The 2017 Season

[Chrill]

I definitely agree with K-Mag and Stroll, probably Verstappen too. However, it would be so easy to prevent what Verstappen did by leaving a gravel trap on the inside, or put up some railing or a wall or whathaveyou. If he does that in Monaco, this happens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y-Zm-dBcng

Problem solved.

[Chrill]

Hartley and Gasly for Toro Rosso at the Mexican GP:
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/hartley-kvyat-gasly-mexico-toro-rosso-969691/

This means the fourth different Toro Rosso lineup in 5 races (Sainz-Kvyat, Sainz-Gasly, Kvyat-Hartley, Gasly-Hartley). If they then revert to running Kvyat-Gasly for a race, that would be a fifth lineup. Surely this is some sort of record?

[Penfold]

Yes It Is.  And that's also a record.

Alonso might be starting right at the back in Mexico but at least he'll have Honda's upgraded engine to power him past all rivals: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/132586/alonso-could-get-honda-upgrade-after-failure

[Chrill]

That's a very mediocre Mexican GP. I was very excited about Ericsson, running as high as P8 by midrace. He pits to undercut Alonso, then 2 laps later a Virtual SC is needed to retrieve a car from the track. Boom, Ericsson down to P12. He then retires the car with a turbo failure. Great race, utterly dominated Wehrlein this weekend too.

Hamilton is now officially world champion, something we had known since Singapore.

Verstappen maintains his form of winning whenever Kvyat is demoted/removed/fired.

Vettel deliberately crashed into Hamilton, was not penalised, and was later voted driver of the day. That's not too cool.

Hamilton was absurdly slow today. I mean, wow. He could barely pass Wehrlein and Ericsson.

Magnussen and Stroll might be my drivers of the day. We'll see what happens once I analyse it and provide my ratings.