“Leclerc does not have that baggage and is fresh and hungry. Of cause he will be the best for a period of time.”

Ferrari pitted Vettel first because there was a legitimate threat that they would get undercut by Verstappen. They ensured a 1-2 by their decision. The fact that Leclerc was the ‘victim’ of this strategy is unfortunate for him, but he’ll get over it. And so should everyone else.

Well, he was still slower than his teammate, but a good win for him and nice to see him catch a break.

Funny how Albon doesn’t seem to have that problem. Good drivers know how to adjust to sub-optimal conditions. The fact that Gasly seems to be comfortable again out of the spotlight at Toro Rosso probably says more about Pierre than it does about Red Bull Racing.

No. Russell gave Grosjean a line on the outside, Grosjean decided not to take it and remain on the exact same trajectory he was on. Romain should’ve opened up the corner a bit, there was plenty of room, but he didn’t move his steering wheel an inch.

Usually in Singapore, going long in the first stint is the best strategy. You want to have fresh tyres at the end. It’s why everyone at the front was driving so incredibly slowly for the first 20 laps. This time though, it didn’t work. 

Awesome, when’s the last time a country had the two worst drivers in Formula 1 at the same time?

Please don’t think that Grosjean’s tendency to crash into things is a recent development; it’s been a career-long issue for him.

(let’s just forget about the whole Rich Energy thing)

He’s had one in a crappy car. The 2012-2013 Lotus’ were really, really good. Raikkonen won two races with them.

Bottas was already confirmed, that seat wasn’t available anymore. And Latifi didn’t have the required points for a superlicense.

Remember, this is the same team that tried to justify a lineup of Stroll & Sirotkin by claiming that hey, Alonso once was a pay driver too!

F2, like any junior series, has a ton of driver turnover from year-to-year. That’s why you have great years and down years. Last year was pretty great. This year is horrible, and Latifi is in his fourth (!) full season. If you can tell me the name of a driver who debuted and stayed in F1 this decade after needing more…

Hulk is probably looking at that second Alfa seat. Williams needs money, from either perspective Hulk doesn’t make a lot of sense there.

Apart from the fact that Latifi is actually quite bad. But he brings lots of moneys so he’s still the #1 candidate.

On to the next pay-driver: Latifi announcement coming in 3...2...

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But the current qualifying format hasn’t been around forever. In fact, initially back in 2006, cars had to start Q3 with the amount of fuel they would also start the race with, causing the comical scene of everyone just burning off fuel for the first ten minutes and then putting on a new set of tyres to set an actual…

Except the World Cup doesn’t do that?

Ehm, no. Most cars had already set a lap time in their first run in Q3.