It was kind of boring. I was hoping for some of the rain that they had during qualifying. I had to double check, but there were only two DNFs in this race, where there has been 5+ for the first 3 races. I think the DNFs have brought another level of suspense this season so far.
Kind of puts to rest the argument of how good a driver Vettel is in a bad car. Give him a car that was tweaked to the max for him and he is a winner, give him one with teething issues and he is a whiner.
I felt that was the way it was last year. Car was set up for Vettel & not for Webber. If Red Bull is smart they will make sure Ricciardo is happy with the car. He has shown he is the faster team driver.
I don't blame RB for building a car around it's best driver, but this is a real test of Vettles talent and "teamanship". Let's just see how well he can develop a car.
Where would the Red Bulls be if the Renault power unit was better? It's improving.....
That said, Ricciardo and Vettel are in the same car and the upstart has outqualified 3 out of 4 times and in both of the races where they both finished Ricciardo finished ahead of Vettel.
I'm not pointing this out to bash Vettel but given the car was certainly developed for him and his driving style and Ricciardo had to adapt to it those results must seem ominous to Vettel.
Meh, it's early in the season. Maybe Ricciardo has just been lucky so far.
I think the other teams will make up ground on Merc (maybe not this year, but probably by the start of next year). Teams took some chances on the new regs, so once they all see what seems to be working vs. not working I think it the gap will get closer.
It will take him a while to live down that "tough luck" comment. That's the trouble with being in the spotlight, there's always someone listening and hoping for a juicy sound bite.
So now we want to add lowrider suspension, exhaust flame throwers, and neon under lighting to our F1 hybrid cars to make it more exciting. Can Bernie's sprinklers be far behind?
