Turkish GP - A busy day in the sun
Istanbul Park, 28 May
The first day of Ferrari’s eight hundredth Grand Prix weekend was a particularly busy one here in Turkey. With the current ban on in-season testing, any new components get their first track test during Friday’s three hours of free practice. Here at Istanbul Park, having chosen not to run it at the slow speed Monaco circuit a fortnight ago, the blown rear wing was back as part of the F10 package. Therefore, apart from the usual Friday procedures, tyre comparison, fuel load evaluation and general set-up work, the two Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro drivers were also trying out various management systems for operating the wing, which can effectively be “stalled” going down the straights so as to produce more top end speed. Fernando Alonso had a straightforward day, finishing fifth fastest at the end of the afternoon session, while life was a bit more complicated for three times Turkish GP winner, Felipe Massa who was tenth fastest: the Brazilian spun at the infamous Turn 8 on his very first lap on the soft tyres brought here by Bridgestone, which meant that set could not be used again, forcing him to run for most of the afternoon on a single set of the harder compound.
With race following race at ten day intervals, sometimes even less, it is difficult to radically alter performance levels of the package available, so there does not seem to be much change in the order of things, even if Jenson Button in the McLaren out-paced the currently dominant Red Bulls to be quickest at the end of the day. However, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel were in close attendance in second and third places respectively. Fourth was Lewis Hamilton in the other McLaren, while sixth behind Alonso was the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg. The track was quite dirty in the morning, but it began to rubber in as more and more laps were completed, however the high ambient and track temperatures means that tyre management will be high on the engineers’ agenda for Sunday’s race, as this circuit is already notoriously tough on tyres, because of its abrasive surface.
The first day of Ferrari’s eight hundredth Grand Prix weekend was a particularly busy one here in Turkey. With the current ban on in-season testing, any new components get their first track test during Friday’s three hours of free practice. Here at Istanbul Park, having chosen not to run it at the slow speed Monaco circuit a fortnight ago, the blown rear wing was back as part of the F10 package. Therefore, apart from the usual Friday procedures, tyre comparison, fuel load evaluation and general set-up work, the two Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro drivers were also trying out various management systems for operating the wing, which can effectively be “stalled” going down the straights so as to produce more top end speed. Fernando Alonso had a straightforward day, finishing fifth fastest at the end of the afternoon session, while life was a bit more complicated for three times Turkish GP winner, Felipe Massa who was tenth fastest: the Brazilian spun at the infamous Turn 8 on his very first lap on the soft tyres brought here by Bridgestone, which meant that set could not be used again, forcing him to run for most of the afternoon on a single set of the harder compound.
With race following race at ten day intervals, sometimes even less, it is difficult to radically alter performance levels of the package available, so there does not seem to be much change in the order of things, even if Jenson Button in the McLaren out-paced the currently dominant Red Bulls to be quickest at the end of the day. However, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel were in close attendance in second and third places respectively. Fourth was Lewis Hamilton in the other McLaren, while sixth behind Alonso was the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg. The track was quite dirty in the morning, but it began to rubber in as more and more laps were completed, however the high ambient and track temperatures means that tyre management will be high on the engineers’ agenda for Sunday’s race, as this circuit is already notoriously tough on tyres, because of its abrasive surface.
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