a flat spot makes tyres undrivable. it forced red bull and verstappen to change tactics for the race. he ll now start on the faster but less durable soft tyre. it s the final shootout for pole that really matters, though, and in a weekend that s being headlined by individuals, it was a teammate who got verstappen through. sergio perez provided a slipstream to help the flying dutchman go faster, and it worked. mercedes didn t copy the tactic, and hamilton couldn t catch him. max did a great lap today, so we couldn t answer to that lap. that was a fantastic lap from him. but we re in a good position, i d like to think, with our tyres for tomorrow, and i hope we can have a good race. we definitely improved the car again in qualifying, because so far this weekend it was a bit on and off, but incredibly happy with this. this is of course what we wanted, but it s never easy, especially with their form in these last few races. now i m just looking forward to tomorrow,