First, a look at our predictions:
Leslie: VER, NOR, PIA
Lizzy: VER, RUS, RIC
Alexandra: RUS, VER, NOR
Ellie: VER, NOR, RUS
Emily: VER, RUS, NOR
Chloe: VER, RUS, NOR
Frankie: VER, NOR, RUS
Result: VER, NOR, RUS
This race, all of us were correct or very close! On to what we have learned for each team.
Red Bull: Red Bull’s weekend was a mixed bag, as it so often is. Verstappen performed brilliantly; qualifying second and winning the race in Sunday. There was little more he could do. Perez underperformed again. He was out in Q1, with a lap time almost a second behind his teammate who led the session, therefore turning Sunday into a recovery drive. His retirement from the race made a bad weekend worse.
McLaren: A great performance from both drivers. Third and fourth on the grid, and second and fifth in the race are excellent results.
Mercedes: Great finishing positions, but not so great in the context of qualifying. Third and fourth will provide them with many valuable points, however Russell dropping to third from pole dampens the result. Hamilton performed well on Sunday to gain three positions from his seventh place on the grid. A nice points haul, but much less than a perfect performance from the whole team.
Aston Martin: Both cars in Q3 and both cars in the points. A solid performance for the team, with good race pace from Stroll.
RB: Excellent qualifying with both drivers in Q3, but a less impressive race result. Both RB cars dropped back over the course of the race, not having the sustained pace to hold their starting positions. Points from Ricciardo, who finished eighth, was welcomed.
Alpine: A double points finish from 15th and 20th on the grid is fabulous for the team. This moves them up a position in the Constructors’ Championship.
Haas: Both Haas drivers narrowly missed out on points. They gained many places from their starting positions. Overall a promising weekend despite the lack of points.
Sauber: From 18th and 19th on the grid to 13th and 15th, the Sauber cars benefitted from the retirement of faster cars. No points to show, but a performance as expected.
Williams: What began hopeful did not end that way. Sargeant performed well in comparison to his other performances, making it to Q2 to qualify 13th. He crashed during the race, but managed to finish. Albon had quite a typical qualifying, starting P10 after another Q3 performance. He was taken out by Carlos Sainz and forced to retire following the crash.
Ferrari: All round, an abysmal weekend for the Italian team. Qualifying did not go their way, with both cars getting knocked out in Q2. Both cars went on to retire from the race. They came into this weekend as the reigning race winners, and left embarrassed.
Written by Alexandra.
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