We don't need all these stewards imposed penalties - Karma is doing a great job!

I thought yesterday's race was interesting. Vettel showed why he is still rated as one of the best, but I also think Hamilton showed why a lot of people rate him as the best, that 3 car overtaking manoeuvre was quite stunning.

Unfortunately though, I think it also showed why Bottas isn't overly rated, he should have got past Vettel. Had Hamilton been in the same boat, he would have passed him, it is as simple as that. Although, Bottas did have a much better race than in Australia.

I agree with Lewis' view on Max, he was a D**k Head, that mover was unnecessary, although I still think he has a lot of potential.

Shame about Ricciardo, as Martin say, he really can't catch at break at the moment.

Gasley was really good, and like the BBC are quoting, I think he will go to the front of the pile when the next Red Bull drive comes up.

Me too, I wonder if they will do a deal with Renault to get out of the engine supply, but offering them Sainz as a bargaining chip.

Verstappen and Hamilton appeared out of sorts today, and you could argue so far this season. Lewis doesn’t seem to have the usual get up and go, and Verstappen is more or less hitting a car each time he tries to overtake one.

I'm not sure about anyone else watching today, but does anyone else think that it took a while for the safety car to be deployed after the the incident in the hairpin that left the debris? It felt to me like they eventually used it as an excuse to bring the safety car out to spice up what was heading for a very boring procession - looked like they delayed the decision to employ it, then waited for the first few leaders to pass the pitlane before alerting everyone.

If they did, it worked - made the race more interesting (lovely seeing Alonso taking Vettel), and brought Red Bull into the proceedings, both in the driver's and constructor's tables.

I was thinking about this this morning. Funny how they call it “race control”, and Charlie Whiting is the “race director” - what do directors do?

It’s not really something I’d thought about before, but after my surprise at seeing a safety car for a bit of debris on a corner where they’re travelling about 20mph (no great danger there). How long did it take for Charlie Whiting to see a replay of the incident? Why the delay in deciding to clear up? And why initiate the safety car at such a time as to not give the first three drivers enough time to react? A driver is gearing up for a corner long before he reaches it, so even if you were half way up that short straight before the pit lane, you’d have to think and react pretty quick to decide to pit, and I’m sure the personnel on the pit wall would’ve reacted as soon as they could. Why not announce it while they were bombing down that back straight? Or wait until the next 7/8 drivers passed through so as not to greatly affect the front runner’s race? With Vettel romping away at the front, I can’t see any reason why Mercedes would’ve said no to some fresh tyres, and even Ferrari would’ve pitted to avoid dropping down the field like they did.

Martin Brundel mentioned that there wasn’t ameeting due to discuss the car’s aero, with a view to making changes to get these cars to overtake more - in other words, to make F1 interesting. That race, until that safety car, was boring, and was looking to get more boring the more the top 6 were spreading out.

Maybe I’m just looking for something that isn’t there, but something doesn’t sit right for me.

Remind me how Kvyat was treated when he had a couple of crashes early in the season, despite scoring a podium?

Well, there was the whole two seasons prior to that to consider also, not just the final straws that broke that relationship.

Max will get a lot of leeway with Red Bull because they know his potential to win races, but only a championship when he learns when to apply some patience instead of the go pedal.

What, the cheat mode? 

I was pleased to see Daniel nick that 2nd row spot from Max at the end. Karma again. Or should that be Calmer.

Words of wisdom from Christian Horner when questioned whether he or Joss would 'have a word'. He said that seeing his teammate win a race that he could have  was the lesson, and it's Max' lesson to learn for himself, no need to be taught.