Is the season really gonna be the equally balanced battle we hope? Yes, looks like it I'd say, Red Bulls slightly faster but very close. Championship lead is now one point.
Can Alpha Tauri capitalise on their promise and be third-best in the race? No, Gasly was on the wrong tyres (full wet) at the wrong time which is fatal in changing conditions, Yuki Tsunoda made a couple of significant errors.
Without car damage, will Danny Ric equal/beat Lando? No, Lando was >1 second a lap quicker at Imola, a remarkable gap. Great work to take third, Lando could perhaps start to look like a future champ if he keeps this up.
Are Ferrari as strong as they looked? Yes I guess? Basically neck and neck with McLaren for best of the rest again.
Can Seb get on top of things, or is it all downhill from here? No, poor in qualy and the race. A cynic might suggest that Vettel was hired to make Stroll Jr look good, certainly he's achieving that.
Is the Williams going to be better here than at windy Bahrain, and can Russell make up for his error last year? Yes Williams looked a lot better at Imola, justifying the 'our car doesn't like the wind' line from the team last race. I guess Russell didn't actually make up for his error as he didn't bring home any points.
What are the odds on Mazespin completing his first F1 race this weekend? Yes he made it. Several spins along the way, and in last place over a minute behind his team-mate, but he completed the race.
I think Bottas made a misjudgment in moving over on Russell. On a dry track I'd consider that acceptable as he did leave a car's width, but to swerve that late, that quickly when the "car's width" of track you're leaving is cold wet and slippery, well it's asking for an accident. I don't think Russell did anything wrong... apart from remonstrating with Bottas afterwards, it's important to show self control and not risk damaging a promising career. I understand he was shocked, upset and angry but he shouldn't do that sort of thing for his own sake. Anyway I predict it'll be put down as a racing incident, no fault either way, although perhaps the violence of the consequences might push the stewards into awarding a penalty; if so I'd say Bottas should be the recipient.
Pity Hamilton fell off passing traffic, spoilt the fight for the lead, but he did great to come back to 2nd (helped by the stoppage).
Well done to Max, a great drive when everyone else made mistakes, he almost made one of his own behind the safety car but caught it. Looked great today and a well deserved victory.
Checo must be v disappointed, hopefully he can bounce back as he showed a lot of potential in the Bulls yesterday.
Originally Posted by Blerpa
still, I’d agree he needs to go.
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