Sainz predicts 2s lap gain around "seriously quick" Barcelona F1 circuit
Rena♌ult’s Carlos Sainz believes the combination of a newl꧅y resurfaced track and Pirelli’s softer Formula 1 tyres will make Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya around two seconds faster in 2018.
The Spanish Grand Prix venue was resurfaced ahead of pre-season testing in a move 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:criticised as a “waste of mone♋y” by Mercไedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who said the circuit had “lost its character” as a result.
Renault꧙’s Carlos Sainz believes the combination of a newly resurfac🦄ed track and Pirelli’s softer Formula 1 tyres will make Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya around two seconds faster in 2018.
The Spanish Grand Prix venue was resurfaced ahead of pre-season testing in a move 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:criticised as a “waste of money” by Me🌃rcedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who said the circuit had “lost its character” as a result.
Although running during the opening ⛄week of winter testing was disrupted by unusually cold temperatures and rain, the newly-laid tarmac, combined with Pirelli’s introduction of two new tyre compounds for the 2018 campaign, is expected to result in a significant drop in track lap times once optimal grip levels are reached.
"I think if you get the tyres going, the🐼 new tarmac of Barcelona is around two seconds faster,” Sainz said. “A𝐆lso what I heard from other categories and friends that live in Barcelona and come to run with different categories, they've all been on a normal day 1.5 seconds faster, two seconds sometimes.
“The lap is going to be seriously quick this year and it will be a completely different track, completely different balance, completely different deg to what we're used to in Barcelona exac𝔉tly one year ago.
“There are slight differences in cambers, in grip,” he🌠 added. “Obviously in kerbs there is also. It's not exactly the same track as it was last year, but it's still Barcelona in my opinion and still a great track, still one of the best tracks for testing.
“Now with this new tarmac, it's going to be seriously impressive, the lap times we⭕ will be able to do once the weather starts to be normal.”
Hamilton set the quickest lap pre-season testing so far on the final day of the opening week at Barcelona on mediums with a 1m19.333s - a t🎶ime shy of his 2017 pole position effort by just 0.2s.
Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly believes Pirelli’s prediction of race lap times dipping into the 1🍌m17s by May’s Spanish Grand Prix is likely to prov🧜e feasible.
“Looking at Lewis’ [time] - he's already at 1m19.3 - then it will be possible. The Mercedes is pretty good to hide potential, so I think it's🃏 goin𒅌g to be possible.
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