Belgian GP - Spa sticks with tradition
Spa-Francorchamps, 27 August 2010
The Spa-Francorchamps circuit wasted no time in keeping up with tradition, serving up rain of the light and heavy variety, even a thunderstorm early in the morning and moments of hot weather with sunny skies. In practical terms for the twenty four drivers tackling the first three hours of free practice for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, this meant they had the unusual opportunity of using every one of the four types of tyre – two slick and two rain – that Bridgestone has brought to the track in the one day. The heaviest rain fell throughout the morning, while by the time the afternoon session got underway at two o’clock, the track was beginning to dry, so that towards the end, the slicks made their first appearance of the weekend. But not for long, as the Race Director red flagged the session in the last quarter of an hour, as some spectators had been spotted standing in a dangerous position.
With conditions changing by the minute, the order on the time sheets had even less significance than usual on a Friday, but nevertheless it was encouraging to see Fernando Alonso top the classification in both sessions and Felipe Massa in the other F10 post the fifth quickest time in the afternoon. With the chance of more rain over the next two days, today’s experience is certainly not wasted and the dry running meant that at least the drivers could save their extreme wet tyres for later in the weekend, as the rules state that each driver can only use three sets of these tyres during the entire three days of the race meeting.
In common with the majority of the field, Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro would probably appreciate some dry running in tomorrow’s final hour of free practice, to fine tune the set-up of the cars and have a final look at dry tyre wear. Second fastest today was Adrian Sutil in the Force India, the team that sprung such a surprise here last year, when Ferrari’s current third driver, Giancarlo Fisichella finished in second place, behind Kimi Raikkonen who, on that day, secured his last victory with the Maranello team. In third place today was Lewis Hamilton for McLaren, ahead of Robert Kubica, while completing the top six behind Felipe was Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull.
The Spa-Francorchamps circuit wasted no time in keeping up with tradition, serving up rain of the light and heavy variety, even a thunderstorm early in the morning and moments of hot weather with sunny skies. In practical terms for the twenty four drivers tackling the first three hours of free practice for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, this meant they had the unusual opportunity of using every one of the four types of tyre – two slick and two rain – that Bridgestone has brought to the track in the one day. The heaviest rain fell throughout the morning, while by the time the afternoon session got underway at two o’clock, the track was beginning to dry, so that towards the end, the slicks made their first appearance of the weekend. But not for long, as the Race Director red flagged the session in the last quarter of an hour, as some spectators had been spotted standing in a dangerous position.
With conditions changing by the minute, the order on the time sheets had even less significance than usual on a Friday, but nevertheless it was encouraging to see Fernando Alonso top the classification in both sessions and Felipe Massa in the other F10 post the fifth quickest time in the afternoon. With the chance of more rain over the next two days, today’s experience is certainly not wasted and the dry running meant that at least the drivers could save their extreme wet tyres for later in the weekend, as the rules state that each driver can only use three sets of these tyres during the entire three days of the race meeting.
In common with the majority of the field, Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro would probably appreciate some dry running in tomorrow’s final hour of free practice, to fine tune the set-up of the cars and have a final look at dry tyre wear. Second fastest today was Adrian Sutil in the Force India, the team that sprung such a surprise here last year, when Ferrari’s current third driver, Giancarlo Fisichella finished in second place, behind Kimi Raikkonen who, on that day, secured his last victory with the Maranello team. In third place today was Lewis Hamilton for McLaren, ahead of Robert Kubica, while completing the top six behind Felipe was Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull.
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