The Monegasque set the best time of the first free practice session ahead of Verstappen’s Red Bull and the Spaniard who, as expected, will be behind after qualifying. Fourth Russell with Mercedes. At 5 pm the second session
by the correspondent Giusto Ferronato
July 22nd
– le castellet (france)
Tarmac on fire at Le Castellet and immediately Ferrari-Red Bull challenge in the first free practice of the French GP. On the 58 degrees of the French circuit, the best time of FP1 was established by Charles Leclerc in 1’33 ”930 in front of Max Verstappen, 91 thousandths of a second behind the red. Carlos Sainz finished third with 3 tenths of a second, but for the Spaniard the official penalty on the starting grid for Sunday’s GP arrived: for now there are 10 setback places for the change of the control unit, but this is the prelude to the change. of the other components of the power unit that will force him to start from the bottom.
good mercedes
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The session confirmed the speed of the top two teams of the championship, who turned to test the new aerodynamic fund refinements (Ferrari with Leclerc) to adapt to this track. Behind them the Mercedes of George Russell, who has the fourth fastest time. The Germans should be more on the ball on this track and the confirmation also came from the ninth place of Nick De Vries, who in this session turned in place of Lewis Hamilton (by regulation the teams must run a young man from the nursery in a couple of FP1 per year).
perez spin
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It is difficult to say who between Ferrari and Red Bull got off to a better start in absolute terms. Certainly Milton Keynes’s second car, Sergio Perez’s, struggled a little harder, as shown by the spin after 20 minutes in turn 3: the Mexican lost his Red Bull and stopped a few meters before the barriers. Sixth overall time for Checo behind Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri. Seventh time for Lando Norris’ McLaren: the Woking team brought several new features to the car, but at the moment the gap from the top is 1 ”3. If nothing else, Ricciardo has met again, who has the tenth time. Eleventh Zhou with Alfa Romeo, while the hostess, the Alpine, did not start very well: Esteban Ocon has the 13th time, Fernando Alonso the 15th in front of Mick Schumacher’s Haas. At 5 pm the second free practice session.
July 22, 2022 (change July 22, 2022 | 15:36)
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