One thousand and one doubts

First day of free practice F1 Abu Dhabi GP In the end, it brought a lot of questions and complexities to all teams. “Big Circus”. This Saturday there will be an important classification that will put everyone’s hopes in the race on Sunday at stake. And to prepare for that, the team ended Friday with more questions than answers. This story of a thousand and one questions can be said to be similar to the Oriental desert that has been featured in many historical stories. This Friday, circuit of Yas Marina, there was little that could be learned after everything that happened on the track. In fact, there was very little to be seen.

The first training session was very unrepresentative. Almost nothing. On the other hand, because 10 young pilots took part in place of another 10 officers. Also because the track was very dirty and “green” and there was a lot of room for improvement. The team faced free 2 There is a lot to do and an extensive guide to finding the right height for your car that will allow you to find the optimal balance between maximum possible aerodynamic grip and maximum reduction of the bounce suffered by single-seaters. I needed a program. FP1. We also had to find the right adjustments to be as competitive as possible on the straights of Sector 2 and the twisty areas of Sector 3. All this in preparation for the more important classification in Abu Dhabi.

However, two accidents prevented the team from even completing the program. All drivers had little mileage and were unable to perform long runs to analyze race pace and tire degradation. For the final classification simulation, just a few turns with medium and a direct attack with soft.

Sainz and Hulkenberg accident

Carlos Sainz, who had already tried several adjustments and ride height adjustments in free practice 1 without success, took to the track aiming to improve the feel of the car. However, in Turn 3, due to the car’s strong rebound in that turn and the dirty air released by the car in front of him, he lost control of his Ferrari and crashed into the wall at high speed. Although the impact was strong, the driver was able to get out of the car on his own and was not injured.

accident Sainz It happened as the session ended with eight minutes remaining and the cars re-aligned in the pit lane and took to the track with 26 minutes remaining. They had a lot to do and little time. But what they didn’t know was that in that moment, things would get even more complicated. With 22 minutes remaining, Nico’s accident brought out the second red flag. Hulkenberg.

Each car returned to the pits without being able to do any testing, and returned to the track with 15 minutes remaining. After a few turns in the media, a “quality” simulation arrived, with all teams dispelling many doubts and with fewer conclusions than on other days.what you can add Preparations for this Saturday’s ‘qualifying’ will be even more complicated, giving even more uncertainty to the battle on the turns.

Leclerc leads before Norris and Verstappen hide

On paper, Red Bull should be the big favorites on this track, but so far Verstappen is third on the attack turn and unable to improve his time on the final attack.fastest of In FP2, Charles Leclerc beat Lando Norris (McLaren) in the 43,000th of a second, and Max was third with a time of 0.173 seconds.

In this sense, in the tracking zone, according to the theory, mclaren Should be more competitive than Ferrari in this field Yas Marina. The question is, mercedesthe battle for 4th place is sure to be a tense battle. ferrari builder Check out what Aston Martin can do on this track. At this point, Alonso was 11th and Stroll 13th. of The equality across the grid is huge, and participating in Q2 and Q3 will be very expensive for almost everyone. There are many other questions floating around.