It was a game of absurdly fine margins in Sao Paulo on Saturday after a cyclone blew through the city overnight, leaving a damp track and changeable winds in its wake.
The unpredictable conditions made for an eventful sprint race punctuated by a red flag after Oscar Piastri exited stage right at Turn 3, followed in short order by Nico Hulkenberg and Franco Colapinto. Uneasy grip, gusting winds, random factors from lap to lap – how much did kerb strikes from cars running ahead contribute to the carambolage by displacing water? It’s impossible to say definitively.
