The free practice in the third quarter of the Turkish Grand Prix was almost deserted because of the rain that made the track conditions worse. Max Verstappen was the fastest in the game with half-rain tires at the beginning.
After practice on Friday, the re-asphalted Istanbul Park Circuit has been criticized by the drivers because the surface is too smooth, causing serious problems for the team's car tuning. Only the last hour of Saturday can be adjusted. .
However, the rain brought more obstacles to the team's work. It was just a bit wet at first, and some teams sent drivers to check the environment with semi-rain tires. At that time, Verstappen took the first place with 1 minute 48.485 seconds after completing 6 laps. Ferrari’s Charles Lechler was second with a difference of 0.9 seconds, 0.6 seconds ahead of Alexander Alben.
is followed by Esteban O'Connell of Renault, Lando Norris of McLaren, Sebastian Wittman of Ferrari, and Sergio Perez of Racing Point. And Mercedes' Valtery Bottas, Haas' Kevin Magnussen and another Racing Point driver Lance Stroll ranked in the last three of the top ten.
Lewis Hamilton, who is only one step away from his seventh world championship, made a few inspection laps with only rain tires. George Russell and Nicholas Latifi of Williams did not leave time.
A number of drivers reported to the team that the track was more like ice in the rain, and there were also many dangers, including a slight tire collision between O'Connell and Lake Luck in turn 12, and Antonio Giovinaz was in In the final stage, he slipped off the track twice and almost hit the wall.
On Friday, on a track like a skating rink, Verstappen swept the fastest time of two practice sessions, while Mercedes only caught up to third and fourth place in the afternoon. Afterwards, Hamilton criticized the practice of resurfacing and said that driving a car made him "frightened". And he believes that Red Bull has the upper hand on the low-grip track.
Mercedes has taken pole position in the qualifying of the first 13 race weekends. Now the chaotic scene in Turkey makes it possible for the 2020 season to usher in different pole position winners for the first time.
2020F1 Turkey FP3 results table:
Source: Motorsports
