2020 F1 Turkish GP Friday practice results: Verstappen dominates

In the first practice session, Verstappen led Albon by a quarter of a second in a Red Bull 1-2 as teams immediately struggled to find grip on the new track surface, with drivers reporting it was like “driving on ice”. There was also a brief red flag early on as Charles Leclerc dislodged the pit lane entry bollard.

Leclerc ended the session third-quickest for Ferrari, just clear of AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly and the second Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel.

Daniil Kvyat made it two AlphaTauris in the top six, with Lando Norris the fastest of the McLarens in seventh, ahead of Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo). Bottas was the fastest Mercedes in ninth, with world championship leader Lewis Hamilton down in 15^th, over 5 seconds off the pace.

In FP2 the laptimes tumbled, with Verstappen lapping almost 7s faster than FP1. He again led the way, four tenths ahead of Leclerc.

The Mercedes duo were back near the top, albeit over half a second off Verstappen, with Bottas leading Hamilton in third and fourth, with Albon fifth, ahead of Kvyat and Gasly. Vettel slipped to eighth, ahead of Lance Stroll (Racing Point) and Norris.

The conditions remained treacherous, with too many spins to mention, and drivers reporting that the tyres were graining badly on the recently-resurfaced track.

F1 Turkish Grand Prix Free Practice 1 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	29	1'35.077			202.118
2	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	27	1'35.318	0.241	0.241	201.607
3	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	26	1'35.507	0.430	0.189	201.208
4	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	26	1'35.543	0.466	0.036	201.132
5	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	29	1'35.620	0.543	0.077	200.970
6	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	27	1'36.738	1.661	1.118	198.647
7	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	21	1'37.216	2.139	0.478	197.671
8	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	21	1'37.503	2.426	0.287	197.089
9	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	23	1'37.629	2.552	0.126	196.834
10	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	23	1'38.428	3.351	0.799	195.237
11	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	18	1'38.508	3.431	0.080	195.078
12	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	22	1'38.612	3.535	0.104	194.872
13	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	21	1'39.484	4.407	0.872	193.164
14	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	25	1'40.025	4.948	0.541	192.119
15	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	12	1'40.225	5.148	0.200	191.736
16	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	23	1'41.035	5.958	0.810	190.199
17	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	21	1'41.854	6.777	0.819	188.670
18	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	20	1'45.156	10.079	3.302	182.745
19	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	12	1'46.462	11.385	1.306	180.503
20	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	17	1'49.256	14.179	2.794	175.887
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F1 Turkish Grand Prix Free Practice 2 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	37	1'28.330			217.556
2	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	45	1'28.731	0.401	0.401	216.573
3	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	43	1'28.905	0.575	0.174	216.149
4	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	39	1'29.180	0.850	0.275	215.483
5	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	42	1'29.363	1.033	0.183	215.042
6	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	43	1'29.689	1.359	0.326	214.260
7	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	43	1'29.944	1.614	0.255	213.652
8	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	41	1'30.022	1.692	0.078	213.467
9	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	38	1'30.297	1.967	0.275	212.817
10	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	39	1'30.907	2.577	0.610	211.389
11	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	38	1'31.104	2.774	0.197	210.932
12	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	36	1'31.380	3.050	0.276	210.295
13	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	39	1'31.493	3.163	0.113	210.035
14	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	40	1'31.498	3.168	0.005	210.024
15	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	35	1'31.660	3.330	0.162	209.653
16	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	43	1'31.932	3.602	0.272	209.032
17	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	39	1'32.302	3.972	0.370	208.194
18	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	33	1'32.570	4.240	0.268	207.592
19	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	37	1'32.807	4.477	0.237	207.061
20	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	40	1'33.488	5.158	0.681	205.553
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F1 Turkish Grand Prix practice as it happened