
In very difficult conditions on Fast Friday, with wind gusts of over 30mph and at qualifying boost – the twin BorgWarner turbos are turned up from 1.3- to 1.5-bar – even the seasoned veterans are struggling to complete a four-lap qualifying simulation run. As the peak grip goes away on the Firestones, it is exaggerating the effects of the severe headwinds down the front straight, which tends to pin the nose on turn-in, and then the tailwind down the back straights that allowed Johnson’s teammate Marcus Ericsson to clock 242.281mph in the Turn 3 speedtrap.
"He got away with that one."@JimmieJohnson makes contact with the turn 2 wall.
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