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Team Summary:
Q1: After an encouraging final practice the Williams Martini team would be
ready to send their drivers out for the first eighteen minute period.
Everyone was coming out on the supersoft tyre with the first time being set
by Haryanto with a 1m:17.701. But Gutierrez would set a 1m:17.052 followed
by Grosjean. More drivers were coming out with twelve minutes remaining,
including both Williams drivers. Both Mercedes cars were on the soft tyre
for their first run. A 1m:16.949 from Button to go quickest. Rosberg would
go quickest with a 1m:15.485 to be quickest but Hamilton would move ahead
with a 1m:15.243. Verstappen was now third followed by Vettel and Valtteri.
Raikkonen was up to third, 1m:15.752, but Ricciardo would move ahead with a
1m:15.591. Raikkonen was now fourth followed by Verstappen, Vettel,
Valtteri, Perez, Hulkenberg, Alonso and Felipe now eleventh. The top fifteen
cars were all back in their pits as the final minutes counted down.
Gutierrez would improve to be eighth and Grosjean eleventh. Out would be
Magnussen, Wehrlein, Kvyat, Haryanto, Nasr, and Ericsson. With the end of
the session Valtteri and Felipe would finish in seventh and fifteenth. Again
Felipe failed to emulate his team-mates pace.
Q2: Both Mercedes cars were out first running on the supersoft tyre. Rosberg
would set a 1m:14.939 to go quickest but Hamilton would set a 1m:14.748 to
move ahead of his team-mate. Both Red Bull cars were out as both Mercedes
cars pitted. Verstappen was third, 1m:15.124, followed by Ricciardo.
Valtteri was down in fifth with Gutierrez sixth. Raikkonen was now fourth
followed by Ricciardo and Vettel. Both Hass and McLaren cars would come back
out for a second run. Felipe would also come out for a second run joined by
Valtteri. The top five were all still in their pits as the session drew to a
close. The session would end with a large number of drivers all on their
final laps. Valtteri and Felipe would improve on their times finishing the
session in fifth and tenth.
Q3: Both Williams cars were in the final twelve minute period but it was
going to be difficult to get too close to the front. Vettel would be out
first followed by Perez and Rosberg. Both Williams drivers were still in the
pits looking like they would do a single run to save a set of tyres. A
1m:15.619 from Vettel on a scrappy lap. A 1m:15.142 from Raikkonen with
Hamilton going fastest with a 1m:14.486 but Rosberg would pit. Verstappen
was now second with a 1m:15.103 but his team-mate Ricciardo would go second
with a 1m:14.726. Verstappen was third followed by Raikkonen, Vettel, Perez,
Hulkenberg, as Rosberg came back out with his electronic issue sorted out.
Rosberg would go quickest in the first two sectors. He would finish with a
1m:14.363 to go quickest. The ten drivers were all out and Hamilton would go
quickest in the first sector but would fail to beat his team-mate setting
a1m:14.470.
The top ten would be Rosberg from Hamilton, Ricciardo, Verstappen,
Raikkonen, Vettel, Hulkenberg, Valtteri, Perez, and Felipe. Both Williams
drivers would be next to their Force India rivals on the start grid so
Sunday's race will be very interesting. With both Williams drivers in the
top ten it was a step forward after their last few races. |