to make it a bit easier to drive also.this year the competition – notably Ferrari and McLaren – have narrowed the gap.“I’ve spoken to some drivers who have driven it on the simulator.“I was just raring to go just every second.even though your kerb riding is bad or whatever.“The updates that have gone on to the car have all correlated and have earned their place on the car.Verstappen took over as race leader.Norris suspects it is advantage Ferrari.

4mph slower than Cruise’s instructor David Coulthard.and any time a Red Bull driver earns a fastest lap point.”He put Mercedes’ improvement down to “more downforce.so whether you do the first lap when the tracks the best.And that is now creating quite large problems in terms of trying to come up with a solution to work with it.so Villeneuve asked Vasseur whether this new asphalt or the track temperatures could have contributed to Ferrari’s Q2 exit?Vasseur replied: “No.

Failing to make it out of Q1 in Montreal.it was always going to become more competitive.Fernando Alonso sets pace in rain-affected Canadian GP FP2The weather threatened to play a major role once more in the second hour of practice.Valtteri Bottas will look to maintain the upper hand over Zhou Guanyu in qualifying in their third season as team-mates.Esteban Ocon’s P11 finish would have meant he would have got Alpine off the mark this time around.The Frenchman and Alpine announced last week that this would be his final season with the Enstone team leading to reports Haas are the frontrunners to sign the 27-year-old.