Besides the top 5, the rest of the grid was really close today. I was often confused about how drivers emerged at the back from the midfield after pit stops.
Why did Sainz stay out for so long, with damage that was obviously going to send him to the back for no points? Is there some penalty for retiring in the first half of a race?
Their gamble on high downforce for a wet race unfortunately hasn't paid off. If it suddenly starts bucketing it down then Lando can still make a solid comeback if they play the strategy right
They didn't gamble at all. They don't have a slim wing upgrade, so if they used one, it would be too inefficient in terms of drag/downforce ratio. They have an upgrade planned for Monza obviously.
All things being equal they should just be exchanging first place repeatedly for the rest of the race, with the second place person having DRS all the time. But I’m sure that won’t happen. How does Verstappen do it?!
Honestly very interesting grid, wouldn't immediately say Max will 100% win this one as well. Depending on how wide everyone is at the start and how incident free it is as well. Although the raw speed of that redbull might prove me wrong.
Having not watched any F1 news since the end of the sprint yesterday, I was surprised to hear of the hole in Checo’s side pods after the Hamilton incident. Searching for news on Google is just giving me tons of regurgitated clickbait with no good pictures. Anyone know where I can see good pictures/analysis of it?