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Both the hard and the soft tyres lasted extremely well in India, with low levels of degradation enabling the drivers to push at their hardest from start to finish on this fantastic circuit. Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull gave us a master class in tyre management and strategy, making all the right calls from start to finish. Grosjean and Kobayashi tried a different strategy, with a long first stint on the hard tyre, which also paid off, showing how tyre strategy can make a difference even for drivers who start outside the top 10 of the grid. Last year, most of the top runners stopped twice: this year only one stop was necessary despite the fact that our compounds have actually become softer across the board. Congratulations also to Ferrari and Fernando Alonso, who showed excellent race pace and straight-line speed to go from fifth to second, which promises a thrilling conclusion to the championship. Now we head straight to Abu Dhabi, which will constitute a completely different challenge.