He was totally fixed on verstappen.
At the end on the time sheet race there was a great battle (I think) between perez, Ocon, sainz and alonso.
Perez overtook a few at end and alonso got sainz. Nothing from the race director. Happened a few times during the race. Spent more time watching the times than the race
Yeah, I noticed that the positions down the order had suddenly changed and had no idea why. I
think Sainz took a very late pitstop for some reason, but how Pérez made it past Ocon I don't know
Bottas and particularly perez were poor.
Perez is lucky to get that seat next year really. Gasley doing a great job. He's lucky he's not going to RBR anytime soon. Because every one of verstappens team mates have struggled
I thought Bottas did okay. He was on the slower of the split strategy options and managed his tyres okay. By the time Max caught him his tyres were on their last legs and holding him up for long was always going to be a tall order, although I suspect a driver like Alonso could have managed a few more laps.
I never figured out what happened to Pérez in quali - I thought he was just slow but interviews showed him complaining about something so I'm not sure if he had some kind of issue with traffic when he was trying to set his fast time. During the race, he ruined his first set of tyres with a clumsy lock-up but then drove well to fight his way up the field on a track where it's devlish hard to overtake. Bit of a mixed bag really. I'm surprised they signed him so soon, tbh, given his very variable performances so far.
Gasly is having another great season, made even starker by the desperate underperformance from his teammate. I think Yuki will likely keep the seat next year because none of the Red Bull juniors look like they're ready to make the jump and I think RB have become wary of hasty over-promotion but if he can't dramatically improve next year I think that'll be it for Yuki. I don't see Gasly ever going back to RB; I just don't think management like him. We were hearing rumours of him being unpopular in the factory since before his first RB race, and he was dumped with unseemly haste. Apparently, he wasn't happy with the car and wanted changes, and Newey was having none of it. I hope he can find a good seat somewhere else, he's showing himself to be a class driver.