Maldonado Fails, Vettel Prevails at Donington Park

Qualifying:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	29	Pastor Maldonado		46.509
2	1	Sebastian Vettel		46.627
3	30	Dean Stoneman		46.663
4	62	Jules Bianchi		46.703
5	2	Lewis Hamilton		46.785
6	63	Diego Álvarez Torrente		46.789
7	33	Einar Ármannsson		46.905
8	34	Valtteri Bottas		46.989
9	27	Dave Cassidy		47.006
10	24	Kevin Magnussen		47.035
11	28	Daniel Melrose		47.405
12	22	Jordan Davies		47.408
13	23	Pierre Gasly		47.469
14	31	Romain Grosjean		47.541
15	32	Alexander Albon		47.573
16	21	J. R. Hildebrand		47.612
17	90	Daniel Ricciardo		47.824
18	55	Artem Markelov		47.903
19	91	Max Verstappen		48.110
20	66	Pascal Wehrlein		48.192
21	5	Marvin Kirchhöfer		48.265
22	67	Mike Rockenfeller		48.269
23	56	Sergey Sirotkin		48.304
24	118	Carlos Sainz Jr		48.345
25	6	Santiago Urrutia		48.347
26	119	Felix Rosenqvist		48.355

Report:

Pastor Maldonado entered the second race at the Donington Park with a 15-point lead. That amounts to a complete win, which is an impressive and healthy lead if you can keep everything under control.

Unfortunately, he was absolutely unable to manage this seemingly simple task. Getting risky whilst lapping Wehrlein despite having a good lead proved to be a horrible mistake and took the Sauber leading driver out of a race he could have won.

Sebastian Vettel used that error to take another win and melt down Maldonado’s championship lead. With Stoneman in second, the championship is once more ludicrously close with sixteen races left.

Theodore-Judd had a brilliant race as well, taking 4-5 and proving themselves the fourth-best team on the F1 grid. Jordan Davies and Kevin Magnussen both deserve praise, both holding up Hamilton, who crashed with Bianchi on lap one.

Race:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Points
1	1	Sebastian Vettel		42:16.373	15
2	30	Dean Stoneman		+5.879	12
3	63	Diego Álvarez Torrente		+7.308	10
4	33	Einar Ármannsson		+28.372	8
5	34	Valtteri Bottas		+29.761	6
6	28	Daniel Melrose		+36.210	5
7	2	Lewis Hamilton		+40.575	4
8	22	Jordan Davies		+43.779	3
9	24	Kevin Magnussen		1 Lap	2
10	31	Romain Grosjean		1 Lap	1
11	23	Pierre Gasly		1 Lap	0
12	90	Daniel Ricciardo		1 Lap	0
13	27	Dave Cassidy		1 Lap	0
14	91	Max Verstappen		1 Lap	0
15	55	Artem Markelov		1 Lap	0
16	118	Carlos Sainz Jr		2 Laps	0
17	66	Pascal Wehrlein		2 Laps	0
18	67	Mike Rockenfeller		2 Laps	0
19	5	Marvin Kirchhöfer		2 Laps	0
20	56	Sergey Sirotkin		2 Laps	0
21	119	Felix Rosenqvist		2 Laps	0
22	6	Santiago Urrutia		2 Laps	0
DNF	21	J. R. Hildebrand		Engine	0
DNF	29	Pastor Maldonado		Accident	0
DNF	32	Alexander Albon		Collision	0
DNF	62	Jules Bianchi		Collision	0

Fastest Lap:

Lewis Hamilton – 47.703

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Daniel Melrose – great racing to take sixth place.

Reject Of The Race:

Pastor Maldonado – if he does not win the title, he is gonna rue races like today.