Well that one got interesting quickly. Four wide into the first turn!

Action through most of the race due to the differing strategies and strange qually results. George moaning got old really quick, he was at least a couple car lengths back by the braking zone and then expected to advance due to it. I'm not sure what got into Jolyon Palmer on the F1TV coverage, he kept saying Max was screwed and going to be way down when he was on the mediums. I could see everyone not running fast on the mediums, why he couldn't I don't know. But it all inverted at the stops, and Max was quick again.

I think that VSC saved either Charles or Ollie, maybe both. I haven't watched back as I never noticed where Sainz car ended up, since I never spotted it while watching the first time.

Amazing job by Bearman. He ran a solid race and took that Haas to a finish most of us wouldn't have predicted. The VSC might have saved him a position, but either way he worked hard to get it there. As for Lando, cruising out front in clean air he made it almost look easy. But he seemed really positive this weekend and he was right, complete control of the race start to finish.


Only 1 point now in the WDC between Lando and Oscar, and Max is 35 points farther back. I have a feeling that the end of the season could get spicy!