Ahead of today's qualifying session the air temperature is 26 degrees C, while the track temperature is 34 degrees. It remains bring and sunny with 0% chance of rain. Lewis Hamilton set the pace earlier, ahead of Verstappen, Bottas, Stroll and Gasly. However, interestingly, neither Mercedes driver tried the softs, unlike their Red Bull rivals. Out-pacing Verstappen by almost 0.5s, it remains to be seen if Mercedes can maintain - or even increase - the gap, or whether Red Bull was keeping its powder dry. A number of drivers, most notably Norris, had times deleted earlier after exceeding track limits in the Parabolica, however the issue this afternoon, is likely to be traffic as drivers seek...
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