The pilot Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) recorded the fastest lap this Friday in the free practice session at the Shanghai circuit, where this weekend the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix will take place, which returns after five years of absence. The Canadian left his best time at 1:36:302, with the Australian Oscar Piastri (McLaren) in second place, 3 tenths; The current world champion and current championship leader, the Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), finished in third place.
The session was marked in the first minutes by an unusual red flag, caused by an accidental fire on the side grass of turn number 7.
The Mexican Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez (Red Bull) came fourthwhile Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) finished ten positions further back. It wasn’t a good session for the double world champion either. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), which recorded the penultimate worst time and showed problems, as did Piastri in the curve to the left of the garage street, although he finally managed to avoid the barrier.
The driver who has won the most times in Shanghai, the seven-time British world champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes, 6 victories), had to settle for 18th place.
It should be remembered that this will be the only free practice session of the Chinese Grand Prix, since this weekend is the first with a ‘sprint’ format of the season and this afternoon, precisely, the qualification for the sprint race of the Saturday.
2024-04-19 05:14:46
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