Turkish Grand Prix – Free Practice 1 & 2

Car 6 MARK WEBBER      
1st Practice P8, 2nd Practice P2

“The engine went at the end of P2, but it was a high mileage engine, so we were expecting it to be on the edge. There’s no hand brake on a F1 car so when I stopped I was trying to tell them to put something behind the wheel to stop the car rolling back. A frustrating thing to explain from within the car! We need to analyse the new F-duct system tonight, we know it’s not the most straightforward of systems. The guys have done a phenomenal job to get it to this point and we’re happy with how it went today but, whether we race it or not, we don’t know yet.”   

Car 5 SEBASTIAN VETTEL  
1st Practice P5, 2nd Practice P3

“It was a reasonable day – and quite tough as we introduced the F-duct. We still need to do some fine tuning, but it looks good. I think McLaren looks very competitive here, their system seems to be working well and they seem quite a bit quicker than everyone else on the straights. You can make up time in the corners, but there are quite a few straights joining them. We’ll see if we keep our system on. It feels more natural now with the new chassis, it was good to change it and overall I was happy with the balance of the car.”

STATISTICS

MARK WEBBER
First Practice Session
Position: 8, Best Time: 1:30.097, Laps: 26, Chassis No. 4
Second Practice Session   
Position: 2, Best Time 1:28.378, Laps: 24, Chassis No. 4

SEBASTIAN VETTEL
First Practice Session
Position: 5, Best Time: 1:29.867, Laps: 30, Chassis No. 2
Second Practice Session   
Position: 3, Best Time: 1:28.590, Laps: 27, Chassis No. 2

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