In the round-up: Daniil Kvyat says Friday practice isn’t needed at most Formula 1 tracks.
What they say
Maybe we need to just come to the track on Saturday. Honestly we are so… all the tracks, we know them. I think we need to allow extra time at new tracks like it’s going to be in Vietnam, maybe.
But it’s up to the F1 people to decide what’s best. Every driver’s different, someone needs maybe five hours but not me.
Quotes: Dieter Rencken
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Azerbaijan GP practice (Williams)
Robert Kubica: "The track is very tricky. I spent time discovering it in FP2 but I don’t have much confidence, we are struggling overall with the grip and we cannot push the car as the tyres are not able to remain in the operating window. Additional time was lost during FP2 due to the red flags and it’s a shame we couldn’t drive both cars on the circuit."
Alexander Albon: "We did a good job preparing the car and we managed to put in some fast laps before moving to the high-fuel run, so it’s all looking good at the moment. We just need to fine-tune the car and I feel I’ve got more time to gain once I get to know the track better in a Formula 1 car."
Pierre Gasly: "The car is getting better all the time and I’m happy with the feeling I’m getting from it."
Guenther Steiner: "I wouldn’t call it a lottery, but I don’t think there’s a clear set pattern for tomorrow – like we’re used to seeing from other Fridays. I don’t really know where we are at the moment."
Rio de Janeiro, which hosted the Brazilian Grand Prix at its now-demolished Jacarepagua circuit, is seeking to bring F1 back to the city.
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Comment of the day
How far should the race organisers go to recompense Williams for the damage and disruption they suffered yesterday?
This is entirely the fault of the organiser not the team. Williams should not be penalised and should be allowed to practice even if that means running a small extra practice session just for them. Also the damage ought to be paid for too.
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petebaldwin (@)
27th April 2019, 0:59
COTD: The damage will be paid for by the organiser’s insurance. Expensive insurance claims are never settled quickly though.
In regards to an extra practice session – it maybe would happen if it was Ferrari or Mercedes but they certainly won’t do that for Williams!
@HoHum (@hohum)
27th April 2019, 1:13
Sadly, no amount of practice will alter the result for Williams.
Scottie (@scottie)
27th April 2019, 3:46
At least there’s precedence in the HAAS – Sepang incident they can use.
Srdjan Mandic (@srga91)
27th April 2019, 10:18
@scottie
But they will have to wait some time for their money. Haas got it one year after the incident.
Alonso (@alonshow)
27th April 2019, 1:30
What is Kvyat trying to achieve by saying that nonsense? That he’s better than the rest? Not a very smart way of making his point…
juan fanger (@juan-fanger)
27th April 2019, 2:29
Just that he doesn’t need 5 hours to get to know the walls of every circuit.
graham228221 (@graham228221)
27th April 2019, 9:08
It’s 4 hours of practice, isn’t it?
But I do agree with him though. 4 hours of practice seems excessive for “the best drivers in the world”.
Kerry Maxwell (@kerrymaxwell)
27th April 2019, 20:04
Except they’re not doing laps just to learn the track, they’re gathering data for the various conditions that will prepare them for the race.
liongalahad
27th April 2019, 4:59
given Kvyat crash yesterday I would say he actually needs nor time, not less.
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
27th April 2019, 14:00
I think he’s trying to brag that he only needs 15 mins to crash.
I hope for his sake that he made these comments before FP2! Otherwise they’re embarrassing comments.
Andy (@andycz)
27th April 2019, 5:54
Maybe if you would spent more time running in practises you would be faster Dany.,,
bosyber (@bosyber)
27th April 2019, 7:35
Pace wasn’t the problem for him though @andycz, it’s staying in the session (or race) that seems to be difficult for him – still something that careful ramping up of pace might cure, but I don’t know why he only could go out after other had been running for well over half an hour of FP2, at least some of the time he should have had was gone then, even before the crash.
bosyber (@bosyber)
27th April 2019, 7:36
I also think that while his statement might be true for those teams that have things right, for the stragglers (Williams!?), they do need time to run their car, so not having the Friday might well, over time, increase the spread of the field, which we do not want.
Andy (@andycz)
27th April 2019, 8:12
@bosyber It was just a joke… :)
bosyber (@bosyber)
27th April 2019, 8:14
Yeah, sorry; could have been better with ‘you wouldn’t have hit the walls though, Danny’, more accurate, and therefore funnier (I think).
Andy (@andycz)
27th April 2019, 8:27
True true… Probably too early to make a good joke for me.
Todfod (@todfod)
27th April 2019, 6:25
I’m wondering if Kvyat made this statement after or before he put it in the wall during FP2.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
27th April 2019, 6:48
Ironic to see Ricciardo’s (presumably) sarcastic “Well done Baku” tweet when he went and flat-spotted his tyres curtailing his FP2 running.
Jere (@jerejj)
27th April 2019, 7:22
Kvyat’s statement is a bit questionable especially given his crash in FP2, LOL. In general, it’s better to have the current amount of practice time than it would be to only have the one on qualifying day.
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
27th April 2019, 9:43
Re Cotd – in incidents like this I definitely agree that the people responsible for the track should be seriously fined and not just to reimburse the damaged teams.
Fear of a massive fine will push them to do a proper job of preparing the course.
F1 is dangerous enough without a “not bothered” attitude from the organisers.
Srdjan Mandic (@srga91)
27th April 2019, 10:28
I agree with Kvyat, even if it’s ironic that he made the statement.
4 hours of running is more than the drivers need. The engineers need that time to optimize the cars, not the drivers.
They could change it to a 2-hour-session on Friday afternoon (FP1 is useless in most of the cases) and leave Saturday practice as it is, or make it two 1-hour-sessions on Friday and Saturday.
To fill the weekend-programme they could do some kart races, where drivers race against fans or do some racing in other types of cars.
mzso (@mzso)
27th April 2019, 16:31
Sure. Have two full races instead.
Hell, they could easily have that know by nixing the saturday sessions (including qualifying) and and leaving two 45-60 minute friday sessions which would also serve as qualifying.
(alternatively have 30 qualifyings with a small number of timed laps)