As it happened yesterday, the teams started the morning with aerodynamic tests and with slower laps with no significant times.
Red Bull was working on the braking system on Sergio Perez’s car, as there seemed to be a slight problem after his first outing.
After almost half an hour, Charles Leclerc set a time of 1:31.822 (C3) to get closer to Max Verstappen’s time achieved yesterday in the afternoon (1:31.344).
The Ferrari driver improved his time even more, setting a 1:31.750 (C3). Oscar Piastri got closer to the Monégasque, +0.696 (C3) behind.
After almost one hour, Fernando Alonso only completed 4 laps. It was a slow start for Aston Martin. Meanwhile, Piastri improved his lap and put his McLaren +0.578 (C3) behind the Ferrari. Logan Sargeant was the third-fastest driver after one hour and a half, just +0.828 behind Leclerc, but with C4 tires.
Yuki Tsunoda started working on long runs and his times were incredibly consistent and also seemed competitive, showing that the new RB challenger had a good base to start with.
Just like the Japanese driver, Lewis Hamilton, Piastri, and Leclerc were working on race pace simulation. We were gathering interesting data, but due to a drain coming off at the entry of turn 11, the session was red-flagged.
Apparently, the drain was flicked up by Hamilton (contrary to what the X post says) and later hit by Leclerc. The images showed that Ferrari mechanics were checking the car, thus hinting at possible damages to the SF24.
The stewards said the session wouldn’t resume and the activity on track would restart only at 12 PM CET. Therefore, the drivers running the morning session are done for the day. The afternoon session will go from 12 PM to 5 PM CET.
