More than 45 minutes of waiting, on a day that had already seen FP3 cancelled; as the rain kept pouring over the Red Bull Ring, the omens were not all that positive for qualifying. And yet, the first indications from the track were good, with our C39 cars seemingly a step ahead of where they were in last week’s Austrian Grand Prix. Better pace could have translated into one, if not two, places in Q2: but the motorsport gods were not on our side today. As the first segment of qualifying drew to a close, it was all hanging in the balance for Kimi and Antonio. With one last attempt to claim a place in the top 15, both drivers were setting green sectors, but that was not to be. A small...
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