A tailwind caught out Alpine’s Pierre Gasly in Q1, and his rookie teammate Franco Colapinto hit the wall at the same corner shortly after. Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg also crashed, although not badly enough that he couldn’t return to the pit under his own steam. As mentioned, Hamilton went no further than Q2, and Haas rookie Oliver Bearman was responsible for one of those six red flags when he collided with a wall.
Q3 was interrupted by light rain, just after Carlos Sainz had set a fantastic time in the other Williams. Had more rain arrived, Sainz would surely have started on pole position for Sunday’s race. But things cleared up enough for the other drivers to complete some laps.
The old city section.
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The old city section.
