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Double slick gamble pays off for Marussia
Marussia enjoyed a great qualifying after opting to put both its cars on the slick tyres towards the end of Q1. The enabled both drivers to make it into Q2, a first for the team this year.
Having begun Q1 on a wet circuit with the Intermediate tyre, both drivers switched to the Medium rubber for their final run when, really, the track was still too damp for slicks. They completed just one lap before deciding to continue on the dry weather tyre to steal a march on the competition. The gamble paid off and they displaced both the Williams cars, both Toro Rossos, a Sauber and a Caterham to give the Team that much-deserved Q2 feeling again - and in Belgium, the scene of the Marussia F1 Team’s...
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