Russel, Ocon and Gasly received a 2 place grid penalty for impending in the pit lane
Russel, Ocon and Gasly received a 2 place grid penalty for impending in the pit lane
The way this was laid out I originally thought Stroll got second and was shocked. It then occurred to me that he only got thirdโฆ.. wait he got third?
They also have a decent setup this track. The gap to Merc/Ferrari was smaller than the last couple races.
The 3rd and 4th was due to good team strategy to get a lap down early in Q3. They did well enough still on their own merit to make it to Q3, but I suspect theyโd have been much lower if the cars werenโt compromised by the weather.
Bigger question for me was why Perez came out so late for Q3 when RB clearly wanted Max out as early as possible.