Caterham F1 Team Friday practices review 28.06.2013: BRITISH GRAND PRIX FP1 & FP2 Silverstone, UK - 28th June 2013

BRITISH GRAND PRIX FP1 & FP2

Silverstone, UK - 28th June 2013 


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Weather

FP1: Overcast, light rain; min / max track temp 16° - 18°, air temp 17° - 18°
FP2: Overcast, dry; min / max track temp 19°, air temp 21°


Fastest laps / positions:

FP1: VDG 1.58.859, 8th / PIC n/a, 20th
FP2: VDG 1.35.984, 19th / PIC 1.36.079, 20th


Total laps:

FP1: VDG 6 / PIC 3
FP2: VDG 35 / PIC 32



Runplan
 

Charles Pic, car #20, chassis CT03-06

 FP1
1009 – 1012: Run 1, installation lap, 1 lap (wet tyres)
Changes: n/a
1121 – 1126: Run 2, 2 laps (wet tyres)
Incident at T18 ends session
 

FP2
1402 – 1404: Run 1, 2 laps (intermediate tyres)
Changes: front wing flap angle, brake balance, front brake duct blanking
1412 – 1430: Run 2, 7 laps (hard tyres)
Changes: front wing flap angle, front / rear brake duct blanking
1438 – 1447: Run 3, 5 laps (medium tyres)
Changes: front / rear brake duct blanking
1456 – 1533: Run 4, 21 laps (hard tyres)
 


Giedo van der Garde, car #21, chassis CT03-04


 FP1
1009 – 1012: Run 1, installation lap, 1 lap (wet tyres)
Changes: n/a
1120 – 1131: Run 2, 5 laps (wet tyres)
 


FP2
1404 – 1407: Run 1, 3 laps (intermediate tyres)
Changes: front wing flap angle, brake balance, front brake duct blanking
1414 – 1429: Run 2, 6 laps (hard tyres)
Changes: front wing flap angle, front brake duct blanking
1443 – 1452: Run 3, 5 laps (medium tyres)
Changes: front anti-roll bar
1459 – 1532: Run 4, 18 laps (medium tyres)
 

 
Driver quotes
 

Charles Pic: “We knew from the forecasts that FP1 would be affected by the weather but it made the whole session pretty worthless. The installation lap was fine but then we waited until about ten minutes to go when there were quite a few other cars on track and unfortunately I went off in the last corner.


We obviously didn’t lose much time relative to the other cars as everybody had stayed in the garage, and when we got the car back we found everything was ok so it didn’t affect our preparations for FP2.
 

“FP2 was dry, still colder than it looks like it’ll be on Saturday or Sunday, but we completed a good number of laps and have a lot to work on tonight. We’ve found a balance I’m happy with and the grip levels are good from the outlap – we need to work on the low speed traction as we’re lacking a bit in that area, but deg levels look manageable, especially with the prime, so overall I think we’re going ok here.”
 

Giedo van der Garde: “The morning session was obviously affected by the rain which is a shame, both for the fans who packed out the stands, and for us with the plan we’d set for FP1. We wanted to run through a few aero evaluations, particularly as we have a couple of new updates to the floor here, but with the track as wet as it was, and no sign of the rain stopping, we played it safe in the morning.
 

“In the afternoon it was much better weather and we had a pretty good session. We had to try and make up some of the time we lost in FP1 and, while we couldn’t run the full aero tests, we were still able to make some decent progress throughout the session.


The GP2 cars had helped dry the track a bit so we were able to push from the first run and we ended up with a fairly good balance on both compounds. We’re seeing a bit too much oversteer on the mediums, especially in the low speed corners, but not in the high speeds – there the car feels balanced and that’s positive, something for us to work on tonight.”

 
 
- Tom Webb, photo Caterham