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The hoop is often the main excuse for an explanation for most losers. Soon you don’t hear it anymore – as long as a tire doesn’t explode, the complaints should be kept under control.
Red, yellow – but nothing white?
Well, the difference between the hard and medium tires in Saudi Arabia is 0.8 seconds, between the medium and red tires it is only 0.4 seconds. Pirelli recommends just one stop for the 50-lap night race on the 6.175km circuit. From red (soft) to yellow (medium).
We shall see. The circle of favorites will hardly get any bigger!
Slow start
Right at the start of the third practice session, the two Aston Martin Mercedes drivers, Stroll and Alonso, gave in to the green monster. Behind them the two poorly started McLaren-Mercedes of Piastri and Norris. The two Alfa-Saubers, who were bottom on Friday, took 9th and 10th place.
That was after 12 minutes. Then Russell and Hamilton’s two works Mercedes took the lead. Until world champion Verstappen in the Red Bull-Honda became too colorful – and with the hard tire (!) Replaced Gasly in the Alpine in the front. The French drove red or soft. understood?
Aston Martin fully involved
Pérez needed the soft rubber for the best time after half an hour to beat teammate Verstappen by 0.1. understood? Interesting that only Alonso and Stroll in the Aston Martin – just like Verstappen – switched to the white hard rubber. And had no chance. Until Alonso and Stroll switched to red and appeared at the front.
Did Ferrari bluff?
And Verstappen? In the end he had the red band put on – and chased Pérez away from the lead. By 0.6 seconds. understood?
Ferrari was mostly yellow (medium) and got stuck in the back midfield. A bluff? Well, when the soft rubber was finally on, both red cars smuggled forward: 6th Leclerc, 10th Sainz
Fingers crossed from 6pm
In contrast to Friday, Alfa-Sauber made slight progress. As a reminder, at the start of the World Championship in Bahrain, both Hinwil cars survived the first qualifying obstacle. What a success. Because five different teams each lost a car in the desert in 18 minutes. Positions 12 and 18 do not guarantee optimism.
Looking for five «losers»
But this time Alpine (and McLaren-Mercedes) will barely lose a car in the first part from 6pm CET (tv live). The “surprise” two weeks ago: Hülkenberg made it to the top ten final in the Haas Ferrari. But beware: the car from Maranello is a one-lap wonder. Then there will be tire problems soon…
The results of the third training
Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
