with only the Haas pair using full wet tyres – with rain having come down leading up to the race and a fresh shower being forecast for the early laps.
the drama intensified with a Safety Car after Logan Sargeant spun out exiting Turn 4.
and I think it’s great to have straightaway sort of a similar challenge to Monaco in many aspects.
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).