- 21 Apr 15, 14:03#436533There were four drivers that stood out in the race for me: Hamilton, Rosberg, Raikkonen and Bottas.
Rosberg looked very confident and racy passing Raikkonen and Vettel (3X)! This is what he needs to do every race. But Rosberg couldn't challenge the pace of Hamilton even when granted the advantage of the undercut. And later in the race Raikkonen quickly got past him on a mistake (or brake problems perhaps).
Hamilton looked good and was able to control the race from the lead. He seemed programmed to sit at exactly 5 seconds in front of Rosberg. He did though make a mistake and went off the one time he was pressured in the race which was by Vettel on lap 5.
Raikkonen executed his alternate strategy perfectly and had an amazing second stint on the mediums where he was able to stay on the leaders pace while they ran the much faster softs! His final stint also was impressive as he relentlessly reeled in the Merc's. If only for a couple more laps or Ferrari pitting him earlier for the softs and the outcome could have been a race win.
Bottas had a good race and was formidable in his defense of fourth place in front of a faster Ferrari. Vettel was frustrated again and again by Bottas who withstood the pressure and didn't make a single mistake.
Raikkonen gets my vote followed by Rosberg, Hamilton, Bottas.
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I thought he had an easy race, but perhaps he just made it look easy! 
