Jjust when Fernando Alonso most needed the minutes available on the track, to test the battery of improvements that Aston Martin has brought to Canada, a problem with the safety system of the circuit, without which you can not run, ruined the initial plans.
A Pierre Gasly’s (Alpine) red flag caused a computer crash, with what Only five minutes of Free Practice 1 have been played in Montreal.
“Every minute on the track is gold for us,” he lamented Peter of the Rose, ambassador of the British brand, while the clock was inexorably discounted by minutes. AND, Why didn’t the official time of the session stop? because the F1 regulations do not allow it for Free Practice 1, 2 and 3, since there is a stipulated time between sessions. For Friday, 2.5 hours is stipulated between the end of Free Practice 1 and Free Practice 2. She only stops in Qualifying and the Race, when necessary.
As a result, With the rain forecast in place for the rest of the weekend, Alonso, Stroll and Aston Martin seemed left without a clear opportunity to test the improvements. on the entire body of your single-seaters.
The FIA extends Free Practice 2 to 90 munitions
Faced with an unusual event, the The International Federation decided to advance Free Practice 2 by half an hour, at 10:30 p.m. (Spanish time), to partially recover the time lost. due to a failure unrelated to the equipment or the weather. But it is not known in what conditions that hour and a half and if the weather respect said session.
Free Practice 1, Canadian GP 2023 (5 minutes played)
1 V.Bottas Alfa Romeo 1’18″728 3
2 L. Stroll Aston Martin 1’19″175 +00″447 3
3 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1’19″807 +01″079 3
4 S. Perez Red Bull 1’20″154 +01″426 3
5 M. Verstappen Red Bull 1’20″231 +01″503 3
6 O. Piastri McLaren 1’21″496 +02″768 1
7 K. Magnussen Haas 1’24″045 +05″317 3
8 N. Hulkenberg Haas 1’24″336 +05″608 3
9 G.Zhou Alfa Romeo 1’24″961 +06″233 3
10 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1’25″991 +07″263 3
11 C. Leclerc Ferrari 1’26″809 +08″081 3
12 N. De Vries AlphaTauri 1’32″274 +13″546 3
Red flag for Gasly and parn de 15
Only five minutes had passed when Pierre Gasly was stranded on the track with his Alpine, in what initially appeared to be a gearbox issue by staying in neutral while downshifting. Apparently it was about a possible hydraulic problem or lack of traction due to a disconnected bearing. The A523 still has some ticks inherited from the cars that Alonso has driven the last two years.
A problem that occurred behind the flag, with the circuit’s security system cameras blocked, forced an additional stoppage, which ended in the suspension of the race.
