starting P3! incredible.

 

max! enjoyed the merc scrap and struggles. another strong day for leclerc/awful day for vettel.

 

Congrats to Verstappen. I feel bad for Bottas.

 

Verstappen did a great job holding off both Mercedes, what a win. Leclerc had a good day too, finishing 4th after starting in P8, with just one pit stop.

 

This coming weekend's race is in Barcelona, which is cool... great city. Although it probably doesn't really mean much, since it's a regular track like the other locations. Too bad there's no Monaco Grand Prix this year; I love watching people drive F1 cars like maniacs on city streets.

 

love monaco, too. that usual monaco/indy 500/coca-cola 600 day is like christmas.

vietnam gp is also street circuit in hanoi, but debut race this yr was also scratched due to the pandemic. hope we get to see it next yr.

 

this seems like one of those tracks where the gap between merc and everyone else is wider than usual. from the sound of it, red bull was not expecting to perform as well as they did in qualifying.

 

renault 4 and 5?! what a day, their best yet (in current form).

max put in good work to get the podium.

 

Another lap and Ricciardo would've had Verstappen.

 

Both drivers have been saying for a while that the engine in the current cars can't cut it on straight lines, which was seen again this weekend.

 

vettel didn't make it out of q1. at monza, of all places. hate to see it.

..and leclerc out in q2. first time since the 80s that neither ferrari will start in top 10 here. team has a steep hill to climb.

 

i'm not confident the result will hold, but seeing mclaren 2 and 3 is rather incredible.

edit: race of the year - absolutely incredible, one of the most memorable i've ever seen. hamilton going from the back to 7th was insane, too.

 

Yeah, that was definitely one of the least predictable races in quite a while. Hamilton really gave that opportunity to the leaders with his penalty, as well as Verstappen having to drop out. But Gasly, Sainz, and Stroll all drove great... cool to see Gasly get his first win, and I think this was just the second time on the top 3 podium for all three of them. Still feel like Ferrari is cursed this season, though... Vettel’s brakes failing and Leclerc’s bad crash (just glad he was OK).

 

it looked like leclerc lost his brakes too, at first. turns out he lost the back end of this car accelerating into a turn. was glad he was okay, that was a hard hit.

max had a rough day, too. didn't quite hear what happened, just that he called in for an urgent fix and couldn't continue.

 

vettel's signed for aston martin F1 (currently racing point) in 2021.

perez leaving the team at the end of the year without another seat lined up - lance stroll likely to stay, since he's the owner's kid.

 

So I wonder if Aston Martin is stopping their co-sponsorship of the Red Bull team then, since Racing Point is being rebranded.

Edit: Just looked it up... and yes, the Aston Martin part of the Red Bull team will stop at the end of 2020.