Pirelli Motorsport director Paul Hembery says different strategy options are possible due to the tyre nominations made for this weekend.
Formula One’s official tyre supplier brought the yellow-marked soft and silver-marked medium tyre to Albert Park.
Hembery says the two-stop strategy would be the quickest option however a one-stop would be possible thus he expects teams to try different strategies come race day.
“This was one of the most eagerly anticipated qualifying sessions of the year, which confirmed many of the trends that we have seen up to now. The tyres performed exactly as we expected them to with no trace of graining or blistering, despite changeable track conditions due to the wind and falling temperatures.
The nomination we have made means that different strategies are possible, although a two-stopper will theoretically be fastest. Having seen the true qualifying pace of the 2015 cars, we now look forward to seeing their race pace when the lights go green tomorrow: there is still scope for some interesting surprises.”
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