Given how strong we looked in the practice sessions so far this weekend, to line up in 15th and 16th is well short of what we were expecting.
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We were delighted to see both our drivers get into Q3 - for the first time this season.
George - aided by the entire team - produced an excellent performance to not only make it to Q3, but to do so on the Medium tyre.
We made some adjustments to the car ahead of Qualifying and it paid off, with both cars making it through to Q3.
The new and softer selection of compounds for this race has already had an effect on the strategy for this weekend.
It's been a very disappointing qualifying today with both cars not in the starting position that we were targeting.
The distance to the people in front of us has reduced since last week so we can see progress and that's the only thing we can do at the moment.
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