Neither driver is totally satisfied with where we have the car, so we've got a bit of investigation to do overnight to try and understand how we can get the balance to be a bit more predictable.
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Tough first day, tricky conditions playing the biggest part. The temperature made it difficult to keep the tyres in a good window.
The hope, of course, is that we can be somewhere around this region, in the top ten, when we get into qualifying.
We know where we can find gains and there are some things we can do better, which is where we will focus our energy tonight.
The FP2 time was slower than the equivalent session in 2019, mainly due to the stronger winds today, and partly because of some partial track resurfacing.
We faced quite tricky conditions today with some strong winds and high track temperatures, but we can be quite pleased with what we managed to achieve.
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