“We had two good practice sessions today. This morning, in P1, we ran with the higher-downforce package, and the car felt good, but it wasn’t as fast along the straights as we’ve experienced in the past.
“During P2, I was using a different downforce package to Jenson – running with a lower-downforce rear wing and without the F-duct – so we need to go through all the data tonight to decide which approach works best. Both configurations were quick, so we’re not in a bad position.
“The two different packages felt fairly similar – one is slower down the straights but quicker through the corners, and the other is quicker down the straights but slower through the corners – and they pretty much balance themselves out over the course of a lap.
“As I say, we haven’t yet decided what to run tomorrow; it’s about determining which is better on high fuel, and whether there’s more potential in one over the other. We’ll decide this evening.
“I’m not totally sure how I managed to damage the front-wing endplate this afternoon – I may have clipped one of the kerbs, but it was easily fixed and not a problem.”
