Grand Prix Rejects

Paul Hayes

Quite the turn-up for Force India given the week they've had! Of course they've always done well on low-downforce tracks and had their best ever result here, but still... Let's just hope they don't throw it away by binning it into each other tomorrow!

Paul Hayes

Interesting that he has kept the door open to returning in his statement - I can't believe we'll see him back in F1 though, particularly not at McLaren! I also don't believe his claims that he'll have fond memories of the team... I've never been a fan of Alonso, but I have developed a sort of grudgi...

Paul Hayes

You'd think Ricciardo would be sick of their engines, but he obviously doesn't fancy Honda much. I suspect he's had promises of the team being built around him, which isn't good news for Hulkenberg.

Paul Hayes

A surprisingly entertaining race! Loved the Mercedes-Ferrari top four battle at the end, and I'm glad Vettel was able to win to keep the championship very interesting. Credit to Hamilton for making it all the way back up to second, though.

Paul Hayes

Gutting for Ricciardo, with Hamilton going out he could have been back up there in the title race if he'd stayed in. Nice to see both Mercedes go out to liven things up, and great for all those masses of Dutch fans that Verstappen got the win!

Paul Hayes

I'm not sure all those blue lines around the track are massively easy on the eye.

Paul Hayes

I'm so pleased for Ricciardo - when he came on the radio to say he had no power, I thought, "Oh no, not again!" Obviously we don't know quite what the issue was yet, but he seems to have done a stellar job to keep it in the lead at probably the only track where that would have been a possi...

Paul Hayes

Not exactly the best race of the season, but then again that has often been the case in Barcelona down the years. Onwards!

Paul Hayes

I'm surprised Grosjean hasn't tried to find a way to blame Ericsson yet.

It's a shame about his current travails, as I do like him. But he is having, as they say, "a mare".

Paul Hayes

I hadn't appreciated they'd put the European races back 70 minutes this year. That means I can now comfortably watch live rather than on delay when I get home from work. Hurrah!

Paul Hayes

That was a bit good wasn't it? A bit of a jammy bastard win for Hamilton, but hey-ho. Another one with lots of people with reasons to be pleased - Hamilton, Perez, LeClerc, McLaren, Stroll and Williams... Favourite moments - Ferrari and / or the FIA having evidently realised what a stupid title &quo...

Paul Hayes

Good race! You could make an argument for saying an unusual example of the three number two drivers making up the podium even when their number ones were all still running... (Debatable in the case of Ricciardo, I know!) With Ricciardo's contract ending at the end of this season, I think that there...

Paul Hayes

Good race! You could make an argument for saying an unusual example of the three number two drivers making up the podium even when their number ones were all still running... (Debatable in the case of Ricciardo, I know!)

Paul Hayes

Nice to see lots of people with reason to be happy - Toro Rosso and Haas scoring big points, both McLarens scoring for the second race in a row, even Sauber scoring. Feel a bit sorry for Williams, though, looks like a tough season for them. After a while when it seemed they might be on the way back ...

Paul Hayes

Not sure what to make of these Haas times. I'd be very pleased if they do turn out to be shaking things up a a bit, but somehow I can't quite see it.

Paul Hayes

I very much enjoyed reading this - thank you!

Paul Hayes

A shame Kubica didn't get a race seat at Williams, but even just the idea of seeing him in some F1 practice sessions this year is an amazing achievement, considering what happened.

Paul Hayes

So what happened to Martini needing one Williams driver to be over 25?

Paul Hayes

So, farewell then Felipe Massa. (Again)

I doubt he'll get the chance to walk down the pit lane in Brazil again mid-race this time!

Paul Hayes

I very much enjoyed reading this - thank you for all the effort put into it!

Paul Hayes

A shame we didn't end up with a closer title fight after how it seemed it might go up until Singapore. Hamilton always seemed nailed-on after that. Fingers crossed for a closer battle between two or more drivers next year.

Paul Hayes

Blimey, Brendon Hartley driving for Toro Rosso at Austin! I'd forgotten he existed... Talk about a blast from the past. And he's still only 27!

Paul Hayes

Poor old Vettel, and poor old us in terms of getting a title fight. It's almost unbelievable. As Brundle said in commentary this morning, it must be about 25 years since the last time a spark plug failed on an F1 car.

Paul Hayes

What a shame - the rain which you'd have thought would make the race exciting ended up making it really dull!

Ah well.

Paul Hayes

Nice to see a few random elements near the front. I'd rather have the wet weather tomorrow, though, which sadly isn't predicted.

Paul Hayes

It's on days like this when McLaren's continual grid penalties become so frustrating, because you think that on a level playing field Alonso could have a stellar day. But I suppose the rules are the same for everyone, and it's their own damn fault for throwing their lot in with Honda.

Paul Hayes

Nice Andrew Benson piece on Kubica today on the BBC - although I was a bit surprised to see Benson speculate that Renault could even put him in the car in Spa. Surely not...?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/40780771

Paul Hayes

Blimey. What a race. When was the last time we had an overtake that late in proceedings...?

Paul Hayes

It'll be fun when Hamilton cruises up to Vettel... There might be tears before bedtime on that one!

Paul Hayes

Vettel *must* be taking the piss with that radio message, surely...?

Paul Hayes

Impressive work for Ferrari, but I bet it's gone down like a cup of cold sick with Raikkonen.

Paul Hayes

Dramatic race, red flag, Kimi in the pits... Well, it'd be rude not to, wouldn't it?

Paul Hayes

Massa for the win at this rate? Be nice to see a Williams victory!

Paul Hayes

Blimey, more caution laps so far than an IndyCar race! Still, even with all the safety car laps, this Grand Prix has already had much more interest and excitement than last year's Baku race. Those handbags between Vettel and Hamilton looked a bit dramatic. Did one or other of them deliberately hit e...

Paul Hayes

Looks nice and blowy in Montreal. Let's hope that mixes things up a bit. A nice rainshower or two would be very welcome, too!

Paul Hayes

I really enjoyed reading this piece - thank you.

Paul Hayes

As much as it pains me to say it, it has to be Button.

Paul Hayes

Oh dear. Such a shame Button made a pig's ear of that, but at least Wehrlein was okay and it gave us the hope there may be some excitement at the end of a disappointingly crap race. I do wonder sometimes whether I'd prefer F1 without Monaco. When it's good it's very good, but that seems to happen so...

Paul Hayes

I know Button tends to be pretty philosophical about these things, but it's so frustrating that all that good work today is for naught. Still, here's to a crazy race tomorrow and the hope he can scrap into the points, or at least finish. Hamilton trying to climb through the field might create some e...

Paul Hayes

It's nice to have a year where the two leading championship contenders are from different teams, and seem to be fairly well-matched, regularly fighting each other at the front for race victories. It promises to be an exciting title battle! And I know it was a blatant and slightly cynical PR move in ...

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