Throughout the day yesterday, and this morning, there was talk of a better Mercedes than Red Bull, especially on the flying lap. However, during an exciting and surprising Q3, the announced supremacy of the Brackley team on the flying lap was dissolved. To conquer the pole position, thanks to a spectacular lap and a perfect game of trails orchestrated by the team, was in fact Max Verstappen. The first position on the grid of the Hasselt native certainly complicates the plans of Hamilton and Mercedes. To give confidence to the reigning world champions, however, there is the strategic difference on the starting tires. Both Red Bulls will start with a soft compound, while the two silver arrows will line up on the grid with medium tires.
“It was a difficult qualifying for both drivers – acknowledged the Mercedes Technical Director Andrew Shovlin at the end of the day – iUsually, the car fared better in Q1 and then seemed to get less competitive as we went along. Of course it would have been easier for tomorrow if we had made pole, but we are happy to start with the medium tire. We hope to improve our pace a bit during the night. We have a busy evening ahead, in which to examine the various strategy options for tomorrow – added the British engineer – but we have shown a good race pace recently, together with the ability to recover positions and overtake on the track. We had a much bigger challenge in Brazil and we have shown what we are capable of, so we will do everything possible to put ourselves in a position to take home the victory and the championship tomorrow “.
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