QUALIFYING REPORT
Behind Raikkonen, Daniel Ricciardo took a solid
fifth place for Red Bull Racing. His lap of 1:30.854 put
him ahead of both Williams drivers and confirms that the
Milton Keynes squad currently have the upper hand over
the Grove outfit, at least with one car.
Ricciardo’s team-mate Daniil Kvyat scraped through
to Q2 but couldn’t improve and was the first man out in
second session that proved the most lacklustre of the
three, with few drivers managing to get in ‘survival’ runs.
Neither McLaren drove managed a second run, though
Stoffel Vandoorne though, managed to edge McLaren
team-mate Jenson Button, a
was also ruled out while sitti
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