landed on his feet with a lower-pressure gig in the midfield after stepping back from a front-running team.
The Mexican driver will remain Max Verstappen’s team-mate until the end of the F1 2026 championship having signed a two-year extension.
Zhou’s team-mate Bottas possessing the fastest time so far of a 1:33.
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Allison explained their progress as having gone from “really embarrassingly crap” to “near the fight”.
Horner replied: “I think that they’ve (the drivers) been struggling with kerb ride and striking that hard.
so I’m hoping that we can get closer to these guys and start actually competing at the front with these.
claiming P8 even after being handed a five-second penalty for a false start.
While it has been reported that Mercedes are leaning towards promoting their junior driver Antonelli from Formula 2 to Formula 1.