Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston-Martin)this Friday marked the best time in the second free practice Australian Grand Prix, That didn’t matter, given that in Melbourne more than half was filmed in wet conditions – which in principle is neither expected this Saturday nor Sunday – and compatriot Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) was filmed. He finished fifth on the timetable, two places ahead of the Mexican. Sergio Perez (Red Bull).
The double world champion from Asturias, who finished third in the championship after standing on the podium in the first two races of the year, in the best of thirteen laps before it started raining and was hit by breaks, on the medium tire, 5,278 meters of the Albert Park track in one minute, 18 seconds and 887 thousand: 445 less than the Monegasque charles leclerc (Ferrari) and with a 615 advantage over Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull) -the leader of the event and aspires to a third consecutive title-, who also sets his time with the middle compound.
Sainz, who finished fourth at the World Championships, repeated the layout of the Australian circuit twelve times in a test that didn’t work out and couldn’t even complete the parties with a fuller tank. On his best lap, he’s in the middle again, Stopped the timer at 1:19.695; Eight-tenths of Alonso’s time, a second youth at 41, and adding fourteen units less than Verstappen overall.
‘Checo’ is the winner and runner-up two Sundays ago in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) World He scored 15 laps – just one behind his teammate – with 43 points; and in the best, que did not finish on soft rubber, one second and 196 percent behind the Asturian double world champion. With his fifth victory in F1 in Arabia, the Mexican finished seventh on the timeline.
Session It was also kept at a much lower temperature than expected. The ambient temperature was -16 degrees Celsius and 24 degrees on the asphalt, before it started dripping – and there was a strange “walk” in it that highlighted those of the driver from Guadalajara (Jalisco) and – in the first of Albert’s fourteen corners Park – Alonso and Englishman Lando Norris as well as (McLaren); in a session with nothing remarkable.
The third free practice will be held this Saturday, hours before the qualifying rounds that will determine the starting line-up for the Sunday race: 58 laps were planned to complete the 306.1-kilometer route.