The second USGP practice was considered 'meaningless' as teams trialled Pirelli's 2023 tyres in controlled conditions. But it was also a great opportunity for Ferrari to understand its F1 car and make a potential breakthrough. Practice analysis:
Ferrari swept the board in practice for Formula 1’s 2022 US Grand Prix on Friday, but unusual circumstances for both sessions meant they provided little insight for form prediction regarding Sunday’s race.
Although he was able to get going after being initially caught side-on against the barriers, which meant FP1 was red-flagged for four minutes, Giovinazzi could not then remerge from the pits as his car’s clutch had overheated and Haas feared the gearbox was also damaged. But that had to be put to one side initially, as Leclerc, Bottas and Ricciardo used the 35-minutes allocated for drivers that had sat out FP1 to get up to speed at Austin on the usual rubber. This option was eschewed by Haas and Williams, which gave Magnussen and Latifi 2023-tyre-only run plans in FP2.
The five-lap runs were considered ‘performance’ evaluations, with the drivers told to push hard for three laps either side of their in- and out-laps. These were conducted on fuel loads of 20kg per car, with the longer stints run with tanks filled close to the brim at 100kg fuel total. Set-up adjustments between runs were not permitted.
Fernando Alonso had lurid slides through Turns 1 and 11, while Hamilton and Norris had to catch oversteer snaps through the penultimate corner, which spat them wide onto the exit kerbs and into harsh bounces on their stiff, ground effect rides. Norris also had a wild entry to the pitlane during the early running.
Indeed, the tests are only happening here and in Mexico because, A, the teams are understood to have refused to a Pirelli request for dedicated in-season test days to evaluate the new rubber so late in the campaign to save parts milage. And, B, because the test of the softer 2023 compounds could not take place as planned in Japan due to the wet weather there. That will finally get done next week in Mexico City.
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