Alpine has since clarified that the presence of Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg – who was lurking close in search of stealing that point for P10 – meant there was no opening to swap their drivers’ positions back.
in qualifying he crashed and we’ve all been there to a certain extent.
it just shows that everyone is closing up and it’s really details that make the difference.
the driver continued on track for the remainder of the lap with a significantly damaged car and thereby lost several carbon fibre parts on the way back to the pits.
he’s down to just Mercedes as a top-team option after Red Bull announced Sergio Perez had signed a new two-year extension.