Hard to tame! Verstappen and Checo, with everything and that they battled, made it 1-3 in P1 in Australia – Fox Sports

first practice of Australian Grand Prix y Max Verstappen got the best time (1:18.790)leaving Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez (+0.503) third, since Lewis Hamilton (+0.433) got (Mercedes) among the Red Bull, a session marked by a couple of red flags.

First, failures in the GPS system of the engineers, for the position of the pilots on the track, with the closure of P1 after the problem of Logan Sargeant and his Williamswhich went out in the middle of the asphalt.

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WHAT HAPPENED IN PRACTICE 1 OF THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX WITH CZECH AND MAX?

Not even seven minutes went from P1 and Sergio Perez he scored a great first time on the Australian track: 1:20.267, with just a second behind Max Verstappen (+1,005), who came out with red (soft) tires; meanwhile, Checo entered the layout with yellow cards (socks).

The Australian afternoon at Albert Park showed a bit of Red Bull’s might, with the Dutchman and Mexican exchanging fastest times, hardly a close match to what to expect over the weekend.

Already in the serious turns, with the clock at 44′, Sergio Perez He went down to nineteen on track.

During the set-up of the car, Max Verstappen He reported problems with his rear brakes, as Red Bull changed the ventilation ducts in that area on both cars.

Little by little, Verstappen and Perez they cut the time down to eighteen, with Max leading and Checo at +.0503.

Already with tires, soft, Checo Perezin the first sector, he lost the reference and went a little outside the track limits, a movement to be corrected throughout the Australian Grand Prix weekend.

Who had a similar problem, although with greater difficulties, was the AlphaTauri de Yuki Tsunodawho did completely lose control and hit the gravel of the curve.

Another of the drawbacks presented by practice 1 was the temporary absence of GPSwhich caused some hesitation on the track by the pilots and the red flag, since their limited vision in real time keeps them at the expense of the indications of their engineers.

Behind the Red Bull they remained Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.

Five minutes from the end of the session, the soft tires played a trick on Verstappen, who spun without consequences on the asphalt.

Thus, the Dutchman closed as the best time with his 1:18.790leaving Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez third with +0.503, since Lewis Hamilton slipped in second and his +0.433, since the Williams of Logan Sargeant He had a power problem.

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