This time I had to leave right after the race so didn't have any time to write the review until now. Sorry for the delay guys! Let's get right to it then..
In the start Fernando Alonso and Valtteri Bottas got very good starts as they usually do. No surprise there but it was worth mentioning.
Kevin Magnussen on the other hand did what he has done in every race. Broke his front wing! He has complained that the F1 cars are much longer than he expected and can't see properly where it starts and ends. Eric Boullier said that Magnussen is still learning just like Romain Grosjean did at Lotus a couple of years ago.
Speaking of Grosjean, have anybody noticed how much better he is than Pastor Maldonado? Maldonado crashed AGAIN! This time the victim (yes the victim) was Marcus Ericsson. It didn't do him that much harm though because he is still going to be last with his Caterham.
Lotus on the other hand is very close to the pace they had last year and the season before that. Think about it! Grosjean is relatively high up on the grid and Kimi used to be even higher so it looks normal right? If that's true then we can clearly see that Maldonado is NOT a very good driver. Let's see if his money is good enough next year to give him another chance.
What about Ferrari? They were not that good here either. When I looked at some footage of the cars coming in to a corner it was pretty clear. All of the other teams turned normally but the Ferraris were shaking like hell and had some weird vibration going on. This is exactly what Kimi Räikkönen has been complaining about. Well... there is a lot they have been complaining about but that's one thing.
This time Kimi had some new things to complain about and who can blame him? He was ahead of Alonso the whole race and it didn't look like the order would change. Then they changed Alonso's strategy which let Alonso pass Kimi with newer tyres.
Ferrari said that Alonso needed the new tyres to catch Sebastian Vettel but why didn't they give the tyres to Kimi who was in front and had a better chance? This is where I am a bit confused and please correct me if there is something I am missing here. Were they favoring Alonso or was it just a big mistake?
Kimi was very unhappy and asked the team on the radio what is going on. The press also asked Kimi why Ferrari did what they did but Kimi didn't want to answer that question. He got even more angry when they asked him if he is a number two driver because of the strange strategy of Ferrari.
Red Bull is clearly the second best team right now! Daniel Ricciardo was third and best of the rest. He also won his teammate again but this time Vettel was very close behind. It's looking better for him race after race. Vettel even set the fastest lap.
The Mercedes drivers had some weird body language after the race. It was clear that Nico Rosberg was very unhappy with the result and Lewis Hamilton was very glad to snatch the championship lead from Rosberg.
The Mercedes staff had mixed feelings because they wanted to say sorry to Rosberg and congratz to Hamilton.
The next race is in Monaco where Rosberg lives so he might have a small advantage there. He has been driving those streets his whole life and he won there last year.
Then it's time for my predictions and the actual results.
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
The race:
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
- Nico Rosberg, Mercedes - CORRECT
- Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull - CORRECT
Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes - WRONG. Sebastian Vettel did that for the first time this season.
Surprise: Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari - He will find some new speed finally! - CORRECT! But Ferrari screwed up his race strategy or favored Alonso. You make the decision.
I have never come this close of getting everything right. Only the fastest lap was wrong but I still got full points in the Predictors League.
POINTS: 1st - 3
2nd - 5
3rd - 10
HOW IT WORKS: the aim of the game is simply predict who comes where in the race (top3). A total of 18 points can be won on a race day. If you get winner and and 3rd place right but 2nd wrong you get 13 points same if you get 1 correct. eg. 2nd you get 5 points. If a driver wins the race and you said he would come 2nd or 3rd no points would be awarded. Same if he came in another position, and you predicted that wrong. A table will be posted up every race weekend. The point scoring system will change once the cars become more competitive. Everyone will say a merc 1,2 so it won't be close or fun.
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That's it for today and if you want to send me feedback then email me: f14lifeblog@gmail.com
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