Sainz’s weekend took a dramatic flip for the more severe when he misplaced management of his Ferrari within the early levels of Q3 and slammed rearward into the obstacles – giving mechanics loads of work to do in a single day. He made regular progress from his P10 grid slot, finally crossing the road in seventh to salvage a number of factors and add to workforce mate Leclerc’s tally.
Lacking out
Zhou Guanyu simply missed the Energy Rankings prime 10 lower for Singapore after beating Kick Sauber workforce mate Valtteri Bottas, Pierre Gasly’s Alpine and Daniel Ricciardo’s RB to the flag, with Esteban Ocon and Yuki Tsunoda additionally on the brink.
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