So as you might or might not know I am a big fan of the 4 time consecutive Formula 1 Drivers World Champion, Sebastian Vettel, who's currently racing for Scuderia Ferrari. And to be honest, I'm really looking forward to this race because Ferrari said that they will be installing a new aero update on Seb's car (not sure about Kimi's). It sure as hell didn't look bad when Seb qualified for P3. But after the race, well Sebastian did finish 3rd which is still a good result. The thing is that he finished 45 seconds after the race leader, Nico Rosberg.
The start was relitvely good one for Seb. Not only that but Lewis on P2 got massive wheel spins going off the line so before even braking for turn 1 he was already in front of him. This whole thing went well up until the latter period of Seb and Lewis' 2nd stint. Lewis decided to box for a fresh set of prime tyres. Everyone expected Ferrari to react by boxing Seb a lap after. But this didn't happen to be the case. Ferrari saw that Lewis was clearly attempting 3 stops so they decided to stretch out Seb's stint on his second option tyres a bit longer.
Sebastian eventually came in for his prime tyres and got out quite far behind Lewis. Lewis managed to do fast laps in his set of primes. He set several 1.29m laps before ending his stint and pitting for the last time for option tyres. He got out ahead of Sebastian. Well and truly ahead. And at that moment, the top 3 of the race was sealed. Sebastian just keeps on dropping from the Mercs and Lewis can't catch Nico. So it is Nico Rosberg P1, Lewis Hamilton P2, and Sebastian Vettel P3. It wasn't the best result for Sebastian. But getting 4 podiums out of 5 races for Ferrari surely is consistent. Looking forward to Monaco.
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