Paul Hembery: “The fact that dominated qualifying was the difference in speed of about two seconds per lap between our hard and our soft compounds, although we saw Vettel going quicker on the hard tyres during the first qualifying session than anyone else on the soft tyre.
“This performance gap between the compounds meant that the teams concentrated on the soft tyres during final qualifying. We’ve seen very good durability and performance from the soft tyre, which we’re expecting to last between 20 to 25 laps tomorrow, with the hard tyre being able to complete many more. The information that we’ve gathered so far is already going to be very useful when it comes to selecting our compounds for next year – which is one of our priorities as this season draws to a close.”
