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Team Summary:
Q1: The first time of the eighteen minute period would be from Wehrlein with
a 1m:26.148 only to be beaten by Haryanto, 1m:26.048. The soft tyre was the
tyre of choice for this period as Ericsson went quickest. A 1m:25.851 from
Nasr to go quickest. Both Williams cars were still in their pits as Hamilton
went fastest with a 1m:23.214. A 1m:23.002 to move ahead of his team-mate.
Under ten minutes remaining and more drivers were coming out but it was
looking like the Williams drivers would be last out. Perez was now third
followed by Hulkenberg. Magnussen would move ahead of Hulkenberg as
Verstappen went third with Raikkonen now fourth.
Finally both Williams drivers were out on the track. Vettel was now fifth
followed by Sainz and Alonso. After their first runs Valtteri Bottas was
sixth and Felipe Massa thirteenth. Ricciardo would move up to fourth.
Valtteri and Felipe would drop to seventh and fourteenth. The period would
end with Rosberg still fastest from Hamilton. Hulkenberg would move up to
eighth. Those not making the cut were Palmer, Felipe, Ericsson, Nasr,
Wehrlein, and Haryanto.
Q2: The second period would get underway with both Mercedes cars out first.
A 1m:22.159 from Hamilton with Rosberg second with a 1m:22.759. Sainz would
move into third followed by Perez and Hulkenberg. Alonso was now fourth and
Grosjean now fifth. Ricciardo would move up to third seeing everyone drop
down one place. Valtteri was now fourth dropping to fifth when Verstappen
went third. Vettel was now fourth seeing Valtteri drop to sixth. Raikkonen
had yet to set a time. Raikkonen would set a 1m:23.504 to be fourth followed
by Vettel.
The top ten would be Hamilton, Rosberg, Verstappen, Raikkonen, Ricciardo,
Vettel, Perez, Valtteri, Sainz and Alonso. Those not making the cut were
Hulkenberg, Button, Kvyat, Grosjean, Magnussen, and Gutierrez.
Q3: Both Mercedes cars were out early in the final twelve minute period.
Hamilton was on a lap quicker than Rosberg setting a1m:23.277 but would make
one mistake, lock up at Turn Ten, seeing Rosberg move head with a 1m:22.475.
Both Mercedes would pit as Raikkonen went third. It was looking like
Valtteri would only come out for one timed lap with under six minutes
remaining. Valtteri had used an extra set of soft tyres in Q2. Verstappen
would go second with a 1m:23.203. Vettel and Raikkonen were now fourth and
fifth. Everyone was now out on the track including Valtteri. Hamilton would
go quickest with a 1m:22.000 with Rosberg second with a 1m:22.280. Ricciardo
was now third having been second. Verstappen was now fourth followed by
Raikkonen, Vettel, Valtteri, Sainz, Perez, and Alonso tenth.
Not the result that the Williams team would have hoped for with one car in
seventh and the other in eighteenth. Sundays race is going to be a difficult
one in terms of seeing a good points scoring result. |