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Team Summary:
Before the start of the first period of qualifying it was announced that
Palmer would not be running due to issues relating to a fire in his car. The
eighteen minute first period would get underway with everyone coming out on
the super soft tyre. Hulkenberg would set a 1m:47.341 but he would be
quickly passed. Verstappen and Ricciardo would go first and second, a
1m:43.750 from Verstappen. Raikkonen would go fastest with a 1m:43.419 with
Perez and Ocon following. Fourth was Verstappen followed by Kvyat and the
Williams pair. Verstappen was now fastest with a 1m:42.860 but Hamilton
would go quicker with a 1m:42.384.
Ocon was now third followed by Vettel, Perez, Ricciardo, Raikkonen, Felipe,
Kvyat, and Lance now tenth. Bottas would jump to fourth with Verstappen now
second followed by Raikkonen. Vettel was now in fourth followed by Bottas,
Ocon, and Perez. Ricciardo would move ahead of Vettel. At the front Hamilton
was still fastest but now with a 1m:41.983. With the end of the period the
Williams drivers were in tenth and twelfth and into the second period.
With both Williams cars in the second fifteen minute period would commence.
Everyone was on the super soft tyre and after the opening runs it would be
Raikkonen quickest with a 1m:42.114. Verstappen was second followed by
Ricciardo and the Williams pair. Hamilton would go quickest with a 1m:41.992
with Bottas now second. Raikkonen had dropped to third followed by Perez,
Verstappen, Vettel, Ocon, Ricciardo in eighth. The Williams drivers were now
ninth and tenth. Hamilton would set a 1m:41.275 with Bottas a 1m:42.032. But
Verstappen would move up to second with a 1m:41.961. Vettel would set a
1m:41.911 to be second behind Hamilton. The Williams drivers were now eighth
and ninth. This would become seventh and ninth as the period ended. So both
Williams drivers had made it into the final period of qualifying.
The final period would commence both Ferrari and Mercedes cars out early.
There was only one Williams out on the track as Bottas went quickest with a
1m:47.201 but Vettel would move ahead with a 1m:43.194. Drivers were having
to use laps to get their tyres right before pushing. A 1m:42.261 from
Verstappen but Bottas would move ahead with a 1m:41.274 with Hamilton now
second. Verstappen was now third followed by Raikkonen and Vettel. Neither
Williams had set a time with five minutes remaining. But Ricciardo would
make contact with his car ad the wall stopping out on the track seeing the
period red flagged.
The period would restart with just over three minutes remaining. Hamilton
was able to set a 1m:40.593 to go quickest as the period came to an end. At
the front Bottas was second followed by Raikkonen, Vettel, Verstappen,
Perez, Ocon, and the Williams pair. Ricciardo was tenth after his qualifying
ending with his accident. For Williams Lance was able to out-qualify his
team-mate Felipe for the first time, a great result with the Williams team
facing the opportunity of securing points come Sunday's race. |
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Felipe Massa:
Felipe would be first out in the opening period for Williams running on the
super soft tyre. A slow 1m:52.263 from Felipe as he worked on getting his
tyres right. Felipe would set a 1M;44.047 to go second but he would drop to
fourth. This would become fifth then seventh. Felipe would again find time
with a 1m:43.429 to be fifth but he would drop to seventh then ninth. Again
he would find time with a 1m:43.165 to be eighth. Felipe would go down the
escape road at Turn eight but was able to continue. Felipe would pit having
completed nine laps.
For the second period Felipe would be first out for Williams running on the
super soft tyre. A 1m:43.739 would see Felipe fastest but he would drop to
second. This would become ninth with Felipe right behind his team-mate. This
would become tenth with seven minutes remaining. Felipe would move up to
seventh, 1m:42.735, but this would become ninth. Felipe would pit after a
five lap run. He would return on a new set of super soft tyres. Felipe was
ninth as he pitted ending his period.
Felipe would come out early in his run in the final period again using super
soft tyres. Without setting a time Felipe would pit taking on a new set of
tyres and returning. Felipe would return after the red flag period running
on scrubbed tyres. He would finish with a 1m:42.798 to be ninth.
Lance
Stroll:
Lance would follow his team-mate out also using the super soft tyre.
Lance would set a 1m:44.944 to be quickest. He would drop to third behind
Ricciardo. He would drop to seventh but was on a quicker lap. He would
finish with a 1m:44.428 to now be sixth, right behind his team-mate.
Currently tenth Lance would pit. He would return with a new set of super
soft tyres. Lance was now twelfth but he would drop to fourteenth. He would
improve with a 1m:43.798 to be twelfth.
Lance would also be using the super soft tyre as he started the second
period. Lance would go second to Raikkonen with a 1m:43.308 but he would
drop to eighth the ninth. Lance was also able to go quicker setting a
1m:42.602 to be sixth. Lance was also back in his pit after a five lap run.
Like Felipe he was back out on a new set of tyres. Lance would set a
1m:42.284 to now be seventh.
Lance would remain in his pit but with the red flag he was not able to set a
time. With the end of the red flag Lance was back out running on a new set
of tyres. A 1m:42.753 would see Lance eighth. Lance has been performing well
this weekend. |
