Final practice and qualifying went a long way towards alleviating the worst fears about the degradation of Pirelli’s tyres, and the general conclusion of the day was that the Italian rubber performed better than expected. But the speed of Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull RB& struck fear into rivals’ hearts as only McLaren could take the fight to them and Ferrari and Mercedes were left disappointed

Tags

 
2012 F1 Merchandise from OnPole.com