While the predicted thunderstorms didn't arrive on Friday, a number of drivers still thought they were driving in the wet, Haas driver Romain Grosjean being one of them. 'I thought it was raining at one point,' he told reporters. 'It was very, very difficult. 'Over one qualy lap it is always a decent tyre,' he said of the hypersoft, 'but whenever you want to do a long run, you do three laps, and then it is like driving in the wet.' Friday, if you'll forgive the pun, witnessed a 'perfect storm', with the low grip track surface further compromised by high temperatures and the Mexico debut of the softest compound in Pirelli's 2018 range. As a result drivers clearly struggled to remain on the...
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