I have always said that Valtteri Bottas is the best driver here in Russia and he clearly was this time as well.
At the start Bottas was a clear leader and fighting for second was Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. Kimi Räikkönen settled for fourth.
Charles Lecler's pass on Kevin Magnussen was fantastic! wow what a move! I hope he will really challenge Vettel next year at Ferrari. I am also very interested how good Sauber will be when Räikkönen switches teams. I am very happy that Räikkönen is going to stay for another two seasons but would like to see him on the podium in the future as well.
On lap 6 both Toro Rossos retire! What a day for them...
9 laps later Vettel gets in front of Hamilton due to Ferrari's race strategy. Usually it's Mercedes who wins Ferrari on race strategies but not this time!
On lap 16 Hamilton overtakes Vettel after a few tries and it was a pretty good maneuver in my opinion.
Almost 10 laps later they asked Bottas to move out of Hamilton's way even though it seemed that Bottas was going to win this race. This just makes me mad! Let them race!! Loosing respect for Hamilton when he needs a helper to win. I mean Hamilton usually beats Bottas but I was sure that Bottas would have been best here! I also knew that they would do the team order so that's why I predicted that Hamilton would win even though Bottas got everything else (pole and fastest lap of the race).
After this team order I was just bored out of my mind... F1 you used to be cool. I still love you but damn...
What are your thoughts?
The last thing are my predictions with results:
Pole position: Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes - CORRECT
Race:
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
- Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes - CORRECT
- Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari - WRONG. He was 4th and his teammate Vettel was 3rd.
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes - CORRECT
Surprise: Keep an eye on Bottas. He might be very fast this weekend - CORRECT
