Restarts the Formula 1: ready, go and the first inconvenience already arrives. During the first, and also only, session of free practice of the Azerbaijan GP, Max Verstappen snatches the best performance by finishing ahead of the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc and teammate Sergio Perez. Fundamental indications for Fantamanagers in view of formation to be deployed at FantaF1 by 15.00 this afternoon.
FantaF1, it's already time to deploy
Indeed, as we know, the new format branded Sprint, which involves carrying out a single free practice session, just concluded, followed from qualifying to the starting grid for Sunday's race. Tomorrow instead, in the morning, the qualification (Sprint shootout) will be held to decree the starting grid of the Sprint which will take place in the afternoon, at 15.30. THE Fantamanger therefore, just like the riders, they only had the sixty minutes of FP1 to understand who to field this weekend. Who in these minutes is in the center of attention is undoubtedly Pierre Gasly. Only fifteen minutes after the start of free practice, the Frenchman had to stop his car following a fire. Evidently, it is the engine that is involved, but problems on the electrical part cannot be ruled out.
Gasly: to take or not?
With a problem like that, and a race against the clock, it's very difficult to think that Gasly could take part in the afternoon qualifying. The question, therefore, arises spontaneously: considering the Sprint format, what do I do at FantaF1? Our thought is very clear: if Gasly, as it seems, should not take part in the afternoon qualifying session (hence starting from the bottom on Sunday), buying him and having him in the team could be very risky. In the Sprint race only the top eight score points and gasly, presumably only having fifteen minutes on this trail, it will hardly do well. If instead he should be able to carry out the afternoon qualifications, Gasly can be a driver who, taking into account his price (18 Masi), can also be right for you. As an alternative, vi we suggest Stroll, considering the great attention Aston Martin has had on race pace during FP1 in the morning.
