VER had an early scare but recovered quickly and definitively. PER with another recovery drive but this one was not as impressive as the last one.
NOR and PIA stamping their authority on this race as the second best car on the grid. NOR scoring the first podium for the team and PIA finally showcasing his potential. A very good weekend for McLaren.
HAM and RUS brining in some good points for the Merc and HAM getting a podium to boot. Merc will walk away happy from this race. But they have a McLaren problem to chew on in the future.
Ferrari going backwards yet again and just about staying in the points. Strategy was lacking again and this time it seems the car struggled too. LEC was a bit unlucky but SAI was hung out to dry. Getting overtaken by a Williams. The drivers really need to grab the strategy calls away from the team.
AM were nowhere in this race. The early promise seems to have withered. ALO outperforming STR by a mile yet again. The penalty for STR didn’t help. STR needs to push harder and more sensibly.
ALB getting really lucky with that safety car but was a strong performance before that too. All the safety car did is sealed some points for the team. Good on them. SAR not doing too badly this time, needs to keep delivering like this.
Not a good outing for Alpine, Alfa, Alpha and Haas. Just another day ending in y for Alfa and Haas but Alpha and Alpine will be wondering where their pace has gone. The only silver lining was BOT gained quite a few places given where he started.
Decent race. 7/10.
It's impressive how McLaren managed to rise. The battle behind Max is heating up yet again. I felt like Lando's talent was being wasted with the previous car, so it's good to see that he's up to his usual shenanigans again now. Also cool to see Piastri being right up there with Norris. Het had a lot of hype around him, and so far that seems to have been for the right reasons. I would be very surprised if McLaren would stay at this level consistently, but I'd be very satisfied to see them in the mix with Ferrari, Mercedes, and Aston, depending on the track.
My spidey senses say that Piastri will haul Norris in and even pass him, as a driver, and there will be fireworks.
Not impossible indeed. Though I'm not sure there will be fireworks. It's not like Hamilton and Russell or Leclerc and Sainz are creating a lot of drama.