Third row for Alonso, seventh for Massa Track conditions at the Circuit of the Americas were a key factor in the first part of qualifying in Austin today, as the wind affected car performance considerably. The situation gradually improved after half an hour, so that the Q3 times were those that had previously been expected. It was a mixed session for Scuderia Ferrari, with Fernando Alonso fighting it out to set an encouraging sixth fastest time. However, things did not go well for Felipe Massa, as the Brazilian didn’t make the cut to Q3 and had to settle for fifteenth place. In Q1, the two drivers did a first run on the Hard tyres, switching to Medium for the last five minutes, but the times did not improve as much as expected so that Fernando and Felipe were fifteenth and sixteenth, in 1.38.929 and 1.39.094 respectively. They started Q2 on the same tyres on which they finished Q1 and halfway through, they pitted to fit a new set of Mediums. Alonso was a brilliant third in 1.37.368, while Felipe was down in fifteenth in 1.38.592. The Brazilian will start from fourteenth place tomorrow, as Jenson Button has a 3 place grid penalty. For Q3, Alonso took his F138 out on track with two and a half minutes of the session remaining, doing just one flying lap on his last set of new Medium tyres. He set the sixth fastest time in 1.37.376, just eight hundredths off fourth place. /formula1.ferrari/
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 21:15:14 +0000
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