BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions before the Spanish Grand Prix.
Formula 1 moves back into Europe for the start of a triple-header with this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.
The real question is is why were they were slow on Saturday - both in the dry conditions of final practice and the wet in qualifying. Leclerc and Sainz qualified 11th and 12th, which nobody expected going into Montreal. There was another major tyre error in the race, when Leclerc was put on slicks just as it was starting to rain properly again mid-race. But by then his race was effectively over anyway.The question of how Lewis Hamilton will do at Ferrari next year is one of the most intriguing in F1.
For another, Leclerc is incredibly fast - many people in F1 think he might even be the fastest driver in the sport over one lap. So out-qualifying him will not be easy - and at the moment Hamilton is not out-qualifying George Russell either. George Russell is an elite F1 driver, as he has proved from his comparison with Lewis Hamilton in their two and a bit seasons as team-mates - Russell has given away little if anything to the seven-time champion in terms of pure performance.
Should the pit lane be closed or remain open? For how long? When should it be open? Etc etc. There is, after all, something to be said for allowing space for such things to be a throw of the dice to one degree or another. It spices races up. Most in F1 would like to see a competitive female driver at the very top of the sport; at the same time, everyone recognises that this should not be about tokenism.and said "it is going to take a long time" and the priority was to "increase the talent pool for the best to rise up and only then will we be able to open the door to F1".
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