Felipe Massa will start the Spanish GP from sixth place having been edged out by Ferrari team mate Fernando Alonso by just 0.001s.
Massa had looked strong all weekend, and topped the times in FP3. However Ferrari lost performance when it mattered.
“For sure I expected a little bit more,” said Massa. “I definitely expected to be fighting for the top three, looking that I was first this morning, the car was good this morning. But the others improved a lot, so I’m sure they were a little bit too conservative this morning, and they were preparing everything for the qualifying.
“I knew Mercedes would have been strong here, because they were very strong in the winter. It’s a track they can be very strong in the qualifying, but in the race, I don’t know – maybe a bit less.”
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