First Qualifying.
It turned out that all of the wet weather testing that had been done the day before was of no use, as the track was drying, and slick tyres were the order of the day. The rear wing had been changed but it was a bit of a rush to get the car back to a dry weather setup. Stiffening the front and rear rollbar and adjusting the tyre pressures to suit a damp and cold track.
In a 20 minute session there is just about enough time to complete two, maybe three runs on the new tyres. A couple of warm up laps to heat up tyres and brakes, then a couple of hot laps. A swap of the front tyres to the rear in between the runs so that they are all worn evenly.
The result of the first session left me 7th on the grid for the first race. A little way off from pole position, but the gap to the others in front was only a couple of tenths of a second.
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