Bojan Vrbnjak
It ended, too second free practice VN Emilija Romanje and nothing new on top. Mercedes he is also in positions 1 and 2 this time, he was also the fastest in the afternoon Valtteri Bottas others Lewis Hamilton. Again, it was a game of thousands and hundreds, which he joined this time Pierre Galsy from the team Alpha Tauri.
The first challenger Mercedesa or, according to many, the main favorite of Imola Red Bull, again this time he did not do the training without any problems. Because Max Verstappen he had to park his car very early on the track due to a malfunction, and training was over for him.
The result of the first free practice
Bottas is your best workout time 1: 15.551 minutes achieved at an early stage of training, while he was still wearing at that time medium mixture gum. The Finn would be like that a second faster as in the first free practice, where he was also the fastest. Hamilton was on the qualification simulation and on soft mixtures tires slower by a hundredth of a second. Alpha Tauri thanks to a strong performance Pierre Gaslya ranked for the world champion team. Young French he was only eight hundredths of a second slower than Bottas.
They both qualified for the top three a Ferrari racer, where it is Carlos Sainz was the last racer to drive the lap under the mark 1: 16 minutes. Interestingly, however, it is Sleep to his teammate Charles Leclerc took half a second. Monachan he had the third best time of the day, but because of a violation track restrictions in the ninth turn his time was erased.
Sixth place went to him Sergio Perez, just behind the racer Red Bull Racing however, we find a newcomer to AlphaTauri Yuki Tsunodo, which was eight thousandths of a second behind the Mexican. The top ten is completed by the eighth Lando Norris, ninth Antonio Giovinazzi and the tenth Lance stroll.
Od eleventh place onwards, the racers were classified as follows: Esteban Ocon, Nicholas latifi (The Canadian obviously responds to Imola, as he was significantly faster than his teammate), Fernando Alonso, Max Verstappen (he achieved his time at the start of training and was on the way to the best time Bottas had at the time before the breakdown before the finish line), Sebastian Vettel, George Russell, Kimi Raikkonen, Daniel Ricciardo, Mick Schumacher in Nikita mazepin.
The adventures of the first free practice
Afternoon training took place at first more calmly than the first. It's in the beginning Lando Norris after a brake error in Tambourine drove through the sand. It's a little later Max Verstappen took care of virtual safety car (VSC) and for stunned faces behind the control panel Red Bull Racing. Because the Dutchman had to have his own car RB16B park along the finish line at the exit from the pits. Verstappen lost speed in front of the target plane when accelerating, and the failure should be the subject drive shaft damage.
It's three minutes before the end of training Charles Leclerc made sure the racers ’afternoon work day ended prematurely. Racer Ferrari came out of the ideal line between the last two turns and drove into the sand. Monaco failed to master the car, causing him to crash into protective fence. The race management immediately decided to end the training with red flag.
