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We've got another qualifying to get through tomorrow, but it's good that the drivers are happy with the cars.
We have the sprint sessions tomorrow and it will be fascinating to see how each team chooses to approach these in terms of tyre usage and run plans.
Alpine returned to the top ten with both cars as Pierre Gasly qualified seventh and Esteban Ocon eighth for Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix.
After a relatively good FP1 with Nico we were hoping for more than what got out of qualifying.
As expected the shocks come thick and fast in Qatar as Perez and Sainz fail to make it out of Q2 and both McLaren drivers have their best Q3 times deleted.
Lack of grip makes for tricky conditions at Lusail, as opening practice suggests that surprises will be forthcoming in subsequent sessions.
Today's press conference with Pierre Gasly, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso, Nico Hulkenberg, Zhou Guanyu, Liam Lawson, George Russell, Esteban Ocon, Oscar Piastri and Alex Albon.
Liam Lawson has revealed that it was Daniel Ricciardo who personally informed him that he would continue to drive for AlphaTauri in Qatar this weekend
Clearly fearful for upsetting their bosses, the majority of F1 drivers opted not to comment today on the possibility of Andretti joining the sport in 2026.
Yuki Tsunoda fears that Qatar's unforgiving kerbs will see a repeat of the issues that plagued F1's last visit.
Oliver Bearman will make his F1 debut with Haas when he drives the VF-23 in the FP1 sessions in Mexico and Abu Dhabi.