Aston Martin Red Bull Racing F1 Turkish Grand-Prix practices – Verstappen on top

DHL TURKISH GRAND PRIX
Intercity Istanbul Park
13-15 November 2020
Friday, November 13, 2020

MAX VERSTAPPEN

First Practice Session: 1:35.077, Position: 1, Laps: 29
Second Practice Session: 1:28.330, Position: 1, Laps: 37

“I think overall for us it was quite a positive day and the car is working well so I’m pretty happy about that. I think the prep we did before we got here was good, but then of course we also did well to react to the conditions out on track.

It is very slippery out there but at the end of the day it’s the same for everyone so we just have to adapt to it but I think we are all still about five seconds off where we should be on this track. I hope it’s not going to rain because then we may actually need spikes!

I don’t think softer tyres would have made a difference, we did go faster when going from a hard to a soft but it’s just the grip on the tarmac. For sure Mercedes will get it together tomorrow so now I just hope we can have a competitive qualifying and in the race we will see what happens.”

ALEX ALBON

First Practice Session: 1:35.318, Position: 2, Laps 27
Second Practice Session: 1:29.363, Position: 5, Laps: 42

“It was a positive day and it’s always fun to try out a new track. In FP1 and FP2, it was like an ice rink out there and a bit weird because it’s not a normal feeling driving what feels like a drift car. You’re just sliding around which of course is a bit fun in a way but it’s also not what an F1 car likes!

In order to switch the tyres on and get them to work you’re having to push way out of your comfort zone so it’s tricky but it is what it is. We expected the softer compounds to maybe make things a bit easier in terms of grip but they didn’t help as much as we thought so I don’t know what teams are going to do in qualifying.

It feels like we might all have to put softs on and fuel the car up for a race run and just keep doing laps! We’ll look at everything tonight and then with the conditions tomorrow, let’s see what happens but all in all it was a good day.”

This weekend in Turkey we celebrate the Team’s 300th Formula One Grand Prix start. And to celebrate we’ve delved into the memory banks of six key Team members who’ve been with Red Bull Racing since the very start to hear about their personal highlights of the past 299 Grands Prix.

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