To start, I’d like to say: May Anthoine Hubert and Dilano van ‘t Hoff continue resting peacefully. 

This race (for the most part) could have been an email. I’ll show you.

From: Olufolake Okunsanya

To: You

Subject: A dull spa day. 

Dear gentle reader, 

As the subject of this email suggests, this race was as peaceful as if I was at an actual spa, which would be great if it wasn’t supposed to be a Formula One race. 

While safety is paramount, the safety car could have done a lap or two less, giving the intermediate tires a chance to work in the wet. We (the viewers and the drivers) were denied a wet-weather showdown. But alas, I’m not the race director — yet.

Pirelli, what is the point of the full wet tire if it never gets put on? 

There were pretty much three highlights of the whole race weekend: 

1. Oscar Piastri overtook Max Verstappen for first place and then won the race. It’s his championship to lose. Anyone who thinks differently can reply to me at the email address: [email protected]. (Note that this inbox is unmonitored because I’m right.)  Lando Norris: It’s your move, man.
2. Lewis Hamilton made up 11 places in 10 laps. After starting in the pit lane due to power unit changes, he made it up to seventh. He was brave and switched to dry tires before the rest of the field, and he made it work. But I’m sure he knows all the intimate details of the rear of that Williams car, since he spent so long staring at it. Lift and coast, when I catch you. 
3. Laurent Mekies fought for Yuki Tsunoda to have upgraded parts put on his car. Note that Red Bull had been stockpiling parts for Verstappen’s car instead of fairly allocating them between drivers. Mekies then apologized to Tsunoda for that on international television. This proves a few things:
   1. Checo Pérez was right — he wasn’t driving the same car as Verstappen.
   2. Christian Horner had been favoring Verstappen and screwing over the second driver to make Verstappen look even more dominant. (He would have still been a dominant champion; he’s an all-timer, but the gaps between teammates wouldn’t have been as large as they were.)
   3. Mekies is here to shift things and give the second Red Bull driver a chance to have a decent career. I like this. It’s a different side to the team; it doesn’t seem so malicious and shady anymore. (It still is, but less so.)

That’s pretty much it. 

Best,

Olufolake

See, you read that short email, and it was no more boring than if you’d watched the race. Anyway, it’s left me Hungary for more. See what I did there? 

I’ll see you after the next race.