practice 1 on Friday morning, as drivers utilised this opportunity to tweak and optimise their setups.

READ: Vettel Won’t Sign $15mn Contract With Aston Martin At Belgian GP

There is a 48 percent chance it will rain during the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday, according to weather forecasts for the area.

Many teams, such as Mercedes and Red Bull, are running low-downforce setups on their cars as they look to maximise their straight-line speed in sectors one and three of the circuit.

Ahead of the race weekend, Williams driver George Russell said he expects the team to struggle at Spa as their car is very “draggy”.

The other Mercedes-powered teams, namely the Mercedes works team and Racing Point, are set to have a very strong weekend in Belgium.

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