there is believed to be an option in his contract to extend his deal by a further year with the team.
Hamilton not only trails his team-mate in the Drivers’ standings but also in the qualifying head-to-head where he is down 1-7.
And with Norris’ McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri claiming that “our pace and times on the intermediates in [F]P2 looked solid”.
Fernando Alonso – 2308Having made his F1 debut at the same time as Raikkonen.