Lewis Hamilton did not have sufficiently very to pass his Mercedes colleague Valtteri Bottas, on a track where racing has dependably been famously troublesome, and needed to agree to second behind the Finn, as the title holders fixed an outcome that was about as ideal for the group as it could have been.
Enduring to go ahead to the platform a while later, Hamilton communicated what everybody had been considering: “Difficult to go here, man,” he said to Bottas and third-set Sebastian Vettel. “I resembled, ‘Where are all the mother truckin’ back markers?’ I think they must change this track.” Hamilton was to some degree confounded in the matter of how he turned out behind after his pit stop on lap 24, having been told he was 1.7secs up before it, however the way to that was Bottas setting another quickest lap, completely 0.8secs quicker than he had been on the past visit.
From that point onward, the troubles made by a track that has two long straights to encourage surpassing, however wrecks it by then having a twisty last division that highlights corner after corner that emphasizes the key defects of the current F1 cars. “A race like today is not the best advert for Formula 1,” said Red Bull team boss Christian Horner. “We’re better than that. Of course, it’s only one event and there have been some great races this year.”
It was a terrific prix that indeed underlined the blemishes in holding the last race of the season at a place that has a ton letting it all out as a wonderful goal where everything works and the climate is dependable, and very little as a setting for an incredible engine race. Be that as it may, it – and the end of the week as a rule – additionally featured a portion of the issues confronting the sport all in all.