Overall not a bad race.

Max started on softs spiced up the start a little bit, and in the end it might have helped Oscar more than it helped him. I suspect Red Bull were expecting either more rain or safety cars, but either way it was a roll of the dice that didn't really work, but didn't hurt them much either.

What little rain did come didn't really spice up the show at all, but it did come at the right time to slow people down and think about it a little bit. I was hoping it would be stronger rain, but as it turns out the safety car periods through some changes into the race anyway.

Horrible weekend for Ferrari, with both cars ending their race at the same turn. Lewis got it wrong in conditions where he rarely gets it wrong, and all it took was the slightest tap to send Charles into a spin as well. Combined with Lewis picking up grid penalties for the next race, I'm sure it's a weekend he would rather forget. As for Charles, how he escaped penalty for that one move off track is beyond me. He should count himself lucky.

Shame to see Lando DNF and allow the title gap to grow. And new reports are saying it was a chassis issue that caused the problem, and they have to dig further to find the exacts. His misfortune brought a podium to Isack in his rookie season, even if he did suffer the curse of the podium trophy mishaps. Though I hate when a driver DNFs due to no fault of their own, it was nice to see Hadjar inherit that podium.

Quite a mix of unexpected cars in the top 10, including both Aston's as well as both Haas cars. Good to see some of them get into the points and find some motivation to keep pushing.



As for Sainz.... well it never seems to be his fault. Though he can be a really good driver at times he just comes across as a whiner most of the time.