F1 McLaren falls short of luck at Suzuka
McLaren reached the Suzuka Track Friday morning in great spirits and hopes, however, only after the first practice session the team was caught in big trouble.
Earlier in the morning, the first practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix took place while only a while ago the second practice was witnessed at the Suzuka Track. The first session of the day saw the British team running out of luck and its after-effects
darkened the second practice.
As the rally of the cars gathered at the track once again, Lewis Hamilton showed his usual aggressive driving style. He was fast, furious and unlucky, just like he had been in the past few races. As the British driver flew across the track, he ran too wide
at Turn 9 and was completely dragged off the track. He finally stopped at the tyre wall at the side of the track, destroying his suspension completely.
This was not the worst of the day for McLaren. What met the other team driver, Jenson Button was even more distressing for the team as he, just like his teammate, ran wide at the Degner 1. Though he tried hard to balance but in vain, and was struck with
further ill-fate. He had a bad oversteer slide, which he couldn’t recover despite trying hard. Troubled with his endeavour he bounced badly at the Degner 2 damaging his McLaren as badly as he could, finally stopping over the kerbs.
However, the only good news after the first practice of morning was Hamilton’s overall time, the fifth fastest of the session.
The second practice session of the day saw the car hardly fixed together. Button gave his best in 1:32.533s making it sixth highest. On the other hand, Hamilton was handed his car pretty late, only to end the session this time at 13th place with best lap
in 1:33.481s.
With the two mishaps, the team is occupied for the rest of the day as well as the night. The garages would be seeing lights until the dawn, in order to start anew tomorrow morning.
With the current situation of the points’ tally, McLaren’s such stunts could cost them the title. The championship is at its last and very crucial stage, the top five drivers stand just at a difference of 25 points with only four more races to go.
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