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Maldonado caught out by lack of tyre temperature
Williams' Valtteri Bottas qualified 15th with Pastor Maldonado 18th for tomorrow's Indian Grand Prix. Both drivers completed their final runs in Q1 on the soft tyre, and whilst Valtteri made it through to Q2, Pastor was hindered by traffic.
Valtteri drove a clean lap in Q2, posting a time of 1:26.134 on the soft tyre to start the race in 15th. Xevi Pujolar, Chief Race Engineer: 'We had to change our run plan in FP3 as the session was delayed and shortened due to poor visibility, but the car balance was improving on both tyres in line with the track conditions. We knew it would be extremely tight in qualifying with getting the tyres in the correct temperature window critical to getting a...
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