The Mercedes driver took to the escape road after out-braking himself.
Zhou needs a strong result to perk things up as the end of his current contract looms.
“Any driver who fails to negotiate Turn 9 or Turn 14 and passes completely to the left of the orange apex kerb must keep completely to the left of the orange block/bollard on the exit of the corner and re-join the track at the far end of the asphalt run-off.
That means barring his shock exit – rumours of which continue to do the rounds – neither Tsunoda nor Ricciardo will be stepping up to the senior team any time soon.
So its very important for us that you can reasonably follow another car in a cornering situation and to do that we need to make sure from the aero concept – the amount of dirty air being generated – is not impacting too much the following car.
which dropped him behind his own team-mate Hamilton in the process.
the Fastest Pit Stop crown rewards the teams who excel in the pit lane over the course of the season by consistently producing fast pit stops for their drivers.
Perez coasted back to the pit lane after his trip to the barriers at Turn 5.