Hamilton didn't sound any worse than other drivers in his position. Gotta love Bottas going for the fastest lap much to his teams distress. All in all a quite boring race. Looks like a fun track to drive, but not race on. Hope next years cars bring closer racing.
I just don't understand why they pitted him with two laps to go on decent-ish tires if they
didn't want him to go for FL. Makes no sense to me. Was funnier knowing that not only did he briefly have the FL after they told him to abort, that was also the track record until Hamilton did a faster lap.
as a red bull fan, i am pleased.
Max on the radio saying "what is he (hamilton) complaining about" was golden.
"probably tires again?" lmao, he was so calm. Hamilton did put in some good pressure every now and then, but MAx was just unflappable. Commanding drive.
Overall, I agree with y'all. Looks like a
very fun track to drive on, but the race was a bit of a snore. It was fun to see Checo carve his way back through the pack. That's clearly his happy place, dispatching cars one after another. Alonso also made some great ground, and stole P6 from Sainz at the last minute. The Alpine isn't the best car, but he sure knows how to wring every bit of pace out of whatever he's driving, and then some.