Regardless of what
@Analoguesat said about the circuit itself (that had a lot of "merit"), the race itself was quite an "experience" for all concerned, and thus:
- TOTAL congrats to Checo for winning
- his FIRST WIN has been a lo.......ng time coming but VERY well deserved for that drive from the back of the pack after being "tipped off" by Leclerc. Only Seb's money is kicking him out of the team for next year because, IMHO, he's better than Lance AND Seb!
- same to Estaban for a very solid and strong drive to 2nd after a difficult season.
-TOTAL sympathy to George because he outdrove Valtieri for most of the weekend (FP3 & Quali apart) because - as Toto actually said (and I'm surprised it wasn't "bleeped out"on SKY at the time, but probably will in any subsequent download!) - Mercedes
****ed (but WAS bleeped out HERE!) up his stop during the double-stack pitstop under the safety car, and then there was the slow puncture which ironically appeared to have been caused by debris from his replacement at Williams, Jack Aitken, having that trip into the barrier after the last turn.
As for the rest of the pack, Danil Kyvat beat the "gas man" but is out of AlfaTauri after next week but maybe he'll be back again sometime, and the rest probably "performed as expected"!.