Mexico GP - a champion is crowned

Another guest post this week - from Halo, Baby!

Due to baby pitstop making the most of the extra hour of night to scream all night long, we were not in a fit enough state to produce a full race review. And as Hamilton haters, we weren’t in celebratory mood.

Granadors (winners)

ê   The man in the ‘Day of The Dead’ costume who started the formation lap – Excellent puppetry with his mask... I loves a puppet;

ê   Lewis Hamilton – Awesome start and won a world championship (though he didn’t seem to think so  as he p**sed and moaned about the whole day until the chequered flag appeared);

ê   Stoffel (Vandoorne) – Despite being rank last every time I looked at the positions, he seemed to get a top-ten points finish. Good on him, the wee rascal;

ê   Williams – Finally beating Haas in the ‘don’t be last’ stakes;

ê   Max Verstappen – He and his Red Bull seem to have mastered this track, what with the back-to-back wins. Maybe he loves the thin air, maybe he loves burritos. He’s the first driver to win five races without even having been on pole though and he won this with his engine “turned down”;

Perdedors (losers)

ê   Danny Ric – Slow start (though he did called it pre-race on slip-streaming front) then just no luck with the engine front (not sure what “Fail 38” technically is, but it presents itself as smoke billowing out the back and no power);

ê   The guy SkyF1 interviewed in the build-up with the McLaren tattoo on his back – He was even mocked for the F1 logo having changed;

ê   Folk with stadium section ‘seats’ – There didn’t appear to be an seats, just concrete with numbers painted on it..... I’ve been asked not to turn this into a stadium blog;

ê   Fernando Alonso – Inadvertently, this week’s (first) victim of the Force India wrecking crew;

ê   Sergio Perez – Going out with a whimper;

Frases Divertidas (Funny things said)

ê   “Slower than a slow thing” – Martin Brundle describing Kimi’s Ferrari going through a corner;

ê   “Just Focus” – Ghoulish Gasly put in his place by his engineer;

ê   “Vettel just past Hamilton. Hamilton isn’t happy” – Red Bull update Daniel Ricciardo with a touch of mirth

ê   “Hey Lewis, congrats man. That’s how you do it, baby! Just like I taught you” – Will Smith ruins Hamilton’s championship party by talking guff