Norris takes advantage of the last respite to lead the changing FP1 in Canada.

The start of the 2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix was marked by a tornado, which delayed the start of the first free practice. Teams and drivers waited in their garages for the green flag while Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve stewards tried to pump out water that had created large puddles that were preventing safe riding.

Even though the clock was ticking and some of the main characters were even wearing helmets in their cars, they continued to watch on the monitors as the safety car rolled around to check the condition of the track. The new asphalt didn’t help the FP1 celebrations muchand the international federation wanted to wait to see if the storm would leave a small margin for the pit lane to open.

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However, the sun appeared in the sky and although most of practice was spent on intermediate tyres, five minutes before the checkered flag soft but still present puddles prevented Carlos Sainz’s 1:27.485 before everyone increased the pace at the last moment.

Thanks to this, Lando Norris showed a result of 1:24.435, with which he led the session, ahead of the two Italian cars with a margin of three tenths over Carlos Sainz. His teammate Charles Leclerc completed the theoretical podium positions after his last attempt ended due to traffic, while his future teammate Lewis Hamilton was fourth ahead of reigning world champion Max Verstappen.

Oscar Piastri took sixth place and was able to break the record of Pierre Gasly, next to whom Esteban Ocon was not present this time, as Jack Doohan took his place in training. Valtteri Bottas, despite being one of the first to take advantage of the chance, ended up in eighth, one position ahead of Sergio Perez and George Russell, who rounded out the theoretical places for which points are awarded.

2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix Free Practice 1 (FP1) Results

Summary of Free Practice 1 (FP1) of the 2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix.

Rain delayed the start of the first free practice session for the 2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix by more than twenty minutes., the time that the commissioners took advantage of to try to pump water out of the new asphalt. However, the weather was deteriorating, and teams and riders had less and less time to ride the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit at the start of the weekend.

As soon as the pit lane opened, Lewis Hamilton was the first to greet the fans who had weathered the storm.while Valtteri Bottas followed his teammate many years ago, albeit with a difference in tire compounds as the Briton ran on intermediate tires and the Finn on extreme rain tyres.

Once you are sure it can be rolled up, Halfway through the training, the main characters began to worry., although without much risk, because they did not want to go to the wall. The Pirelli blue tire was the chosen option and before the performance began to be relatively realistic, the drivers chose to drive around the pit lane to give the first impressions and complete installation laps.

And although everyone wanted not to cause a red flag, Guanyu Zhou had an accident which caused the show to be paused to remove his car.. The Chinese had an incident in the first sector in which hydroplaning played a cruel joke on him, damaging the left rear suspension of his C44, which prevented him from returning to the garage.

Bye, his teammate was ahead in 1:33.215., three seconds faster than Lewis Hamilton, so one could sense that these were not very reliable times, in addition to the fact that Max Verstappen was almost nine seconds behind the head. These three were the only ones to complete the timed lap, but it didn’t take long to see more as the clouds gave way to bright sunshine that little by little dried the asphalt.

A few minutes later the green flag waved again, and almost everyone wanted to take advantage of this almost twenty-minute training session. The short filming time was noticeable, and Lando Norris made a small exit at the hairpin leading up to the long straight.which showed that the track was not in the best conditions in terms of grip.

As the stage was set to set the fastest laps, names followed each other at the front, including Yuki Tsunoda, Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton, who clocked 1:29.207, two tenths faster than second-placed Charles Leclerc. with intermediate products. Thanks to this rubber, more and more purple sectors became visible, and The Monegasque himself beat his future teammate’s lap with a time of 1:27.560..

Each lap gave the drivers more confidence and at Maranello they wanted to show that their victory at the Monaco Grand Prix was no fluke as both cars were in the top two places until Kevin Magnussen in first and Yuki Tsunoda were sandwiched later. between two. However, the Spanish language of those prancing horse He improved his teammate’s time by 75 thousandths with a time of 1:27.485 a quarter of an hour before the checkered flag..

Bye, Fernando Alonso took to the track to test his AMR24, and he handled the intermediate tires relatively easily, despite the fact that it was no longer raining. There were reports on the radio that the tarmac wasn’t ready for too many games, and everyone was preparing for one final final attempt in the remaining ten minutes of practice.

There are just over five minutes left, and after a long lull without cars on the highway, Ferrari took to the track on soft, dry tires, and the rest watched the game of people from Maranello. The first reviews were not very encouraging, as there were still puddles and Charles Leclerc was more than four seconds behind the Madrid driver.

However, at the last moment the sectors began to turn purple, and Lando Norris led and finished fastest.ahead of both red cars.

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