The track stayed dry for every driver’s first lap in the final session but Leclerc described conditions as “super-weird” as the wind shifted direction. Other than Piastri, all the drivers in the top 10 managed a lap on a dry track before the rain hit, but they were all considerably slower than in the previous session. Stroll felt they had benefited from being the first two cars out on track at the start of the final session. “We did well going early at the front of the queue and getting in our lap early before the rain came,” he said.

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