On the 1st lap we saw a great start from Red Bull's Max Verstappen even though he drove over Vettel's front wing. Almost took the lead!
At the back Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz drove over Romain Grosjean's front wing and spun into Felipe Massa. Both Sainz and Massa were out of the race and Fernando Alonso missed the disaster just barely. Massa had no idea what had just happened. Very poor driving from Sainz! The safety car was also deployed because of this.
After lap 3 the safety car pits and the race continued. Verstappen almost overtook Hamilton but failed. Then Bottas attacks Verstappen but couldn't overtake either. Great racing! I was extremely happy to see something like that early on in the race.
After 10 laps Verstappen retires and Bottas gets 2nd place. Very sad for Verstappen's sake. VSC deployed due to this.
The Kevin Magnussen - Lance Stroll - Nico Hulkenberg fight was interesting to watch. They were very close to each other and I was waiting for a double overtake but that didn't happen.
Also the Force India drivers Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez had a real battle going on. I think this might have been Ocon's best drive ever in F1. More of that please! Perez was also asked to move over and let Ocon catch Ricciardo but he disobeyed. Perez was not thinking about the team, only himself. Ocon was very angry with his teammate and it might have cost them a podium finish. Force India promised Perez he would get his position back if Ocon couldn't do what he was aiming for.
Also the Force India drivers Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez had a real battle going on. I think this might have been Ocon's best drive ever in F1. More of that please! Perez was also asked to move over and let Ocon catch Ricciardo but he disobeyed. Perez was not thinking about the team, only himself. Ocon was very angry with his teammate and it might have cost them a podium finish. Force India promised Perez he would get his position back if Ocon couldn't do what he was aiming for.
Vettel's overtake on Ocon was so thrilling! One of my favorite moments in the race.
McLaren's Honda engine blew up again and Alonso was not happy. If this continues then Alonso will most likely leave the team.
Stroll got his first points in his home gp! Well done mate. After a very difficult start you actually had a great race.
Then it's time for my predictions again!
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
The race:
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
- Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes - CORRECT
- Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari - WRONG. He was 4th and Ricciardo was 3rd.
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
Surprise: Felipe Massa is usually good here! - True but he retired on the first lap.
Remember to post your own predictions to our F1-4-LIFE PREDICTORS LEAGUE.
The rules:
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.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PREDICTIONS: send an email to f14lifeblog@gmail.com or message the Facebook page to submit your predictions. You have until lights out to make them. If you submit them when the race has started they won't count. So be quick! like the Mercedes.
THE PRIZE: the winner of the league will win themselves a admin place on the F1 4 LIFE page along side AE, JT, MH, MW, JI and PM. If you don't want to be an admin you are welcome to participate anyway. We may also come up with some other prize if it helps.
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.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PREDICTIONS: send an email to f14lifeblog@gmail.com or message the Facebook page to submit your predictions. You have until lights out to make them. If you submit them when the race has started they won't count. So be quick! like the Mercedes.
THE PRIZE: the winner of the league will win themselves a admin place on the F1 4 LIFE page along side AE, JT, MH, MW, JI and PM. If you don't want to be an admin you are welcome to participate anyway. We may also come up with some other prize if it helps.
That is all for today!
