Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), winner in Austria on two Sundays, First free to dominate this Friday The French Grand Prix, the twelfth of the Formula 1 World Championship held at the Paul Ricard circuit in Le Castellet; where is spanish carlos sainz (Ferrari) and Fernando Alonso (Alpine) marked third and fifteenth time; and the sixth Mexican, Sergio Pérez (Red Bull).
In a best of 23 laps, Leclerc completed the 5,842 meters of the French circuit in 390 in one minute, 33 seconds and 390 thousand. 91 less than Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), World Cup leader with 208 points, 38 points more than himself; and that he repeated the order of Le Castellet 18 times.
Sainz finished fourth in the championship, 75 points behind Verstappen. made 20 laps of the circuit and placed third on the timeline, 338 thousandths of the Monegasque partner in a session that ended at 29 degrees Celsius in the environment and 59 degrees Celsius on asphalt; and where everyone sets their best time with the soft rubber rubber.
Spanish Installed a new control unit on the engine. Ferraris; and waiting for new modifications that will definitely lead to more penalties and start from the bottom of the grid, for now will lose ten positions.
‘Scuderia’ has yet to make any official communication on the matter – referring to this Saturday – but everything points to the talented driver from Madrid who achieved his first F1 victory at the beginning of the month by winning the Grand Prix. Britain, will start on Sunday from the bottom of the starting formation.
‘Checo’, who was third in the World Championship, finished sixth in the session with 151 points, which he left like Sainz in the last race in Austria. The brave pilot from Guadalajara, the hero of one of the spin-offs of a session that passed without major incident, returned 20 times; and in the bests he was one second and 244 thousandth behind his Dutch teammate.
Alonso celebrated the fifteenth time of the session. The double Asturian world champion remains in the best of 21 rounds, One second nine decimal from ‘Mad Max’.
In the first rehearsal of the twelfth race of the year, Dutchman Nyck de Vries took part in seven-time British world champion Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes. De Vries signed his ninth practice session, one and a half seconds behind Verstappen.
Polish Robert Kubica took the wheel of Alfa Romeo from Finn Valtteri Bottas in the first free practice. Kubica tuned it for the nineteenth timeTwo seconds and four-tenths behind the World Cup leader.