Friday, September 13, 2024

#F1 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Friday "Frantic Friday in Baku" - Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

 

Press Information
13 September 2024


 
F1: Session Report
 
2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Friday

 
Frantic Friday in Baku
  • The team took to the Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan for the first day of this weekend's on-track running.
  • Both drivers ran the Medium and Soft compound tyres in a thrice red flagged FP1 session.
  • Lewis was happier with the overall car balance, clocking the second quickest time with George in P8.
  • Ahead of FP2, the team made a precautionary power unit change on George's car after an irregular oil sample; that delayed the start of George's session by 25 minutes.
  • He nevertheless still managed to complete running on both the Hard and Soft tyres in that second session, posting the ninth quickest time.
  • Lewis was able to complete an extra six laps in FP2, on the same compounds as his team-mate, and set the third quickest time, just 0.066s shy of the pace-setting lap set by Charles Leclerc.
Driver
FP1
FP2
Lewis Hamilton
19 Laps
1:45.859
P2
Medium, Soft
22 Laps
1:43.550
P3
Hard, Soft, Hard
George Russell
18 Laps
1:46.516
P8
Medium, Soft
16 Laps
1:44.536
P9
Hard, Soft


Lewis Hamilton
Today was a really good day. I enjoyed it from the start as the car felt strong from the first laps on track. We made some positive incremental steps on the set-up. There was nothing we had to come back on, and we continued to build throughout.
 
Pace wise, we didn't complete a huge number of laps on our long run in FP2. We will have to do some comparisons tonight therefore to see where our relative speed is. Our usual competitors looked strong, but I think we are there or thereabouts. That is encouraging and was our hope coming into this weekend. We will stay cautious and vigilant though. We will work hard tonight to try and find more gains and see what we can do in qualifying tomorrow.
 
George Russell
Today wasn't the smoothest Friday we've ever had. Unfortunately, we lost a little bit of running time with a precautionary power unit change ahead of FP2. Once we were out on track, I wasn't completely happy with the balance of the car. I was struggling to get the tyres in the right window and was lacking a little confidence. I'll work hard overnight to improve on that, step my game up for tomorrow and close the gap.
 
The good news is that Lewis was looking very quick out there. It encourages us that the car is strong, and we can be competitive this weekend. It looks very close between several teams, with Ferrari in particular looking strong. If we can make improvements overnight though we can aim to be in the mix for qualifying and the race on Sunday.
 
Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director
Lewis had two decent sessions and finished the day happy with the car. His pace also looked sensible although we know the areas we've got to work on. Overall, we're pleased with how his weekend has started. As has been the case in recent races, it looks very tight at the front in terms of single lap, so we'll be working hard overnight to find every bit of lap time.
 
In comparison to Lewis, George had a more challenging day. He wasn't very happy with the balance of the car in FP1, so we spent that session trying to improve it. Shortly after FP1 finished, we spotted an issue with the power unit that led us to take the cautious approach of swapping it out for FP2. That unfortunately cost him 25 minutes of valuable track time and whilst we got to run both tyres, the programme was compromised. We'll be aiming to recover some of the lost ground with George tomorrow in FP3.












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