with the team’s interest in the outgoing Ferrari driver a sign of the team’s ambition.
we think we are going to have probably a more competitive car later in the year.
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 the true test would come at the final moments as the rain continued to steer clear of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
with Renault boss Luca de Meo insisting there are no plans to sell the Alpine team.
The stewards therefore summoned Leclerc to speak with them after the session over a very uncommon infringement
though Ferrari will have been encouraged to see both Carlos Sainz and Leclerc in the top three for FP1.
Zhou and Bottas both enter the final year of their current contracts with their team this season
November 29 – December 1*Round 24: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.