Sebastian drove a strong lap in Q3 today and will line up in P9 for tomorrow's Grand Prix. The weather forecast is uncertain for tomorrow, so a points-scoring finish is not impossible for him.
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Today was another demonstration of how close the midfield is, as we missed out on a place in the top ten by less than 0.1s.
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The teams will have to think carefully about whether to use a wet or dry set-up for Sunday.
The weather forecast for tomorrow is for dry conditions and so we will have to start again in FP3 and understand how the Pirelli slick tyres work here.
We expect tomorrow to be dry, so the work to set up the car will be more based on simulations and experience than on the actual data gained on Friday, which is an interesting challenge.
The weather tomorrow should be quite different to what we saw today, so FP3 will be a very important session for us to adapt to the conditions as quickly as possible in preparation for qualifying.