Lando Norris fears potentially “dangerous” 80km/h winds at Dutch GP

Lando Norris thinks condit🐼ions in Friday F1 practice could be "dangerous" if strong winds arrive as forecast at Zandvoort.

Lando Norris
Lando Norris

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris is concerned that weather conditions during Friday practice at F1’s Dutch Grand Prix could potentially be “dangeꦚrous”.

There were already strong winds in the Zandvoort p🐻addock on Thursday but forecasts have predicted gusts of up to 80km/h on Friday, when F1’s opening two practice sessions will✃ be held.

Norris warned that drivers could end up getting caught out by the wind🅘 and end up either “in the gravel or the wall”.

“It’s a lot trickier than people think,” the McL♓aren driver said. “I mean, even when it's 20-25km/h, it is already a lot. Even when it's no wind to 10km/h, you notice the difference.

“When it's jus🎀t a constant 25km/h it's difficult, but it൲'s going to be 40, 50, 60, 70, 80km/h... I've never experienced something like that.

“Obviously it can be quite dangerous, because if you go into a corner at a certain speed, like Turn 7, with a 60, 70, 8ꦡ0km/h wind, that changes the car.

“There's nothing you can do as a driver. You're going to be in the graꦍvel or in the wall. I don't know what to expect.”

McLaren teammate168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Oscar Piastri said: “The a🌺mount of downforce you gain, or more import🔜antly lose, depending on the direction of the wind is [massive].

“In some cor🅰ners it will probably be like driving an F2 car tomorrow. It's a massive change and alꦓso very difficult for us because of course we can't feel the wind that well.

“You can feel it pretty well when it's sideways, but when it's a headwind 🎐or a tailwind, it's not always that easy to tell. And if you get a gust at the wrong moment, it's completely out of your control in some ways.

"I think it'll be a pretty 🦄interesting day, and an inteꦉresting weekend, with the wind and the rain.”

Ferrari’s168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Charles Leclerc doubts there will be much action o🐲n track♋ if the winds are as strong as expected.

“I don't think there are any cars that are designed fജor the wind we have forecasted for tomorrow,” the M🌃onegasque said.

“I think it's up to 80km/h. I'm not sure there will be many cars on trackꦅ in case it's that way.

“However, I think for Saturday and Sunday, it calms down, but it still remains ex🔴tremely high wind.”

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