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Three-stop strategy most likely for hot Malaysian GP

Just like last year in Malaysia, the final qualifying session was held in wet conditions with the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton clinching pole position, using the Cinturato Green intermediate tyre. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was runner-up, less than a tenth of a second off Hamilton’s time on the same tyre. The Ferrari drivers and the Williams of Valtteri Bottas were the only competitors to get through Q1 using the hard tyre only, saving a set on new medium tyres for the race, with all the others going straight out on the medium. With rain falling just a couple of minutes into Q2, all the drivers prioritised setting a banker lap as soon as possible with the medium tyre. As the rain fell...
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