![]() The FIA and Pirelli have agreed a new set of the protocols, including an upgraded technical directive already distributed, for monitoring operating conditions during a race weekend and they will consider any other appropriate actions." ![]() "As a result of this analysis, Pirelli have submitted their report to the FIA and the teams. In each case, this was down to a circumferential break on the inner sidewall, which can be related to the running conditions of the tyre, in spite of the prescribed starting parameters (minimum pressure and maximum blanket temperature) having been followed. "The causes of the two left-rear tyre failures on the Aston Martin and Red Bull cars have been clearly identified. Toro Rosso's Brendon Hartley, 11th quickest, took to the escape road twice in Turn Eight, once at the beginning of the session and once close to the end, both times without damaging the car.Lance Stroll's Aston Martin picks up a puncture and crashes at high speed on the start-finish straight during the Azerbaijan GP Haas driver Romain Grosjean had consecutive incidents at Turn 15 and Turn One, running wide without damage. Other than Verstappen, there were no other crashes, but a series of drivers struggled on the low-grip surface.īoth Hamilton and Alonso ran wide at Turn Two and Renault drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Carlos Sainz locked up, damaged their front tyres and had to end their session early, ending up 12th and 20th. The once-dominant team have had a poor start to the season but Russian Sergey Sirotkin was eighth quickest and team-mate Lance Stroll 11th, suggesting they may be beginning to get a handle on their problems. McLaren's Fernando Alonso was seventh quickest, 2.2secs off the pace and 26km/h slower on the straight than Ricciardo, who uses the same Renault engine.īehind the Spaniard, there was encouraging news for Williams. Baku is the fastest street circuit on the F1 calendar In China, in a great position to win after a decision by Red Bull to change tyres during a safety-car period, he first let Ricciardo into a winning position by running wide in an over-ambitious passing attempt on Hamilton and then crashed into Vettel a few laps later.Ĭrashing early in his first on-track session at the next race will only increase the pressure on the 20-year-old, who ended the first 90 minutes of running in sixth place, behind the impressive Force India of Esteban Ocon. In Bahrain, he crashed in qualifying, then collided with Hamilton early in the race and was forced into retirement. In the opening race in Australia, he over-drove chasing the fast-starting Haas of Kevin Magnussen, ran wide, damaged his car and then spun, finishing sixth. Verstappen arrived in Baku talking of learning from his mistakes and planning to drive "faster but maybe a little more in control".īut his words came back to haunt him when he lost control on entry to Turn Three, corrected, only for the car to spin back the other way and end up in the barriers facing the wrong way. Predict who will top the podium in Baku.Who is better - Verstappen or Ricciardo?. ![]() As the German was 2.3secs off the pace, the red cars' speed cannot be representative. The Mercedes drivers were on the fastest ultra-soft tyre, while Ricciardo and Perez were running the theoretically slower super-soft.įerrari's championship leader Sebastian Vettel was only 10th fastest on the ultra-soft, with team-mate Kimi Raikkonen 13th. The Finn was 0.035 seconds quicker with world champion Lewis Hamilton fourth behind Force India's Sergio Perez. Team-mate Daniel Ricciardo was fastest at the time and ended up second behind Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas. ![]()
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