I think the rookies this year (albon, Norris and, given what he did in gp2 I believe Russel) are on a whole other category compared to the rookies of past seasons

Fully agree. They've assimilated into the mix very well, and seem far more prepared for the step up compared to the other more recent batches. There are such gens entering every 8th year or so, and it seems like we hit another such batch during 2018-19.

I was underwhelmed by the race at the front. The circuit seems to be mainly responsible, but the fact we didn't even have a single attempt to an overtake at the front was very dissapointing. Furthermore, Charles getting screwed over was bitter. Especially after yesterday. I supposed Vettel won the race the only way he seems to be able to win these days, controlling at the front. In my book Leclerc still did better this weekend.

I fully agree about the rookies except for Albon. I thought he was adequate, but he never even troubled Bottas.

Norris was brilliant, Giovinazzi impressed me as well, he has been doing very well lately. Gotta give credit to Gasly, he drove a solid race, overtook some people, and withstood a lot of heat from other midfield drivers. Pretty much did as well as he would in Red Bull but now did it in a severely inferior car.

Shame for Sainz once again. You could see his pace in the latter stages of the race climbing from last to 12th I think. Pretty amazing if you consider he was a lap down after the first lap.

It is very similar to Monaco in many regards, except you can actually overtake around Singapore. More spice up front woulda been nice, but the same apply to the majority of races for this season. The mid is where it's at, and I'm glad the camera team has taken notice. As for Lec getting screwed: it was a bummer, but I don't think it was on purpose. IMO, they attempted to set up a safe pitstop for Leclerc, a slot he could slot into, it just happened to work better than expected. Lec was no doubt better than Vettel all weekend, but Vettel did nevertheless do well.

You and I have pretty different stances on Albon. You see a Gasly+1, where I see a Gasly+3 with a debuff due to inexperience with this car. Gasly's clocked in over 200 laps with the car even before the season started, and only recently Albon got it. Give him time. And yes, Gio did well, he is getting up to speed. A bit late, but better late than never, I guess. Norris we don't even really need to mention, he is doing a stellar job.

I really hate the poor luck McLaren's been having all season. IMO, the gap between Renault and McLaren are a lot bigger than what the points are showing, and it ain't even McLaren's fault.

Solid race for Seb, but Ferrari giving him preferential strategy was the difference.

Nope, that's what the idiots among the anti vettel club like to tell themselves all the time. Vettel brought himself into play by being faster and consistent. It's not his job to be slower so that pole man teammate gets to have the strategy preference. That's what it's all about isn't it? What Lecrec is whining about is that "why did Ferrari give vettel a strategy call to match his faster pace? ". It's hilarious how that moron thinks it's unfair.

Of course no talk of how that fucktard screwed over Vettel by not giving him a tow in qualifying at Monza. Lecrec knew full well if he gave that tow he won't have pole. These kind of insecurities and backstabbing comes from those who know they are not unable to beat a man on even grounds.

Don't even try to pretend that didn't happen, that's why Binnitto told Lecrec "you are forgiven" because he was indeed an asshole who didn't play the team play rules previously agreed to by the team and drivers. Vettel needs to drop the gentleman attitude and give that little shit a dozen of his own medicine now. In a way he did, because with all that crying yesterday from Lecrec Vettel was overjoyed at his win despite what the anti vettel brigade was trying to pull everywhere on the media and social media.

Way too many deluded youngesters to F1 and the fashionable crowd who like to jump on the flavor of the month think Vettel is done, nope. Montoya gets it perfectly, Vettel just isn't liking the balance of this year's car while it just happens to suit whiner boy Lecrec. The recent wins have just gone to the guy's head and he thinks the world revolves around him. Happens to all those inexperienced upstarts who haven't gotten a taste of reality yet. No driver needs to chnage the way they drive to a car that doesn't suit them, that's not adapting. What makes them fast is the very nature of how they like their cars setup and that upto the team to meet it with the driver's inputs. Adapting is when you lose a gear or you have to manage tyres to go longer etc.

Vettel is far from done and those fools who wrote him off are just misinformed or plain old haters. There is also a crowd of haters who don't like to see former champions win anything anymore, for them it has to be someone entirely new to keep things interesting. This isn't WWE to keep things interesting artificially, the sport can without such parasites who are recent to the sport. Thank you very much.

VER looked strong again with a clean race. He got helped by the Ferrari strategy and defended cleanly.

As far as I understood it was RB who made the first pitstop call and Ferrari (who saw action in the RB paddock) reacted very quickly.

Never could I have predicted this, in fact I predicted a total annihilation of Ferrari but this is a pleasant surprise. :D

Same here, ironically Merc' ended up where I thought Ferrari would end up. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

Some credit to Ricciardo too as he provided ample entertainment. Drove quite well till that incident.