Bojan Vrbnjak
The first free practice is behind us Grand Prix of Qatar, which is the new venue of Formula 1. Track v Losail replaced the canceled race in Australia. More than going on the track, it was tense off the track, as the Commissioners have still not taken a decision on the request Mercedesa after rechecking the close meeting between Max Verstappn in Lewis Hamilton at the Sao Paulo GP race.
Otherwise it is Max Verstappen got off to a good start with the racing weekend Grand Prix of Qatar, as it is on the racetrack Losail International Circuit drove the fastest lap time of the first free practice. His main rival Lewis Hamilton however, he complained about his engine, which in his opinion suddenly lost a lot of power.
They are different racers despite the fact that they are FIA in the form of restrictions on the track set as many as five traps, very few violated or rather taken away without penalty. They had the most problems with by learning the path, which was shown by many excursions outside the paved area into the sand.
result
Max Verstappen he needed for his fastest time on a soft rubber compound 1: 23.723 minutes for a 5,380-kilometer-long circuit. Second Pierre Gasyl is already more than four tenths of a second behind, and a good four hundredths of a second more is in third place Valtteria Bottas.
Second candidate for this year's title Lewis Hamilton he was just under eight tenths of a second behind in fourth place, also on the soft mix. In fifth place we find a surprisingly good one Yuki Tsunodo, who was less than a second behind Verstappn. Less than a second behind, he also recorded in sixth place Carlos Sainz.
Seventh was his teammate at Ferrari Charles Leclerc, and eighth was with a surprising lag of a good second Sergio Perez. But they are finishing ten Esteban Ocon in ninth place and Lando Norris in tenth place.
Od eleventh place onwards however, the racers were classified as follows: Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin), Nicholas latifi (Williams), Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo), Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo), George Russell (Williams), Fernando Alonso (AlpineF1), Mick Schumacher (Challenge), Lance stroll (Aston Martin) and Nikita mazepin (Haas).
Incidents
Although they are many racers seduced over the marked track lines, has not been deleted for any time. Michael Massi, The FIA race director had previously announced that he wanted to control quite a few places. After the question Jonathan Wheatley, sports boss Red Bulla, the Australian explained that they will look at this topic after training.
Na in some places it was arranged by the trail itself. In the penultimate turn, some racers turned far out onto the curbs. Lando Norris he damaged his car in the process and had to turn into the garage. However, he was able to continue training later. Also Lewis Hamilton at this point he drove roughly over the curbs to separate the carbon parts at the bottom of the car.
Just before the end of training, he got stuck in the sand Mick Schumacher. Team racer Haas he made a mistake in braking in the seventh turn and had to drive if much sandy excursion zone. However, the German was able to get rid of this sand trap, but he brought a huge amount of sand to the track - probably also to the team garage.
Technology
After ten minutes Lewis Hamilton complained to his command desk over reduced power your engine. There were no visible problems on his car. Which engine he had British in the back, but the team didn’t want to betray.
He had problems with his car as well Lance stroll. The young Canadian sued for brake failure. Telemetry however, she showed problems with hydraulics, which makes Stroll he was not allowed to shift when he returned to the pits. For the racer Aston Martin the training was over.
