Crunch time at Silverstone. After a wet Qualifying session, Carlos Sainz will try to defend the first pole of his life in the premier category of motorsport. For this, he will have to deal with miuras like Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc. The Red Bull rider has been really strong all weekend and looks like the favorite to win today, while the Monegasque has more potential than he showed yesterday when he made a decisive mistake on his last attempt at Qualy. Also, Mercedes’ men can be guests of luxury and fish in a troubled river once once more. Make yourself comfortable and don’t hesitate to join us for our live broadcast of the 2022 Formula 1 British Grand Prix!
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Checo will start fourth in the British GP; Sainz takes pole half time
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Carlos Sainzof Ferrariin the final turn of the Q3managed to end the dominance of Max Verstappenof Red Bullto get your first pole position in Formula 1, the same as in this 2022 season, so tomorrow it will start first in the British Grand Prix, tenth close of the Bell.
While, Verstappenwho is in the lead Drivers’ World Cupwill start second, because he might not maintain his millimetric handling, right in the final breath and then the Iberian overtook him.
And, in the second line, also with the prancing Horse and the Red Bull as protagonists, they will have in Charles Leclerc y Sergio “Checo” Perez to the midfielders who will start in positions three and four, respectively.
The man from Guadalajara, who was not so confident on the track, although he was more than on Friday, as happened with the majority, to close the classification he managed to get on top of Lewis Hamiltonof Mercedeswho by the way, is local.
Mad Max takes Q1
For the Q1in which the cut is only five, since the first 15 pass, the Mad Max He was the one who showed himself to be the fastest, so he slipped into the lead.
Meanwhile, Ferrari, with Leclercseconded it and the third was George Russell, as the representative of the home team; fourth was Sainz and fifth Hamilton.
In the case of Czechthis one might sneak in like sixthfollowing in the Practice 3 had been second.
And the note was given by the many times disastrous Nicholas Latifibecause the Canadian, sweeping himself, managed to Williams the last ticket.
Latifi, on another level
Latifi, acclimatized to the rain, was undoubtedly the character of the qualyWell, just the same, scratching the asphalt, he slipped in as tenth for Q3.
And at the top, with Max Equally lordly, he got in first and behind him Hamilton, Leclerc and Sainz; Pérezalthough not with the ease that he would have liked, at least he was able to sneak in eighth, over the limit and then close as fourth at the start.
‘Checo’ Pérez finishes seventh in practice 2 of the British GP
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
For the second session Red Bull was able to test the new updates and the most striking was the engine cover
The ‘Czech’ Perez He finished in seventh place in the second practice of the British Grand Prix setting a time of 1:29.753, all in the middle of a session that represented the first laps of the weekend for Red Bull.
The conditions in Silverstone they improved following a half day marked by rain and a track that prevented the teams from working comfortably. During the followingnoon on the island, the Red Bull and the Ferrari They started with a medium compound, placing the four pilots of these teams among the first positions.
for the second session Red Bull was able to test the new updates and the most striking was the engine cover, as this piece was thinner in order to reduce the weight of the RB18 and keep fighting once morest the Scudería, which also brought England important improvements in the Ferrari.
Charles Leclerc led the injury during the first part of practice with a 1:29.469, while ‘Czech’ Perez He scored a 1:30.095 with which he placed fourth.
‘Czech‘ began to drop positions as the other drivers bet on the red compound. The man from Guadalajara was the last to change to a soft tire with 15 minutes left to finish the time and with that he went from ninth to seventh place.
Given the little activity that was experienced in the first practice, some of the teams used the last minutes to carry out a race simulation, causing the times to stop improving.
For its part, Carlos Sainz finished the day with the best time with a 1:28.942 followed by Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris and the world champion Max Verstappen He finished in fourth position.
Horner and the ‘porpoising’: “If I were the head of Mercedes, I would also tell them to complain”
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
The Briton believes that the images of Hamilton today are a message to the FIA
He knows that it is painful, but the changes would harm those who have done everything well
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes Mercedes has started a campaign to complain regarding physical health porpoising following races. The British manager maintains that this is part of the game and stresses that it would not be fair to make changes to the regulations, since it would harm the teams that have done their job well.
Horner reckons that if he were crew chief of Mercedes, would also have asked his two drivers not to stop complaining to put pressure on the FIA. The picture of the day was Lewis Hamilton’s having trouble getting out of the car following severe back pain, something that Christian himself understands, although he believes that his rivals have taken the easy way out.
“If I were their team leader I would tell them to complain as much as possible on the radio to make it a big deal, it’s part of the game. We know that it is uncomfortable, but there are remedies to put an end to it, even if it affects the performance of the car. The easiest thing to do, we already know, is to complain for security reasons, each team has a choice,” said Horner in words published by the GPFans web portal.
In the event that it was a unanimous security issue, Horner would have no problem meeting with all the teams. to discuss possible rule changes. However, with porpoising this is not the case and remember that there are ways to get rid of it, such as lifting the car, even if it is not the best from a performance point of view.
“If it were a security problem that affects the entire grid, it would be something that we should all analyze together. Of course, it is only affecting certain drivers or teams, that is an issue that each one must deal with. The easiest thing is to lift the car, everyone has the option to do it,” he explained.
Finally, Horner believes that if there are changes in the regulations for safety reasons, the teams that have done a good job in this regard would be harmed and those that have failed would be benefited. For this reason, he believes that the fairest thing is to leave everything as it is, at least during this season and for Mercedes to look for other alternatives.
“You can also put a bigger floor as long as they want, but I think that’s a problem for the technicians. There are certain cars that have some problems and others very few, but it would seem unfair to penalize those who have done a good job to end the rebound to help those who may have failed in that objective”, Horner has acknowledged to conclude.