With it being so difficult to overtake, securing a good position on the grid will play a major part in our final result.
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What will be key is balancing the first and last sectors, due to tyre overheating that is caused by the high temperatures here.
We've finished today reasonably happy but, as always, there's work to do to refine the set-up and find more performance ahead of qualifying tomorrow.
Overall a good start but the track is evolving rapidly, and grip is coming up with every session, so we need to make sure that we keep everything in the right place.
Let's see what happens this weekend, there's still a lot of things to look at as everything is still so new.
As usual with a new track, there will be plenty of data analysis tonight as the teams begin to work out the weekend's qualifying and race strategy.
The conditions were not bad, actually better than we expected. We had worse situations in the past, in places like Bahrain, where the wind and the dust made it really hard on Friday.
So far we're looking competitive, particularly over the short runs, which were very good for both drivers. The longer runs were a bit more of a challenge for the tyres.
The stewards full statement following their decision to deny Mercedes the right of review.
Valtteri Bottas leads the way in second practice as teams prepare to burn the midnight oil at the track and at base where the simulators will run through the night.
Following the various issues in opening practice, drivers have been warned that track limits must be observed at all Losail’s 16 corners.
The FIA has denied Mercedes request for a right to review the Interlagos stewards decision not to investigate the incident involving Max Verstappen in last weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen quickest in opening practice but decision not to initially enforce track limits appears to lull drivers into a false sense of security.