Amanda Kelly said:My tweaks:
Alonso.
Hard to find a single thing to complain about here. He hunted down that win like a bulldog on a scent—not that he doesn't always drive like that. If you give him a decent car, like the one he had in China, beating Fernando Alonso is a tall order.
Kimi.
What an unbelievable guy. That Lotus look suits him so well that I’m actually getting worried about their pace. And with Kimi playing like this? Yeah, we're in trouble.
3. Vettel
I'm mostly on the same page as stormybadger8 here. Honestly, those pit wall calls probably cost him at least one position, if not two. To add to what stormybadger8 said, there's a good chance he could've jumped Lewis Hamilton if they'd just pulled him in for that final stop a lap earlier. It was likely right there for the taking.
Daniel Ricciardo.
Total shocker. They absolutely crushed it, from qualifying all the way to the checkered flag.
Looking at how things actually played out on the track, I honestly don't think it would be wrong to put Kimi or Ricciardo at the top of that list. Heck, they might as well just split the championship title between everyone.
By the way, this was Kimi's twentieth consecutive points finish.
Before joining Lotus, his record stood at 13, during his time with Ferrari back in '07/'08.
For context, Michael Schumacher holds the record with 24.
Does that put the scale of Kimi's achievement into perspective?
Amanda Kelly said:My tweaks:
Alonso.
Hard to find a single thing to complain about here. He hunted down that win like a bulldog on a scent—not that he doesn't always drive like that. If you give him a decent car, like the one he had in China, beating Fernando Alonso is a tall order.
Kimi.
What an unbelievable guy. That Lotus look suits him so well that I’m actually getting worried about their pace. And with Kimi playing like this? Yeah, we're in trouble.
3. Vettel
I'm mostly on the same page as stormybadger8 here. Honestly, those pit wall calls probably cost him at least one position, if not two. To add to what stormybadger8 said, there's a good chance he could've jumped Lewis Hamilton if they'd just pulled him in for that final stop a lap earlier. It was likely right there for the taking.
Daniel Ricciardo.
Total shocker. They absolutely crushed it, from qualifying all the way to the checkered flag.
Looking at how things actually played out on the track, I honestly don't think it would be wrong to put Kimi or Ricciardo at the top of that list. Heck, they might as well just split the championship title between everyone.
Vettel and Red Bull Racing did an excellent job today. Truly impressive work.
Just two specific moments defined the race:
-The late switch to option tires.
-That poor line through Turn 11 during the final lap.
Had those two things gone differently, Vettel easily could have secured second place in those closing meters.
And looking at the top five finishers—five world champions. Pretty incredible, isn't it?
