Carlos Sainz was the hero of the day, and fans’ driver of the day for the second time in his two races this season.
Ferrari clearly had a good pace both on single lap and longer runs throughout the event and appeared to be able to manage the graining of the tyre surfaces better than Red Bull and others.
Max Verstappen delivered a ‘Max-like’ lap to secure pole position, but Red Bull had to add some front wing set-up for the race, one of the few permissible changes in parc fermé lock down, in order to protect the front tyres from sliding too much.
It was all inconsequential because his rear-brake caliper stuck on the grid, akin to leaving the handbrake on, and would quickly and spectacularly overheat that corner meaning he would experience his first non-finish for 43 races.
