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Yeah good race. Rowland a bit unlucky to get the SC, although Markelov might have caught him at the end but probably would have run out of time to mount a challenge. But Rowland really lucky to get away with the win as Markelov looked like he would have got him, even on the outside, until he did the type silly move you'd expect from him a few years ago. Also lucky Latifi didn't get by for the win, Rowland had to force him off track to keep the lead ala Hamilton/Rosberg a couple years ago.
Leclerc didn't really have the pace did he? What happened to the near 0.5s a lap advantage from qualifying? He did an Alonso and just put his car in the perfect place on the first lap but then went nowhere and spent half the race getting past Albon. He was going to be lucky to get 8th at that point. Even the DAMS cars' fastest lap was 0.7s faster than Leclerc's when he had the softer tyre advantage at the end. On those new tyres he should have been able to do better than 4th and was lucky to even get that. That restart move where he got three at once was pretty cool but really they just opened the door for him.
Latifi; how was he not penalised for that contact? But anyway another good race for him, he just isn't letting Rowland get away at all is he? Could easily have been the win. Those Dams cars certainly have made gains compared to last year.
Should be another decent sprint race with Albon on pole and he was difficult to pass in the this race so can he hold on for the win? Ghiotto has a lot to make up for as well and should be in a car capable of winning, as long as he doesn't muck around for too long in the early stages. He's really getting outclassed by Markelov this year which is a big surprise. I thought Ghiotto was better than he's showing this year and would have been a title contender. Markolov was utterly hopeless in his first year in GP2 and now he's regularly beating Ghiotto.
How about Ferrucci in the points in his first? He's doing better in F2 than he does in GP3!
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