The four of them drove perfectly, I think, they were really racing… but we saw some close racing like that between the Mercs every now and then. Once the strategies had played their part up front, Ric remained behind Seb, Seb remained behind Kimi and Kimi remained behind Max. ![]() We saw some good battles in the midfield, but: Massa recovered ten positions with few to no overtakes, and none seen on camera Bottas, Perez, Button ran untroubled for most of the race Grosjean dropped back and we lost a potential points-finisher Manor and Sauber were nowhere, again. I’ve tried to be objective, but fear I’ve been misguided by the mass uproar for Verstappen… ![]() Good drive today, but I don’t buy into the hype. He has his equals (Sainz, for one), but he’s been made out to be a Senna-like ‘star’, and people seem to be lapping it up. I don’t feel like it’s a case of peerless skill and talent with Verstappen. RAI did incredibly well with the loss of downforce to keep his tyres in good condition and remain so close for the duration. VES lost half a second with that lock-up, and RAI was the closest to overtaking going into T1 as he was all race due to the error. VES locked up going into T10 mid-race, blamed the puff of smoke on Raikkonen, and then kept harping on about VES being faultless until the chequered flag. Now that was a drive.Įdwards’ drooling over Verstappen for the entire race was nauseating. Bless Sainz for doing a hell of a job to take P6. It was so Hollywood that it almost felt manufactured. Verstappen’s win is bittersweet, because he’s a ‘golden boy’ with a red carpet laid before him, and after all he has inherited in his brief time in Formula 1, add a victory to that list. ![]() Ricciardo’s had to near-enough punt Vettel off-track to make a pass, and even that was unsuccessful. Spectacular crash, unexpected winner, but the first four followed each-other home, and never really looked like swapping positions (thanks again, downforce-sapping regulations).
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