on spanish day Alex Palou (McLaren) premiered. formula 1 officially like the other three pilots, ferrari sent for free United States Grand Prix Formula 1 race held at the Americas Circuit in Austin (Texas), where the second training session is reserved for the 2023 Pirelli tests.
2021 was a “big day” for the IndyCar champion and In the end it got “crazy”. This is how he admitted on social networks Before and after Australian Daniel Ricciardo’s McLaren takes the wheel 21 laps on a single medium tire set.
He was also comfortable on the track and on the radio with his team. He got out of the car with a smile from ear to ear. An unforgettable day for the young athlete.
in pursuit, set second fastest time (1:39.911) are among the unofficial riders participating in the first free practice sessions of the weekend.
British Lando Norris’s with the same components as the other McLaren, the difference was only 26 percentwhen his partner wore soft shoes, the distance increased by more than two seconds (1:37.856).
Moreover Russian-Israeli Robert Shwartzman debuted on COTALeading the rookies with a French Ferrari (1:38.951) Theo Bag Chair (Alpha Romeo) and American Logan Sergeant (Williams) and another unofficial driver this year, Italian Antonio Giovinazzi (Haas).
Former Alfa Romeo driver made a mistake in the first few minutes During activity in Austin, his car tripped over the circuit’s guards and raised a red flag, and luckily it went on briefly, until he was able to continue driving without outside assistance.
carlos sainz showed that he was hungry for victory. He made that clear at Thursday’s press conference. He chooses his second Formula 1 victory (his first victory was at the British Grand Prix in early July this year) than advancing through the World Cup standings and beating Britain’s George Russell (Mercedes).
The man from Madrid was the only one to drop below 1:37 in their first free practice session. Signed the best time (1:36.857) ahead of the two-time champion who was already the championin his case-, Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull, 1:37.081) and Briton Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), who was on the pulse for victory at Austin last year, finally fell on the side of the World Cup winner.
Among the first to be classified was the Canadian Aston Martin. Lance Stroll, Mexican Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez and just ahead of the Spaniards Fernando AlonsoThis improved Russell’s, as well as teammate Frenchman Esteban Ocon’s eleventh time on the new Alpine flat surface.
The second session was for Pirelli and Monegasque. charles leclerc (Ferrari). The tire brand tested the tires it prepared for 2023 in an hour and a half test at COTA, without knowing the type of compound that singles have.
Leclerc is third in the Drivers’ World Championship, one point behind Pérez, Improved Sainz’s time by just 47,000 (1:36,810). The Madrid man was the fastest of all to wear next year’s prototypes.
Drivers who only give up their cars in the first free sessions (Leclerc himself, Finn Valtteri Bottas, Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo, Denmark’s Kevin Magnussen and Canada’s Nicholas Latifi) They had one hour to work on the Grand Prix circuits.
Perezwho will compete at home next week and the Chinese Zhou Guangyu (Alpha Romeo) had two first approved Weekend to replace the internal combustion unit of their single-seater, which they will lose five rows in on the starting grid on Sunday.