Unfortunately, time is not my friend and this is best evidenced by my inability to update you within a week of the race finishing so I apologise in advance if this update is brief.
Race Summary
Our first sprint race of the season saw plenty of drama. Qualifying was interrupted by 5 red flags, perhaps the most controversial was Lando Norris's which secured him 3rd position on the starting grid for Saturday's sprint race.
Both Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz benefited from the addition of the Sprint Race, initially qualifying in 7th and 10th respectively (due to a crash in the case of Carlos Saniz), moving up to 3rd and 4th for the main event. Carlos Sainz's luck continues to elude him, crashing out on the 1st lap after contact with Daniel Ricciardo who had a bit of a shocker.
With Max Verstappen out in front, Charles Leclerc on a newer set of tyres pushed hard to catch up which proved to be too hard, spinning his Ferrari and dropping to a disappointing 7th - gifting Red Bull their first 1-2 since the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix.
Race 4 Points
With the Ferrari drivers disappointing, it was an opportunity for Red Bull owners to have a good week at the top of the charts and with both Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen in his team, it was @gabikay who did just that with the following team achieving a score of 278.
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Overall Rankings
The leaderboard appears to be settling down a little bit now with very few changes in the rankings. @fuentesjo3006 is the only real mover dropping from 8th down into last after another disappointing Mercedes performance.
| Po. | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | @titopx | 843 |
| 2nd | @gabikay | 817 |
| 3rd | @the-gorilla | 737 |
| 4th | @esteban85 | 663 |
| 5th | @dave25 | 626 |
| 6th | @eve73 | 568 |
| 7th | @frafiomatale | 564 |
| 8th | @weasell | 539 |
| 9th | @wentv | 529 |
| 10th | @chrislybear | 519 |
| 11th | @fuentesjo3006 | 509 |
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Wow, I'm all smiles right now😁. Not because of the win particularly but because of my move towards the lead and my point difference between the current 3rd place of the race( you know the third place 😂😂). The race is on @the-gorilla
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I'm unfamiliar with 3rd place, who's in 3rd place? I never normally look that far down 🤣
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Tratando de mantenerme a flote es casi seguro que pronto tendré que cambiar mi team pero por ahora me mantengo con el mismo desde el inicio de temporada.
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🙂 I'm probably changing mine too much. Maybe I'll look now and make a change 😅
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Cuando te sientas cómodo con 1 seguro lo mantendrás mas tiempo, yo a pesar de tener a 2 pilotos un poco inconsistentes en mi equipo me siento cómodo cuando ya no sienta esa comodidad los cambiare con mas frecuencia.
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Soon Mercedes will be competitive again @fpl-gorilla
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I hope so. Once they sort out the bouncing issue, I think they'll have the quickest car but there's no knowing how long this will take for them to resolve.
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