I’m glad Perez didn’t get driver of the day. Guy seems to bin it in quali then comes through the pack in the fastest car and every praises him for his comeback drive. Dude should be challenging his team mate like Rosberg and Hamilton when the Mercedes was dominating like this Red Bull is.

Instead Max is just on a different level. Pulling a massive gap in such a short track. Lapping 1 sec faster the Charles is just insane pace.

Looking past Max the race was pretty decent. Battles down the pack which is always good. Looking forward to the fight between Ferrari, Merc, Aston and now McLaren in the upcoming races.

Another VER win but he had to work for it a little. PER managing a very good damage limitation drive in ending up on the podium

Ferrari pulling off a double podium could have been a dream come true given where the team was a few weeks back. Alas, it was not to be. 2-4 is not a bad weekend though is it? If they can get strategy sorted out, the car seems to be getting there but tyre deg is still a touch too high.

NOR killing it today and putting that McLaren on the map yet again. PIA needs to step up or we will be talking about him getting replaced soon. I know he doesn’t have the upgrades this race but ending up rock bottom when your teammate rakes in points is not a good look.

ALO having a very lonely race but scoring some much needed points. STR just squeaking in a point was nice but he can and should be doing better.

HAM struggling quite a bit today while RUS seemed more comfortable with the car. But the car seemed to be genuinely struggling at this track. Let’s see what the British isles look like for this team next week.

GAS doing quite well to clock 2 points for the team. Too bad OCO could not be bullheaded enough to get some points today.

ALB and SAR having very good runs, a nice change for SAR huh? The Williams is easily the best if the rest at this point.

ZHO and BOT doing their usual thing. BOT getting squeezed at the start again and ZHO ending up ahead of him but not too far ahead.

DEV outperformed TSU today, a much needed performance but I am afraid it had more to do with TSU losing it rather than DEV rising to the occasion. Doubt it will cut much ice with Helmut.

MAG the lone Haas in the fight today and there’s not much good to tell. The car is a shitbox and there don’t seem to be signs of improvement.

Very thrilling race. 8.5/10.

Update: The stewards have said they had 1,200 reports of track limit infringements to review. They sound as frustrated about them as we do. At the end of their statement they said something like, "As we have in the past, we recommend this track add gravel or grass on turns 9 and 10."

Provisional* Weekend Warm-up Pundit Prediction Performance

* Subject to outcome of Aston Martin's protest of results.

Pundit__|1st_____|2nd_____|3rd_____|Points
==========================================  
Jolyon__|Max_____|Charles_|Lewis___|_____4  
Lawrence|Fernando|Carlos__|Max_____|_____1  
Rosanna_|Max_____|Fernando|Sergio__|_____4

Lawrence off the pace this weekend, with Jolyon and Rosanna picking up useful points to move them up the table:

Pundit (appearances)|Points|Average
===================================
Laura (7)___________|____18|___2.57
Lawrence (7)________|____17|___2.43
Jolyon (2)__________|____10|___5.00
Will (6)____________|_____9|___1.50
Rosanna (2)_________|_____8|___4.00
Alex (1)____________|_____4|___4.00
Sam (1)_____________|_____2|___2.00

Lawrence not fully taking advantage of Laura's absence to retake the lead, but closes the gap slightly anyway.

The orange mist returns