2020 F1 Tuscan GP Friday practice results, Bottas dominates

In first practice, the inaugural official grand prix session outside of the F1 tests that have been held here previously, Bottas was fastest with a lap of 1m17.879s.

The Finn was 0.048s faster than Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc – using a new chassis this weekend – a further three tenths back in third as the celebration of the Scuderia’s 1000^th GP began.

Hamilton was only fourth quickest in FP1, ahead of last weekend’s hero Pierre Gasly for AlphaTauri.

In FP2, Bottas was on top again, lowering the fastest time to 1m16.989s, which was two tenths quicker than Hamilton. Verstappen was a quarter of a second off Bottas’s time, with his teammate Alex Albon in fourth – almost a second off the pace.

Renault was best of the rest, with Daniel Ricciardo outpacing Esteban Ocon. Gasly slipped to eighth, behind Racing Point’s Sergio Perez.

Lando Norris crashed his McLaren on the exit of Turn 3, swiping the front wing from the car as he swiped the concrete wall. The session was red flagged while his car was recovered.

Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen also suffered spins, the latter tagged into his off at the first corner by Perez who had just left the pits. That also red flagged the session to clear debris.

Raikkonen outpaced both Ferraris, ending the day ninth fastest.

F1 Tuscan Grand Prix Free Practice 1 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	33	1'17.879			242.453
2	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	32	1'17.927	0.048	0.048	242.303
3	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	27	1'18.186	0.307	0.259	241.501
4	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	28	1'18.409	0.530	0.223	240.814
5	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	30	1'18.676	0.797	0.267	239.996
6	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	28	1'18.805	0.926	0.129	239.604
7	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	31	1'18.839	0.960	0.034	239.500
8	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	30	1'18.981	1.102	0.142	239.070
9	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	34	1'19.068	1.189	0.087	238.807
10	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	25	1'19.140	1.261	0.072	238.589
11	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	21	1'19.219	1.340	0.079	238.351
12	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	25	1'19.224	1.345	0.005	238.336
13	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	27	1'19.267	1.388	0.043	238.207
14	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	28	1'19.322	1.443	0.055	238.042
15	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	33	1'19.457	1.578	0.135	237.637
16	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	29	1'19.478	1.599	0.021	237.575
17	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	25	1'19.551	1.672	0.073	237.357
18	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	23	1'19.836	1.957	0.285	236.509
19	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	29	1'19.840	1.961	0.004	236.497
20	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	32	1'20.034	2.155	0.194	235.924
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F1 Tuscan Grand Prix Free Practice 2 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	28	1'16.989			245.255
2	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	29	1'17.196	0.207	0.207	244.598
3	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	25	1'17.235	0.246	0.039	244.474
4	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	28	1'17.971	0.982	0.736	242.166
5	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	32	1'18.039	1.050	0.068	241.955
6	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	29	1'18.115	1.126	0.076	241.720
7	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	34	1'18.198	1.209	0.083	241.463
8	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	30	1'18.244	1.255	0.046	241.322
9	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	38	1'18.385	1.396	0.141	240.887
10	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	27	1'18.400	1.411	0.015	240.841
11	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	37	1'18.462	1.473	0.062	240.651
12	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	39	1'18.498	1.509	0.036	240.541
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	32	1'18.651	1.662	0.153	240.073
14	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	9	1'18.658	1.669	0.007	240.051
15	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	33	1'18.736	1.747	0.078	239.814
16	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	33	1'18.843	1.854	0.107	239.488
17	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	35	1'18.944	1.955	0.101	239.182
18	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	31	1'18.983	1.994	0.039	239.064
19	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	32	1'19.113	2.124	0.130	238.671
20	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	5	1'19.257	2.268	0.144	238.237
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