Has been Lewis Hamilton to set the best time in the first free practice session of Dutch Grand Prix on the circuit of Zandvoort, which returns to host a world championship competition of F1 after 36 years old even if in the 1985 the track was a little different than the current one. The British seven-time world champion of the Mercedes preceded by 97 thousandths his “enemy”, the darling of the house of the Red Bull Max Verstappen.
Third and fourth the two Ferrari, in order the Spanish Carlos Sainz, 101 thousandths away from Hamilton, and the Monegasque Charles Leclerc, at 123 thousandths. The session was stopped for about half an hour for the recovery of theAston Martin from Sebastian Vettel stops along the track: a good half of the session, therefore, which could be used by the drivers to learn more about a circuit unknown to almost everyone, has been lost. Here is the complete ranking of the session.
1. Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 1’11″500
2. Max Verstappen RED BULL-HONDA +0″097
3. Carlos Sainz FERRARI +0. ”101
4. Charles Leclerc FERRARI +0 ″ 123
5. Valtteri Bottas MERCEDES +0 ″ 238
6. Fernando Alonso ALPINE-RENAULT +0″658
7. Esteban Ocon ALPINE-RENAULT +0″731
8. Antonio Giovinazzi ALFA ROMEO-FERRARI +0 ″ 859
9. Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN-MERCEDES +0″931
10. Pierre Gasly ALPHATAURI-HONDA +1″015
11. Lando Norris MCLAREN-MERCEDES +1 ″ 179
12. Nicholas Latifi WILLIAMS-MERCEDES +1″407
13. Kimi Raikkonen ALFA ROMEO-FERRARI +1″553
14. Daniel Ricciardo MCLAREN-MERCEDES +1 ″ 581
15. George Russell WILLIAMS-MERCEDES +1″681
16. Sergio Perez RED BULL-HONDA +1″828
17. Nikita Mazepin HAAS-FERRARI +2″016
18. Mick Schumacher HAAS-FERRARI +2″347
19. Sebastian Vettel ASTON MARTIN-MERCEDES +4″484
20. Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI-HONDA timeless
OMNISPORT | 03-09-2021 12:46
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