Friday, 22 July 2022
-    Free Practice 1: P3, 1:34.268, 21 laps
-    Free Practice 2: P1, 1:32.527, 22 laps

• Carlos was the quickest driver in the afternoon practice session of the French GP, where he was half a second quicker than the first car of the rival teams.
• The Spaniard was forced to use the third control electronics unit of the season following the issue he suffered in Austria. It carries with it a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday’s race.
• Today he worked extensively with the Soft tyre across both sessions and in Free Practice 2 he also tried the Medium compound to assess its degradation in the longer runs.

QUOTES:
“It has been a positive day. The updates seem to work well and the car felt good, especially on the flying laps. The long runs were a bit more challenging due to the graining. For sure the high temperatures of today were an important factor to consider, but we need to look carefully into how we can protect the tyres as much as possible. Given I’ll take a penalty on Sunday, we now need to focus on preparing the car for the race. There is margin for improvement so we’ll keep digging!”.

COMING UP:
Saturday, 23 July 2022
-    Free Practice 3: 13:00 local time (13:00 CEST)
-    Qualifying: 16:00 local time (16:00 CEST)