“For a few remarkable minutes in final qualifying, it appeared as if Paul Di Resta may pull off a sensational pole position. The Scot had made the call to wait before going out and then fit intermediate tyres while the front-runners all initially went out on slicks and had to come back in and change tyres. It gave Di Resta a window to make the most of the track before it was completely soaked. As it turned out, it dried more than expected at the end, but fifth still matched his career best qualifying position. ‘It was a ballsy decision and it was basically me who did it,’ he said. ‘The team said they wanted to go out on slicks like everybody else, but I said: ‘No let’s do something different. Look at the screens, people are putting umbrellas up.’ When I got out there, the first sector I thought might be risky, but as soon as we got to sector three I knew the best chance I had to do anything was then. And to be fair, we had the best conditions and ended up P5. If we went out at the end, there was no way we would have been there.’ He’s not confident of holding on to that in the race, though.”
Belgian Grand Prix as it happened
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