The most action we've had is the battle for 11th. One of the most boring races in some time.
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5 more years at a track that offers nothing, classic F1.
Atleast something happened
Ricciardo with a Verstappen-esque lunge there, that was never his corner!
Might miss his personality but no one in the paddock will be missing Ricciardo’s driving
Ugh Ricciardo was having a decent race, now he's gone and thrown it away. Sad.
The Red Bull and Max are just too good. Perez's tyres will go off first since he's behind Lewis and 2 laps older than Max.
So Mercedes think the mediums will fall off,dramatically and the hards are better.
Not sure I agree.
Not sure I agree.
Bono in denial….but more like he knows if he tells Ham the truth his head will drop.
Bono with a serious amount of Cope there saying they’re on the right tyres 
They don’t, they just know it’s easier to lie to their drivers so they don’t throw in the towel
Russell is actually closing into Perez
The medium will have to fall off a cliff. No way with 15 laps left.
Max has been coasting for half the race
Yeah and the tyres look perfect
Ricciardo is flying
I would be pitting both Mercs for softs, nothing to lose.
Not sure what race are Merc watching
Well, I mean 2nd. No point now, they fecked it, take your 2nd and 4th
from this moment Lewis have to go 1 sec faster a lap to have a chance to win .
Ok they would be come out 3rd and 4th, worth the gamble, if the mediums do fall off.
It absolutely isn’t, if they pit they just lose anyway. They need a well timed SC and that’s it.
Where has this Daniel been?
Where was this from Danny the whole year?
He is on softs against old hards
Fair enough, the cock up was putting hards on in the first place.
Lewis is going near enough flat out and still losing time on Max who’s coasting.
The hard tyre proving to be shit, but the teams can’t say they weren’t forewarned. Pirelli said themselves the C4 should never have been brought here. The mediums should be the hards.
The hard tyre proving to be shit, but the teams can’t say they weren’t forewarned. Pirelli said themselves the C4 should never have been brought here. The mediums should be the hards.
Penny finally dropped for Hamilton, as if Perez hanging onto his gearbox wasn’t obvious enough.
Yep - medium/medium/soft was clearly the better strategy. Given the softer compounds were obviously able to go longer than expected given the first stint, committing to the 1 stop seems a poor decision for Merc.
Fully expected both Mercs to go long on the mediums and then put on the softs.
Alonso out dead engine
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Horror season for Alonso
Mercedes to gamble and fit the softs ?
Such an unlucky goat
Why did Russell not pit then!
RusselThe FIA needs to take a leaf out of the Indy Car playbook sometimes. The season is over, it’s all for fun, stick a full SC out.
Personally think that even a two stop with med/med/soft would be better than the one stop on med/hard. That hard tyre is seemingly the death knell of competitiveness.
Alpine have really fcked up Alonso this season. Glad it's coming to an end.
Think he was told not too.