British GP: Sainz, The Fastest At Silverstone, With Alonso Among The Best
There was a great desire to take advantage of the lost time in the morning, when capricious rain prevented drawing conclusions. And Carlos Sainz had even more encouragement after his fight to the limit two weeks ago in Canada. Driven by this inertia, at the wheel of a revamped Ferrari, the Madrid native led the second free session at Silverstone (1:28.942) ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris , while Fernando Alonso finished sixth, just behind Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc.
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It was a small reissue of the first free practices in Australia, when Sainz also topped the table. However, that great pace on Friday represented only the beginning of a series of misfortunes, including a poorly calibrated steering wheel and a retirement on the second lap. Learning from those mistakes now seems crucial at Silverstone. Leclerc, fifth at 46 hundredths, seems again the great red hope for pole position.
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Alonso rode 75 hundredths of a second behind the leader, once again weighed down, in a very pronounced way, by that porpoising that has been giving the engineers so many headaches. Despite this deficit, very noticeable on the two straights at Silverstone, the two-time champion continued what was offered in Baku and Montreal. He not only scratched Esteban Ocon for half a second, but he once again rubbed shoulders with the best.
"ONE SWALLOW DOES NOT MAKE A SUMMER"
Alpine's progression once again coincides with that of Mercedes, another car that has been dragging the terrible porpoise at high speed. In the middle of a heated atmosphere, Hamilton slipped into the step where this year Ferrari and Red Bull have been taking turns. "One swallow does not make a summer", Toto Wolff, team leader, announced in the preview, referring to the improvements made since Montmeló. The truth is that with the predictable step forward from George Russell, the Silver Arrows will be a firm candidate for the podium on Sunday.
Of course, in the fight for victory we must continue to include Red Bull, even though Verstappen, fourth, and Sergio Pérez, seventh, refused to squeeze a single-seater that they have lost weight. Sainz, who this weekend premieres turbo, MGU-H and MGU-K, and Leclerc, with the exhaust system also renewed, must oppose in the strongest way.
Others who seem to be encouraged to add a splash of color are the guys from McLaren. This time, even the cyclothymic Daniel Ricciardo managed to shoot in the same second as the leader, while his garage staged a scene very close to nonsense. During a test tire change, one mechanic turned the wheel upside down, while another messed with the jack.
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