A 1am (AEST) start time might seem annoying, but I don’t
mind it too much. Everyone else is in bed which means I can lay my devices out
and not have to worry about getting asked to put out the garbage.
Like most I was hoping to see a ding dong battle up the
front, hopefully not just between the two Mercedes cars but hopefully the
Ferraris up there to mix it up. But my heart sank on the formation lap to see
Vettel’s car explode robbing us of the most likely Ferrari to challenge the
Silver Arrow cars.
Again Lewis was slow off the start and was collected by an
over ambitious Valtteri Bottas. This would have been ok if it didn’t damage
Hamilton’s car. It would have been great to see Lewis make a race of it by
trying to chase down Rosberg, but the damage to the car made it impossible to
do so.
Kimi did a good job for Ferrari, but never looked like
threating Rosberg up front and although he got the gap down to just a few
seconds after the last pit stop, I think this was down to Mercedes managing
their car, rather than Ferrari’s pace.
Whilst the race at the front didn’t have you sitting on the
edge of your seat, the mid field battles were fantastic, with close racing and
some good overtaking. I think having the 3 different sets of tires available is
spicing things up and gives the fans a bit more overtaking.
Again Romain Grosjean was a star again for Haas Racing with
5th place. It is great to see a new team arrive in the sport and be
quite successful, although some teams up and down the pit lane aren’t that
happy with Haas because a lot of their car is purchased instead of building it
themselves.
Ricciardo did well again and it will be great to see him on
a track like Monaco (especially if Red Bull have their engine upgrade by then).
I think at these tracks he will be threat to Ferrari, if not the leaders.
What a great debut by Stoffel Vandoorne finishing 10th
for McLaren. Maybe Johnny Herbert was right when he said Alonso should retire
and make way for Vandoorne. Although sadly I think it probably should be Jenson’s
seat he takes.
It is also fantastic to see Manor improve, but sadly
Williams look like they have taken a step backwards over the winter, lets hope
they turn it around.
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