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As has become standard practice for FOM, they do no play any of Leclerc’s radio live after his crash. Later an excerpt is played on the world feed: “I took the dirt on the outside.”
Leclerc has crashed! Red flag 27 minutes into the session. He’s climbing out of his Ferrari which is nose-first in the TecPro barrier at turn 15.
Sainz reverses back onto the track after going off at turn seven. His team mate is complaining about a severe bump on the track between turns 18 and 19.
Ocon: “I got a problem. I have no power.”
The session resumes with just over 40 minutes remaining. Verstappen is quickest at the moment with a 1’47.214.
Dudley to Russell: “Expect this to be a very quick turnaround, George. Debris on track.”
Russell: “I’ve got something in my left elbow aggravating me, if we could just take a look.”
Red flag. No indication why yet. Wood tells Perez: “Try to avoid any manhole covers, just in case.”
Stroll is not happy: “This is not a car. This is not a car right now.”
Piastri: “Bottoming level is high through the high speed. It’s not exactly straightforward.”
Just as at the last race, Hamilton is complaining his seat is hot.
Lewis Hamilton pops in the fastest time now, 1’47.618, seven-tenths quicker than Leclerc as the track improves quickly. “The track’s just nowhere,” Russell observes. A brief yellow flag for Valtteri Bottas going off at turn one and rejoining.
Verstappen pops up to second on mediums, three-tenths off Leclerc, who improved his time.
Charles Leclerc sets the early pace on a set of mediums with a 1’49.740. Pirelli’s data is showing Max Verstappen on a set of softs but he is actually on mediums.
Norris complaining his steering doesn’t feel symmetrical. That’s not the first time this year he’d said something like that, he did in Miami as well when McLaren introduced the upgrade which propelled them to competitiveness.
Piastri: “Track feels very, very low grip.”
Stallard: “Copy. That was expected.”
There are no changes of driver for practice alone today but of course there is one change on the entry list. Kevin Magnussen is serving his one-race ban and Oliver Bearman is taking his place in the Haas this weekend, driving car number 50. This will be the first time Bearman has participated in a full grand…
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