As if they weren't under enough pressure, spare a thought for the guys at Williams, Haas and Renault, who have been kept extremely busy over the break between this morning's qualifying session and the race. Following his crash at the start of Q1, Robert Kubica required a new chassis, and will therefore start from the pitlane. Nico Hulkenberg's car had to be stripped down as his hydraulic leak was within the gearbox, while at Haas, Kevin Magnussen destroyed the rear of his car and apart from anything else a new gearbox means a 5-place grid penalty, though as he was to start 19th anyway this shouldn't be too much of an issue. It's fair to say that Mercedes, and indeed Charles Leclerc, were...
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