Lewis Hamilton has won his first race of the year, thanks to a very unfortunate retirement of Valtteri Bottas a few laps from the end. Kimi Raikkonen finished second for Ferrari, ahead of Perez who scores the first points of the season for Force India.
Why is seb 2.2 seconds off the pace despite using 2 sets of ultras and having clean laps? overheating those rears?
toasted and roasted
11:38 Vettel reports his "rears are like toast". It's been a tricky morning for tyre complaints up and down the pitlane, and plenty of that frustrated chatter has come from the Ferraris.
Anyone have opinions on the "enhanced audio" lap? I think they were trying closer/shakier/more "dynamic" camera shots too. Audio didn't sound all that different to me.
Also the cool new heads up graphic covering the halo should please some here
I like that Liberty are trying some things out on the coverage.
#aerogandalf "There is one big friend. It is downforce. And once you have this it’s a big mate and it’s helping a lot." Robert Kubica
Ferrari’s program seems different to the others - definitely running more fuel. Still an odd performance from them though. Redbull looks strong here. Lewis still well behind Bottas. I wonder what’s up there?
First of all, I still don't like this track. OK, the castle section is unique, but it's boring overall to be honest.
Verstappen probable for a gearbox change, he is doing it so wrong this year. What on earth has happened to him?
I'm really not naive to think that Ferrari will be like this for the rest of the weekend. Just like every weekend, you're gonna see them challenging for pole out of (seemingly) nowhere. It might even be Vettel P1 in Practice 2, it gets so predictable nowadays.
As expected, FI & Williams will deliver in this track, but what about Alonso? He's really well placed.
First of all, I still don't like this track. OK, the castle section is unique, but it's boring overall to be honest.
Verstappen probable for a gearbox change, he is doing it so wrong this year. What on earth has happened to him?
I'm really not naive to think that Ferrari will be like this for the rest of the weekend. Just like every weekend, you're gonna see them challenging for pole out of (seemingly) nowhere. It might even be Vettel P1 in Practice 2, it gets so predictable nowadays.
As expected, FI & Williams will deliver in this track, but what about Alonso? He's really well placed.
Verstapen is going as every top driver had a "Ego reset"