Overall an interesting weekend and solid race.

Though McLaren seemed to have the pace in practice they had nothing more to give come qually. Lando's mistake cost him big, and Max pulled off a blazer of a lap to take pole.

The tides turned once the race started, and Oscar got a good enough jump to force Max into the penalty. In hindsight, it might have made sense for Max to give the position back under the SC and hope for a great jump on the restart.... but hindsight is always 20/20 and the team likely thought they wouldn't get a penalty, or could overcome it in clean air. Either way, solid job by Oscar to take advantage of the situation, take another race win, and take the WDC lead.

George and Kimi seemed to struggle with tires, and Leclerc managed to push the issue enough to gain a well deserved podium. Except for being punked by Lewis for a few laps, Lando did well starting on the hards and making positions up.

Major props to Williams and both drivers to have the presence of mind to go with Carlos keeping Alex within DRS to fend off a charging Hadjar. Isack had a great race himself, and though he didn't get either Williams driver in the end, he sure had the pace to do so if they didn't work so well as a team.


Sucks for Yuki on that one, partly his fault at least, but Gasly force the hand just as much if not more really. He seems to have the mental strength and confidence growing, but this time he would have been smart to play the long game and let Gasly have that first turn.