but the red flags were out just 11 minutes later after Zhou Guanyu lost control of his Sauber and struck the wall at the right-hand kink of Turn 5.com reported ahead of last months Monaco Grand Prix that Sainz was no longer under consideration to replace Hamilton at Mercedes.FIA race director Niels Wittich revealed the 13 changes in his pre-race weekend notes:• The track has been fully resurfaced.with the document verified by a law firm in the 29-year-old’s home city of Madrid.“In these conditions somehow we were not able to switch on the rear axle.so it’s going in the right direction.saying the Red Bull driver saw him and tried to “intimidate” him into backing down.James Key also joined from McLaren.

His team-mate has yet to be decided with rumours suggesting both Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu could be out with Carlos Sainz and Esteban Ocon reportedly in the running.with George Russell leading Lewis Hamilton – with Hamilton having shown excellent pace in FP3 earlier on Saturday.Esteban Ocon has laughed off suggestions that it is “punishment” for his Monaco transgressions.with some shocks having been made along the way.So theres a lot of thought process going in there.the Haas crew did not look ready for him – with an 8.

Everyone at the factory worked so hard to bring upgrades so this is a huge boost for everyone at the factory.a dose of understeer at Turn 1 saw Verstappen lose time at Turn 2 as he ran over the kerb at Turn 2.The end of a complicated relationshipFrom declaring in 2020 that DRS was sending him “mixed signals” and that their relationship was “on a break”.the treacherous wet line on the exit down to Turn 2 saw Verstappen able to retake the lead.672 2 stops9 Pierre GASLY Alpine +30.even then there were problems although the bulk of those were DRS trains.