Free training results – Explica .co

Free training sessions 1 and 2 of the Azerbaijan GP F1 2021. And he made it a little complicated with the Baku circuit. In fact, one of the protagonists of the session was reverse gear, which was perhaps more than ever before. Many exits through the loopholes, the strange touch of the barriers, like Mazepin in FP1 or Leclerc in FP2. Almost no one was spared from trips through the loopholes, be it because they were overly optimistic, because they blocked or because the car moved strangely.

In addition to all of these problems, some teams have have tested improvements here. One of them was the Alpine team, who brought in small pieces that will be the last to be assembled this season and are already focused on next year’s prototype. Also noteworthy are the Red Bull improvements with two rear wing versions that they tested here, both with light loads. One of them with one of the strangest and most complex silhouettes seen both on the lower level and in the recesses of the DRS flap …

Regardless of the improvements and issues of some cars, there have also been surprises related to some cars’ performance. On the one hand, there was a lot of equality on this route, in addition to positive highlights for McLaren, Alpine, Alfa Romeo, Alfa Tauri and especially for Ferrari. They are cut off very high again and have a lower load wing mounted as they were seen with enough confidence to reduce drag and go faster here.

On the other side is Mercedes. You may have been hiding something and will do a lot better tomorrow in qualifying and in the race. But they left the same feeling as at the Monaco GP. The times weren’t there and Hamilton was pretty pessimistic on the radio. He even asked for setup changes to his equipment, which eventually didn’t happen. Both cars have fallen far behind, which is not common. We’ll see if they find anything after analyzing the data for tomorrow. If not, it will be another blow to the Drivers ‘and Constructors’ World Championships as Red Bull was very strong here and they will likely take pole tomorrow.

Free practice 1 results

# 8211; # 8211; – – 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1’43 “184 2 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’43” 227 3 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1’43 “521 4 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1’43” 630 5 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1’43 “732 6 Pierre Gasly Alpha Tauri 1’43 “757 7 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’43” 893 8 Lando Norris McLaren 1’43 “996 9 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1’44” 777 10 Valtteri Botta’s Mercedes 1’44 “891 11 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 1’44 “943 12 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1’45” 092 13 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1’45 “234 14 Yuki Tsunoda Alpha Tauri 1’45” 384 15 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1’45 “415 16 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1 ’45 “446 17 George Russell Williams 1’45” 452 18 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1’45 “774 19 Mick Schumacher Haas 1’45” 899 20 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1’46 “945

Free practice 2 results

# 8211; # 8211; – – 1 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1’42 “115 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1’42” 216 3 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1’42 “243 4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’42” 436 5 Pierre Gasly Alpha Tauri 1’42 “534 6 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1’42 “693 7 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1’42” 941 8 Lando Norris McLaren 1’43 “018 9 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1’43” 020 10 Yuki Tsunoda Alpha Tauri 1’43 “130 11 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’43 “156 12 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 1’43” 220 13 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1’43 “298 14 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1’43” 812 15 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1’43 “881 16 Valtteri Botta’s Mercedes 1 ’44 “184 17 George Russell Williams 1’44” 557 18 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1’45 “563 19 Mick Schumacher Haas 1’46” 095 20 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1’46 “983

Tomorrow more information with the summary and the time tables of Free Practice 3 and the ranking. But seen what is seen looks very good and anything could happen here, especially with traffic on a street circuit… Also, in the Azerbaijan GP race, due to the proximity of the walls, there are usually accidents and safety cars, and with the greater wear and tear of the tires it becomes interesting to each individual’s strategies see.