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Team Summary:
With the Sprint format being used this weekend the 2021 Italian Grand Prix
would see just the single Friday practice session prior to qualifying later
in the day. Kubica would again be replacing Raikkonen for the weekend. There
would be a rush of drivers coming out given their limited running time.
There was a mix of hard and medium tyres been used in their initial running
as we saw drivers start to set times as we had Perez quickest with a
1m:24.270 using the medium tyre. But Hamilton would go ahead with a
1m:23.634 followed by Perez, Bottas, Verstappen and Ocon. But Leclerc was
now second as with their first runs the Williams drivers were now 11th and
17th.
Perez would return to second ahead of Bottas, Verstappen, Leclerc, Ocon,
Alonso, Gasly, Sainz and Norris tenth. The top three times were set on the
medium tyre. Their next runs and the Williams drivers were now ninth and
14th. This would become 11th and 16th with fifteen minutes completed.
Hamilton had improved with a 1m:22.262 to be ahead of Perez and Verstappen.
Vettel was now fourth followed by Bottas, Gasly, Ocon, Alonso, Leclerc and
Stroll tenth. But both Aston Martins were on the medium tyre. The Williams
drivers were currently 13th and 17th.
On the medium Perez would go quickest with a time of 1m:22.127 with Hamilton
second. The Williams drivers were now 14th and 18th. But as soft tyres
started to appear the Williams drivers would drop to 17th and 20th. Both
were back in their its with twenty five minutes remaining. Ricciardo was now
quickest with a 1m:22.003 with Leclerc and Sainz now fourth and sixth. In
their pits the Williams drivers were now 19th and 20th but had yet to change
to either the medium or soft. Gasly and Norris would jump up to second and
third with Perez now fourth but he was now out on the soft tyre. On the soft
and Bottas was quickest but Verstappen would go ahead with a 1m:21.378 as
both Williams cars came out on the soft tyre.
Hamilton was now quickest with a 1m:20.926 from Verstappen and Bottas. After
their first soft tyre runs the Williams drivers were 15th and 18th. Ten
minutes remaining and the order was Hamilton, Verstappen, Bottas, Ricciardo,
Gasly, Perez, Sainz, Leclerc, Norris and Tsunoda tenth. But on the soft tyre
Stroll would move into fourth and Vettel sixth. Gasly was now fifth while
Alonso was now seventh. With more soft tyre runs the order was now Hamilton,
Verstappen, Bottas, Stroll, Gasly, Leclerc, Vettel, Sainz, Alonso,
Ricciardo, and Perez tenth. The Williams pair were 17th and 18th as the
session ended.
George Russell:
George would be using a new helmet design for the Monza weekend with it been
predominately red. He would be the last driver to take to the track. He
would also be using the hard tyre. He would set a 1m:26.248 to be 13th
dropping to 17th. He would improve to be 13th with a 1m:25.325. This would
become 16th as he pitted briefly. He would continue his hard tyre run
currently 18th. But he would drop to 20th as he pitted. But again he would
quickly return but would pit after a single lap most likely to do a practice
stop. He would set a 1m:23.230 on his first soft tyre run to be 15th. This
would become 16th as he pitted after a six lap run. He would return and
would set a 1m:23.092 but had dropped to 17th. And with the session ended
this is where he would remain.
Nicholas Latifi:
Nicholas would be first out for Williams using the hard tyre. A 1m:26.304
and Nicholas was currently ninth dropping to 13th. But a 1m:25.167 would see
him jump up the order to 10th but this would become 11th but a 1m:24.820
would see Nicholas ninth. He would pit after a seven lap run. But he would
return again on the hard tyre currently 14th. This would become 16th as he
pitted but he would return for a single lap. He would return for a soft tyre
a run and would set a 1m:23.940 to be 17th dropping to 18th. Despite
improving with a 1m:23.442 he would remain 18th. He would also pit but
returned again on the soft tyre if only for a single lap. The session would
end seeing Nicholas well down the order. |
