Showing posts with label Practices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Practices. Show all posts
Friday, April 13, 2012
Friday, October 14, 2011
Alonso: Little significance in Friday running
Fernando Alonso says there are few conclusions to be drawn from Friday practice in Korea
Fernando Alonso insisted there was little significance in the results of Friday practice for the Korean Grand Prix after wet weather affected both sessions at the Yeongam circuit.
The Ferrari driver was fourth fastest on after the two sessions on Friday but ended the afternoon nearly two seconds behind the quickest time posted by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.
However, the Spaniard wasn't unduly concerned by the gap to the front given the conditions on track and said there wasn't much that could be drawn from the results.
“It was quite a difficult Friday, with the weather changing throughout, making it almost impossible to draw any useful conclusions for the rest of the weekend,” he said. “When one considers that it should not rain tomorrow or on Sunday, then it becomes even clearer why this day had little if any significance to offer.
“The objective is still to do the best we can and in this case, to understand as much as possible about the handling of the car at this track. We also had a new front wing to try, but it was definitely very difficult to evaluate it in conditions like these, conditions which were ideal for the McLarens for example.
“We need more laps to bring the tyres up to temperature and then, when we get there, maybe the tyres are already beginning to go off a bit. We will have to improvise a bit both in qualifying and the race. The entry to the pit lane is much improved compared to last year, but there is still room to do better with the exit.”
Team-mate Felipe Massa ended the day seventh fastest in the second Ferrari but he admitted to concerns about the degradation of the intermediate Pirelli tyres.
“Rather a complicated day,” he said. “The track did not provide much grip and degradation on the intermediates seems to be more significant than usual: there is no other way to explain the fact that, even if an ever drier line was emerging, the times did not drop. Obviously, it makes it difficult to prepare as well as possible for the race and qualifying, but it's the same for everyone.”
Source: Crash.net
Fernando Alonso insisted there was little significance in the results of Friday practice for the Korean Grand Prix after wet weather affected both sessions at the Yeongam circuit.The Ferrari driver was fourth fastest on after the two sessions on Friday but ended the afternoon nearly two seconds behind the quickest time posted by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.
However, the Spaniard wasn't unduly concerned by the gap to the front given the conditions on track and said there wasn't much that could be drawn from the results.
“It was quite a difficult Friday, with the weather changing throughout, making it almost impossible to draw any useful conclusions for the rest of the weekend,” he said. “When one considers that it should not rain tomorrow or on Sunday, then it becomes even clearer why this day had little if any significance to offer.
“The objective is still to do the best we can and in this case, to understand as much as possible about the handling of the car at this track. We also had a new front wing to try, but it was definitely very difficult to evaluate it in conditions like these, conditions which were ideal for the McLarens for example.
“We need more laps to bring the tyres up to temperature and then, when we get there, maybe the tyres are already beginning to go off a bit. We will have to improvise a bit both in qualifying and the race. The entry to the pit lane is much improved compared to last year, but there is still room to do better with the exit.”
Team-mate Felipe Massa ended the day seventh fastest in the second Ferrari but he admitted to concerns about the degradation of the intermediate Pirelli tyres.
“Rather a complicated day,” he said. “The track did not provide much grip and degradation on the intermediates seems to be more significant than usual: there is no other way to explain the fact that, even if an ever drier line was emerging, the times did not drop. Obviously, it makes it difficult to prepare as well as possible for the race and qualifying, but it's the same for everyone.”
Source: Crash.net
Friday, April 15, 2011
Video: Interview with Fernando Alonso after practices at Chinese GP 2011
Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso says Ferrari have not had enough time since Malaysia to improve his car's qualifying speed
Source: FiftyBuckss |
Source: FiftyBuckss |
Friday, October 8, 2010
Schumacher pleased with top ten
Michael Schumacher happy with eighth on day of mixed results for Mercedes
Michael Schumacher said he was pleased with a top ten position after a mixed Friday practice for Mercedes at Suzuka.
The German was eighth quickest in both sessions ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix having admitted that he car was running better than expected and he will now hope for a clean run in qualifying – which is expected to held in wet conditions where the seven-time champion should shine.
"It's a great feeling to be driving this track again,” he said. “It's really fun and a great challenge. I have always loved Suzuka and particularly the first sector which is cool and demanding at the same time. If you get it right, you enjoy it big time.
“I'm pleased with our practice today as the car looks better than I had expected here and I didn't face any real issues. So now we hope for a clean qualifying tomorrow where we will try to achieve as much as we can."
However, while Schumacher was happy with his performance, there was disappointment for team-mate Nico Rosberg – who finished the day eleventh quickest after running into a gearbox issue during the morning session.
"It's been quite a challenging Friday for me,” he said. “Unfortunately my morning was hampered by a gearbox issue which cost me some running time at the end of the session which wasn't ideal. From then on, I just haven't been as happy with the car here. I had a lot of understeer which we haven't established the reason for, so we need to look into that overnight.
“Things started to come together more on the option tyre which gives me hope that we can build on that progress tomorrow. It should be an interesting weekend with the rain so we will try to make the best of that."
Source: Crash.net
Michael Schumacher said he was pleased with a top ten position after a mixed Friday practice for Mercedes at Suzuka.The German was eighth quickest in both sessions ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix having admitted that he car was running better than expected and he will now hope for a clean run in qualifying – which is expected to held in wet conditions where the seven-time champion should shine.
"It's a great feeling to be driving this track again,” he said. “It's really fun and a great challenge. I have always loved Suzuka and particularly the first sector which is cool and demanding at the same time. If you get it right, you enjoy it big time.
“I'm pleased with our practice today as the car looks better than I had expected here and I didn't face any real issues. So now we hope for a clean qualifying tomorrow where we will try to achieve as much as we can."
However, while Schumacher was happy with his performance, there was disappointment for team-mate Nico Rosberg – who finished the day eleventh quickest after running into a gearbox issue during the morning session.
"It's been quite a challenging Friday for me,” he said. “Unfortunately my morning was hampered by a gearbox issue which cost me some running time at the end of the session which wasn't ideal. From then on, I just haven't been as happy with the car here. I had a lot of understeer which we haven't established the reason for, so we need to look into that overnight.
“Things started to come together more on the option tyre which gives me hope that we can build on that progress tomorrow. It should be an interesting weekend with the rain so we will try to make the best of that."
Source: Crash.net
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