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Marko: Red Bull considered Medium tyres for Q3

Article To news overview Red Bull's Helmut Marko has revealed that his two drivers were almost sent out on the yellow marked Medium compound for the final part of qualifying, due to how well they had performed during Q2. Max Verstappen had been a third of a second clear of either Mercedes in Q2, with all running the Medium tyre compound. That sort of time advantage did give Red Bull cause to consider using the same compound for Q3, due to the Soft tyre being so difficult to keep alive for the entire flying lap. In the end, Verstappen took pole on the Soft tyre, but his best Medium tyre time was only 0.3 seconds slower than Hamilton's best Soft tyre time - indicating that it would have been...
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