It's been a bit of a messy day with the red flag in the first practice when the GPS systems failed and the rain in the afternoon. We therefore came here expecting to have to manage the same issues as we've been dealing with at the last two races. We will be trying to get up as high as possible though I think we've got similar pace to the last race in Saudi Arabia."Īndrew Shovlin: "This track is similar to Jeddah in several respects, and we've not made significant changes to the car. We won't be competing against the Red Bulls tomorrow. Everyone had troubles in FP1 with the GPS so hopefully that won't happen again, and we won't get in each other's way. As we saw this morning, traffic is always an issue here. You don't tend to learn a huge amount in those mixed conditions. It also rained in FP2, so it wasn't the greatest of sessions.
We made some changes after FP1 that didn't quite work and we will look to revert this evening. Lewis Hamilton (13th, 1:20.323): "This morning was good, but this afternoon wasn't as good. We will keep trying our best to maximise the potential of the car." We know we've got more performance to come in future races, but we need to maximise our chances this weekend. That's different to the norm so it could be exciting. You can do numerous push laps which is unique in Qualifying we're going to be doing lots of laps. Jeddah and Melbourne have similar tarmac so you can really push the tyres hard. The difference in tarmac race-to-race has a substantial effect on the car and the feeling of driving it. The rain came in quite suddenly today and there may be some around tomorrow so I would be happy for things to be spiced up. Let's see what tomorrow brings with the weather. It was still a reasonable session for us though, as we made a step forward from FP1. FP2 was frustrating for everybody with the rain. That's quite satisfying from the driver's seat, knowing that the car feels better and as a team we have contributed towards that. We've been changing a few things and getting the car in a nice window as the weekend progresses. We've been making good steps with the car on Fridays. George Russell (4th, 1:19.672): "Overall, it wasn't too bad a day. We are pushing hard to maximise everything and I look forward to the rest of the weekend." Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team We went through very different set-up configurations trying to improve the feeling with the car and to get to understand the current package a bit more. On the other hand, FP1 was very useful for the team. There is still a lot of work to do before we can get back in a proper fight but we will put all our energy in making further steps forward."Ĭarlos Sainz (5th, 1:19.695): "This Friday was a bit compromised by the rain in FP2, so we decided not to do many laps in the rain, choosing instead to start preparing everything for tomorrow. That doesn't mean that we have the same pace as our competitors, as they still seem to have the upper hand for now. Tomorrow we will see where we really are." Scuderia FerrariĬharles Leclerc (2nd, 1:19.332): "We explored quite a few set-up variations today, which was interesting as it felt like we were going in a right direction. There is plenty to do tomorrow, but we still take a lot of confidence from today. I was a bit surprised in the damp conditions that I couldn't get a good sense of the track, but in the dry it was great and the car felt good.
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We made some good changes from FP1 that I could feel in sector 1 and sector 2 but I couldn't get a full lap in the afternoon with the traffic in sector 3. Sergio Perez (7th, 1:20.083): "There were some issues with the GPS in FP1 and it felt like a lot of us still had issues with it in FP2. The conditions should be clearer for the rest of the weekend, so we can focus on that."
We'll look over the data tonight and see what we have to do tomorrow. It was difficult to tell how the car felt as we never got a window where I thought we were on top of the tyres. There were also quite a few interruptions with the red flags, so we never really got into a rhythm. It was quite tough to switch the tyres on, so that was difficult when you want to push immediately. Max Verstappen (3rd, 1:19.502): "The conditions weren't great out there today, we had low grip and the tarmac seemed to be slippery.
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