Results and summary of Friday F1 in France: FP1 and FP2

Carlos Sainz’s teammate Charles Leclerc was quickest in FP1, but the Spaniard overtook him in FP2, with F1 championship leader Max Verstappen in third.

F1 French GP 2022 FP1 Results: Leclerc faster than Verstappen

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	23	1’33.930			223.902
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	19	1’34.021	0.091	0.091	223.686
3	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	twenty-one	1’34,268	0.338	0.247	223,100
4	George Russell	Mercedes	25	1’34.881	0.951	0.613	221.658
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	21	1’34,979	1,049	0.098	221,430
6	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	twenty-one	1’35,174	1,244	0.195	220,976
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	21	1’35.232	1.302	0.058	220.841
8	Alexander Albon	williams	24	1’35.414	1.484	0.182	220.420
9	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	23	1’35.426	1.496	0.012	220,392
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	twenty-one	1’35,660	1,730	0.234	219,853
11	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	twenty one	1’35.676	1.746	0.016	219.816
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	19	1’35.810	1.880	0.134	219.509
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	21	1’35.828	1.898	0.018	219.468
14	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	24	1’35.851	1.921	0.023	219.415
15	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	22	1’35.875	1.945	0.024	219.360
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	19	1’36.022	2.092	0.147	219.024
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	22	1’36.104	2,174	0.082	218,837
18	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	26	1’36.127	2.197	0.023	218.785
19	Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo	19	1’36,332	2,402	0.205	218,319
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	23	1’37.043	3.113	0.711	216.720
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What happened in the FP1 of the French GP 2022 of F1?

Verstappen set a time of 1m34.991s on the soft tires to be fastest from the start of the session, half a second ahead of team-mate Sergio Pérez (who spun at Turn 3, and later he went wide at a chicane) and 0.83 seconds ahead of Leclerc at the halfway point of the session.

Verstappen lowered his time to 1m34.346s , but was overtaken almost immediately by Sainz, who will take a grid penalty after his engine failure at the Austrian GP, thanks to a 1m34.256s .

First place then became a direct fight between Verstappen and Leclerc. The Dutchman set a 1m34.021s , despite the obvious understeer he suffered going over the curbs at the exit of Beausset, where he damaged the edge of the ground.

But Leclerc beat him by 91 thousandths with a 1:33.930 , despite a poor second sector, where he lost two tenths of a second. Sainz remained third, more than three tenths off the lead, ahead of the Mercedes of George Russell, the updated AlphaTauri of Pierre Gasly and Pérez.

Nyck de Vries replaced Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes in this session and was ninth quickest, half a second behind Russell. Robert Kubica also replaced Valtteri Bottas in Alfa Romeo, falling 0.656s behind team-mate Guanyu Zhou in 19th position.

F1 French GP 2022 FP2 results: Sainz overtakes Leclerc

Cla	Pilot		laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h
1	Carlos Sainz Jr.		22	1,32,527			227,297
2	Charles Leclerc		22	1’32.628	0.101	0.101	227.050
3	Max Verstappen		17	1’33.077	0.550	0.449	225.954
4	George Russell		20	1’33.291	0.764	0.214	225.436
5	Lewis Hamilton		23	1’33.517	0.990	0.226	224.891
6	Lando Norris		21	1’33.607	1.080	0.090	224.675
7	Pierre Gasly		24	1’33,906	1,379	0.299	223,960
8	Kevin Magnussen		24	1’33.928	1.401	0.022	223.907
9	Daniel Ricciardo		23	1’33.984	1.457	0.056	223.774
10	Sergio Perez		16	1’34.060	1,533	0.076	223,593
11	Fernando Alonso		24	1’34.259	1.732	0.199	223.121
12	Valtteri Bottas		27	1’34.264	1.737	0.005	223.109
13	Sebastian Vettel		27	1’34.420	1.893	0.156	222.740
14	Yuki Tsunoda		twenty four	1’34.540	2.013	0.120	222.458
15	Lance Stroll		26	1’34.595	2.068	0.055	222.328
16	Alexander Albon		23	1’34.653	2.126	0.058	222.192
17	Guanyu Zhou		26	1’34.654	2.127	0.001	222.190
18	Esteban Ocon		26	1’34.660	2.133	0.006	222.176
19	Mick Schumacher		22	1’35.195	2.668	0.535	220.927
20	Nicholas Latifi		27	1’35.412	2.885	0.217	220.425
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What happened in the FP2 of the French GP 2022 of F1?

Leclerc started out in the lead after 15 minutes with a 1m34.182s as all teams used the medium tires from the start of the session. Verstappen edged it out by 0.010s, thanks to a 1m34.172s , before Sainz was the first of the favorites to switch to the softs, dropping to 1m33.322s , with a difference of 0.850s between the two compounds in similar track conditions. .

Leclerc edged out his teammate in pole position by 0.186s with a 1m33.136s just before the halfway point of the session, but Sainz responded on a second attempt by setting a 1m32.527s , which was the fastest lap of the season. day.

Verstappen managed to stay within half a second of that, complaining of excessive understeer causing him to pit to modify his car before his long run, while Leclerc posted a 1m32.628s to retake the one-two from Ferrari, 0.101s behind Sainz.

Russell was best of the rest in fourth position, more than two tenths behind the Spaniard from Ferrari, but ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton.

Mick Schumacher spun at speed at Beausset early in the session but kept his Haas clear of the wall.

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