Toto Wolff can look back at a successful qualifying session in Portugal. The Mercedes team boss thinks his drivers have a good chance of victory in Portimao although he does think the wind could make it exciting.
On Saturday, Valtteri Bottas qualified on pole position, while teammate Lewis Hamilton gets to start from P2. Max Verstappen had pole position in his hands, but his time was taken away after he ran wide at turn four.
Wind can play a major role
The moment of oversteer is believed to be due to a gust of wind. "I don't know if the Red Bull is more sensitive to wind, but you can get caught in a gust. And then you fall back a tenth and a half in a corner," Wolff told ServusTV.
The Austrian thinks the wind could again play an important role on Sunday: "In long runs we were good, but the wind could make it exciting tomorrow."
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