It's the seventh race of the season and by now we should know better than to get excited by Friday practice times. Engine modes, fuel loads and differing run plans can all conspire to paint a misleading picture on practice day, but in 2020 there's always a degree of intrigue when a car other than a Mercedes sets the fastest time.
On Friday, both Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Renault's Daniel Ricciardo beat championship leader Lewis Hamilton to the quickest lap. Yes, the margins were small -- just 0.093s covered the top three on a seven kilometre track -- but in a season when Mercedes has dominated over a single lap, it deserves some analysis.