Scuderia Ferrari saw both drivers again qualify in the top 10, and with the demotion of Daniel Ricciardo, both move up a slot. As such, Raikkonen will start from 5th and Alonso from 9th. Fernando Alonso: “We tried our best as usual today and now we need to wait for the car to come back from parc ferme to work out why there was a drop in power in Q3. In winter testing here we had already seen that this circuit is particularly suited to the Mercedes powered cars, because the long straights allow them to use their top end performance. But given how free practice and the first two parts of qualifying had gone, maybe we could have hoped to be a bit higher up the order. Now, we must think only...
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