The red and yellow flags in Q1 made it a difficult session in which there were winners and losers.
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The car is working reasonably well at this circuit, but we need to find something else to improve the lap time and that will be our focus in FP3.
We need to go back to the drawing board a little bit overnight and see what we can do for tomorrow to be able to get some performance into the car.
We progressed pretty well throughout the day, even though the start was a bit tricky, with grip levels and car balance not quite there.
We are happy with our work today. We brought some upgrades and everything seems to be working very well.