Leclerc led after the first runs in Q3, popping in his 1m18.239s before Fernando Alonso crashed at Turn 11 – the right hander at the end of the back straight and the second DRS zone.
Alonso had just set a then best time in the middle sector when he lost the rear of his Alpine going through Turn 11, the Spaniard saying after he crashed having been sent into the gravel and then into the wall on the outside, that he had “lost the hydraulics” and “could not change gear”.
