F1 – Verstappen continues to plan the tempo at low-grip Istanbul Park

After topping the morning timesheet at Istanbul Circuit, Max Verstappen repeated his P1 performance within the 2d rehearsal for Sunday’s Turkish Mountainous Prix as drivers once more struggled with a lack of grip on the resurfaced track. 

Verstappen plan an FP2 benchmark of 1: 28.330 to eclipse Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by four tenths of a 2d. Valtteri Bottas was third, with Mercedes crew-mate and championship leader Lewis Hamilton fourth, over eight tenths of a 2d off the tempo. Verstappen’s finest time was serene more than three seconds off Sebastian Vettel’s pole time in 2011, the final time F1 visited this circuit. 

On medium tyres, Bottas plan the early tempo taking P1 with a time of 1: 38.443 and then step by step lowering the bar 1: 34.940. Verstappen sooner or later moved forward, even supposing, the Dutchman also the use of medium tyres to plan a lap of 1: 32.836. The Purple Bull Racing driver’s crew-mate Alex Albon then took the tip space by virtually a 2d and the Thai force dropped the P1 time extra serene with a lap of 1: 30.872.

Rapidly sooner than thee half of-hour rate drivers began to get the transfer to soft tyres and with spherical 40 minutes long previous Leclerc went quickest on a 1m30.751. Ten minutes later Albon moved forward with a lap of 1: 29.363. 

Mercedes then made their transfer to the red-banded rubber, sooner or later demoting Albon to fifth, and Verstappen too went out on the soft tyres. The Dutch driver took top space with a tour of 1: 28.984, sooner than being outpacedf by Leclerc, however the Purple Bull man stayed out for a prolonged stride on soft compounds tyres all the draw thru which he plan the good time of the day.