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Ferrari puzzled by qualifying flop
- Updated: May 14, 2016
Kimi Raikkonen, Spanish GP 2016
© The Cahier Archive
By Luis Vasconcelos in Barcelona
Ferrari’s lack of speed in qualifying puzzled everyone, as the Scuderia had high hopes of challenging Mercedes for pole position this afternoon in the Circuit de Catalunya. As it turned out, Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel will line up on the third row of the grid for tomorrow’s race, the Finn qualifying ahead of his team mate but running over 1.1 seconds slower than pole position man Nico Rosberg.
Ferrari had looked competitive right from the start of the weekend, Vettel setting the fastest time in FP1 – with the benefit of running soft tyres while the two Mercedes drivers opted to run with medium tyres – and Raikkonen was second in both Friday sessions, losing out to Rosberg by just 0,254s in the afternoon. Saturday morning provided further encouragement to the Scuderia, as Vettel was third quickest but just 0.147s away from Rosberg’s best time, but in qualifying the red cars looked far from easy to drive and …
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