Ahead of today's qualifying session the air temperature is 34.4 degrees C, while the track temperature is 47 degrees. It remains bright and sunny. In all honesty, few would be against Charles Leclerc making it a clean sweep, the championship leader having set the pace in all three practice sessions. However, it is his race pace he is concerned about, that and tyre deg. Max Verstappen was second quickest earlier, and whatever happens over the next hour it is that long drag to Turn 1 tomorrow that is likely to be uppermost in the Dutchman's mind. The big question however, other than how their respective teammates will fare, is Mercedes and whether the German team has finally resolved its...
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