We have a lot of analysis to do tonight to put all of that together and prepare the most competitive package for the remainder of the weekend.
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In a race where the most likely strategy is a one-stop, benefiting from the extra grip that the softest compound can deliver in the first few laps or the final ones, could be an important factor.
From the limited data, we have reasonable pace but neither driver was happy with the overall balance.
The encouraging thing is Kevin's high-fuel run was really good in FP2, so that's a good baseline. If we can qualify in a decent position, we've got good race pace.
It will be tight but we are happy with our performance today and looking forward to tomorrow.
The first indications from the track are positive, and the engineers, as well as Valtteri and Zhou, will aim to make a further step forward overnight.
This track has a lot of grip and the high speed corners makes it very demanding for cars and drivers.
We have a good base to work from and there's certainly more things we can do to extract more performance from the current package.
Lewis Hamilton is given a warning and his team fined �15,000 following impeding incident in FP2.
Fernando Alonso sets an impressive pace in second practice, with Russell, Verstappen and Leclerc all looking strong amidst fears over number of near misses due to speed differentials.
Wednesday's press conference with Yuki Tsunoda, Valtteri Bottas, Nico Hulkenberg, Lance Stroll, George Russell and Charles Leclerc.
Max Verstappen dismisses talk of him leaving Red Bull for Mercedes, though he admits the 2026 rules overhaul does raise a question mark in terms of the new power unit.
Feeling he's done a "pretty good job" in terms of having Lewis Hamilton as his teammate, George Russell says he would be happy to welcome Max Verstappen to Mercedes.
Daniel Ricciardo has praised his team for the way it handled the team orders issue in Bahrain last week.