Lights out and away we go they say... Romain Grosjean got away and took out Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly as well. Take a look in this video:
Here is also a 360-video:
Sebastian Vettel got from 3rd to 2nd in front of Valtteri Bottas and the most interesting driver for me at the moment was 9th. I am talking about Charles Leclerc. Saw him drive in Abu Dhabi in November and that guy was/is fantastic. I used to get the same feeling when I watched Jules Bianchi race before he came to F1. May he rest in peace.
Leclerc drives for Sauber obviously and can't get any super results at the moment but we shall wait and see. He is already beating his teammate Marcus Ericsson in everything.
Moving on to the first pitstops. Bottas had been faster than Vettel and was surely ricing in front of him. It took a little bit too long for him in the pits which made the Finn stay behind. Bottas' pitstop was a second too slow.
The other Finn Kimi Raikkonen didn't even pit before his car broke down on him. A lot of bad luck like this and Mercedes dominates the series again... Actually they also messed up Vettel's race in the pits and he dropped behind Bottas and Max Verstappen. Points just slipping away!
Verstappen has been crashing a lot this season hasn't he? Again now he crashed into Sergei Sirotkin's Williams but fortunately for him he didn't retire. The wing got damage but didn't really slow him down at all and he got a podium finish after the Mercs!
Other drivers to be mentioned are Fernando Alonso for taking 8th place for McLaren and Charles Leclerc again for taking 10th place for my old palls at Sauber. Great job you guys.
Then it's time for my predictions and the results:
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
The race:
Here is also a 360-video:
Sebastian Vettel got from 3rd to 2nd in front of Valtteri Bottas and the most interesting driver for me at the moment was 9th. I am talking about Charles Leclerc. Saw him drive in Abu Dhabi in November and that guy was/is fantastic. I used to get the same feeling when I watched Jules Bianchi race before he came to F1. May he rest in peace.
Leclerc drives for Sauber obviously and can't get any super results at the moment but we shall wait and see. He is already beating his teammate Marcus Ericsson in everything.
Moving on to the first pitstops. Bottas had been faster than Vettel and was surely ricing in front of him. It took a little bit too long for him in the pits which made the Finn stay behind. Bottas' pitstop was a second too slow.
The other Finn Kimi Raikkonen didn't even pit before his car broke down on him. A lot of bad luck like this and Mercedes dominates the series again... Actually they also messed up Vettel's race in the pits and he dropped behind Bottas and Max Verstappen. Points just slipping away!
Verstappen has been crashing a lot this season hasn't he? Again now he crashed into Sergei Sirotkin's Williams but fortunately for him he didn't retire. The wing got damage but didn't really slow him down at all and he got a podium finish after the Mercs!
Other drivers to be mentioned are Fernando Alonso for taking 8th place for McLaren and Charles Leclerc again for taking 10th place for my old palls at Sauber. Great job you guys.
Then it's time for my predictions and the results:
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
The race:
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
- Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes - CORRECT
- Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari - WRONG. He had a DNF and Verstappen was 3rd.
Fastest lap: Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari - WRONG. Ricciardo was fastest.
Surprise: Esteban Ocon, Force India - He also had a DNF
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