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Today's press conference with Franz Tost, Laurent Mekies and Otmar Szafnauer.

This afternoon we weren't quite as quick as we had hoped on low fuel, but we are confident that we can improve this overnight.

We've had a solid day; both cars are showing good pace on single lap and long run.

The circuit we've used today is very different to the one we had last year.

Although things are looking positive so far, it's only Friday.

Today was about discovering a circuit that has recently had work done to improve the grip compared to last year, not to mention the tricky wind conditions.

Antonio Giovinazzi and Kimi Raikkonen got plenty of mileage under their belts to provide the team with all required data ahead of tomorrow's qualifying, the two drivers ending the day P10 and P15 respectively.

It was a productive day, both Esteban and Fernando were on the pace straight away with some positive feedback on how the car felt.

From the beginning it was clear that track conditions were much better than last year, with drivers reporting improved grip, and times in both sessions considerably faster than 2020.

It looks like we have a lot to go through this evening because today wasn't the best of days.

It was a productive day today in terms of both drivers getting lots of laps in at a track that's completely new to them.

We planned for low-grip conditions but were pleasantly surprised when the first push lap was already faster than anything we achieved in the dry last year.

Despite his grid penalty Lewis Hamilton is looking strong for Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix, while Max Verstappen struggles with understeer issues.

Times from today's second free practice session for the Rolex Turkish Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton is quickest as Turkish GP weekend gets underway, the Briton, facing a 10-place grid drop on Sunday, 0.425s clear of title rival Max Verstappen.