During the
Friday’s Free Practices at the 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix of the Formula
One, Lewis Hamilton drove 28 laps in FP1. He used Soft tires and recorded
1:18.036 which gives him P5. In FP2 Lewis Hamilton made 42 laps recording best
time 1:17.587 which also is P5. Hamilton used Soft and UltraSoft tires in FP2.
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| Lewis Hamilton recorded 1:18.036 and 1:17.587 in Friday's Free Practice at 2018 Hungarian GP of Formula One. Both times gives to Lewis P5. |
Valtteri
Bottas drove 20 laps with Soft and Medium tires in FP1. He recorded 1:18.470 which is P6. In FP2
Valtteri used Soft and UltraSoft and his best time 1:17.868 and P6 remains
unchanged.
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| Valtteri Bottas recorded 1:18.470 and 1:17.868 in Friday's Free Practice at 2018 Hungarian GP of Formula One. Both times gives to Valtteri P6. |
Mercedes-AMG
Petronas Motorsport goal is to understand tire performance and finding
the optimum cooling level for the high temperatures in Budapest.
Quotes:
Lewis
Hamilton
It
has been a relatively normal day. As we expected, the Ferraris and the Red
Bulls were quite quick and had a little bit more pace than us, so we’ve got
some work to do tonight. This is a tricky circuit and the tyres are
overheating; looking after the rear tyres is the biggest issue. The
temperatures today and the layout of the track – corner after corner after
corner – made it really tricky for the tyres as there’s no time for them to
cool down. We will do our debrief now and dig deep to try and figure out what
changes we make between now and tomorrow. I hope we’re able to find something
tonight and that tomorrow is dry so we can test whatever changes we make
overnight.
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| Lewis Hamilton Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport at the Free Practice of the 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix - Formula 1. |
Valtteri
Bottas
Today
was not an easy day; the car was difficult to drive and I struggled to get laps
together, especially in FP1. We managed to improve the set-up for FP2, but
there’s still more work to do. This is a difficult circuit, you need to have a
well-balanced car in order to get all the corners right and we need to get the
car more stable. The wind direction is forecast to change for tomorrow, so we need
to count that in as well. We struggled to get the UltraSoft compound tyres
working consistently and had some issues with overheating. It is difficult to
overtake here, so track position is very important and the less stops you can
do is always going to be better. Red Bull and Ferrari are as quick as we
expected; I think it’s going to be very close.
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| Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix - Formula 1. |
James
Allison
It’s
not as dusty or bumpy as it was in years gone by, but Budapest always presents
a real challenge to the car and driver - searing heat and an asphalt that is
not easy on the tyres. Although we managed to improve the car across the
sessions, especially with Valtteri, there’s more to be done ahead of tomorrow
if we want to come home from this weekend with a good result. So we are busy
working this evening to try to make sure that we can get the car in good shape
for Qualifying on a track where it is notoriously difficult to overtake, while
making sure that we have decent long run pace on Sunday when it’s expected to
be very hot indeed.
