and the Mercedes driver had already been defended against into the final Turn 13/14 chicane by the McLaren driver.
with a near five-second gap to make up – but Russell flew back past into P2 on lap 49 as he.
Sargeant proved inconsistent and prone to mistakes – although these weren’t unforgivable in a rookie season.
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he was only 11-9 ahead (with Qatar and Austin excluded after a Sainz DNS and Leclerc DSQ respectively).