We’ve almost felt like all of the hard work hasn’t been paying off
was the removal of the slow final chicane and reinstating the sweeping final right-hander – with a huge G-force challenge placed on the drivers’ necks and a thrilling conclusion to the lap.
but he made sure that he waited long enough that it was too late for Gasly to go and attack.
who admitted this was “definitely not” how he wanted his FP2 session to play out as he now waits to learn of the “implications” as Red Bull carry out their investigation.
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.