We had an unusual sighting in Saturday’s rain-hit FP3 at the Brazilian Grand Prix, as an umbrella was blown over from the Interlagos grandstands and onto the track, on the inside of the famous Senna esses. It took a brave official to go and recover the object so the session could continue smoothly.

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