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The Morning After: Slipping and sliding
Despite being one of the most popular tracks not regularly on the calendar, Formula 1 did not get the return it was hoping for in Istanbul on Friday. Well that was… something. Exactly what, I’m not sure. A disaster? A welcome twist? Whatever it was, it was certainly interesting. I mean, these are the fastest F1 cars ever, and yet you wouldn’t have known it from Friday. Such was the lack of grip from the combined factors of a freshly resurfaced track and low temperatures that Max Verstappen’s session-best 1:28.330 in FP2 was nearly two seconds slower than the 1:26.456 set by Jenson Button at the same point in 2011. I guess that’s just what happens when the drivers have no choice...
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