Red Bull
It was a very good Friday for Verstappen, who were quick from the start and ended up leading both sessions for the first time this season. Although he complained about the cut, it was generally easy navigation and the Dutchman was relaxed enough to even make a joke with his engineer. Pérez was not at the pace of his teammate today, as it was difficult for him to find a configuration to his liking. Tomorrow will wait much longer.
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Max Verstappen – FP1: 1: 15.158, P1; FP2: 1: 14.127, P1
“It was a positive day, of course there are always things you can look for to try to find the right balance, but overall today has been a good start to the weekend. The softer compound is always the hardest to get, so I think there’s definitely more time to find it, even then we have a competitive car, so it’s good. The long haul was good, the tires are still hard around here, so there are still some things to work on. Even with the things I want to improve, it was a good day. If it rains in the standings, it’s the same for everyone, we just take care of it. It’s good to see that we should have a competitive car on Sunday, so whatever happens tomorrow, we’ll see. “
Sergio Pérez – FP1: 1: 15.531, P4; FP2: 1: 15.167, P11
“Unfortunately, we can’t read much in today’s sessions, to really work on the car you have to have a good pace and then work from there, something you couldn’t do today. We had a problem with the configuration of our low fuel runs, but luckily we got it and the long ones were a little more representative, but we still had a little problem: hopefully tomorrow we can solve everything. I’m a little behind but while we are doing well tonight, we are able to make the right commitments to be competitive tomorrow. We’ll see what time it takes for the rankings tomorrow because it could really shake things up. Max looks strong, so that gives me hope to be able to make my car competitive when it’s important on Saturday. “
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – JUNE 17: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (1) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB18 on track during practice before the Canadian F1 Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit on June 17, 2022 in Montreal , Quebec. (Photo by Clive Mason / Getty Images)
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – JUNE 17: Sergio Perez of Mexico and Oracle Red Bull Racing prepare to drive to the garage during practice ahead of the Canadian F1 Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit on June 17, 2022 in Montreal, Quebec . (Photo by Dan Mullan / Getty Images)
Ferrari
Leclerc had a surprisingly smooth start to the weekend, in contrast to the last few races where he got out of the box fast. Although it has taken on some new components of the power unit, only one has triggered a grid penalty, so it may not start right behind. But his focus on running soft tires on the FP2 certainly indicated that this is not a completely normal approach for the team, so he may have even more penalties as the weekend progresses. As for Sainz, he was struggling with the rebound, but he was still fast enough to be in the top three in both sessions.
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Charles Leclerc – FP1: 1: 15.666, P5; FP2: 1: 14.208, P2
“It’s great to be back on this track! It has a lot of character and it’s always fun to drive on circuits where you have to ride both sidewalks. It was a positive first day overall. We did a good job improving. Our set-up FP1 to FP2 The evolution of the track is usually quite large on this track, which has also been the case today.The wind was quite strong, but it didn’t affect my race much. the future, preparing our race in the best possible way “.
Carlos Sainz – FP1: 1: 15.404, P2; FP2: 1: 14.352, P3
“It’s great to be back in Canada on a demanding, bumpy and sidewalk circuit, so it’s definitely a challenge for these new cars. I enjoyed the first day of training and we were able to progress well during both sessions.
“Sometimes it got very complicated due to strong winds and gusts, but we managed to complete our entire program without any problems. Understanding the tires will be very important on Sunday and we have collected good data with today’s race plan. “I’m looking forward to tomorrow ‘s rankings.”
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – JUNE 17: Carlos Sainz of Spain driving (55) the Ferrari F1-75 on the track during practice before the Canadian F1 Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit on June 17, 2022 in Montreal , Quebec. (Photo by Dan Mullan / Getty Images)
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – JUNE 17: Charles Leclerc of Monaco driving the (16) Ferrari F1-75 on track during practice before the Canadian F1 Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit on June 17, 2022 in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo by Clive Mason / Getty Images)
Mercedes
Mercedes opted for some significant configuration changes between the two sessions, meaning the two drivers arrived late to take to the track. Once there, Russell was the happier of the two drivers, as Hamilton fought hard for the pace and even said the car was “unmanageable” on the radio. With the two drivers with very different configurations, we hope they have gathered enough data to move forward tomorrow.
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Lewis Hamilton – FP1: 1: 15.877, P8; FP2: 1: 15.421, P13
“It was almost like every Friday, experimenting with a lot of things. We tried a new flat in my car this morning that didn’t really work and it looks like a lot of things we try on this car have trouble working. We experimented with very different configurations in the two cars in FP2 just to try to see if one way works and another doesn’t.What we do in this car to improve it only makes it more unhappy but we have to keep working, that’s what it is. touch the sidewalks here and the car flies off, it’s so stiff and here in Montreal, you really need to go to the sidewalks – it’s not the Montreal I’m used to and I’ve driven all my career. It’s the worst I’ve ever heard of any car here, so I hope we’re moving solidly overnight. You’re fighting a transcendental struggle just to keep it off the wall. it certainly keeps you on the sidelines: we lifted the car but not v to make a real difference “.
George Russell – FP1: 1: 15.822, P6; FP2: 1: 14.971, P7
“It’s fun to drive on this circuit, it’s old school and it’s very challenging, with cars crashing on the sidewalks. Our performance wasn’t where we wanted it to be, we’re a long way from the pace of the two strikers. “There are a couple of guys, Fernando and Seb, who look very strong, so we have work to do. It’s still very bumpy, the rigidity of these cars is pretty brutal. have the car as smooth as we can, but there’s something in this car iteration that keeps us from doing it.In FP2, this was probably the biggest deviation in the setup between Lewis and me, we went in. different, so we can find a happy middle ground between the two of us overnight. we allow one or two cars in front of us, that could complicate things. “
Andrew Shovlin, director of track engineering
“We have tried some modifications to the cars to solve the problems we had in Baku and we will continue to analyze these data, but the image here is similar to that of Monaco and Baku, where the trip is really disturbing the car both in low and high turns We have explored the available parameters, but we are only finding different compromises in driving and aerodynamic strength without adding significant overall performance.The balance has not been excellent in both low and high fuel and while driving problems We’re getting worse, we’ll probably be able to move forward a bit overnight, mostly we lack the back grip, which we’re likely to be able to improve with the normal setup tools.Although it’s been one of our toughest Fridays We will continue to work hard tonight to optimize what we have, as we have shown in recent races that we can still achieve strengths even with a otxe difficult “.
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – JUNE 17: George Russell of Great Britain driving the (63) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team W13 on track during practice before the Canadian F1 Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit on June 17, 2022 in Mont -real, Quebec. (Photo by Lars Baron – Formula 1 / Formula 1 via Getty Images)
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – JUNE 17: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes prepare to drive to the garage during training ahead of the Canadian F1 Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit on June 17, 2022 in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo by Dan Mullan / Getty Images)
alpine
Alonso had a great day, finishing in the top five in both sessions despite putting on the soft tires first and getting them running long before the rest of …