The roar of the engines breaks the silence! The pilots return to the track to take advantage of the last 41 minutes of the session.
Less than half of the pilots have set a timed lap in this first quarter of an hour. Max Verstappen is the fastest (1:27.514), with the rain tires. Alonso and Sainz don’t have time yet.
Unlike what happens in qualifying, the countdown does not stop when there is a red flag period in practice.
RED FLAG
After the first ten minutes of the session, Kevin Magnussen lost control of the rear of his car at turn 3. The Dane got out of the car.
As for the Spanish drivers, Carlos Sainz continues inside the garage. On the other hand, Fernando Alonso is already filming.
Unlike what most are doing, Piastri and Norris are the only ones running on the intermediate tires. The rest are with those of extreme rain.
The track is quite delicate in these first bars of the session. Lando Norris and Sergio Pérez have also gone off track.
First scare of the Free 3!
Max Verstappen has suffered a strong whiplash in the banked turn 3, he has even left the track.
START OF THE FREE 3
The last session starts in wet track conditions!
Liam Lawson and Max Verstappen are the first to leave the pit lane on the extreme wet tyres.
ASTON MARTIN FIRST DAY AT ZANDVOORT
Aston Martin has brought new parts for its car to this appointment in Dutch territoryhighlighting the updating of the soil.
The priority of the Silverstone team has not been performance on FridayIt was how the car reacted to the set-up changes.
Fernando points out that they could not complete the work program due to the red flags, although not worried thus.
REVIEW OF SAINZ’S FIRST DAY IN ZANDVOORT
the rider of The Prancing Horse he had missed the first hour of practice because he had to give up his seat to Robert Shwartzman, the reserve driver of Scuderia Ferrari.
In Free Practice 2, Carlos had not had a good feeling with his SF-23 in terms of pace or balance. He knows that this circuit does not enhance the strengths of his car, but it is not a reason to give up.
The red flags were the cause of limiting the filming time on the first day in Zandvoort. The first one appeared in Free Practice 1 due to the accident of Nico Hülkenberg in turn 13. While the next one took place in the second practice due to the accident of Oscar Piastri and Daniel Ricciardo in turn 3.
Given the loss of Ricciardo, Lawson, reserve driver for Red Bull Racing, will accompany Yuki Tsunoda in this GP.
NEWS IN ALPHA TAURI
In the second practice session, Daniel Ricciardo had hit the barriers of the banked turn 3 because he did not see Oscar Piastriwho had had an accident at that same point on the circuit moments before.
Because of this blow, the Alpha Tauri driver had gotten out of the car with pain in his left hand. As the hours go by, the Faenza team had notified that Ricciardo would not be able to compete for the rest of the weekend and Liam Lawson will be his replacement from Free Practice 3.
Good morning! Welcome to the live of the last free practice and qualifying of the Dutch GP, thirteenth round of the Formula 1 calendar.