Max starts Tuscan GP weekend well with P2 and 32 completed laps
Published on 11 September 2020 by Stefan Meens
Max Verstappen completed 32 laps and clocked the second fastest lap during the opening practice session of the Tuscan Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) was quickest in the first ever Grand Prix hosted at Mugello. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, completed the top three.
Whilst several riders at the start of the session opt to run the medium tyre, Max choses the hard Pirelli compound for his first laps of Mugello. Nevertheless, Max is quickest after half an hour. Both Hamilton and Leclerc, in second and third place, set their times on the mediums.
Just after the halfway mark, most of the drivers continue on the soft tyres. Bottas is quickest, followed by Max and Leclerc.
In the final fifteen minutes, most drivers attempt another run on red-walled soft Pirellis, but it doesn’t lead to any changes at the top of the leaderboards.
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Results first free practice Tuscany:
| pos | driver | team | time | gap | laps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valtteri Bottas | BOT | Mercedes | 1:17.879 | 33 | |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | VER | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:17.927 | +0.048s | 32 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | LEC | Ferrari | 1:18.186 | +0.307s | 27 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | HAM | Mercedes | 1:18.409 | +0.530s | 28 |
| 5 | Pierre Gasly | GAS | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:18.676 | +0.797s | 30 |
| 6 | Esteban Ocon | OCO | Renault | 1:18.805 | +0.926s | 28 |
| 7 | Daniil Kvyat | KVY | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:18.839 | +0.960s | 31 |
| 8 | Lando Norris | NOR | McLaren Renault | 1:18.981 | +1.102s | 30 |
| 9 | Alexander Albon | ALB | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:19.068 | +1.189s | 34 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | RIC | Renault | 1:19.140 | +1.261s | 25 |
| 11 | Kimi Räikkönen | RAI | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:19.219 | +1.340s | 21 |
| 12 | Romain Grosjean | GRO | Haas Ferrari | 1:19.224 | +1.345s | 25 |
| 13 | Sebastian Vettel | VET | Ferrari | 1:19.267 | +1.388s | 27 |
| 14 | Antonio Giovinazzi | GIO | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:19.322 | +1.443s | 28 |
| 15 | Carlos Sainz | SAI | McLaren Renault | 1:19.457 | +1.578s | 33 |
| 16 | George Russell | RUS | Williams Mercedes | 1:19.478 | +1.599s | 29 |
| 17 | Kevin Magnussen | MAG | Haas Ferrari | 1:19.551 | +1.672s | 25 |
| 18 | Lance Stroll | STR | Racing Point BWT Mercedes | 1:19.836 | +1.957s | 23 |
| 19 | Sergio Perez | PER | Racing Point BWT Mercedes | 1:19.840 | +1.961s | 29 |
| 20 | Nicholas Latifi | LAT | Williams Mercedes | 1:20.034 | +2.155s | 32 |
