“I am happy with third place. Today it looked like everybody was struggling to get the tyres to working temperatures – which is funny, because they call them Supersofts – and the Mercedes cars were the ones which probably suffered the least from this problem, so this is why the gap looks bigger.

The rain on Thursday didn’t affect us so much, as it was the same for everybody, today’s low temperature probably did not help, but we are not looking for excuses. Tomorrow I will be starting from third on the grid, on the inside line. Everything can happen and I hope to have a good pull-off; it could be possible to jump one of the cars ahead, two is more difficult, but then Lewis, too, should have a good start, otherwise he may be blocking the way. The gap to our contenders is still there, but we have more to win than we have to lose.”

Q1 P2 1:17.502 New Soft - 7 laps
Q2 P3 1:16.181 New Supersoft - 4 laps / New Supersoft - 5 laps
Q3 P3 1:15.849 New Supersoft - 4 laps / New Supersoft – 4 laps
Weather: air 20/22 °C, track 31/37 °C. Cloudy

source: ferrari.com