higher top speed in S1 and S3, but lots of downforce needed in S2. Big compromise that's either hit or miss.
So, the question is once again; has FA/Ferrari closed the gap or will the gap reappear during qualifying? Knowing the Ferrari is down on hp, I would have thought we'd see them down the list a bit like Red Bull, but there's Fernando dicing towards the top in both practices.
Overheating, misfires, god knows what else problems he had in FP1...It's going to be another long weekend for Kimi. Car has been stationary most of the weekend so far.
When it's working... I don't believe the Williams have shown true form yet. Ferrari coming with a new front wing, but only in Singapore. Hopefully that works well.
Wonder if the rear end was poor before or only after the change of parts? If after...what the **** rear suspension part do they have to touch when changing an engine part? As far as I can tell, entire friday ruined again. 8 laps in FP2 and very few in FP1. All due to car issues.
Just can't believe this, I tune in to FP2 for the first 10 minutes at home before I have to drive for work, and I get to see the Maldonado incident below. Some things just don't change. Image Unavailable, Please Login
FP2 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:49.189 26 2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:49.793 0.604 28 3 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:49.930 0.741 19 4 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:50.327 1.138 24 5 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:50.659 1.470 31 6 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:50.677 1.488 26 7 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:50.725 1.536 25 8 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:50.977 1.788 16 9 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:51.074 1.885 31 10 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:51.077 1.888 26 11 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:51.383 2.194 26 12 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:51.450 2.261 29 13 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:51.573 2.384 28 14 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:52.196 3.007 25 15 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:52.234 3.045 18 16 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1:52.776 3.587 23 17 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:53.955 4.766 7 18 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:54.040 4.851 18 19 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:54.050 4.861 30 20 45 Andre Lotterer Caterham-Renault 1:54.093 4.904 24 21 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault No time 2 22 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault No time 0