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GP Emilia Romagna, FP1: Bottas at the top, Ferrari not bad

Best time of Valtteri Bottas in the first free practice session of GP of Emilia Romagna. The Finn preceded Hamilton and Verstappen, all within less than 6 cents, with Ferrari in 4th place with Leclerc and 6th with Sainz.

Sainz, Thursday’s words: “I could have a harder time at Imola”

How many mistakes

A session characterized by a lot of action on the track and many mistakes by the drivers, immediately looking for the limit on a track that forgives little or nothing. Shortly after the green flag Mazepin he spun on the gravel coming out of Rivazza 2, with Tsunoda also out a few minutes later. Read excursions also for Verstappen and Hamilton, but above all red flag about 20 minutes from the end, with the episode that involved Perez and Ocon. There are no images about it, because the director has long had problems with onboard and radio team, and at the moment the first reconstruction was done by Christian Horner, according to whom the two hit each other due to the differences in speed, with Sergio pushing and Esteban struggling with a cooling lap. There was another red flag in the last moments of the session, with Mazepin once again losing the car coming out of the Rivazza 2.

Leclerc, Thursday’s words: “In the race we are not as strong as in qualifying”

The ranking

Looking at the ranking, Valtteri Bottas, who finished in 1’16″564, doing better than Hamilton by just 41 thousandths. Verstappen was also very close, stopping at 58 thousandths: the Dutchman was improving further in his last attempt, but the second red flag caused by Mazepin prevented him from finishing the lap. Leclerc finished 4th at 0 “232, ahead of Gasly and Sainz, both with the exact same time per thousandth, 0” 324 behind Bottas. The first six were the only ones to fall under the wall of 1’17 “, because Alonso, 7th, finished with more than eight tenths of a gap. Behind the Spaniard there are Stroll, Latifi and Ricciardo. Excellent performance by Williams, entered the top ten with the Canadian and 11th with Russell.

Alonso: “Developments to the test, the next 3 GPs are important”

Trust in Ferrari

A positive session for Ferrari, with good performances from Leclerc and Sainz, even if they had some concerns in the garage regarding the number 16 car. Due to some unconvincing parameters, the Monegasque was kept as a precaution in the garage in the middle phase of the session, and was sent back to the track in the final after the first red flag, when everything was back to normal. The way in which Charles was able to find good times immediately, a sign of the driver’s ability to immediately go to the limit, but also of a car that allowed him to do so, was encouraging. Good feelings to be confirmed in the second session, starting at 2.30 pm, certainly more indicative.

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