It was only a brief hiatus while Zhou’s car was extracted and brought back to the pit lane.
Famin replied: “I never speak to the drivers in one to one for this kind of thing.
Sergio Perez and Oscar Piastri were both at threat of going out at the end of Q1.
but it was Russell who took pole position after setting an identical lap time to Max Verstappen in Q3 – but held onto pole after setting a 1:12.