I gave it everything, so it’s a bit of a surprising result and just being so far behind Red Bull and Ferrari. We were losing six tenths today on the straights to the top cars. We came here expecting this to be a difficult one for us but we didn’t expect a gap of eight tenths to pole position. To download all available imagery from today, please use the following link: Image selection.All imagery is rights-free for editorial use. Imagery of the day is available on our media site.Tomorrow’s race, which starts one hour earlier than today’s qualifying session, will offer strategic opportunity and we hope to be able to race strongly against the cars in front of us on the grid.The set-up decisions this weekend have focused on delivering strong race pace, notably running higher wing levels to protect the rear tyres, which we hope will pay off in the race.
The team lost relative competitiveness between FP3 and Qualifying, with both drivers struggling for tyre temperature in the cooler conditions and on light fuel loads.The team locked out the third row of the grid, with Lewis qualifying P5 and George P6, just three thousandths of a second behind his team-mate.
A disappointing qualifying day for the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team ahead of the final race of the season at the at the Yas Marina Circuit.
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