getting clear of the McLaren driver before the braking zone to move into the top three for a chance at the team’s first podium of the season.
the Chinese racer suffering a snap through Turn 5 and whacking the wall on his left.
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).
Ricciardo responded by putting his car in P5 for this weekend’s race.