Before battle commences, an immaculate minute’s silence in memory of Alex Zanardi, 1956-2026. Alex Zanardi holding his gold medal for the road cycle individual time trial H4 category at the 2012 Paralympic Games, at Brands Hatch motor racing circuit near London. Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP Audi had a problem with Hülkenberg’s car they thought they had resolved, but now they will have to work frantically to make qualifying in just over five hours’ time. For everyone else, the sprint race is now a dozen minutes away. Nico Hülkenberg, appropriately by signs saying “Fire” and “Exit”. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/LAT Images When Donald pressed on and asked about the regulations regardless, his manager tried to intervene via speakerphone, and then: double quotation mark I turn to Norris and underline the importance of the issue. A young representative of the management team in the room with us steps closer to say: “We’re done with time.” I ask Norris if he can spare the additional 10 minutes I’d been promised.…