McLaren and Ferrari ahead of everyone
A ‘variable’ session to say the least, which saw the pit lane remain closed for twenty minutes due to a flooded track. FP1 ended with the riders on track on slicks and Lando Norris was the best, Leclerc was unable to complete a lap in which he was very fast due to excessive traffic in T3. It’s impossible to draw conclusions from this full half hour, which was also punctuated by the red flag due to Zhou’s contact with the barriers following an aquaplaning. The new asphalt certainly doesn’t make the track slippery as happened in Istanbul in 2020. Appointment at 11pm for FP2 in the hope that conditions will be constant over the 60 minutes to be able to check the behavior of the cars.
8.35pm – This is the picture of FP1.
Checkered flag
8.30pm – Norris lowers to 1’24″435, then Sainz to 328 thousandths, Leclerc was very fast, but had to lift his foot in the last sector.
8.29pm – Leclerc takes the lead in 1’25″306.
8.28pm – Two minutes on the track for Jack Doohan.
8.27pm – Now Leclerc scores the best third sector.
8.26pm – Higher times per hour.
8.25pm – Norris and Verstappen also try the slicks, Sainz also leaves the pits.
8.24pm – Leclerc tries the soft tyre.
8.22pm – The timeless drivers are Norris, Zhou, Hulkenberg, Piastri, Doohan, Sargeant, Albon, Alonso and Stroll.
8.20pm – Everyone stopped in the pits so as not to burn the intermediates, this is the top-10: Sainz, Leclerc, Bottas, Perez, Ricciardo, Tsunoda, Magnussen, Hamilton, Russell and Gasly.
8.18pm – The track could even be slick at the end of the session.
8.17pm – Bottas third, 185 thousandths behind Sainz. The drivers decided to return to the pits to save the intermediate tire for FP2, because the drivers only have five sets of intermediate tires available.
8.16pm – Perez moves into third place, 573 thousandths behind Sainz.
8.15pm – In third and fourth place are the Racing Bulls of Ricciardo and Tsunoda one second behind.
20.14 – Sainz is 75 thousandths better: 1’27″485.
20.13 – Leclerc lowers the bar to 1’27″560.
20.11 – Leclerc is 231 thousandths behind Hamilton.
20.10 – Hamilton lowers the reference to 1’29″207.
20.08 – The track is drying really fast.
20.07 – Green light (again).
20.06 – Bottas has been the fastest for now in 1’33″215.
20.05 – The action on the track will be resumed shortly.
20.04 – Recovery – of Zhou’s car – underway by marshals.
20.02 – Contact with the wall for Zhou towards Turn-9, suspension damaged and car stopped. Red flag.
20.01 – Leclerc also joins his colleagues with intermediate tyres.
8.00pm – Piastri, on the track with full wet tyres, claims that the track will dry quickly.
7.59pm – The sun is now shining on the circuit named after Gilles Villeneuve.
7.58pm – Verstappen also leaves the pits on intermediate tyres. Norris also returns to the pits to change tires.
7.57pm – Bottas returns to the pits to fit intermediate tires. For now only Hamilton had the green band tyre.
7.56pm – Norris, Zhou and Hulkenberg also left the pits.
7.55pm – “The grip is very low”Hamilton said over the radio.
7.54pm – Valtteri Bottas also takes to the track, but with full wet tyres.
7.52pm – Hamilton on track with intermediate tyres.
7.51pm – But no, it’s already open now. If desired, drivers can take to the track.
7.50pm – In five minutes the pit lane will be open.
7.45pm – The Safety Car and the Medical Car are on the track as well as several heavy vehicles. Marshals are working with portable dryers.
7.40pm – Jack Doohan is certainly very unlucky, as he has the chance to participate in these FP1s in place of Esteban Ocon with Alpine.
7.35pm – However, some pilots are already inside the cockpit.
7.30pm – Start scrolling the countdownbut the pit lane is closed because there are many puddles on the track to dry.
7.25pm – The track must also be cleaned of hail.
7.20pm – The session will start, but the pit lane will remain closed.
7.15pm – Alonso is skeptical that cars will actually weigh less in 2026.
19.10 – We’ll see if teams and riders will face the storm that rages on the Canadian circuit.
19.05 – The weather forecast is reliable for now: it’s raining quite a bit in Montreal.
7.00pm – We begin our news by starting from yesterday’s big news, the presentation of the 2026 regulation.
Good evening dear readers of FormulaPassion.it and welcome to the appointment dedicated to the live writing of the first free practice session of Canadian GPninth act of the 2024 F1 world championship.
There Ferrari is fresh from the success in Monaco with Charles Leclerc and team principal Frederic Vasseur has made no secret of his confidence that the SF-24s can also be great protagonists on the circuit named after Gilles Villeneuve.
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