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Ferrari hedges its bets with split tyre strategy in qualifying
October 26th, 2013 (F1Plus / Chris Cameron-Dow) - For Sunday's Indian Grand Prix, Ferrari have gone with different starting tyres for their two drivers, to cover both broad strategic options for the race. Felipe Massa will start 5th on the soft compound "option" tyres, while Fernando Alonso will line up eighth on the grid on the medium compound "prime" tyres. Ferrari is one of just two teams to have made use of a split strategy in qualfiying, the other being Red Bull - Sebastian Vettel ran the option tyres in Q3 and claimed pole position, while Mark Webber qualified fourth on the prime tyres. The idea behind starting the two drivers on different tyres is to cover the...
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