VETTEL TAKES A REVENGE
ON SUNDAY
After Saturday’s qualifying, I was sure, that
if it’s gonna be a normal race, nobody will
have a chance against Hamilton and the
Silver Arrows. To have the slightest chance,
Raikkonen or Vettel had to either overtake
Hamilton at the start (Verstappen was too
far away at 4th position to jump into the
Lead, T1 is really close to the Starting
Grid) or jump him, with
an undercut!
Hamilton
made an Ferrari but Hamilton and the Mercedes
reacted quickly, and maintained their
position ahead of the Iceman. They both
chose the Soft compound, it was clear, that
they won’t come out until the end of the
race! Vettel found himself at the Lead and
while he was consistent, he was too slow for
an overcut, it seemed that the race is
gone for the Prancing
Horse and
Hamilton
will win
awesome
start, Kimi
had a weak
overtake attempt on him
in T3 and after that a race that I expected
started to unfold: Hamilton was way faster
than anyone in the field, he absolutely
controlled the race, Kimi was too far away
to try an undercut, Vettel got completely
lost on the ultrasoft tires, he fell back twice
as quick as Kimi. Despite the fact, that
28
Raikkonen
was not in the position to do an
effective undercut, he went for it with the pretty
easily,
just as I
predicted! …but
with Magnussen and
Grosjean retiring after problems with the
wheel gun in the pits, Vettel jumped both
Raikkonen and Hamilton with a well-timed
stop for Soft tires! He was able to defend his
position against Hamilton and he won the
race surprisingly! Results look good, but the
reality is that Vettel was super lucky,
Ferrari’s pace is now far away from enough
against the Silver Arrows…