The racing: I can sort of, in a theoretical way, understand the people whinging about all the new buttons. It is not pure car goes vroom racing. But, unlike the last set of regs, there was more overtaking and more ability to fight against overtakes. I am mostly in favour so far.
This may be slightly biased by Ferrari not having produced a lemon this time.
The race itself:
Oscar Piastri got got by the hometown race curse. And how!
(I am legitimately intrigued by whether there is actually a home race curse. I'm presuming the way to look at it would be % Did Not Finish in home races vs all other races. Note to self - put that on the to-do list.)
Also cursed - Hulk and this year's Aston Martin.
I am not sure if Leclerc and Hamilton having to contend with Ferrari's strategy team counts as a curse.
Hadjar's race lasted long enough that his engine going doesn't count as a curse. I think the new warning flashing lights on broken cars are a good idea.
I already had the greatest of respect for Cadillac's attempts to do it all from scratch, but I only just realised Audi have their own engine, they're not just using a Mercedes. Bonne chance both of them.
The result supports my theory that Mercedes were sandbagging in testing.
I am once again astounded by how credulous BBC radio commentary can be - two ticks after "never trust the drivers" they're believing both Piastri and Verstappen's not-mea-culpas about their respective crashes.
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