And when pushed on whether or not the crew must make numerous adjustments previous to qualifying, the seven-time world champion added: “I actually don’t know, the automobile was simply massively oversteery in that session, which was very odd.”
George Russell, in the meantime, had lined up in second place for the Dash however misplaced out to Lando Norris at first. Because the 19-lap encounter progressed he was additionally overtaken by the Ferrari duo of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, leaving him down in P5.
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By way of whether or not he was stunned by how his tempo dropped off in the course of the occasion, the Briton conceded: “Yeah, I used to be actually stunned, to be sincere.