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“I think it will probably spice him a little more. Normally, when you have this one blow, once you have a good stop at the stand and everything is fine, you drive until the end, and you just have to stay focused and not hit the barrier.

“Maybe with the two stops, it can create something different, people who play, guessing when the right time is to box, and I hope it will spice him a little more.”

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Alpine driver Pierre Gasly echoes these feelings, adding: “I see opportunities, I see unknowns, which we have to kiss rather than be afraid of [it].

“In the end, I’m not too sure that everyone knows what it will do – it might not change much. I think what remains extremely important is to qualify, so you know that if you get things to qualify at least, you do a lot of the work.

“I’m sure it will open a potential strategy, which we will have to be at the top.”