Bridgestone's soft tyre took Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber to the fastest time on the initial day of running for the first ever Korean Grand Prix.
Bridgestone Korean GP
Friday Practice
Bridgestone's
soft tyre took Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber to the fastest time on the
initial day of running for the first ever Korean Grand Prix.
Webber set a 1min 37m 942secs lap time midway through the afternoon practice
session at the newly constructed Korean International Circuit located in
Yeongam, approximately 400km south of the South Korean capital of Seoul.
Q&A with Hirohide Hamashima - Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre
Development
What was significant about today's running?
"Today was significant as after much speculation we finally started the
Grand Prix weekend at this fantastic new Formula 1 venue. As expected, the
track surface started exceptionally slippery but we saw a phenomenal amount
of track surface evolution through today's sessions. The first lap of the
day was over 2minutes 20 seconds, the last one was more than 42 seconds
faster than that. I believe there is still potential for further track
improvement tomorrow, especially if the weather remains dry and warm like
today."
How do you expect this allocation to work over the weekend?
"This is a tricky question and I don't think we can give a definitive
answer. We saw a lot of graining on both compounds front and rear today.
This is related to the dirty surface as the tyres cannot grip the tarmac
properly. This situation should continue to improve with the track surface
evolution tomorrow. We expect that the option tyre should give a faster lap
time and if the surface continues to improve it should have reasonable
durability. How much durability depends on the track surface evolution so
this will be the crucial question for the next two days."
Stats of the Day:
Practice One 10:00 - 11:30:
Driver Team Time Tyre
Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren 1m 40.887s H
Robert Kubica Renault F1 Team 1m 40.968s H
Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1m 41.152s H
Practice Two 14:00 - 15:30
Driver Team Time Tyre
Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m 37.942s S
Fernando Alonso Scuderia Ferrari 1m 38.132s S
Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren 1m 38.279s S
Compounds used: Hard (prime) / Soft (option)
Temperatures Ambient Track Weather
AM - Practice 1 18C - 21C 23C - 30C Sunny
PM - Practice 2 22C - 21C 32C - 28C Sunny / Cloudy
Korean GP: Bridgestone Friday Practice
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Webber set a 1min 37m 942secs lap time midway through the afternoon practice
session at the newly constructed Korean International Circuit located in
Yeongam, approximately 400km south of the South Korean capital of Seoul.