Scuderia Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc share row two behind them. The Monegasque driver will start third on the grid on medium tyres, followed by Sebastian on softs. A situation that, after their Brazil collision, could seem like a recipe for disaster.
The German driver said his soft tyre gamble was a case of “just trying to do something different” on what has not been a very competitive weekend for Scuderia Ferrari so far. His best chance of making it work would be if he can pick off a few cars at the start when the soft tyre offers a one-second-per-lap pace advantage over the medium. But, of course, the first car he’s got to pass is his team mate’s.
Perhaps the Maranello team has a plan for how to co-ordinate their drivers at the start. However, given what happened when they tried that at Sochi, Charles Leclerc would be forgiven for having some doubts over entering into another such arrangement.
If Sebastian Vettel’s gamble doesn’t pay off, Alexander Albon will be close behind hoping to take advantage, and also hoping to out-run Valtteri Bottas, who’ll be climbing his way forward having been relegated 18 places on the grid to 20th.
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