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“It’s a bit more gusty today. It’s changed a lot, we’ll see how it develops, track is a little bit dirty.”

With thousands in the grandstands, it’s time for the national anthem of China – the march of the volunteers!

“We were just talking about wind being different to yesterday, disturbing a bit, but track feels good for grip.

“Some butterflies in the stomach, you want to get the start right.”

“It’s a bit cooler now, wind has picked up – don’t know if it’s a one or two stop. Tyre-dependent race strategy.

“The Ferraris were really strong yesterday, the dirty air impacted us… worry about George, Max and the Ferraris.”

“He’s feeling good, we’ll see, he’ll do alright.”

“We did a good job yesterday but it’s very very tight, we can have a good race.

“Lewis’ win was good for his confidence and the team, but more focused on today now.”

Lawson was set to start P20 anyway but after Red Bull did work on his car in parc ferme conditions, the Kiwi will start from the pit lane this morning!

“We started really optimistic, we made a few changes to the car but it was on a knife-edge.

“You want a car that’s balanced, it has a different balance. We made the change and then high-speed was overbalanced. You want a car that you can rely on, when it’s unpredictable you’ve got no hope.”