Marko Hanželic
The outside temperature rose to the start of the second free practice of the jubilee race in Silverston climbed on 30,6 degrees Celsius and the asphalt on the track was just under 42 degrees Celsius when the racers were again allowed to head to the track.
But none of the teams were really in a hurry for it, after all, they were with data collection already engaged in the first race at Silverstone last week. And already at the first free practice they were able to give a concrete test soft tires (C4), which is on British GP they did not use.
The first to show up on the hot track were the Haas drivers Kevin Magnussen in Romain Grosjean, as well as the driver of the AlphaTauri team, Daniil Kvyat, and then Daniel Ricciardo (Renault), a veteran of Alfa Romeo, Kimi Räikkönen and his teammate Antonio Giovinazzi, who missed his first free practice because he had to lend his company car to a test driver Robert Kubica.
It's 1: 27,468 minutes Kvyat took first place on the mid-range tires, ahead of Ricciard, who was on hard tires. Lance stroll, who put soft tires on his pink car, soon pushed the Russian out of the leading position, but was then overtaken by a teammate Nico Hulkenberg soon after moved to another place.
But also for the German, who is an exchange for Sergio Pérezauntil it shows a negative test on Covid-19, happiness did not last long. Because soon after, both Mercedes drivers went on the track Valtteri Bottas in Lewis Hamilton. He was the first to use medium hard tires and immediately set the best time (1: 25,917 minutes). The six-time world champion, on the other hand, used soft tires and landed at the top with a six-thousandth advantage.
Two Red Bull Racing, Max Verstappen in Alex Albon, they then also competed on medium-hard tires, and the Dutchman drove the third fastest lap by then Albon had to settle for seventh place, he was seven tenths slower than the Dutchman.
While they are Renault drivers Ricciardo in Esteban Ocon vehicles on hard tires, is Bottas took the lead. On soft tires, he managed to be 0,129 seconds faster than Hamilton. Charles Leclerc has maintained internal leadership at Ferrari on soft tires. After the first attempt, he finished in sixth place while he had to Hag satisfied with the current eleventh place, he was almost four tenths slower than the Monaco.
Then all the teams concentrated mainly on longrunto find out how the tires behave with a lot of fuel in the tank. Most chose medium hard or soft tires, only at Renault they were again employed with a hard mix. Just before the end, there was some more excitement again because it is Hag suddenly driving very slowly. The powertrain in his He exhaled at Ferrari, However, the German dragged a long trail of oil before parking his car along the edge of the track.
He then slowed down the remaining drivers virtual safety car. Thus, the best time was set by Lewis Hamilton (1: 25.606 min). He was followed by Bottas, Ricciardo, Verstappen, Stroll, Hülkenberg, Leclerc, Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz and Esteban Ocon to the top ten. Albon, Kvyat, Pierre Gasly, Vettel, Grosjean, Raikkonen, Magnussen, Nicholas Latifi and Antonio Giovinazzi ranked up to XNUMXth place.
