Hopefully no grass fires during the race. Red flags shake things up too much.

It seems Yuki did well until the pressure ramped up a little bit, but he's far from the only driver that couldn't get a great lap on a single run. Hopefully he will keep his wits, stay calm, and fight up to the points paying spots through the race. Though his footing isn't as solid as early runs looked, now he has a chance to absorb and move past the mistake.


As for Max.... yeah it's all the car. TBH I don't think any other driver on the current grid could have pulled that off. And a new track record on top of it. On car pace it should have been up to Lando and Oscar to deliver, but they didn't. They will likely get past Max during the race, but it might slow them down enough to bring Charles or George into the fray as well. Though as a team McLaren are strong, they have at least three other teams that can harass them and potentially steal points from them.

Fantastic to see the two rookies as well as Albon up in the top 10 as well. I suspect Yuki might be able to work past them, but they did very well to get up to such high starting positions.