Bojan Vrbnjak
Also an afternoon free workout Grand Prix of Italy in Monza was held identically to the morning. Only this time they are racers Mercedesa swapped roles as he was the fastest Lewis Hamiltonand the other by his colleague Valtteri Bottas. The difference between them was almost identical to the one from the first training, ie a good two tenths of a second.
Lando Norris he swung to the afternoon third place, although it seemed for a long time that except for a few warm-up laps he drove away, he would be left without an active second workout. Fourth and the fastest from the bull stable was Pierre Gasly, which confirmed the excellent form of the team in the morning Alpha Tauri. His teammate Daniil Kvyat landed in seventh place. Max Verstappen similar to the morning, but worse this time Albon, who finished in 14th place.
Minor progress for Ferrari, it is Leclerc managed to occupy a place among the top ten (9). Also Hag advanced from the penultimate city in the morning to 12. Slightly worse this time both Renault, where it is necessary to add in order to be Ricciardo at least a third if he had not left the track in Parabolica with all four wheels.
Results
Lewis Hamilton is z 1: 20.192 minutes set the fastest time of the day on the soft mix and was a good two tenths of a second faster than his teammate Valtteria Bottas. Third Lando Norris from McLaren and the fourth Pierre Gasly from AlphaTauri were the only racers to lag behind the current champion less than a second. Just behind the young Frenchman, he finished training in fifth place Max Verstappen. Carlos Sainz in Daniil Kvyat they confirmed their excellent form with sixth and seventh place McLaren in AlphaTauria.
Also Racing Point he did better than in the morning, as this time both racers landed in the top ten, with Lance stroll eighth, his colleague Sergio Perez on the tenth. Between both pink Mercedes he slipped into ninth place Charles Leclerc with a Ferrari. His teammate Hag however, after deleting the fastest lap, he had to settle for 12th place.
Od eleventh place onwards the racers lined up this afternoon: Esteban Ocon (Renault), Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo), Alex Albon (Red Bull), Daniel Ricciardo (Renault), Kevin Magnussen (Challenge), Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo), Romain Grosjean (Challenge), Nicholas latifi in George Russell (both Williams). The latter were about 2,7 seconds behind Hamilton.
Incidents
Another free workout is up qualifications simulations took place peacefully. Less than an hour before the end, the whole field headed for the track with soft rubber compound and an image, otherwise common for Monzo, but unusual for training. Because before Parabolic a real traffic jam was created. Train driver of this composition he was gasly, who already made a mistake in braking in the first turn and broke the fast lap for many.
Sainz he was thus the first to drive into the first turn Slug, which he did not do as usual on the path, but outside it, a little on the sand and then on the grass - (The Lesmo 1 turn is worth remembering because it will have its sequel). His teammate Lando Norris however, due to technical difficulties, he did not even get on the fast lap track. With some exceptions, almost all the racers managed to drive at least one fast lap.
Daniel Ricciardo from Renault and Alex Albon iz Red Bullbut they are among those racers to whom the commissioners of the race are due violations of the track restriction in Parabolica deleted times. For the Australian racer, this was especially severe, as otherwise he would have finished the afternoon training in the top four. Later, the commissioners deleted the best time Sebastian Vettl.
And now let’s get back to the first bend of Lesma. 15 minutes before the end of the training session, he spun in the mentioned turn when accelerating Sebastian Vettel. Fortunately, he only approached the protective fence on the other side of the track dangerously and was able to continue training.
A few minutes later, he repeated the exercise to his teammate as well Charles Leclerc, who otherwise managed to prevent the rotation, so he had to get back on the track on the sand and grass, his boss behind the command desk Scuderie however, he reported that he is with this race car impossible to drive.
