Malaysian Grand Prix F1 2017: Results of free practice

Starts the Malaysian GP of F1 2017 with great surprises in terms of time. Maybe it is because this GP says goodbye to the calendar and this will be his last appointment for the moment, since he has fulfilled his contract and it will not be renewed. Therefore, next year we will have a World Cup without Sepang. You already know that the rain has made an appearance in this circuit, as is usual here in this Asian route. And who has been in the highest? Well Red Bull, with a Max Verstappen that today has managed to position first followed by his teammate, Daniel Ricciardo. And the "podium" today has been completed by a Fernando Alonso who has been able to put his MC32 behind the two cars of energy drinks. However, many have not driven too much, some like Williams because of problems and others to reserve mechanics and tires for the moment of truth ...

Free practice 1 has passed without too many incidents on the track, quite calm. However, free practice 2 has been forced to finish early and hasty after a strong accident of Romain Grosjean with his Haas. The cause was a badly anchored culvert cover, the cover was located near an edge, on a piano and when passing by, the cover has destroyed the rear tire of the Gallic pilot causing an accident by not being able to control the rear area and impacting against the barriers. Despite the spectacular nature of the accident and the consequences could have been worse, the pilot is fine and there is no need to regret that aspect. Therefore, I am happy to know this good news. The pilot himself has explained that he did not see the cover, but that he is OK to reassure his family, friends and fans. For safety, the FIA ​​ended the session ahead of time and rushed to see what happened with that cover and try to repair it for tomorrow.

By the way, our other driver, Carlos Sainz, has been lowered from the car so that young Sean Gelael could get on at the controls of Toro Rosso in the first session of free practice, along with the new substitute Daniil Kvyat as we announced in AM, Pierre Gasly. On the other hand, in free 2, the driver from Madrid has climbed back into the car but it has not been very productive for him, since he has had power problems with his old engine. Losing free 1 and having problems in free 2 is not encouraging for tomorrow, since it has lost miles of important filming. I hope that does not affect the classification of tomorrow and prepare a good race on Sunday. We have also seen how in this session the Ferraris took the lead when the track dried up. You already know that the World Cup has been very much in favor of Hamilton after the disaster and monumental ridicule of the Maranello in the past Singapore GP where they could have dominated ... Now Hamilton has also started a psychological war against Vettel by sending some messages to see if force the German to make a mistake again on the track.

And finally , also the paddock has been active with some interesting news and rumors. You already know that F1 usually gives a show both on the track and outside it. What has been the trigger?He has worked in teams such as McLaren and Ferrari, to later join the technical department of the FIA, but this year he submitted his resignation and has already been more than three months removed from his post, which means he could join imminently to Any team for 2018. Apparently there is no problem, but if we think about it, Budkowski knows all the projects and plans of all the teams for 2018 (he is consulted about the legality of the systems ...) having occupied that position within the FIA, which has caused the main teams to reveal themselves and show distrust with the engine organism when they think that they give their secrets and technical details to people they can not be suspicious of.I hope both Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso do well and do not have too many problems, placing themselves in a good starting position for the race on Sunday and getting deserved points for their teams. Tomorrow we will return with the results of the free 3 and the classification, and Sunday with the race as usual in AM. Until then we will be attentive to breaking news to discuss the most important ...