Wooo! Spa! Update to include fp3.
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Here are the fastest laps and when people set them:
Practice makes perfect
But really it is about getting those laps in. One more lap from #83 means it ranks highest here.
#51’s running was limited by an off at Raidillon the start of fp2. So it did less laps than Aston! The #007 Aston did last a bit longer, crashing at Pouhon later in the session1. It got a decent amount of fp3 practice in.
The sister car got some running in, but also lost some running in fp2:
How meaningful are the lap times?
There is a little more data compared to yesterday. Ferrari look strong. All but Proton covered by 0.9% for Top20% laps!
The sector mix is interesting, in that it is mixed up. However, but this and the averages demonstrate Ferrari is strong, but there is a good mix close to them.
Sectors
Speed Trap Data
The Toyota looks like it got an amazing tow on one lap – setting the fastest speed trap speed. It came with a stonking first sector time for that car. Hartley set this on his in-lap after he’s set the fastest lap.
Team Approach to Practice
How did the the top Ferrari (#50), Alpine (#36), Cadillac (#12) and Porsche (#6), along with the #8 Toyota who was just one lap shy of #83’s count go about practice?
A couple of qualifying practice runs at the beginning of fp2 and fp3.
A good collection of strong times for Alpine, not quite as low as Ferrari, but decent.
#6 ended both fp1 and fp3 with a decent stint. There was a qualifying run that didn’t match fp2s go at the start of fp3.
Unusually there are lots of shorter practice stints for Toyota in fp2. it was a disrupted session, but others did still get decent length stints in. However, it was fp1 where they got their long stints in. Ended fp3 with several in and out laps.
Hartley’s set the fastest lap for the car on his last flying lap in fp2. Interestingly it was the in-lap after where he got the mega speed trap value (320.6kph) and set a first sector 0.35s quicker than on his fastest lap. Sector 2 was rubbish – traffic? Abandoned as coming in anyway?
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An Ferrari was quickest with the fp2 time from the Aston dropping to second. Lexus and Ford strong, especially when you look at the averages.
A crash limited #60 Iron Lynx Mercedes in fp2. it didn’t get that many in during fp3.
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