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Alex Albon:
"We didn’t really do a proper short run and we had to cut the race
run short, so it was not a smooth session today, but anyway we will go
into tomorrow fresh. It’s likely to be wet, so it’ll be a bit of a reset
for everyone and I don’t think today will hurt us too much." |
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"We got
through a lot of work today and made some good progress with the tyres.
With rain forecast for tomorrow, we opted to use 5 new sets of slicks
today in order to maximise our preparation for the race. We had a solid
FP1 with both drivers feeling comfortable with the car and making very
similar balance comments. In FP2 Alex flat-spotted his main set of Soft
tyres before he had a chance to set a lap time and so he finished at the
bottom of the timesheet. However, although we were struggling for
overall grip today, we know that there is a lot more to come from him.
Alex also suffered a telemetry failure during his high fuel running and
so his session finished early as a precaution. Nicholas had no serious
car issues and made good progress on low fuel before successfully
completing his high fuel run.
The outcome of the rest of the weekend will likely be dictated as much
by tomorrow’s weather as the car performance and we hope that a wet
qualifying will present us with an opportunity at a circuit where
overtaking is very difficult." |
