A mostly boring race at the front. Other than Checo getting Lecerc into turn one and then Max getting Checo after tires, there wasn't really much going on until the Ferrari's retired.

The midfield was a bit more fun to watch as the various strategies due to the VSC periods played out. Some clean racing and nothing really unexpected but at least some action to keep it from being too boring. The mind games at McLaren ae real, with first Daniel saying he had pace then later in the race Lando trying to push the same issue, even though he never got that close. Good to see both cars in the points though, and for a change Ricciardo comes out on top.

Gutted for Yuki, he was having a strong race until that flap broke. That's the first time I remember seeing such a thing, and I was shocked at how stable the wing still seemed to be when they showed that first shot. It looked as though the left side was already gone when DRS was open. Though always a hard call, probably a good thing they made him come in to fix it but it sure sucked to pull that second car for the team out of the points.

All things considered, a weekend that ended up with decent points for Merc, and pulling them closer to Ferrari. If the trend continues, they might still be in for a shot at 2nd in the WDC points. Once again George manages to get on the podium and stay in front of Lewis. Seb doing his thing and bringing home Baku points, and both Alpines took advantage of the massive straight line speed and some decent defending to keep both cars up there in the top ten. I thought KMag might have a shot at a point until things went south for him as well.



On to Canada