Marko Hanželic
The second act of the show c Qatar it started at slightly more tolerable temperatures, as it has already started in this Gulf country darken. The Commissioners changed almost completely before the start of the second free exercise scheme, after which they will watch to see if the racers are sticking restriction of the track itself. From now on, they must not completely leave the edge of the track, which is marked with a pink-white color combination, in any of the bends.
He answered again before the training Christian horner and announced that they will file a protest against Mercedes, as the “red bulls” still suspect that the “silver ones” are using some trick that makes them suddenly so much faster. "Unfortunately, the camera doesn't reveal everything," he says about the whole thing Horner.
It all came together other free training started without surprises, with times that were significantly faster than at first. He set the fastest time at an early stage Bottas, namely 1: 23,3 and was thus four tenths faster than Verstappen in his first free practice, and unlike the Dutch, he used a medium version of the tires. After all, it’s hard to compare times between the two workouts, as there are many more limitations.
After a good half of training, he ran the least Max Verstappen, who completed just seven laps when he was called back to the pits. On the Dutchman’s race car, problems with the rear wing reappeared Bottas he still repaired his best mark, but it was erased because of a bend that was too wide. It is, after all Finn still on top.
In the continuation of the training, we saw a mixture of violations of the boundaries of the track itself and obstruction between the racers. Bottas in one of the next attempts, however, he managed to improve his result by two tenths, thus further increasing the lead over the pursuers. Speaking of them, in second place was the pain before the start of the longruns Pierre Gasly, followed by him Hamilton in Verstappen.
By the end of the training, the second racer of the team also showed up in the garage for a long time Red Bull. Even on his race car, the mechanics were frantically circling around hind wing. Five minutes before the end of training, both racers "Red bulls" took a total of only 14 laps.
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At the end of training, he earned a penalty for speeding in the pits Charles Leclerc, whose radar measured 81,6 km / h, which amounts to a fine of 200 euros. Let us also mention the good achievements Lanceja Stroll in Yuki Tsunoda, who finished the training in sixth and seventh place, respectively, and the fact that he could not compete in the second free practice due to a car breakdown. Nikita mazepin.
