German GP - An encouraging start
Hockenheim, 23 July 2010
The rain that arrived yesterday in the Baden Wuerttenberg region that is home to the Hockenheimring was still with us at the track today, mainly in the morning, when the first ninety minutes of practice was held either in the rain or at least on a damp track. The second free practice session was held under ominous clouds, but apart from a few drops, it held off long enough for teams to carry out a proper evaluation of the dry specification Bridgestone tyres.
The Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro cars seemed competitive in all track conditions, as Felipe Massa was second fastest in the morning and third fastest in the afternoon, when his team-mate Fernando Alonso topped the time sheet, followed by the ever present Red Bull threat in the shape of Sebastian Vettel. Winner of the last round at Silverstone, Mark Webber, was fourth fastest in the other Red Bull, with Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher in their Mercedes finishing fifth and sixth to ensure there were three German drivers in the top six for their home race.
Needless to say, the changing weather made for a very busy, but somewhat erratic practice, but the Scuderia concentrated on its programme, which included evaluating some components on the F10, as part of the policy of introducing updates at every race. Despite today’s good showing, the Scuderia is keeping its feet firmly on the ground, as the changing track conditions made it even harder than usual to understand what all the teams were doing and timing runs dependent on the weather made a big difference to lap times. At the moment, there is no reason to believe that Red Bull will not be the dominant force in tomorrow’s grid-deciding qualifying session, but it is equally clear the Fernando and Felipe should definitely put up a good fight.
With the generally stormy weather affecting the area, accurate predictions are hard to come by, but the current status is that the rain tyres could be required in tomorrow morning’s final free practice session, but for the rest of the weekend, they can stay at the back of the garage. Either way, the fact the Hockenheim lap is quite short – Fernando’s quickest one today only took 1.16.265 – means that the whole field will be very closely matched, so that everything will have to work perfectly for qualifying as the slightest slip-up can mean the difference between a place on the front row or something much further down the order.
The rain that arrived yesterday in the Baden Wuerttenberg region that is home to the Hockenheimring was still with us at the track today, mainly in the morning, when the first ninety minutes of practice was held either in the rain or at least on a damp track. The second free practice session was held under ominous clouds, but apart from a few drops, it held off long enough for teams to carry out a proper evaluation of the dry specification Bridgestone tyres.
The Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro cars seemed competitive in all track conditions, as Felipe Massa was second fastest in the morning and third fastest in the afternoon, when his team-mate Fernando Alonso topped the time sheet, followed by the ever present Red Bull threat in the shape of Sebastian Vettel. Winner of the last round at Silverstone, Mark Webber, was fourth fastest in the other Red Bull, with Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher in their Mercedes finishing fifth and sixth to ensure there were three German drivers in the top six for their home race.
Needless to say, the changing weather made for a very busy, but somewhat erratic practice, but the Scuderia concentrated on its programme, which included evaluating some components on the F10, as part of the policy of introducing updates at every race. Despite today’s good showing, the Scuderia is keeping its feet firmly on the ground, as the changing track conditions made it even harder than usual to understand what all the teams were doing and timing runs dependent on the weather made a big difference to lap times. At the moment, there is no reason to believe that Red Bull will not be the dominant force in tomorrow’s grid-deciding qualifying session, but it is equally clear the Fernando and Felipe should definitely put up a good fight.
With the generally stormy weather affecting the area, accurate predictions are hard to come by, but the current status is that the rain tyres could be required in tomorrow morning’s final free practice session, but for the rest of the weekend, they can stay at the back of the garage. Either way, the fact the Hockenheim lap is quite short – Fernando’s quickest one today only took 1.16.265 – means that the whole field will be very closely matched, so that everything will have to work perfectly for qualifying as the slightest slip-up can mean the difference between a place on the front row or something much further down the order.
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