Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are in a title race on their own and, one year on from McLaren’s team order fiasco in Budapest, there is ‘very little’ between the two drivers

Sauber stand-in Paul Aron, driving in place of Nico Hulkenberg for FP1, came to a halt at Turn 13 after facing a "systems critical alarm" on his steering wheel. The race director chose to throw a virtual safety car to ensure the Estonian's car could be collected from the run-off.