![]() ![]() ![]() "The first session was pretty messy both drivers flat-spotted tyres and it impacted the running we could do later in the session. But we're in good shape and I'm sure we can make improvements ahead of tomorrow."Īndrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director I was doing some rally-style drifting at times, which probably isn't the fastest way around, so there's still a lot of time to find. ![]() The first two sectors felt really good, but the car was a bit too nervous in sector three. Second practice was better, and we managed a lot of laps, but I still didn't quite get all the sectors right. There were a few interruptions and that meant we were a bit limited with running, and I also had a big lock-up, which destroyed a set of tyres. Conditions were quite tricky out there and that's why there were so many drivers making mistakes. "There's definitely more to come but overall, it was a positive first day of running. ![]() But I'm sure it will grip up and things will be closer tomorrow." The grip levels today were pretty low and that made things tricky out here, with a lot of sliding around. The second session was a lot better, but I wasn't able to put all the sectors together so it's still a work in progress: I was a bit down in sectors one and two, but sector three was nice. I had a lock-up at Turn 2 on the Soft tyre and then when I went onto the Hard compound, I completely destroyed them, so FP1 was scrapped. The day didn't start very well, as first practice was pretty poor. "The car has been performing really well here, but it wasn't the smoothest day for me, so there's work to do tonight both on the driving side and set-up wise. Work to do for the reigning world champion overnight here in Sochi. At least in FP2 he managed one clean run before a second heavy lock-up allowed Bottas to sneak ahead. As for Hamilton, a very unusual 19th in FP1 was the result of failing to get a clean lap in on the soft compound tyres before locking up heavily on the C3 compound. It wasn’t without incident for the Finn though as he struggled for grip and ran wide on a number of occasions. Bottas tends to do well from the off and continued that vein of form, topping both practice sessions on Friday as he did in Mugello. ![]()
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