had raised speculation that he could attract interest from the likes of Mercedes and Red Bull.
But the rain held off – for Q2 at least – with only spots falling for the next 15 minutes as the drivers looked to make it into the top 10.
with the Dane looking to reduce that gap and overturn it with both drivers out of contract at the end of the year.
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Any logos that McLaren could not fit on its three primary race cars would be placed on the JHR machine.
He was later hit with a three-place grid penalty for the next race in Spain after the stewards ruled he continued for the remainder of that lap with a “significantly damaged car” that “lost several carbon fibre parts on the way back to the pits.