Newey to Red Bull for good … What is the next move for Ferrari? To pull put from F1? Maybe not, but maybe this way the problem should be seen.
How the start of the race will develop? Would be any contact between the two Mercedes drivers? Will Williams get Vettel’s car?
One stop it will really be enough as Pirelli sais? The significantly higher temperatures we experienced during qualifying today will have altered tyre behaviour compared to free practice yesterday, when the teams did their set-up work, and in turn this will also have an effect on the tyre strategy. However, we’re only expecting one or two stops for most drivers, depending on the car. That’s a sign of how low wear and degradation has been, with very little drop-off in pace even on the softest tyre, in warm temperatures with heavy traction demands. We already saw plenty of strategy in qualifying, with the soft tyres seemingly suiting some cars more than the faster supersoft. As a result of that, the times were very closely matched, with every indication that this will be the case for the race tomorrow as well.
The final results:
Note – Gutierrez did not take part in qualifying due to chassis damage sustained in FP3. Races at stewards’ discretion, starts from pit lane. Kobayashi qualified 20th; drops 5 grid spots for unscheduled gearbox change.