If not for a pit stop screw up and a flat tire, Russell would have had his first win. Instead Perez got his.

1 11 Sergio Perez RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES

2 31 Esteban Ocon RENAULT

3 18 Lance Stroll RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES

4 55 Carlos Sainz MCLAREN RENAULT

5 3 Daniel Ricciardo RENAULT

6 23 Alexander Albon RED BULL RACING HONDA

7 26 Daniil Kvyat ALPHATAURI HONDA

8 77 Valtteri Bottas MERCEDES

9 63 George Russell MERCEDES

10 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN RENAULT

For the first time since 2014, a Japanese driver in F1: https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.breaking-tsunoda-to-make-f1-racing-debut-with-alphatauri-in-2021-in-place-of.2AeT7L7KrbDKmI

He's "Sir Lewis" now: https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/hamilton-knighted-in-uk-queens-new-year-honours-list/4933452/

One of the disadvantages of living in a country where Formula 1 isn't well covered, found out today that Murray Walker passed away last Saturday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX7T2c0bag0

RIP Murray

Sabine Schmitz, "Queen of the Nürburgring," dead at 51: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/sports/autoracing/sabine-schmitz-obituary.html

8 Grands Prix down, about 1/3 thru the season, (I can remember when the whole season was 12 races) We may have a new champion this year. Max Verstappen won again this weekend. He's won four of the eight so far.

1
M. Verstappen Points Wins
Red Bull 156 4
2
L. Hamilton
Mercedes 138 3
3
S. Pérez
Red Bull 96 1
4
L. Norris
McLaren 86
5
V. Bottas
Mercedes 74

6
C. Leclerc
Ferrari 58
7
C. Sainz Jr.
Ferrari 50
8
P. Gasly
AlphaTauri 37
9
D. Ricciardo
McLaren 34
10
S. Vettel
Aston Martin 30

From running a used car lot in London to becoming one of the richest people on the planet, this could be interesting: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/formula-1-supremo-bernie-ecclestone-074639012.html

gaijinmark wrote:

8 Grands Prix down, about 1/3 thru the season, (I can remember when the whole season was 12 races) We may have a new champion this year. Max Verstappen won again this weekend. He's won four of the eight so far.

Honda power!

Jay Leno gets all the cool stuff first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yel4EVD9SZ0

Best known for getting on the radio to the pits and saying, "Leave me alone, I know what I'm doing!": https://www.yahoo.com/autos/2007-f1-champion-kimi-raikkonen-180300267.html

Now Holland can say they have a world champion.

Max Verstappen 2021 F1 World Champion

1 Verstappen NED RED BULL RACING HONDA 395.5

2 Hamilton GBR MERCEDES 387.5

3 Bottas FIN MERCEDES 226

4 Perez MEX RED BULL RACING HONDA 190

5 Sainz ESP FERRARI 164.5

6 Norris GBR MCLAREN MERCEDES 160

7 Leclerc MON FERRARI 159

8 Ricciardo AUS MCLAREN MERCEDES 115

9 Gasly FRA ALPHATAURI HONDA 110

10 Alonso ESP ALPINE RENAULT 81

I'm not a big fan of Lewis. He is the best of this era because he's in the best car. But still, I think he got screwed on this one.

Need some parts for your hot rod, go no further than Nagoya: http://www.speedhunters.com/2015/01/paradise-road-custom-king-since-87/