Ahead of today's qualifying session, the air temperature is 25 degrees C, while the track temperature is 49 degrees. It is bright and sunny. Again, there is 0% chance or rain. Having seemingly given Mercedes a sniff of opportunity yesterday afternoon, this morning Max Verstappen and Red Bull brought their title rivals back to earth with a bang, out-pacing the pair by over 0.5s. However, teammate Perez remains (0.8s) off the pace, placing doubt on where exactly he will qualify today. Last week the team, in an effort to get the Mexican further up the grid, split its tyre strategy, but this leads to repercussions in the race. The signs are that - despite the softer tyres - this week will be a...
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