Two Consecutive Wins for Magnussen

by Klon  4/08/2015 | 10:25 0 Posted in 2010 - Present, FIA, Formula 1 

Qualifying:

* demoted five places for changing engine/gearbox

Report:

This was all that the competition saw of Bianchi until the pit strategists got it wrong.

The best way to make up for a bad race is to have a good race afterwards. This was apparentely the plan of Jules Bianchi, who, after a shocking Q1 exit followed by an awful race, decided to get back on track. He did just that, scoring his first pole of 2018 in qualifying. It looked likely for him to take his first win of this season.

However, a bad strategy can always ruin a race and it most certainly did this time around. DGN-Mercedes were ready to take the lead from the unofficial Mercedes works team and did so successfully, getting both of their cars in front of the French Formula One star and going on to take the 1-2 their own race strategists denied them on Saturday.

Behind them, a bit of controversy was found: Lewis Hamilton and the extremely talented Marcel Agyemang-Badu had another battle going on. Caterham did not want their new signing looking bad, so they used Vettel as a road block at pit exit to slow Badu sufficiently down. Ferrari were appaled by this move straight from the movie Driven and race control has decided to give out a number of penalty points.

A few drivers who struggled in the Saturday race were in better form: Daniel Melrose and Nico Hülkenberg were two names on that list. Regrettably, both went unrewarded. Melrose lost points due to the inferior pace of the Holden F1 car; Hülkenberg tried too hard to fight Dave Cassidy and spun his car around. Someone who got his reward for improving was Daniel Ricciardo, who scored Calinetic’s first points since August 2017.

Race:

Fastest Lap:

Jules Bianchi – 1:09.709

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Marcel Agyemang-Badu – Forced Caterham to cross the line.

Reject Of The Race:

Caterham-Judd – That movie move was just unfair.

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