Formula 1: Austrian Grand Prix / SPIELBERG
FREE PRACTICE
A working birthday for Sebastian
Sebastian Vettel Copyright: Mandoga Media(firmenpresse) - Spielberg, 3 July 2020 – Sebastian Vettel celebrated his 33rd birthday, spending his time at the wheel of the SF1000, 215 days on from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that brought the curtain down on the 2019 season. It was the third longest break in the 70 years of this sport, given that only between 1950 and 1951 and then between 1961 and 1962 have there been longer ones. This will be Vettel’s 102nd race for Scuderia Ferrari. He was fourth fastest in today’s free practice for the Austrian Grand Prix on the Spielberg track, three tenths quicker than team-mate Charles Leclerc. Between them they completed 157 laps of the track in the climbs and drops of the Styrian hills, equivalent to over two race distances.
First session. The restart after the break caused by the Covid-19 pandemic was affected by driving rain which fell on deserted grandstands, with clouds hanging over the track, but it did not deter the Scuderia drivers who left the pits almost together a few seconds after 11 o’clock. The track dried almost immediately and therefore the rain had little effect on the programme. Seb and Charles ran just the Medium tyres, working on set up at first. On his first quick lap, the Monegasque did a 1’06”554, dropping that time twice, first to 1’06”120 and then to 1’05”924. The German began with a 1’06”343, quickly getting down to 1’06”124 and then1’06”077. Charles and Sebastian were tenth and twelfth respectively completing a total of 63 laps.
Second session. Vettel and Leclerc completed 94 laps in the 90 minutes of the afternoon, getting through the planned programme, with 48 for the German and 46 for the Monegasque. In the first hour, both drivers started on the Hard compound, before moving onto the softs in order to go for a fast time over a single lap. At this point, Seb stopped the clocks in 1’04”961, which ended up as the fourth best time of the day, while Charles did a 1’05”298, putting him ninth on the time sheet.
Long run. In the final 30 minutes, the team began working in race configuration to do some long runs. Sebastian began on the Hard tyre, before finally moving onto the softer one, while Charles did the opposite, beginning a race simulation on the Softs and ending on the Hards.
Programme. Tomorrow it will be time for qualifying, but first there will be the final free practice session at 12, before the grid decider gets underway at 15. The Austrian Grand Prix, the first Formula 1 race to be run behind closed doors, starts at 15.10 on Sunday 5th July.
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Datum: 04.07.2020 - 02:00 Uhr
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