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Even champions do solemn nonsense from time to time. Used to always thinking big, Lewis Hamilton even hit two and saw the opportunity to match Michael Schumacher’s 91 F1 wins disappear. Russia thus returned to bring Valtteri Bottas well again, who this time did not send the penalty to the stands. Here are the report cards after the verdict of the track created around the facilities of the Olympic park of the 2014 Winter Games. The first element, however, will not affect a driver or a team.
Stefano Domenicali 110 and praise
Yes, we have to start with the one who arrived in Maranello very young, showing that he soon learned art and paper (in the sense of someone who knows how to use diplomacy effectively to advance). Stefano Domenicali is now a coach of many years who has great experiences, who has known glory along with less happy moments and who, above all, a rare event for an Italian, has managed to build a solid reputation in the presence of foreigners: if not if so, the Germans would not accept it He never signed up with Audi before and then entrusted him with the Lamborghini relaunch. Stefano was a Ferrari man, an indelible mark, but he was also able to show that he was fit for other environments: his strength too. Now he faces the challenge that in his heart he has probably always dreamed of: driving that F1 from the bridge that belonged to Bernie Ecclestone, his interlocutor for years. Even Americans value it. And among these are also those of Liberty Media, who have entrusted him with the helm of the game after the management of Chase Carey. For Stefano a true title. From now on he becomes Bernie Domenicali.
Michael Schumacher 10
He felt an air of commitment and we like to imagine, also to soften the sadness that arises from the thought of the tough fight he has been waging since 2013, that he sent a little devil to Sochi capable of making Hamilton do the two foolish things that cost 10 seconds. penalty.
Mick Schumacher 10
A victory and a minor podium that deserve an extension to the top of the F2 World Championship. Fearing Hamilton’s connection with his father, the son of art has seen fit to always mark the territory with the sign of the surname Schumacher. If he wins the title he will have to go to F1: they say he will end up at Haas, obviously hoping for better.
Valtteri Bottas 9
This is a good way to respond to those who criticize me: this is how Valtteri Bottas spoke after crossing the finish line in Sochi, a precious land for him because he won his first F1 success here in 2017. Well, this time you can’t tell him nothing, even Calloni (the unfortunate Egidio, former Milan center forward) sometimes made no mistake with the empty goal. He forgets the maximum vote for himself because the strong suspicion that without Hamilton’s double penalty the 44 (Lewis number) would again finish ahead of 77. Finally, the Finnish lumberjack does not know that the difficulty is now: to have in De somehow the world championship reopened, there are exams with very strict teachers.
Max Verstappen 8.5
Very consistent race, finishing second. He held off Hamilton (who perhaps gave up for about ten laps before the end). At the start, in an attempt to take advantage of the wake to burn the Hamilton-Bottas couple, he finished long and took the chicane where the FIA (zero vote) to avoid the cunning of the drivers had placed obstacles to say the least crazy (and then we talk about security …): like a cat slipping between one of these and the wall. Operation bombed by Sainz but not by the Flying Dutchman, forced to wear SuperMax shoes.
Sergio Perez 8
Good race, complete with authorized overtaking in the early stages. The Mexican on the list of unemployed due to the arrival in 2021 of Sebastian Vettel and the fact that Lance Stroll untouchable, will write a job advertisement in his Racing Point: The expert and referenced F1 driver is looking for cars, possibly not for a team in the one that the owner’s son also runs.
Charles Leclerc 8
After the outburst with the red wall due to the mess in qualifying, the Principino had a very thick race. Charles is one of the few who can profitably wallow in murky waters – gift him a car like this (or even worse) and he will always try to make the most of it. Perhaps Lance Stroll, touched by the Ferrari driver at the start and finished on the wall, will be less happy to hear the Leclerc surname on the occasion: but it was a racing accident as happens to so many.
Daniil Kvyat 7.5
The Russian torpedo (also seen this banner in the stands) did not disappoint the fans who came to applaud him. For once, the Alpha Tauri was him and not Pierre Gasly (enough).
Alexander Albon 7
Defeated (fifteenth place on the grid) by the penalty for changing gear, he was doomed to watch the GP from behind. He took him for his, more for the tenth-place spot remedied despite a race penalty, for three brilliant overtakings on the outside. He called Jorge Lorenzo and asked permission to use the nickname Porfuera, since the Spanish also passed by.
Antonio Giovinazzi 7
The contract renewal is blowing and Antonio da Martina Franca runs with determination and inspiration. He would have deserved at least 10th place that Albon stole from him because Alfa Romeo was too poor in the presence of Red Bull: Giovi was the first of the dubbed, RB’s “British-Thai” paid his penalty without pain
Kimi Raikkonen 7
Iceman equaled Rubens Barrichello’s record for GP starts (322) with another brave race within the limits allowed by the car. Iceman from the next GP will add a record to his career. From 2021 we will see Alonso again, who is not far away: 313 starts. Even if Kimi doesn’t like numbers and statistics, who tells us she doesn’t want to keep keeping her distance?
Sebastian Vettel 6.5
The result of a joint vote: thinking above all about the error and the collapse of the qualification, the pilot is again insufficient. In addition, in the race, Vettel did his best, keeping the Renaults at bay and thus helping Leclerc to sixth place. On the other hand, he liked Seb on a human level, in the warm memory of Schumacher (although Hamilton surpasses him, for me he will still be the true reference) and because of his respect for Lewis: he deserves to become the most successful in history. Counted four times the world is no small thing.
Daniel Ricciardo 6.5
This time he was wrong – also for him a decisive penalty for qualifying – and he liked it less than usual. It was enough to be in front of the partner again Esteban Ocon (vote 5.5).
Carlos Sainz 5
After Mugello, another ugly and dangerous accident. Unlike Verstappen, as he passed the obstacles in the chicane he crashed into the barriers. The game, then, had been poor and had provoked a reaction of frustration, too frantic and disorderly. Ferrari fans are on the alert: the car is already down, we just need a driver who ends up on the wall …
Lewis Hamilton 4
It’s amazing how Lewis sometimes lets go of his brain and gets lost in sensational mistakes: he tried the exit twice in forbidden positions, the first time he even got out of the pit lane in a really dangerous way. Or an exercise in arrogance – like: I do what I want and where I want – or I don’t and we are faced with a stupidity in which the team is also guilty (4 also in Mercedes). The day of the match for the equalized record turns into the day of a defeat aggravated by disputes with the personal engineer (Peter Bono Bonnington: to him 8 for patience). The engagement with Schumacher could take place in Germany, the land of Mercedes, and at the Nrburgring, a circuit a stone’s throw from Michael’s hometown – for a historic and significant moment, the better.
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