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Germany Saturday quotes: Pirelli

Paul Hembery: "The teams only got the chance to run on the soft tyre for the first time this morning, so they went into qualifying with a distinct lack of data on this compound in particular. As it was, our wet and intermediate tyres once again took centre stage. With a dry race expected tomorrow, we still have plenty of information to analyse as well, but from the limited data we have we could expect a difference between the soft and the medium tyre of about 0.5 seconds per lap, although the medium compound should last a few laps longer

"This opens up many possibilities in terms of strategy, and could lead some teams to conclude that the medium tyre is the one to race on. After a wet qualifying, all the drivers have most of their slick tyre allocation still available to them, which also expands their options. As we have only ever been to Hockenheim before as GP3 supplier two years ago, all the teams should start on a level playing field. So the teams that can understand the tyre characteristics here most quickly, and build a race strategy around that, will be in the strongest position to do well on race day.

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