Valterri Bottas quickly in education and was given the eldest Of Lewis Hamilton in the morning session, with the FP2 going.
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Formula 1 (F1) 28 August 2020
THE FP2 IS MADE
Verstappen sets the speed to overtake the fastest while Daniel Ricciardo is a moment before suffering a hydraulic pressure loss.
Hamilton is third, but make no mistake about it. It’s on the hardest, slowest tire. He looks smart here.
THE REBOOTED SESSION
A few laps now and those are Verstappen, Ricciardo, Hamilton, Albon, Perez, Bottas.
Some from below: Magnussen, Grosjean, Latifi, Vettel, Russell, Leclerc, Raikkonen.
RED FLAG
The consultation stopped because there is debris on the first shift.
It was caused by a twist of fate at the gates of one of the races, as the billboards let go.
The query will restart for 10 minutes.
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Formula 1 (F1) 28 August 2020
RICCIARDO STOPS AT THE TRACK
He’s had a fake day so far. It’s time for timesheets.
But they’re taking him off the track.
FERRARI HOBBS
It should be remembered that Ferrari was in pole with 0.748 seconds in Spa-Francorchamps 12 months ago.
Now they’re in positions 15 and 17 and, on that basis, they’ll have a time to get out of Q1.
GROSJEAN IS NOW ON THE TRACK TOO
Like Magnussen, make up for the time.
– Mercedes-AMG F1 (MercedesAMGF1) 28 August 2020
MAGNUSSEN IS OUT
Haas replaced the engine of the Dane’s car. The FP1 has been lost and now has the remaining 30 minutes of FP2 to upgrade.
Grosjean remains in the pits.
AND NOW VERSTAPPEN …
The turn is falling. Verstappen now leads Ricciardo and then Hamilton.
He’s gummy. It’s not raining. Times pass by.
NOW WE SEE THE MERCEDES PACE
Hamilton flew it across the line with comfortable tires. He’s on top.
Alex Albon is lately the fastest time in his Red Bull. It’s a stimulus for him.
VERSTAPPEN SETS THE REFERENCE
The Red Bull is the fastest with a time of 1: 44,354 to position a score.
But Mercedes men are on the right track.
However, little improvement for Ferrari. Leclerc and Vettel 16th.
BUSY TRACK NOW
Fear this weekend will be the tires, will they last?
Besides, the weather. Still, it’s only a shock in the wet.
ALFA ROMEOS OUT ON TRACK
Antonio Giovinazzi missed the first consultation because of a water leak.
FP2 ES GO
But no drivers are in their cockpits.
It’s a rainy track after a little downpo andche, so they’re waiting for the track to dry out a little bit.
“TTERI-N IT UP
Valtteri Bottas set the tone for his teammate Lewis Hamilton’s opening practice practice consultation on Friday for the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix.
The Finn, who celebrated his 31st birthday on Friday, finished the seven-kilometre track of Spa-Francorchamps in a 44,493 second minute, beating Hamilton in 0.069 seconds on a cool, cloudy morning.
Max Verstappen, the most productive of the others, returned third for Red Bull.
The Dutchman, who has a Belgian mother and does not have that of his army of oranges who usually climb into the stands of Spa, stepped on the heels of the Mercedes pair, finishing the consultation at only 0.081 seconds pace.
Hamilton, winner of 4 of the six races this season and lately in the form of his life, leads the overall ranking through 37 Verstappen issues.
Bottas, who won the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix in July, is third, 43 issues from his teammate.
With 11 of the 17 races to pass this season, you’ll have to start changing course if you want to have any hope of denying Hamilton a seventh name at the end of the year.
Sergio Perez finished fourth in his Mercedes-inspired Racing Point, ahead of his Canadian teammate Lance Stroll.
Alexander Albon, who led his first race for Red Bull in Spa last year after leaving Junior Toro Rosso now renamed Alpha Tauri, finished sixth.
Esteban Ocon, who made his Formula One debut in Belgium in 2016, was seventh for Renault ahead of McLaren’s Carlos Sainz.
Daniel Ricciardo finished ninth in the other Renault with Britain’s Lando Norris completing the 10 most sensible for McLaren.
HAM HAS THE RIGHT
Lewis Hamilton controlled to pass the marches in his Mercedes this afternoon.
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SESSION ENDED
You’re botding his first blood in his war with Hamilton.
Verstappen is again the other.
BOTTAS HAS A PONCTURA
He’s been told his left tire is deflating.
Could it be a throwback to the tire disorders Mercedes experienced at Silverstone?
Bottas on the radio: “I’m getting used to those punctures. I had one last week in my road car.
He’s in the garage.
FEWER MINUTES TO GO
And they are Bottas, Hamilton, Verstappen, Perez and Stroll at the top.
Raikkonen, Leclerc, Vettel, Latifi and Russell fall.
Sounds good, doesn’t it?
– Mercedes-AMG F1 (MercedesAMGF1) 28 August 2020
MORE ABOUT FERRARI
Leclerc is ranked 13th and Vettel is 14th on the timesheets, that’s not enough.
It should also be noted that the groups powered by Ferrari are Alfa Romeo and Haas.
Three of those four cars even set the lap time.
This is a fear for the Italian team.
FERRARI CONTINUES TO FIGHT
Yes, it’s just education, but Sebastian Vettel’s lap is the slowest on the board lately.
2.7 seconds slower than Alex Albon.
This Ferrari won the pole this year on the track.
A depression.
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