Saturday, September 14, 2024

#F1 - 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Saturday "Work to do on race day in Baku" Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

 

Press Information
14 September 2024


 
F1: Session Report
 
2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Saturday

 
Work to do on race day in Baku
  • George Russell will line up P5 with Lewis Hamilton P7 for Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
  • George topped the times in FP3, albeit by setting his best lap at the end of the session when the track was at its best.
  • Heading into Qualifying, the team knew that it would likely need to find more pace to be in the fight for pole.
  • Both drivers navigated their way through to Q3, and initially sat P4 and P7 after their first efforts.
  • Opting to run first on track for their final laps, both were forced into a slower out lap as the stationery Williams of Alex Albon sat at pit exit.
  • Albon got going before both drivers started their lap, but both sacrificed a little tyre temperature by easing up in the final sector.
  • Both George and Lewis did ultimately improve on their final efforts but could only manage P5 and P7 on the grid for tomorrow's race.
Driver
FP3
Q1
Q2
Q3
George Russell
P1
8 Laps
1:43.139
P9
Medium, Soft
6 Laps
1:42.329
P4
Soft, Soft
6 Laps
1:41.874
P5
Soft, Soft
Lewis Hamilton
P10
10 Laps
1:43.089
P5
Medium, Soft
6 Laps
1:42.765
P9
Soft, Soft
6 Laps
1:42.289
P7
Soft, Soft


George Russell
I was pretty happy with my laps in Qualifying. They all felt strong but unfortunately, we didn't quite have the pace to fight for pole position. We topped the times in FP3, but we knew that this flattered us a little bit, having run right at the very end of the session. We thought we would be in a battle just outside of the top three. It is therefore a little frustrating to be half-a-tenth from P3 but P5 isn't a bad place to start from.
 
Ferrari are typically quick at street circuits and that proved to be the case once again today. I don't think we will be able to race them for victory tomorrow but hopefully we are in the battle for the podium.
 
Lewis Hamilton
Qualifying was disappointing as we had a good day yesterday and I thought we could be in the fight for the front two rows. Unfortunately, I was struggling to get the tyres working and that is what it is all about. We will analyse why that was as a team and hopefully make improvements moving forward.
 
The aim is to move forward tomorrow, and I am staying positive that we can do so. It is not always easy to progress here, but we have a slightly different tyre strategy to others which may help us. We will also have to look after the tyres as it is easy to suffer with the rears. If we can do so, then hopefully we can have a better day than we had today.
 
Toto Wolff, Team Principal & CEO
Qualifying proved frustrating today. Ferrari have looked strong all weekend, so we knew that it was unlikely we would be fighting for pole position. We worked hard to make improvements overnight and, although we were flattered by FP3, looked to be able to battle for the second row. After our first runs in Q3 that seemed possible. Unfortunately, on our second efforts we had a slightly compromised out lap and missed out on P3 by just half-a-tenth of a second.
 
George was happier throughout the session and ended up P5. Lewis struggled with tyre temperature and finished P7. It leaves us with work to do tomorrow but it is a long race, and our aim is to move forward. We haven't got a clear idea of where we are compared to our competitors on the long run so we will see what we can do tomorrow.
 
Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director
We made some overnight changes with the aim of getting the car into a better place, not only for qualifying today but tomorrow's race too. The outcome this weekend will ultimately be dictated by long run pace, so it was important that we continued to work on protecting the rear tyres for Sunday.
 
After a disrupted Friday, George was happier with the overall balance in FP3, but Lewis felt less comfortable than he did the day before. Whilst George topped the times in that session, we knew we were unlikely to be challenging for pole position. After making it through the first two segments of qualifying, we looked like we may challenge for the second row. Unfortunately, the out laps on our second run were slower than we would have liked and that cost us some crucial tyre temperature on those final efforts. That may have cost George a couple of places and we found ourselves in the middle of a tight bunch, rather than at the front.
 
Without much long run data from Friday, everyone's relative pace is slightly unknown. We hope the changes we've made to the car since then will help us tomorrow and we can fight for the podium

#Live #motorsport #Silverstone - Ferrari Challenge UK - Silverstone, Race 1 (UK) 14 September

14 September at 16:20 

#Ferrari



Posted by John Nichols


Race 2

#finance #usa #investment - Wall Street Week 09/13/2024: Bloomberg Television

14 September 2024

On this edition of Wall Street Week, Centerview Partners co-founder Blair Effron tells us how Wall Street sees Vice President Harris and former President Trump's economic policies. Activate Founder Michael Wolf says that the rise of legalized sports betting stands to transform the way media companies monetize the NFL season. Rockefeller International Chairman Ruchir Sharma says that the housing affordability challenge in the US began well before the Great Financial Crisis, and Basilinna Chair & CEO Deborah Lehr says that trade is no longer used as a tool to open up economies.

#Russia #Putinswar #Ukraine - Putin has broken almost every red line he’s put down: Times Radio

14 September 2024

“He’s been told by China and India not to use nuclear weapons.” Whenever Russia is worried about the trajectory of the war they “start talking about nuclear weapons,” says Pulitzer Prize winning historian Anne Applebaum.


Showing posts sorted by relevance for query PutinswarSort by date Show all posts

#AysenurEzgiEygi #AmericanTurkishActivist #WestBankShooting - Body of American-turkish activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi: Brought to family home ahead of funeral service

14 September 2024


Israel claims Aysenur was killed accidentally during a protest in Beita, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, but growing evidence contradicts that, with witnesses saying Israeli soldiers deliberately killed her.

The Israeli army said, after a brief investigation, that it was “highly likely [she was] hit” by its soldiers, adding that it was “indirectly and unintentionally”.



Showing posts sorted by relevance for query AysenurSort by date Show all posts

#live #motorsport - Euro 4 Championship - Red Bull Ring F1 Circuit (Austria) Round 2 - Race 1

14 September 2024 at 12:10

LIVE | Euro 4 Championship is back! After the summer break, in the cold and rainy Austrian weekend, is now time for race 1. The show is ready to start #E4C #Euro4 #RoadToF1


Posted by John Nichols

Race 2

#live #motorsport - Hankook 24H BARCELONA (Spain) 2024 - Race

14 September 2014

Visit the 24H SERIES website for more information on the 2024 Championship and all of our upcoming races: https://www.24hseries.com/


Posted by John Nichols

#live #motosport - Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia 2024 – Shanghai, (China) Race 1

14 September at 0945

Watch Live Race 1 of the fifth round of #Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia 2024 from Shanghai.


Posted by John Nichols

#live #motorsport - Ferrari Challenge North America - Indianapolis, (USA) Race 1 - Coppa Shell

14 September 2024

Scheduled for 14 Sept 2024 INDIANAPOLIS


Website

Posted by John Nichols

#F1 - Will Oliver Bearman shine again at Haas? The Inside Line

14 September 2024 at 07:00

Haas flew to Azerbaijan a comfortable seventh in the constructors’ battle, its highest placing since 2018, which was its best-ever season in F1. And with a new driver just for the Baku event, its 2025 young gun Oliver Bearman, freshly released by Ferrari to replace Kevin Magnussen, who must sit out for one race. Watch the video, and tell us what you think in the comments…




Posted by John Nichols