Oui et non…
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Julien Lieber didn’t go out during the free practice session at Indonesia as the track was very muddy and he was going to save himself for timed practice. However, the decision not to contest free practice has come back to bite him.
The rest of the day was cancelled which means that the times from free practice will decide the gate picks for the GP tomorrow. As Julien didn’t do a lap in free practice he will have the last gate pick tomorrow. Starts are going to vital at the muddy track so it’s a big blow for the Belgian.
The following message was posted on Julien’s facebook page:
“Good morning everyone!
The weather is pretty bad in Indonesia today and the track is very muddy. Julien didn’t want to do the Free Practice to focus on the pre-qualifying and qualifying race, which he got told after the Free practice that they were cancelled. Lap times from the free practice will count as qualifying race !
Julien will be last at the grid tomorrow for the races in muddy conditions”