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for Ferrari. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez ended the day down in P7, having been overtaken by Sainz in the latter stages amid continuing pressure around the Mexican’s place in the team. Fernando Alonso took eighth for Aston Martin with Alpine’s Esteban... seconds behind in P2, while Leclerc followed in P3. As Lap 33 ticked down, a number of potential battles were brewing up. Norris was continuing to chase Verstappen for P5, while Hamilton had cut the gap further to Russell, with the latter having to nurse

Magnussen pit and drop out of the points again, with the various dry-weather strategies continuing to play out after the rain drops moved away from the circuit and a move to intermediates was avoided. On Lap 28, Hamilton stopped again and put on softs