CAMPEONATO MUNDO DE FÓRMULA 1 - 2018 - SEGUNDO AS PREVISÕES DA PIRELLI

Quinta, 14 Junho 2018 09:38 | Actualizado em Quarta, 24 Abril 2024 19:04

HYPERSOFT, ON ITS CANADA DEBUT, MORE THAN A SECOND FASTER  THAN ULTRASOFT ON THE SHORT 4.3-KILOMETRE MONTREAL CIRCUIT
 
STRATEGIES ALREADY IN EVIDENCE AS TEAMS TRY OUT DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF COMPOUNDS IN RACE AND QUALIFYING SIMULATIONS
 
RED BULL CURRENTLY FASTEST WITH MAX VERSTAPPEN,  ON A SEMI-PERMANENT CIRCUIT WITH ITS USUAL HIGH TRACK EVOLUTION
 
 Friday in Canada provided a typical opening day of action, with high track evolution, plenty of traffic, a few contacts with the wall, and teams trying out different potential tyre combinations on both high and low fuel loads. New for this year though is the P Zero Pink hypersoft tyre, which proved to be more than a second faster than any other compound in Canada. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who used it to top both sessions, set a best time of 1m12.198s in the afternoon. Mercedes was the only team not to try the hypersoft today. Conditions remained dry and warm, with FP2 ending in 25 degrees ambient and 37 degrees of track temperature.
 
MARIO ISOLA - HEAD OF CAR RACING “Both free practice sessions were interrupted by red flags and virtual safety cars, but we could already see that the hypersoft has a significant performance advantage over the other compounds of more than a second, balanced out by a shorter overall life with higher degradation, which is exactly what we expected of this tyre here. As a result, the teams tried out a number of different combinations of tyre usage during free practice on varied fuel loads, as they explored a number of potential strategy options, which might include running a harder tyre in Q2 tomorrow. On a very different circuit to Monaco, where the track was front-limited, the objective for most teams today was to assess the wear and degradation rate of the hypersoft on a rear-limited circuit that is all about traction. This information will form an integral part of the strategy calculation. Tomorrow’s FP3 session will also be important to collect more data.”
 
FREE PRACTICE 1 – TOP 3 TIMES
 
 
FREE PRACTICE 2 – TOP 3 TIMES
 
 
DRIVER TIME COMPOUND
Verstappen 1m13.302s HYPERSOFT USED
Hamilton 1m13.390s ULTRASOFT NEW
Ricciardo 1m13.518s HYPERSOFT NEW
DRIVER TIME COMPOUND
Verstappen 1m12.198s HYPERSOFT NEW
Raikkonen 1m12.328s HYPERSOFT NEW
Ricciardo 1m12.603s HYPERSOFT NEW

 
 
 
 
FP1 - BEST TIME BY COMPOUND 
 
 
 
FP2 - BEST TIME BY COMPOUND 
 
 
MOST LAPS BY COMPOUND SO FAR
 
 
TYRE STATISTICS OF THE DAY
 
 
* The above number gives the total amount of kilometres driven in FP1 and FP2 today, all drivers combined. ** Per compound, all drivers combined.
 
 
MIN. STARTING PRESSURES (slicks) EOS  CAMBER LIMIT
 
21.0 psi (front) | 19.5 psi (rear) -3.50° (front) | -2.00° (rear)
 
 
 
COMPOUND DRIVER TIME
SUPERSOFT Hamilton 1m13.967s
ULTRASOFT Hamilton 1m13.390s
HYPERSOFT Verstappen 1m13.302s
COMPOUND DRIVER TIME
SUPERSOFT Hamilton 1m12.777s
ULTRASOFT Hamilton 1m12.834s
HYPERSOFT Verstappen 1m12.198s
COMPOUND DRIVER LAPS
SUPERSOFT Leclerc 33
ULTRASOFT Ericsson 27
HYPERSOFT Hartley