Justin:
Well, not all of it is dull, but the racing at the front is. Lewis is in a league of his own. We all know who will win most of the races. He himself said after the last race that he recalls watching Schumacher dominate all in 2002 and it got a bit boring. He even apologised to the fans saying sorry if it appeared boring.
I've actually published 3 blogs this year, but haven't shared until this one. So please do read the blogs before this one, in the menu to the side of the screen.
Yep, so as usual there isn't much racing at the front but there is plenty of fun further back. Wasn't it in Spain where Hamilton was absolutely, outrageously good when he finished 25 seconds ahead of Max and 45 seconds ahead of his own teammate? Insane. Everyone else was lapped! That shows you the mega gulf in speed between Mercedes and the rest. It also shows the gulf in speed between Max and Alex Albon.
Alex has made some daring, bold overtakes this year. He is a real racer, but if results don't start coming together soon I do fear he'll be replaced, such is the ruthless nature of having a Red Bull seat.
Gasly is absolutely flying in the Alpha Tauri this year, so look out!
The last race in Belgium, Hamilton was over half a second quicker in qualifying than Bottas. Core blimey and ouch!
Let's see what Monza brings today in qualifying. I strongly suspect a Mercedes 1,2.
It's probably a good thing there are no Ferrari fans, or any fans, present in Italy as they'd probably riot with regards to how bad the car is performing.
Still, there are a few things to look forward to still. I think we can all agree that generally speaking 2020 has been utter garbage (not F1, but life in general grinding to a halt with coronavirus etc). But, the pandemic has forced F1 chiefs to think outside the box on the championship rounds, resulting in a few fun, new tracks being visited, which could help create surprises. And we return to Turkey - what a blood great track that one is!
Fernando Alonso will return to Renault next year. And that car is looking fairly racy on the power tracks like Belgium - Danny Ric came 4th last time out. So this gets the F1 juices flowing.
Fernando also has an autobiography coming out in November, which of course I cannot wait for.
Then there is also the small matter of attending the Dutch GP next year, hopefully, perhaps, maybe. I was gutted not to be able to go this year as it would have been the usual fun F1 getaway with quality mates.
Ok, that's all my ramblings for now, in this, my 11th year of F1 blogging. Blimey.
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