11:28 – Marcus Ericsson has revealed that he accepted a team order from Sauber to allow Pascal Wehrlein through during the closing stages of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, to fend off the threat from Stoffel Vandoorne.
Ericsson headed Wehrlein and Vandoorne in the battle for 10th place, before Sauber instructed the Swede to move over, amid struggled with his C36-Ferrari due to debris-induced damage.
Wehrlein rounded out the top 10, adding another point to Sauber’s tally, while Ericsson followed home in 11th position, having narrowly kept Vandoorne at bay.
“After the restart I settled in quite well but picked up some debris, damaging my right rear of the floor,” he said.