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If which way to go on set-up was troubling some team bosses, so too was the question of who they feel will come out on top in this year's title fight.
Following Max Verstappen's understeer issues in free practice, Christian Horner was saying littler, other than there's "a little bit of a balance mish-mash".
This afternoon we weren't quite as quick as we had hoped on low fuel, but we are confident that we can improve this overnight.
Today was about discovering a circuit that has recently had work done to improve the grip compared to last year, not to mention the tricky wind conditions.
Antonio Giovinazzi and Kimi Raikkonen got plenty of mileage under their belts to provide the team with all required data ahead of tomorrow's qualifying, the two drivers ending the day P10 and P15 respectively.
It was a productive day, both Esteban and Fernando were on the pace straight away with some positive feedback on how the car felt.
From the beginning it was clear that track conditions were much better than last year, with drivers reporting improved grip, and times in both sessions considerably faster than 2020.
It looks like we have a lot to go through this evening because today wasn't the best of days.
It was a productive day today in terms of both drivers getting lots of laps in at a track that's completely new to them.