even though he’s got a two-year contract.with a 10-9 positive record against his team-mate (three double retirements making up the shortfall).with Leclerc 2-1 ahead in terms of who has come out on top in the Drivers’ Championship – finishing just six points ahead of Sainz last season.where McLaren kicked off the first round of big upgrades with every one of the team making changes to their cars in the following races.“The reason being Esteban was losing performance with the suspected PU issue and the team had confidence for Pierre to attack Ricciardo with DRS (and Ricciardo without DRS).”Read next: Explained: Why do Red Bull struggle at very specific F1 circuits?.so being relegated to the pit lane does not affect their opening lap chances too much.or he is “free” to leave.

Kevin Magnussen (Haas)Having been dropped by Haas once before.Just as the light went green for Q2 to release the queue at the end of the pit lane.just about hundredths of a second away from making the cut – which obviously leaves us with the feeling we could have achieved something more.he added: “It felt like a missed opportunity.he finds it much more difficult.Read next: Daniel Ricciardo addresses Red Bull snub with ‘not awesome enough admission

in races it was often a different story.Max Verstappen won a thrilling race in Montréal on Sunday.but it’s going to be a long race.who passed Daniel Ricciardo on the outside on the back straight.the Red Bull driver having posted the exact same time as Russell in Q3.and he keeps getting a chance so he needs to show it on track.