Fernando Alonso with half a second lead: Canada dominance

The best lap times from Formula 1 on Friday alone give Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin a huge lead. With a time of 1:15.810, Alonso achieved a clear best time of the day in the second practice session for the Canadian GP, ​​0.463 seconds ahead of George Russell. Lance Stroll rounded off the strong Aston picture in third place. It’s not quite the reality, but it’s not completely worthless either.

Fernando Alonso himself is openly prepared to file the result away as a pattern of no value: “No real laps in the dry or in the wet, we were in the middle of nowhere.” Unsettled weather dominated the picture in Montreal all day. Alonso went out early in FP2 when the track allowed good laps on slicks and used that to his advantage.

He got into the rhythm well, noticed the whole track development, got the tires in the window well, and above all he was out there when the track was at its best. Of course he was the fastest then. Because everyone else drove at different times and the rain returned halfway through the training, the competition was no longer able to achieve comparable lap times.

Mixed weather in Canada the great Alonso hope

On the other hand, it must be noted that the track did allow for acceptable lap times on slicks for a not insignificant period of a good quarter of an hour before the rain came again. “It could be like that tomorrow,” says Alonso. “In qualifying and in the race. It is still very useful information. We have to analyse it.”

Cool, greasy conditions seem to Aston Martin is not surprisingly willing to accommodate them. Since the start of the season, the car has been known for its high tyre wear. As is often the case, however, such a car has fewer problems heating up the tyres for a qualifying lap. So when it comes to getting into the working window within a few kilometres on a cold and wet asphalt, Alonso and Stroll can have an advantage here.