Melbourne: Alonso strong again

Even in better conditions on Friday in Melbourne, the Spaniard in his Aston Martin was a good four tenths of a second ahead of Charles Leclerc in the Ferrari with a lap of 1:18,887 minutes. In the more meaningful first training session, world champion Max Verstappen in the Red Bull was, as expected, unbeatable on a dry track. The wet track made a normal practice session three and a half hours later impossible. Before the rain increased, the teams hastily tried to do fast laps. The dry tires could then no longer be used. As a result, the times on the Albert Park course gave even less insight into the true balance of power. Verstappen ended up in third place ahead of George Russell in the Mercedes. However, the first session was not without problems either. Problems with the GPS system meant that training had to be interrupted for several minutes. The difficulties made it impossible for the teams to observe the vehicle position and approach speeds on the track. Therefore, for safety reasons, the red flag was waved until the tracking worked again. Shortly before the end, the 60-minute session was cut short because Williams newcomer Logan Sargeant had to park his car right next to the track with technical problems. Before the third race of the season on Sunday (7.00:41 a.m. CEST/live ServusTV and Sky), for which dry conditions and sunshine are expected again, Verstappen leads the overall standings by one point over Perez. So far, both have won one Grand Prix. Third is XNUMX-year-old Alonso. When it comes to the weather, you have to be prepared for anything in the Australian autumn. “We are prepared for all eventualities,” said Red Bull motorsport consultant Helmut Marko on ServusTV. In any case, the world champion team wanted to set up the car to be more stable for the weekend, the Styrian revealed. “Especially if these weather conditions continue, I think a less nervous car is more important.”

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Melbourne: Alonso strong again

Former world champion Fernando Alonso set the fastest time in the rainy second Formula 1 training session before the Australian Grand Prix.

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