Tenth of a second, McLaren narrowly missed out from Q3 Twelfth and 14th positions respectively for Jenson and Fernando don’t quite tell the story of the progress achieved relative to our principal competitors at this weekend’s Russian Grand Prix. In Q2, Jenson was a scant 0.095s away from a place in the top 10 shootout – despite both he and his team-mate complaining of understeer on their final, flying laps. With tyre strategy not as clear-cut this year as in previous editions of the race, there is still plenty to play for tomorrow. FERNANDO ALONSO, MP4-31-02 (14th) 'The lap-times at the end of Q2 were very tight – the difference between 14th position and a place in Q3 was just two...
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