Ferrari has finished Friday’s day at the Dutch GP with a good feeling. Despite finishing first in the second free practice, Charles Leclerc has not felt as comfortable as Carlos Sainz with the Ferrari F1-75.
The first day of the Dutch GP has ended with positive balance for Ferrari. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz have signed a double for hope in FP2, which invites them to turn the page after the fateful Sunday in Spa. Although it is true that the Red Bull drivers have not performed at their highest level, Sainz has finished satisfied with the work done.
In the first free practice session, Leclerc and Sainz worked on hard tires first, to then switch to soft tires taking advantage of the red flag due to the arrest of Max Verstappen. Carlos Sainz closed FP1 in third position with a time of 1:12.845 after completing 30 laps of the Dutch short circuit.
“It was a clean Friday and we completed the work plan without any problem”
In FP2, Ferrari managed to take a step forward with Charles Leclerc signing the best time of the day after stopping the stopwatch at 1:12.345. The difference between the riders of the Maranello brand was minimal, since Carlos Sainz closed the second free practice four thousandths of a second behind his teammateall after completing 30 spins.
Leclerc and Sainz started the session on medium tyres, before switching to soft tyres, to record their fastest laps. After this phase, the Ferrari duo focused on testing in race conditions, with higher fuel load. Charles and Charles iswapped tires in his two rounds – between medium and soft – taking advantage of the red for Yuki Tsunoda’s exit from the track.
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Good sensations
Even though it was only Friday, Carlos Sainz seems to recover the confidence that he did not finish finding in Spa: «It was a good Friday here in Zandvoort. It was great to be back on such a demanding and challenging track for the drivers and the cars. I really enjoyed it. At the performance level, it was a clean friday and we completed the work plan without any problem, both in the long and short stints».
“In Zandvoort everything seems to be tight with our closest rivals, so any little extra performance we can find at night will definitely help us to get a better classification »added Carlos Sainz after the first two sessions of the weekend at the Country GP Low.
Quick but unsatisfied
charles leclerc He did not finish completely happy, even if he finished in FP2 with the best time of the day, beating Carlos Sainz by four thousandths: «We accelerated the pace in FP2, but we weren’t entirely comfortable with the balance of the car, At least on my part. We have work ahead of us and I’m sure we can take a step forward tomorrow.”
Reinforcing the idea expressed by his teammate, the Monegasque driver has influenced the short differences that have been seen during the second practice session, stating that «we were all very close, although Max and Sergio have not been there. I don’t think they had a clean day, so tomorrow will be interesting».
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