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[djos]

With 34 mins to go in FP3, both lads just finished their qually sim and are 4/10ths behind Norris (in p2/3), and in front of Oscar.

The lads are separated by 3/100ths of a second - very impressive, I hope it continues.

[djos]

The car is looking much better this weekend, in Daniels final soft tire run in FP3 with 10 mins to go, he was only 1/2 a second off Lando’s epic lap, and in 5th ATM.

Yuki has waited a few more minutes to do his run I think.

Edit: Yuki waited till ~7 ish mins to go and was a 1/10th down on Daniel.

The car is looking very much improved this weekend, what a relief!

Edit 2: Laurent suggested on Sky that was their final new tire run, but they’ve both gone out again with 3 mins to go, I assume to test track evolution on old tires.

Edit 3: yep, old tire track evolution test.
Final FP3 positions are 6th for Daniel and 9th for Yuki. It’s looking like a good points weekend for RB.

[Big Gun]

If Ricciardo wants that RBR drive, he needs to show his speed like he did in P3 especially with Perez struggling.

[runningmanz]

Well what a crazy qualli. Perez botches it again. Surely they replace now after this with either Dan, Yuki or Liam. Dan pushing his case for that RBR seat with a fine qualli keeping it on track for 9th and beating Yuki . Yuki did well until the crash
Glad he is ok. Overall a great day for the team though!

[Wouter]

Look at his head and neck shaking!! That must have hurt! Hope he is OK and they both were in Q3 so that is good!

[ispano6]

Yuki probably got too comfortable and should have been more careful. Probably would have improved his time too. Issue is whether the car will be fit for the race and can hold positions, but probably not.

[djos]

If Ricciardo wants that RBR drive, he needs to show his speed like he did in P3 especially with Perez struggling.

Daniel’s do or die lap in Q3 was epic, fastest of that session. It definitely shows he still has the speed, and in changeable conditions too!

A real shame for Yuki tho, until he ran wide in Q1, he was doing a very good job!

The most frustrating part is that he wrecked Daniel’s last set of new soft tires (Daniel was coming out of turn 2 when Yuki crashed) - Daniel (and Yuki) should have started ahead of the Aston’s.

[runningmanz]

If Ricciardo wants that RBR drive, he needs to show his speed like he did in P3 especially with Perez struggling.

Daniel’s do or die lap in Q3 was epic, fastest of that session. It definitely shows he still has the speed, and in changeable conditions too!

A real shame for Yuki tho, until he ran wide in Q1, he was doing a very good job!

The most frustrating part is that he wrecked Daniel’s last set of new soft tires (Daniel was coming out of turn 2 when Yuki crashed) - Daniel (and Yuki) should have started ahead of the Aston’s.

Yep a mega lap and with no DRS too!

Dan said he was angry about the red flag in Q3 as he said they could have been even quicker but then was also relieved Yuki was ok. He thinks the car will be even better in the race.

https://www.formula1.com/en/video/ricci ... 4448140470

[djos]

That’s great to hear he thinks the car has good race pace, hopefully he can bag some nice points!

Yuki’s car looked very badly damaged, I wonder if he’ll need to start from pit lane?

[runningmanz]

Yep looking forward to the race! Car seems well suited to this track!

yeah no idea with Yuki's car unless they had to work extra time to get the car turned around or have to exceed his parts allocation. Given the car damage its quite possible he may have to.

[Wouter]

Probably a pitlane start for Yuki!

[djos]

Probably a pitlane start for Yuki!

That’s a shame, but I’m not surprised, it was a heavy crash.

[lucafo]

I was walking through Singapore pit-lane and the photo for AlphaTauri is from Lawson.
There are Yuki and Lawson; not Ricciardo!
Does anybody knows if he is confirmed for Singapore this year?

[Bill]

Yuki such a beast i thought Alonso would overtake him . he is such a versatile driver.

[hkbruin]

Considering the crash and his car being rebuilt, that was a masterful drive for Yuki! I think the only driver on a 1-stop strategy. Pretty impressive that he managed his pace and tires, especially on the mediums for 30 laps!