What a race! What a win for Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG Petronas and more importantly, the sport as a whole! So, we ask again, why aren’t we more excited about Formula 1 in 2014? For from yesterday’s race, it’s clear that the show, the action and the drivers are as good as they’ve ever been in the history of the formula.
First up, hats off to Hamilton who wins it again for Mercedes, despite having a slower package and tyre strategy than his teammate – and now closest rival – Nico Rosberg. It was a driving masterclass by Lewis, leaping into the lead at the start and fighting Nico off for much of the race. It was an aggressive and exciting duel, but a fair one.
He may have lost the pole position and fastest lap to Rosberg, but he won what mattered most, his 24th career win. That makes him the British driver with the most number of wins, and he now draws level with F1 legend Juan Manuel Fangio. With 16 more wins up for the taking this year, who knows how many he’ll end up with by the end of the season.
On the championship table, it’s Rosberg who leads from the top with 61 points, while Hamilton is second with an even 50. In third with 28 points is not Sebastian Vettel (who is sixth with 23 points), Fernando Alonso (fourth, 26) or Jenson Button (fifth, 23) but Nico Hulkenberg who’s proving that he’s a star no matter what car you put him in.
There’s a shocker in the constructors’ standings too, as Force India (44 points) is now the team that’s closest to the dominant Mercedes (maximum points in the last two races, 111 points in total), leaving McLaren (43), Red Bull (35), Ferrari (33) and the resurgent Williams (30) in its wake.
Apart from Hulkenberg’s impressive consistent showing so far this season, McLaren reject Sergio Perez’s brilliant podium finish in Bahrain had a lot to do with that. He bravely beat off (no, not that way) his teammate, the Williams pair and Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo to claim Force India’s second ever podium finish (the first being in Spa 2009, where Giancarlo Fisichella should have won).
The spectacular yet clean racing was a great show for the sport, which has come under fire from fans lately. From the Mercedes battle for the win to tight scraps for minor points, it was the best showcase of Formula 1 as a whole for a long, long time. Pastor Maldonado tried his best to ruin the show (harpooning Esteban Gutierrez clean off the road, literally), but in this case, the good outweighed the bad.
Triple world champion Niki Lauda put it best right after the 2014 Bahrain GP saying, “anyone who claims this sport is boring is an idiot.” You’d need to be one to disagree with him.
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Goog marketing exposure and strategies for our G’s piggy-bank. More people around the world will use Synthium and Mach 5 from this year. By the way, where’s the Caterham? Busy for Air Asia move to KLIA2?
I wonder why this time around fuel smugglers are yet to comment.
I recall hamilton on top gear saying vettel had “the fastest car” then and it was unfair because he was winning all the races.
I guess he is keeping quiet now that he knows Mercedes has the fastest car this year.
yeap, this year will be btw hamilton & rosberg. Its sure looks like merc is having the fastest vehicle at the moment.
Not only the fastest, it’s the most reliable. Mercedes’ reliability secret just revealed before the race.
Other teams use conventional turbo design (turbine blade and compressor blade side-by-side in one housing at exhaust pipe, very hot, need heavy big intercooler, but still prone to overheat).
Mercedes’ turbo has split turbo design, turbine blade at exhaust, but compressor blade is at other cool side of engine, (connected by extremely complex turbo shaft) so intake air no need intercooling. Engine much cooler, smaller bodywork, more space for aeros, less drag.
No one has ever tried this before, but it works. So innovative. Any AMG engineer that came up with this design is truly genius.
Da gulf between merc n da rest is too big…renault have to do sting with their engines…otherwise its gonna be boring where most of da fights is gonna be between best of da rest teams…
British media going crazy bcos their son has won…
Unfortunately, there was also further proof Maldonado doesn’t belong on the F1 grid.
still a lot of our people when ask for opinion in choosing the best engines oil, most will proudly refer to mobil1, m7,castrol, liqui molly,shell,etc2 even cni engine oil also come out but never i heard or encounter someone will say or recommend petronas syintium,,,
Not only Syntium Lubricant, Primax fuel as well..
yep… underrated among us malaysian
I use Syntium on my BMW E90 325. To me its either Shell or Petronas
same here. i also use syntium on my space shuttle
If u read sum magazines car reviews, they will write which brand of motor oil they are using…
This new F1 car sound is so horrible, F1 is boring now.
Redbull or I should say vettel has been dominating f1 for too long. It’s time for a change just like ferrari during micheal Schumacher era.
Aiiiyaah..whatever win leeh! Petronas still BIG-BIG rich company, make no diff to average Malaysian joe on street..
wasting fuel only