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Team Summary:
After an encouraging Friday practice at the Imola circuit for the Emilia
Romagna GP the Williams Racing Team would commence their Saturday practice.
After Friday Nicholas Latifi had finished ahead of team-mate George Russell
so no doubt George would be looking to recover from his lack of pace. The
first lap time would come from Raikkonen with a 1m:18.249 on the medium
tyre. But his time would be deleted seeing his time now a 1m:33.202. But he
would set a 1m:17.331. Both Haas cars were out on the soft tyre as other
drivers started to come out including both Alpine cars. Schumacher and
Mazepin were second and third but Alonso was now third using the medium
tyre.
Both Ferrari cars were running on the medium tyre and Sainz would move into
second which would become third as Leclerc went fastest with a 1m:17.321.
Raikkonen was second followed by Alonso, Sainz, Giovinazzi, Schumacher, Ocon
and Mazepin in eighth. Both McLaren's were now out running on the medium
tyre with Ricciardo going seventh. Sainz was now second behind his team-mate
as Leclerc had improved with a 1m:16.795. Giovinazzi was now third ahead of
Raikkonen. Both Williams drivers were running using the soft tyre as we also
saw the Aston Martin cars running along with Bottas. After their first runs
the Williams drivers were fourth and ninth while Perez would go quickest
with a 1m:16.642 as Leclerc's quickest lap was deleted. The Williams cars
were now 7th and 11th as we had Bottas go quickest but his time was deleted.
The Williams drivers were currently sixth and tenth but had set their times
on the soft tyre after quite a few lap times were deleted. Hamilton was now
up to seventh which became eighth as Gasly went sixth. At the front
Verstappen would go quickest but Bottas would move ahead with a 1m:15.984.
But Verstappen's time would be deleted making the order now Bottas,
Hamilton, Perez, Norris, Stroll, Leclerc, Gasly and Sainz eighth. But
Hamilton's time would be deleted seeing Stroll now fourth. With eighteen
minutes remaining and more soft tyre runs coming Leclerc was fastest with a
1m:15.738 followed by Gasly, Verstappen, Sainz, Bottas, Ocon, Alonso Perez,
Norris, and Stroll tenth. Hamilton was now fastest with a 1m:15.575 followed
by Norris, and Leclerc.
The Williams drivers were currently 12th and 17th with both out on new soft
tyres. Norris was now quickest with a 1m:15.414 ahead of Hamilton and
Leclerc, Gasly, Verstappen, Sainz, Bottas, Alonso, Ocon, and Ricciardo
tenth. Verstappen on new soft tyres would go quickest with a 1m:14.958 to
move ahead of Norris. The Williams drivers were currently 12th and 13th.
Perez would move into eighth and Vettel now 12th.Hamilotn had moved into
third but behind him there were quite a few drivers out on soft tyre runs.
With the end of the session it would be Verstappen fastest from Norris,
Hamilton, Perez, Leclerc, Gasly, Sainz, Bottas, Alonso and Ocon tenth. For
Williams they would see their drivers finish the session in 15th and 17th.
What the teams expectations are for qualifying after their performances in
this session are hard to judge but having both cars make it into Q2 should
be their minimum goal.
Nicholas Latifi:
Nicholas would be first out for Williams in this session running on the soft
tyre. Nicholas would set a 1m:17.060 to be fourth. He had dropped to sixth
but Nicholas would go off the track and over the gravel hitting the barrier
with his front wing. He was able to recover and drive off and would pit his
car for repairs. He would drop to eleventh as he remained in his pit. He
would return with fourteen minutes remaining and would set a 1m:16.680 to be
fourteenth. He would move up to 13th with a 1m:16.537 to be right behind his
team-mate. This would become 16th as he pitted after a seven lap soft tyre
run. Nicholas would return to complete a practice start on the grid.
George Russell:
George would follow Nicholas out using the soft tyre. A 1m:17.533 from
George would only see him ninth. He would drop to eleventh but with lap
times been deleted this would become tenth. he would pit after a three lap
run. Again ion the soft tyre George would set a 1m:16.926 only to improve
with a 1m:16.858 to be sixth. He would pit and would drop to twelfth. He
would return for another soft tyre run and would set a 1m:16.582 to be
twelfth. George would set a 1m:16.427 to be 11th. He would dropt o 14th as
others improved. George would return to complete a practice start on the
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