Driver of the Epic Race - Bahrain

[The Black Knight]

What he did before the safety car was gaining four seconds on Rosberg over a whole stin while being on the faster tyre after being given a massive 6 sec undercut on the first pitstop. His defending after the SC was impressive - his performance before it was not. And it was quite a bit of foul defending defending, too.

There was nothing wrong with the defending that Lewis did today. It was all completely 100% harsh but fair. I guess it was inevitable that there would be at least one person complaining about it though.

To me, the drivers of the day were Riccardo, Hamilton and Rosberg.

Riccardo once again showed that he's top class and I think that people are now beginning to see that a lot of Vettel's WDC's were very much down to the car. This was something I said on this forum I felt we would see this year when the cars became more about the driver than the equipment and it is coming to fruition so far. The spin Vettel had in FP3 yesterday was just embarrassing. In all honesty, over the three races, Riccardo has been vastly the superior and more consistent RBR driver IMO.

Hamilton drove a stellar race. The way he defended in throughout the whole race, especially the last ten laps, is why he is a WDC. He may not have been quicker today but he still won. That's the mark of a champion.

Rosberg drove an amazing race. A little quicker than Lewis on race day and since FP3 yesterday but wasn't able to capitalize. I think neither Mercedes driver could complain about how they drove against each other today. It was great to see this kind of racing between two of the best drivers in the world. I can't remember the last time we've had such great racing at the front of a GP. I like this new era of F1 so far overall.