[F1] – Good afternoon dear readers of FormulaPassion.it and welcome back with the appointment dedicated to the direct text of the 2021 Spanish Grand Prix, fourth stage of the Formula 1 world championship.
Session in progress
Lap 17/66 – By radio, Leclerc is informed that he currently wants to follow the ‘plan-B’ at the level of strategy.
Lap 16/66 – Bottas fails to worry Leclerc. Russell is 15th after overtaking on the Haas, Giovinazzi also overtook Mazepin.
Lap 15/66 – Sainz undermines Ocon at the end of the straight for seventh position, but he still lacked something to close the pass.
Lap 14/66 – For a few thousandths Hamilton is unable to open the DRS, Leclerc’s stint is excellent with Bottas who is now over a second behind the Monegasque SF21.
Lap 13/66 – DRS again available to pilots.
Lap 12/66 – Very high tire degradation judging by how many ‘marbles’ there are on the track.
???? Gasly has been handed a 5-second penalty for being out of position at the start of the race #SpanishGP ???????? # F1 pic.twitter.com/n90S7mx0tj
– Formula 1 (@ F1) May 9, 2021
Lap 11/66 – Great overtaking by Stroll on Alonso, inside at Turn-5 after taking the outside at Turn-4. Five second penalty for Gasly, Giovinazzi and last and detached because he did not have time to catch up with the safety car.
Lap 11/66 – Verstappen manages the restart well, compact group without alternation.
Broken down
Lap 10/66 – Williams also stop, Russell had taken the position on Mick Schumacher, but now both will be behind the Haas.
Round 9/66 – The safety car enters the track to allow the recovery of Tsunoda’s car, who was the victim of a technical knockout. The only driver who stopped in the pits is Antonio Giovinazzi. Long stop because the mechanics noticed that a tire was flat. The Italian rider uses the medium compound.
LAP 9/66
⚠️ SAFETY CAR ⚠️
Tsunoda has ground to a halt at Turn 10#SpanishGP ???????? # F1 pic.twitter.com/TOP5mq40WE
– Formula 1 (@ F1) May 9, 2021
Safety Car
Lap 8/66 – There was no contact at the start between Verstappen and Hamilton, Tsunoda is stopped in Turn-10.
????⏪ LAP 1/TURN 1
Verstappen and Hamilton at the start ????#SpanishGP ???????? # F1 pic.twitter.com/eIN5aAmZzn
– Formula 1 (@ F1) May 9, 2021
Lap 7/66 – Perez and Bottas in the leading positions are the drivers in the DRS zone on Ricciardo (fifth) and Leclerc (third).
Lap 6/66 – This is the situation after the first few laps. Mick Schumacher has the two Williams behind him.
Lap 5/66 – He shows himself inside Bottas, but he is not yet close enough to Leclerc. 1.6 ″ the gap between Verstappen and Hamilton.
Lap 4/66 – Verstappen and Hamilton are making the difference, Leclerc will have to defend himself on Bottas who is very close. Gasly is under investigation for starting out of position.
Round 3/66 – DRS available to drivers, Hamilton is out of the DRS zone compared to Verstappen.
LAP 2/66
After a brave and brilliant start, Verstappen is clear of Hamilton with Leclerc in P3! #SpanishGP ???????? # F1 pic.twitter.com/uS9gSoayNn
– Formula 1 (@ F1) May 9, 2021
Round 2/66 – Imola-style start for the Dutchman, Ricciardo is fifth, then Perez, Ocon, Sainz, Norris and Alonso to close the top-10.
Lap 1/66 – Super start for Verstappen who passes Hamilton on the inside, Leclerc is third ahead of Bottas with a pass on the outside at Turn-3.
Parties
15.02 – The pilots recompose the starting grid, soon the start of the race, 66 laps scheduled.
15.00 – The reconnaissance tour begins.
14.57 – Kimi Raikkonen starts with the medium tires, all the others with the soft ones.
14.55 – The reconnaissance lap is just around the corner, soon we will know the tire choices of the riders who start from the eleventh to the twentieth position on the starting grid.
14.50 – The – few – drops of rain stopped.
14.45 – Lewis Hamilton is obviously worried about the start as the first braking is very far from the starting grid (600 meters). Meanwhile, the notes of the Marcha Real, the Spanish anthem, resound on the starting straight.
14.40 – From this perspective that immortalizes Pierre Gasly you can see how the sky is overcast. 21 ° C the air temperature, 33 ° C that of the asphalt. About ten degrees less than yesterday’s qualifying.
taking our spot on the grid ???? @PierreGASLY pic.twitter.com/zb0r21nt88
– Scuderia AlphaTauri (@ AlphaTauriF1) May 9, 2021
14.35 – These are the words of Mattia Binotto, Ferrari team principal, before the race: “The goal is to be effective also in the race and not only in qualifying by improving what was expressed on Sunday in Portimao a week ago”.
14.30 – A few drops of rain fall on the starting straight, the intensity is not enough to think of tires other than slick ones.
14.25 – All the drivers are doing several starting tests at the end of the pit lane.
14.20 – Open pit lane, riders can leave the pits to reach the starting grid.
14.15 – It hasn’t rained in Barcelona since 1996, on that occasion Michael Schumacher took his first victory at the wheel of a Ferrari at the end of an irresistible ride like a true rain wizard.
14.10 – A downpour of rain at 2:20 pm according to radar cannot be ruled out.
14.00 – Among the riders who are not having a good start to the season is Yuki Tsunoda, who apologized to the team after yesterday’s outburst for elimination in Q1.
13.50 – Charles Leclerc expects great movement in the pit lane during the race to overcome a characteristic of the Barcelona track, where it is very easy to defend the position.
13.40 – The start will certainly be crucial, with Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen side by side in the front row as happened in Bahrain, but with reversed positions. Our Simone Peluso wanted to deepen all the mechanisms that lie behind one of the topical moments of a Grand Prix.
13.30 – We begin our chronicle with the press review of the newspapers. Ample space for the round figure centered by Hamilton and the excellent conditions shown by the Ferrari SF21 in view of the race.
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