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Nicholas Latifi:
"It was a really fun track to drive, it is always nice to come to
circuits that you don’t have much experience on and discover them. FP1
was tricky, there was very poor grip out there
which I am sure was the same for everyone. I really struggled to get a
good consistent feel for the balance of the car. It was probably one of
the most difficult sessions I have driven in all year. FP2 was very busy
with everyone doing the Pirelli tyre testing in the opening laps and the
second half was quite disrupted with red flags. We definitely have some
work to do tonight, and a lot of data to go through and analyse." |
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George Russell:
"It was a relatively productive day considering how many red flags
there were. The
track rubbered in incredibly quickly, those opening 20 minutes were
really tricky, but then the grip levels felt really strong towards the
end. I was really happy with my lap on the medium tyre which we ended
P11. All in all, not a bad day. Looking further into the weekend I think
we are going to be fighting with Haas and the Alfas again. As FP2 was
thrown out of the window due to the red flags there are still a lot of
unknows as none of us got any high fuel, long running." |
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer:
"We’ve had a good day and although the sessions
were a little interrupted, we got through much of our plans and have
collected a lot of data. The tyre tests that we did for Pirelli meant
that a lot of laps were completed early in FP2, and hopefully this will
have helped rubber-in the track.
The circuit has not disappointed and is proving to be an exciting and
tricky race venue. We can still expect to see a lot of changes over the
next couple of days as the track surface evolves and the teams and
drivers understand the compromises that need to be made in order to be
quick in Portimão. With many of the runs compromised today, there will
probably be a lot of running in FP3 as everyone finalises their set-up
for qualifying and the race. We still have a lot of work to do, but we
have made a good start and have a good baseline to build on." |
