First of all I was very happy that Valtteri Bottas got his second pole position. He is really blooming right now and he is getting better and better all the time. This guy might be a future world champion. Just wait and see.
At the start Bottas had the best start of his career and some are even saying that it was the best start in F1 history. Take a look at what Anthony Davidson has to say in this video....
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel thought it was a jump start and didn't even believe when they told him the Finn's reaction time.
On the 2nd lap we saw two drivers retire who are very used to retire early on in the race; Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen! I guess Alonso is already packing his bags to leave McLaren and Verstappen has also been looking at other teams.
But why is Verstappen's teammate Daniel Ricciardo doing so well? was it his 5th time in a row he stood on the podium? Meanwhile Verstappen has retired nearly every time!
The most negative thing I saw in the race was the backmarkers who ignored the blue flags and knew that they were being lapped. Still they made it very hard for the leaders to overtake. I am talking about Sergio Perez and Stoffel Vandoorne. I mean Vandoorne got a penalty at least but Perez was even worse in my opinion! No penalty for him?! Why not?
Take a look at this video:
What do you think about this?
Anyways Bottas never got overtaken by anybody. Well... Kimi Räikkönen when Bottas had to pit and the other Finn hadn't pitted yet. Räikkönen was overtaken by Bottas right after the pitstop anyways.
Here is also a highlight video of the race if you wanna watch it:
Then it's time for my predictions.
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - WRONG. His teammate Valtteri Bottas took pole.
The race:
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - WRONG. He was 4th.
- Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes - WRONG. He was 1st and Vettel was 2nd.
- Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull - CORRECT
Fastest lap: Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull - ALMOST! was 2nd fastest and Hamilton was fastest.
Surprise: Red Bull will do better than Ferrari. - Could have but Verstappen retired from the race again.
POINTS: 1st - 3
2nd - 5
3rd - 10
+ possible bonus points
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