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2021 Formula 1 Portuguese GP
Apr 30, 2021 to May 2, 2021
| Algarve International Circuit, PT
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06:13:13 am
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Ilott goes above Raikkonen on his latest lap, and is just a couple of hundredths off Alonso's time. Raikkonen then went quicker, but track limits'd and lost the lap.
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06:11:19 am
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Bottas winds his time down to a 1m20.088s.
06:09:37 am
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The Williamses have now found some pace - Russell is P9, Latifi P14. Not too shabby...
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06:07:53 am
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But Bottas is on softs now, and he slaps in a 1m20.221s. It'll do.
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06:07:04 am
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Verstappen went quicker with a 1m20.318s - still on the hard tyre.
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06:06:15 am
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Mazepin gets annoyed by Schumacher passing him on the straight. Good practice for the race, though...
06:05:15 am
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A steady log of times being deleted - quite a few of them being Leclerc's. Latifi's just had his best time so far removed too, sticking back down at the bottom of the timesheets.
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06:03:33 am
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Verstappen now returns to the top with a 1m20.500s, after having a moan on the radio about the regen mode. That's 0.006s faster than Bottas.
06:01:29 am
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At the halfway stage, our top 10 is: 1. Bottas, 2. Verstappen, 3. Hamilton, 4. Ricciardo, 5. Ocon, 6. Gasly, 7. Stroll, 8. Vettel, 9. Sainz, 10. Alonso.
05:59:04 am
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Vettel had a moment and went into the wrong pitbox - dropping into the McLaren box instead. Maybe he's just manifesting another transfer...
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05:56:47 am
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Bottas did a 1m20.506s earlier to go top, so he's found something here that isn't George Russell in the middle of a corner...
05:56:02 am
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We were about to write something about Ilott only being a tenth off Hamilton, but the latter driver spoils the fun and goes third.
05:53:10 am
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There was perhaps more in that lap, Verstappen doing the cha-cha slide through the penultimate corner.
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05:52:26 am
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Verstappen now stabs home a lap to pick up P1, logging a 1m21.053s to go over 0.7s faster than Ricciardo's ex-headliner.
05:48:41 am
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Verstappen's finally set a proper lap, and goes up to P3. Lots of hard tyre running at the moment - so, again, we'll see laptimes fall further in due course.
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05:47:40 am
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It's a 1m21.821s for Ricciardo, who vaults to the top of the timesheets.
05:46:20 am
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Vettel's up to third place in his Aston Martin, getting between the two Ferraris - Sainz still P2, Leclerc P4.
05:43:35 am
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"The balance is pretty undriveable right now," Hamilton says. Race engineer Bono tells him it's surface temperature related - ie, the track's kinda cold.
05:42:45 am
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McLaren's blue bits this weekend are emblazoned with Autogrill. Autogrill? What the hell is thaaaat?
05:41:36 am
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Pole time last year was a 1m16.652s from Hamilton. Time still on the table, in F1 vernacular.
05:39:24 am
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And there's Bottas with a 1m21.829s. Sainz and Gasly also split the Mercedes drivers.
05:38:51 am
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The times are going to come down as the drivers reacquaint themselves with the Algarve circuit. Which it's actually called - not Portimao. Fun. At. Parties.
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05:38:06 am
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Alonso gets back up to second for a short time, with Gasly going third - but Hamilton then does a 1m22.772s.
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05:37:29 am
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Hamilton now goes P2, as Bottas does a 1m22.938s to go even quicker.
05:36:35 am
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Alonso pops up to P2 ahead of Sainz, while Leclerc has his laptime deleted for track limits. First of many, we imagine.
05:35:25 am
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Here's Ilott, then - we share the same birthday, but depressingly I'm five years older than him.
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05:34:05 am
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First blood to Bottas, who sets a 1m23.778s.
05:33:43 am
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There's a little piece on the exit of the pitlane, looks like one of those things you shove in a sidepod or brake duct to hold the leaf-blower coolers. Seems it was stuck under Sainz's car.
05:31:36 am
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Bottas is first on the road, followed by Perez, Ilott, Tsunoda and Raikkonen.
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05:31:04 am
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The time is now at Portimao - the session hath beginneth.
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05:29:13 am
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No chance of rain for this session - which Mr. Ilott will be delighted with, having had his FP1 appearance at the Nurburgring washed away last year
05:25:43 am
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05:24:12 am
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05:23:30 am
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I assume, of course, there's an unwritten rule of "don't crash into them", but I suppose you can equally contend that that Mercedes has a rule of "don't end up fighting with Williams"...
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05:22:30 am
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Speaking of tricky corners, George Russell says there's no "rules of engagement" between he and the Mercedes drivers after Imola: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/russell-no-rules-of-engagement-in-fighting-mercedes-drivers/6498874/
05:21:37 am
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Portimao has been a popular addition to the calendar, and the Portuguese venue has remained on the calendar for this year. Lots of undulation and tricky corners for the drivers to contend with.
05:19:46 am
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Good morning! In about 10 minutes, we'll be underway for free practice at Portimao.
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By: Jake Boxall-Legge, Stephen Lickorish, Tom Howard, Megan White
Published: Apr 30, 2021, 11:13 AM
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