That’s what Sebastian Vettel says:

Agreed. And the Ferrari seems to be more comfortable in traffic than the Mercedes. So surely the Ferrari strategy people were also gambling that Lewis would suffer more in dirty air than Kimi. It seems to have worked out that way: Kimi said afterward that his car was pretty happy and not overheating, whereas Lewis…

Regarding whether Ferrari should have let Kimi go by (or Sebastian should have let him)— I think that would have been riskier than the way they played it. Sure, Kimi would have won easily. But that fact Kimi was back there, not attacking, probably meant Seb could concentrate on the track in front of him and squeeze…

“Better yet, ask an NFL player what they think of the CFL.”

I hope Lewis does try NASCAR sometime, that could be legendary--either in the sense that he wows everyone or causes a thirty-car pileup. Either way I would watch. (Indycar, ovals aside, seems like less of a stretch for an F1 driver. Go for NASCAR, Lewis! We’ll bring the popcorn!)

I don’t watch a lot of NASCAR but I always find it awkward and hilarious how the car is always referred to as, not “the car” or “my car” or, you know, “Gina,” but “the Bass Pro Canadian Tire Raisin Bran Ford” or whatever. I always wonder if the driver and mechanics call it by all the sponsor names in the garage just…

If the point of the number regulation is to make it easier for the fans to tell which car/driver they’re looking at, then Force India is the last team we need to worry about. Ocon’s screaming pink helmet is probably visible from the surface of the moon, and I never have any trouble telling the difference between him…

Birds: “Oh shit that’s not Vettel--AWK!”

As I watched the last few laps of that race, I kept thinking it was a good thing Hamilton’s hero Ayrton Senna wasn’t the one behind him— because Senna absolutely would have taken them both out to secure the championship. You knew Nico would never do such a thing, but it must have crossed his mind as a fantasy.

Nico Rosberg also says “of course” all the time. It makes me wonder whether German speakers like to make really definite statements. 

Carlos Sainz reposted the pictures on his Facebook page, with a note that his mother thinks they’re cute (especially Carlos!) I’m not a huge Lewis fan, but this was harmless and funny. 

They probably have “encouraged” him. I have the feeling Vettel has no problem saying no when he wants to. (Too bad, if he got into the spirit of it I bet he’d be a lot of fun.)

Nico Rosberg, tifosi-whisperer. That was one of the funniest damn things I have ever seen, but that might be just because I can never quite believe Rosberg has any personality at all.