Bojan Vrbnjak
Behind us is the general of the afternoon qualifiers GP of Turkey, which took place in wet conditions as it is a racetrack Istanbul Park visited the rain. Otherwise, the track was towards the end of training dryers, but no one thought to try dry track tires as it was too early. Do qualifications rain is no longer expected, so the race for the starting places could take place on a dry track.
We saw it differently a lot of rotations in excursions from the trail, and the large asphalt excursion zones probably ensured that the racers did not come into close contact with protective fences. We also witnessed a short at the beginning of the training stage of the red flag. Towards the end, the traffic on the track decreased as the racers saved tires. But he dealt with the problems Lewis Hamilton, who didn't drive this time and spent most of his time in the team garage. The same can be said for both racers Williams.
result
Pierre Galsy in AlphaTauri it is with time 1: 30.447 minutes on intermediates tires drove the fastest lap of the third free practice. The young Frenchman was even faster with these tires than the time of the first training session last year on the dry track. It's obvious artificially aged the asphalt surface provided sufficient grip even in wet conditions. gasly was a good one and a half tenths of a second faster than Max Verstappen. He was a good two tenths behind Sergio Perez in another Red Bullu. Thus, the first three places were occupied by motorized race cars Honda.
Fourth and fifth place were taken by both racers Ferrari, which, however, have already lagged behind. Fourth Carlos Sainz was a good eight-tenths of a second behind his teammate Charles Leclerc but for more than a second. Just two thousandths of a second behind Monaco, we find the veteran in sixth place Fernanda Alonso in AlpineF1, followed in seventh place by another veteran Kimi Raikkonen in Alfa Romeo.
Eighth Yuki tsunoda has rounded out the good form of Honda-powered race cars in the AlphaTauri. The first Mercedes is only found in the ninth place, where it ranked Valtteri Bottas. He finishes ten Esteban Ocon, the second racer of the AlpineF1 team.
Od eleventh place onwards however, the racers were classified as follows: Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo), Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin), Mick Schumacher (Challenge), Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), Lando Norris (McLaren), Lance stroll (Aston Martin), Nikita mazepin (Challenge), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Nicholas latifi (Williams) and George Russell (Williams). The last three took only 14 laps together!
Incidents
At first, some racers went to the track with tires for heavy rain. As soon as they changed into intermediates, Yippee gasly lost control of the car in the eleventh turn. The Frenchman drove through this turn with full throttle and encountered aquaplaning. Rotation at full speed is thanks large paved excursion zone ended without consequences.
Later, Gasly repeated this exercise Nikita mazepin, which, however, turned in the other direction and is on its own 360 degree pirouettes stayed on track. He was less fortunate George Russell, who encountered aquaplaning in the second turn and spun into the sand. Because he couldn't get rid of you sand traps, was training for a short time interrupted.
Also a candidate for this year's title Max Verstappen he was not immune to rotation. Racer Red Bullbut he spun in ninth turn and at the end of the pirouette your own RB16B nicely placed in the direction of travel. On the radio, he praised the command post: "Beautiful 360. " Sebastian Vettel copied the Dutchman in the first turn with his Aston Martin. Taisto tried Charles Leclerc with Ferrari, but Monaco failed a full 360-degree turn.
Mistakes were also shown by veterans because Fernando Alonso has incorrectly estimated the braking length in his AlpineF1 the first turn and drove off the track. The paved excursion zone would be enough to stop him, so he slowed him down just enough sandthat he did not find himself in a protective enclosure. Sleep he drove back to the track without any problems, burdened with sand.
