There might have been no running at the Nurburgring so far this weekend, with both Friday practice sessions cancelled but RaceFans Predictions is still guaranteed to go ahead.
We can, if nothing else, say the Mercedes were not looking fast out on track so far – not that anyone else was, either. With only a single practice session before qualifying tomorrow, teams will be trying to put together setups quickly and from data alone; tricky for any track but especially the Nurburgring, last raced in 2013, before the current hybrid era.
Racing Point have brought the upgrade package that Lance Stroll had in Mugello and Sochi on both cars this weekend, although Sergio Perez out-qualified Stroll with the older spec. McLaren, meanwhile, must contend with a car the team admits is very sensitive to changes in wind direction at a track with both the highest wind speed for some time and multiple direction changes predicted over the course of tomorrow’s running.
The Nurburgring is set to be a chilly race, with air temperatures not expected over 10C on either Saturday or Sunday, so drivers hoping to maximise their final hour of practice will need to be wary of spinning on cold tyres, with conditions similar to Barcelona testing.
Only seven drivers (Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen, Romain Grosjean, Daniel Ricciardo, Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas) have raced Formula One cars at the Nurburgring before, so with limited running could experience prove essential?
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