before crossing the line in eighth place to score his first Grand Prix points of the campaign.
with the Dane looking to reduce that gap and overturn it with both drivers out of contract at the end of the year.
teams were looking to take a split approach in free practice – Ferrari confirming they were doing so midway through FP3 with Carlos Sainz on soft tyres and Charles Leclerc on mediums.
2014 being the last time with that and kicking off a really long period of dominance.