It will undoubtedly be even quicker during the third free practice and qualifying sessions, but it is clear that Red Bull have a chance to fight for pole position. The same goes for
McLaren. Bottas, the other Mercedes driver, was fifth on Friday afternoon. However, it looks like Mercedes still has something up its sleeve.
The midfield is in any case very exciting. The differences are very small, with only
Williams and
Haas F1 lagging a little behind.