McLaren F1 Team‘s Carlos Sainz Jr. says the performance of the Pirelli tyres at the Circuit Paul Ricard was the first question mark for the team during Friday practice for the French Grand Prix, as the Spanish driver felt all three compounds performed very differently to one another in the hot conditions. Both Sainz and team-mate Lando Norris produced solid pace throughout the opening day at France, with both drivers acting as ‘the best of the rest', and even surpassing the pace of Red Bull Racing in Free Practice 2 as Sainz beat Pierre Gasly, whilst Norris was fastest out of the two teams with the fifth best time of the session. Sainz set the eighth and seventh best time in...
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