The Spanish daily insisted a deal had been done with the document verified by a law firm in the drivers home city of Madrid.
but a three-place penalty dropped him behind Norris come the race start.
but the driver has addressed concerns about his future by saying: “At the minute it’s quite clear the position I’m in.
The new front wing may be the most visible of Mercedes’ upgrades but Toto Wolff believes it’s the overall improvement in downforce.
Yuki Tsunoda needed time to adjust to Formula 1 but this season has emerged as RB’s lead driver.
but I think there is a long season ahead and we will be back to our form that we had earlier.
before ducking to the inside to pass Esteban Ocon under braking to the Turn 13/14 chicane to put his Williams up into the points-paying positions.