Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and Mercedes continued proving that they are unstoppable. Nobody had a chance! The only way that the 1st and 2nd places will be different if there is an accident or a technical problem.
Right at the start Hamilton took a strong lead from the others, Rosberg got stuck in traffic and smashed into Valtteri Bottas' Williams. Both of the drivers could continue the race without making a pitstop.
The other Williams driven by Felipe Massa had a small crash with Fernando Alonso's Ferrari. They both blamed each other but later Alonso said that it was a racing incident. Massa continued blaming Alonso.
The other Ferrari driven by Kimi Räikkönen was much slower all weekend and Kimi was very frustrated:
Kimi managed to overtake one car in the start though.. In the end he was 8th so a little better than last race but still.
Why can't they get the car as he wants it? His driving style is totally different to Alonso's and the car is mainly built for the spaniard. He has been working on the car since last year and Kimi has had his first chance to work in January. In the last tests Alonso tested both cars and Kimi wasn't even there. Alonso said that there was something strange with Kimi's car and it was more difficult to drive for him as well.
Back to the race! Kevin Magnussen smashed his front wing again in the beginning of the race. He has complained that he can't see it from the cockpit which makes it more difficult to protect.
What about Williams' pitstop with Massa? That was just terrible to watch! I mean come on guys! How hard can it be to take the right tyres to the "box"? Ever heard of double checking? But mainly it ruined Massa's race and he stayed the whole race at the back.
One good thing about Williams though, they finally managed to get their tyres right in the qualifying session. They even showed some improvement in wet conditions.
What about Sebastian Vettel? Daniel Ricciardo has been much better than Vettel in every race!
It was embarrassing when Vettel disobeyed teamorders (didn't let Ricciardo through) and then he got overtaken anyway. Later he confessed that he didn't wanna let him pass but after he thought about it he changed his mind. I guess he changed his mind when Ricciardo was overtaking him.
Later Kamui Kobayashi overtook the champ with his Caterham and Vettel got really pissed off. He shouted on the radio that it's easy to overtake when his tyres are newer. So what? He was still one lap behind and Vettel had to make his pitstop anyway.
What else happened? Adrian Sutil retired again which means that he has finished only one race for Sauber this season. When he was interviewed he said that he isn't worried because it can't get any worse than this. He knows that everything that happens after all of this must be an improvement.
The race ended 1 lap earlier because someone counted the laps wrong. Hamilton was going on his final lap and they already waved the flag. He asked on the radio about it and Mercedes told him to finish the last lap and ignore the error.
The FIA changed the results so that the last lap didn't count because according to the rules if you wave the checkered flag it means the race is over.
The last thing, my guesses and the actual results:
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - RIGHT
The race:
- Nico Rosberg, Mercedes - WRONG. Rosberg was 2nd.
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - WRONG. Hamilton was 1st.
- Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull - WRONG. Ricciardo was 4th and Alonso was 3rd.
Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes - RIGHT
Surprise: Nico Hülkenberg, Force India - For me the biggest surprise was probably Ferrari's pace.. well.. at least one of the Ferraris. Fernando Alonso was 3rd!
That's it for today and if you want to send me feedback then email me: f14lifeblog@gmail.com
That's it for today and if you want to send me feedback then email me: f14lifeblog@gmail.com
