In the early morning of October 23, Beijing time, the F1 American Grand Prix Friday practice round ended at the Circuit of the Americas. Bottas and Perez took first place in the first free practice and the second free practice respectively.
The third training and qualifying matches will be held at 02:00 and 05:00 Beijing time on October 24, respectively.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > the first free practice match</h1>
At 00:30 Beijing time on October 23, the first practice officially began. Alonso's car malfunctioned in the system detection lap, he stopped the car at Turn 12, and then the race showed a red flag!
Alonso parked the car in the buffer zone
Slow motion showed Alonso's car leaking and a crane was dispatched to move the car off the track.
Red Flag ends a practice recovery, the game time remains 49 minutes!
With 42 minutes remaining, Leclerc slid into the buffer zone at Turn 8, triggering a brief yellow flag. Fortunately, the car did not completely sink into the gravel, and then he returned to the track to drive the car back to the pit area.
Leclerc made a mistake
The race went on for 25 minutes, and Perez scored 1:36.798, overtaking Hamilton to first place.
Perez made the fastest lap
Nearly halfway through the first practice, Hamilton surpassed Perez with a score of 1:36.381 and returned to the first place again.
Hamilton came to first place
Since then, Verstappen and Hamilton have set a new record of the fastest lap on the pitch. With 18 minutes left in practice, Bottas scored 1:34.874 to overtake teammate Hamilton and rise to first place.
Bottas rose to first place
Ma Zeping rushed off the track at Turn 19, triggering a yellow flag on the stage.
Ma Zeping rushed into the buffer zone
In the last 10 minutes of the first practice, the top three are still Bottas, Hamilton and Verstappen.
A practice goes into the last 10 minutes
In the final moments of the first practice, the conditions on the field continued, with Perez and Mick Schumacher colliding slightly while cornering.
Perez and Mick Schumacher collided
After practicing a stopwatch, Raikkonen slipped during a corner, triggering a brief yellow flag.
Raikkonen slipped
At the end of the final exercise, Bottas was ranked first with a time of 1:34.874, Hamilton was second in 0.045 seconds, and Verstappen was third, and the gap between him and Bottas was 0.932 seconds. Two Ferrari drivers, Leclerc and Sainz, were four or five, with sixth to tenth being: Gasly, Perez, Norris, Giovinaz and Raikkonen.
The final result of the first free practice competition
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="99" > second free practice match</h1>
The second practice was 15 minutes long, with Mercedes and Red Bull Racing temporarily taking the top four. Perez is first with a time of 1:35.716, while Bottas, Verstappen and Hamilton are second to fourth respectively.
Perez, Bottas and Verstappen are provisionally in the top three
In the 20th minute of the second exercise, Norris locked up at Turn 11 and rushed into the buffer zone.
Norris briefly rushed into the buffer zone
Bottas then made a score of 1:35.360, rising to the first place. In second place at this time is Stoll.
Bottas moved up to number one
The second practice is nearly halfway through, and the drivers have refreshed their fastest lap speed after changing into soft tires. Among them, Perez made 1:34.946, temporarily rising to the first place.
Perez set a new fastest lap time
The second practice entered the last 20 minutes, and the drivers began to conduct long-distance tests.
The riders began testing long distances
In terms of long-distance results, Perez's fastest lap performance was slightly better than Verstappen and Bottas in the case of the same yellow neutral tire.
Comparison of the drivers' long-distance results
In the final stage of the second exercise, Alonso slid sideways into the gravel buffer zone at Turn 19, and the rear wing of the car hit the parapet, triggering a brief yellow flag. He then drove the car straight back to the pit lane and the race resumed.
The rear of Alonso's car crashed into a parapet
In the end, Perez finished second with a time of 1:34.946, Norris was second after 0.257 seconds, Hamilton and Bottas were three or four places, Ricciardo was fifth, and sixth to tenth were: Stoll, Leclerc, Verstappen, Sainz, Giovinaz.
Verstappen was unable to achieve his best results during the sprint lap practice phase due to traffic conditions.
The final result of the second free practice competition