Marko Hanželic
On the track Circuit of the Americas v Austin the second free practice compared to the first took place in warmer weather, as temperatures rose all the way to 30 degrees Celsius, and the temperature of the asphalt rose above forty degrees Celsius before it began.
Even before the start of the training, the commissioners clarified incidents on the first, when they became entangled Sergio Perez in Mick Schumacher. None of the racers were punished, and both the German and the Mexican agreed with the verdict.
Already at the very beginning of the training we saw some psychological games between Hamilton in Verstappen, when the British overtook the Dutchman on the plane, which was not to the liking of the latter. "Nori idiot," he laughed on the radio and Hamilton in addition, the middleman showed. So again, we witnessed rubbing from both sides.
In the initial part of the training, the best time was set by the second racer of the team Red Bull, Sergio Perez, who, with a time of 1: 35,7, set the first limit for all others. They lined up behind him Bottas, Verstappen in Hamilton. All racers rode the start of the training on medium tires.
Mercedes with a new clever technical trick
Pri Mercedes are in Austin presented a new interesting insight, from which they hope to have an advantage over Red Bullom. It is a new suspension system that allows the rear of the car to be lowered slightly on the plane, which also reduces air resistance, which allows a higher maximum speed, while the case can be excluded on slower parts of the track. In summary, it is Mercedes kept sufficient pressure to the ground in corners, while eliminating the shortcomings that such settings of the car bring on the plane.
It also performed best on soft compound tires Sergio Perez, who also set the fastest time of the second free practice with a time of 1: 34,946. He found himself in second place Lando Norris, which may suggest that at Mercedes they haven’t revealed all the cards yet, no matter what Hamilton he was one-tenth faster than the Mexican in one of the attempts, but the commissioners deleted his time.
Max Verstappen he found himself in traffic several times and ended up failing higher than eighth place, for Perez in Norris however, they lined up Hamilton, Bottas, Ricciardo, Stroll in Leclerc. We find it in ninth and tenth place Sainz in Giovinazzi, let us mention an even worse result Sebastian Vettl (15th place) and Mick Schumacher, who managed to overtake both Williams and his teammate Mazepina.
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