Just got done watching the replay after spending to entire day avoiding spoilers.
Checo: If this man doesn't have a drive by next year, it will be a :censored:ing crime. A very long overdue win imo.
Ocon: Drove a race of tactics rather than aggression today. Was able to keep it clean and positioned himself to grab his first podium. Well done.
Stroll: Had solid pace today, but was kind of unremarkable in an odd way. Still, great finish, and did well with his tyres. Racing Point were definitely the biggest winners today.
Sainz: Good performance today, but seemed to not have quite enough to match the RPs in overall pace.
Russell: Ok, if this man doesn't have a drive in the Merc by 2022, it will
really be a :censored:ing crime. I think he won over pretty much every spectator, pundit, and possibly quite a few team personnel today. Phenomenal racecraft and some insanely ballsy overtakes, despite driving a basically brand-new, poorly fitting race car on a brand new track. Would've 100% won the race (or at least gotten 2nd) if not for that last-minute puncture. Brilliant, brilliant, freakin' brilliant. While I 100% want Lewis fully recovered and back into the car next week, I'm also with
@Famine in not being too upset if George is needed once again.
Bottas: While I still maintain that Bottas is a better driver than people give him credit for, today's display was absolute garbage. Tyre fiasco notwithstanding, he was pretty much nowhere the entire race, and once again failed to get past midfield cars that his W11 is more than capable of trouncing. Bottas is definitely capable of better performances than today's.
Albon:
Imma let Downey take this one for me. I don't want to jump on his already packed hate train, but there's no reason to be that far off in the Red Bull.
Kvyat: Honestly the dark horse of the race imo. Had a strong showing that I feel went mostly unnoticed. Did a good job making up for Gasly's less-than-stellar result.
Fittipaldi: While I wasn't expecting great things from him, he kept his nose clean and wasn't too far off the rest of the backmarkers. A solid, if not rather safe, maiden GP.
I gotta say, the race in general was pretty fun overall. There were a couple lull periods where nothing happened for ~10-20 laps, but overall we got some pretty good CQB racing filled with ballsy moves and solid dives.
