Red Bull
It was a very good Friday for Verstappen, who was quick from the start and finished both sessions for the first time this season. Although he complained about the cut, it was generally just sailing, and the Dutchman was calm enough to joke even with his engineer. Perez was not at the pace of his teammate today, as he struggled to find a setting to his liking. He will hope for much more tomorrow.
READ MORE: Perez admits to being “on his hind legs” in Montreal after finishing FP2 in 11th place, as Verstappen leads both Friday’s sessions
Max Verstappen – FP1: 1: 15.158, P1; FP2: 1: 14.127, P1
“It was a positive day, of course, there are always things you can look at to try to find the perfect balance, but overall today was a good start to the weekend. The softest joint is always the hardest to nail, so I think there is definitely more time to find in it, even then we have a competing car, so that’s good. The long road was good, it’s still hard for the tires here, so there are a few more things to work on. Even with the things I want to improve, the day was good. If it’s raining in the qualifiers, it’s the same for everyone, we just deal with it. It’s good to see that we have to have a competing car for Sunday, so whatever happens tomorrow, we’ll see. “
Sergio Perez – FP1: 1: 15.531, P4; FP2: 1: 15.167, P11
“Unfortunately, we can’t read much in today’s sessions, to really work with the car, you have to get at a good pace and then work from there, which I couldn’t do today. We had a problem with the setting at low fuel consumption, but fortunately we managed to understand it and the long runs were a little more representative, but we still had a small problem – hopefully tomorrow we can solve everything. I’m a little on my hind legs, but since everything is fine tonight, we can make the right compromises to be competitive tomorrow. We’ll see what time does for qualifying tomorrow, because it can really shake things up. Max looks strong, so that gives me hope that we can make my car competitive when it matters on Saturday. ”
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – JUNE 17: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands rides (1) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB18 on the track during a pre-Canadian F1 Grand Prix practice at the Gilles Villeneuve F1 on June 17, 2022 in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo by Clive Mason / Getty Images)
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – JUNE 17: Sergio Perez of Mexico and Oracle Red Bull Racing are preparing to drive in the garage during a pre-Canadian Formula One Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit on June 17, 2022 in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo by Dan Mullan / Getty Images)
Ferrari
Leclerc had a surprisingly weak start to the weekend, unlike the recent races in which he quickly got out of the box. Although it has taken on some new components of the power unit, only one has triggered a penalty on the net, so it may not start right behind. But his focus on putting soft tires in FP2 certainly shows that this is not a completely normal approach for the team, so maybe he will still take more penalties while the weekend is over. As for Sainz, he struggled to bounce, but he was still fast enough to be in the top three in both sessions.
READ MORE: “That was the best solution,” Leclerc said as Ferrari confirmed a penalty in Montreal for Monegasque.
Charles Leclerc – FP1: 1: 15,666, P5; FP2: 1: 14.208, P2
“It’s really nice to be back on this track! He has a lot of character and it’s always fun to drive on tracks where you have to drive so many curbs. Overall, the first day was positive. We did a good job improving our setup from FP1 to FP2. The development of the track is usually quite large on this track, which was today. The wind was quite strong, but it didn’t affect my running much. Our main focus from now on will be to prepare our competition in the best possible way. “
Carlos Sainz – FP1: 1: 15.404, P2; FP2: 1: 14.352, P3
“It’s great to be back in Canada, on a track that’s demanding, bumpy and full of curbs, so it’s definitely a challenge for these new cars. I enjoyed the first day of training and we managed to progress well in two sessions.
“Sometimes it became very difficult due to the strong and gusty wind, but we managed to finish our whole program without any problems. Understanding the tires will be very important on Sunday and we gathered good data with today’s driving plan. I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s qualifiers. “
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – JUNE 17: Carlos Sainz of Spain drives a 55-year-old Ferrari F1-75 on a track during a pre-Canadian F1 Grand Prix training session on the Gilles Villeneuve track on June 17, 2022 in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo by Dan Mullan / Getty Images)
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – JUNE 17: Charles Leclerc of Monaco drives a 16-year-old Ferrari F1-75 on the track during a pre-Canadian Grand Prix F1 at the Gilles Villeneuve on June 17, 2022 in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo by Clive Mason / Getty Images)
Mercedes
Mercedes has chosen some significant changes in the settings between the two sessions, which means that both drivers were late to get on the track. Once there, Russell was the happier of the two pilots, as Hamilton was really struggling with pace and even called the car “unmanageable” on the radio. Since both drivers work with very different settings, let’s hope they’ve gathered enough data to take steps forward tomorrow.
READ MORE: “I just got mad at playing old games,” Hamilton said after the retro console video rocked the internet.
Lewis Hamilton – FP1: 1: 15.877, P8; FP2: 1: 15.421, P13
“It was almost like every Friday, I experimented with a lot of things. We tried a new floor on my car this morning that really didn’t work and it seems like a lot of the things we try in this car are struggling to work. We experimented with many different settings of the two cars in FP2 just to see if one way works and one doesn’t. Whatever we do with this car to improve it just makes it unhappier, but we have to keep working, that’s the way it is. One touch of the curbs here and the car starts, it’s so hard here and in Montreal, you really have to drive the curbs. This is not the Montreal I’m used to and I’ve driven all my career, this is the worst I’ve ever felt on any car here, so I hope to make solid progress overnight. You’re going into an important battle just to keep it off the wall, you catch a car that jumps, it definitely keeps you on edge – we picked up the car, but it didn’t make any difference. “
George Russell – FP1: 1: 15.822, P6; FP2: 1: 14.971, P7
“It’s fun to drive on this track, it’s old school and very challenging, with cars crashing into curbs. Our performance was not where we wanted it to be, we are quite far from the pace of the previous two teams, and there are a few guys – Fernando and Seb – who look very strong, so we have work to do. It is still very uneven there, the hardness of these cars is quite brutal. We can’t drive the curbs as much as before, we’ve made the car as soft as possible, but there’s something about this iteration of cars that stops us from doing that. In FP2 this was probably the biggest deviation in the setup between Lewis and me, we went in completely different directions so we could find a happy environment between the two overnight. We have to qualify before midfield, we have a strong race car, which is probably the third fastest, but if we allow one or two cars in front of us, it can make things difficult. “
Andrew Showlin, Trackside’s engineering director
“We tested several modifications of the cars to help the problems we had in Baku and will continue to analyze these data, but the picture here is similar to that in Monaco and Baku, where travel really worries the car as in low and high speed corners. . We’ve reviewed the settings available to us, but we’ve just found various trade-offs in terms of ride and driving force, without adding significant overall performance. The balance was not great with both low and high fuel, and while there are problems with driving, we complicate this, we can probably make some progress on it overnight. We lack a basic rear grip, which is probably something we can improve with normal adjustment tools. Although it was one of our most challenging Fridays, we will continue to work hard tonight to optimize what we have, as we have shown in recent races that we can still gain strengths even with a tough car. “
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – JUNE 17: George Russell from Great Britain driving (63) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team W13 on the track during training before the Canadian F1 Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve F1 on June 17, 2022 in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo by Lars Baron – Formula 1 / Formula 1 via Getty Images)
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – JUNE 17: Lewis Hamilton from Great Britain and Mercedes prepares to drive in the garage during a training session before the Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve track on June 17, 2022 in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo by Dan Mullan / Getty Images)
alpine
Alonso had a very good day, finishing in the top five in both sessions, although he put on the soft tires first and released them much earlier than the others …
Add Comment