17:30 – This Friday should have been dominated by Max Verstappen’s first encounter with the Nürburgring in a Formula 1 car. However, the bad weather in the Eifel decided otherwise. No F1 action on the famous circuit, but rather a lost training day. Nevertheless, Verstappen is looking at it positively: the cancellation of these training sessions can make the rest of the weekend more interesting.
A race at the Nürburgring in October, it is almost asking for difficult weather conditions. They also came. Where the rain was not such a problem, the fog turned out to be a much bigger bummer. The medical helicopters could not reach the hospital in Koblenz, should this prove necessary after an accident or other calamity. As the FIA race director considered the travel time by road too long, the light at the end of the pit lane remained red.
Understandable, says Verstappen afterwards. After all, safety is always at the top of the priority list. “We have to show understanding for this situation and also for the fact that the helicopters could not fly in these conditions. We just have to live with that,” said the nine-time Grand Prix winner after a relatively quiet working day. “What I did to get through the time? Well, I actually spent four hours on my laptop, catching up with friends and stuff. What else can you do?”
Where the cancellation of the Friday promotion is a pity, especially for the spectators present and rained down, Verstappen also sees a positive side effect. “It [missen van deze trainingen] I personally don’t really care, I actually think it’s fine. This makes the rest of the weekend a bit more unpredictable and therefore more interesting. “Verstappen thus points to the lack of data among all Formula 1 teams. That can only be fun if a repeat of moves is not made in the coming days.” in any case cold, so it will be quite a challenge to get the tires up to temperature anyway. Furthermore, it looks a bit better for tomorrow, although it couldn’t be any worse than today. “
Albon: Nice preparation for Imola weekend
Teammate Alexander Albon sees similarities with the two-day F1 weekend at Imola after the intervention of the weather gods. “The disappearance of these trainings does not in fact change that much, mainly because it is the same for everyone. It now only revolves around the question: who adapts the fastest? In that respect, this is a kind of preparation for Imola,” laughs the British. Thai. “Tomorrow it will be busy on the track during the third practice. I think you can see every car in action quickly, for short and long runs. At least we have a lot of tires available that we can use in a relatively short time. It will be interesting to see if they make that third training a little longer after today, although I honestly don’t expect that. “
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