And Carlos Sainz, who fought for third place against Yuki Tsunoda, Pierre Gasly and Valtteri Bottas, said he found the whole situation bizarre.
“It was certainly a very strange situation for me,” said the Spaniard. “I was obviously struggling with Valtteri and the AlphaTauris behind them with medium-sized tires while riding on very used hard tires.
“At first I was told not to unlap themselves, the group in front of me, then it was decided to unlap themselves and some people did unlap themselves, but there was still an Aston Martin I think there was and a McLaren, Ricciardo, between the two leaders and me.
