Dates: 7-9 April Venue: Shanghai International Circuit
Formula 1 was compelled to cancel second practice at the Chinese Grand Prix in light of the fact that poor perceivability kept the therapeutic helicopter working.
Low cloud, rain and exhaust cloud in Shanghai implied the helicopter was not able land at the assigned healing facility.
Wellbeing prerequisites direct autos can’t run if the helicopter can’t fly.
The conditions additionally influenced first practice, in which Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was quickest amid 10 minutes of running on a sodden track.
The Dutchman, who was 1.5 seconds quicker than anyone else, said: “The car felt pretty good. Difficult to say [where we are] because Mercedes and Ferrari haven’t run so we don’t know their pace.
“But from our side it felt good and from the driver’s side if the feeling is OK the speed is normally pretty good.”
Valtteri Bottas was the main driver of the main two groups to set a lap time throughout the day. The Finn was ninth speediest.
Partner Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen oversaw just a sum of five laps between them.
As the clock ticked down, Hamilton did his best to engage the group by intersection the track inverse the pits and strolling before the primary show off, taping for his online networking records and marking tops which he then tossed to the fans.
The gauge is better for Saturday, with dry climate anticipated and incidental daylight, and temperatures of 20C.
In any case, rain is because of profit for race day for Sunday, with overwhelming deluges anticipated overnight on Saturday and after that blurring through the morning, and temperatures of just 13-15C.
On the off chance that conditions on Sunday are like those on Friday, the race would need to be deferred until coordinators could ensure a reasonable therapeutic clearing strategy.
