While Monaco was busy commenting on the inevitable Ferrari shenanigans following Kimi Raikkonen’s unscheduled pole position and Sebastian Vettel’s scheduled victory, the real stuff was taking place in Indianapolis, where men are men, walls are walls, racing is racing, and Takuma Sato scored an epic victory. Fernando Alonso was the link between these two worlds of course, and after getting a mega dose of real racing, oval style, and being in a position to actually race for victory, it’s going to be tough for the Spanish ace to return to the world of Formula 1 and have to start last on the grid because of another engine change, and a 45-place penalty on the starting grid...

From qualifying, to start, to finish, the Spanish Grand Prix was “Duel in the sun” between Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. This is a hard and open championship, a thriller with two exceptional drivers driving two different cars, something that hasn't happened in Formula 1 in five years (2012, Vettel/RedBull vs Alonso/Ferrari) and the final result is anybody's guess. There is no animosity between these two, just pure racing and a lot of respect, and that's a nice change from previous seasons...

A blitzing pole position from Lewis Hamilton (half a second quicker than his team mate!), and then a poor start, and the race was over... Rosberg took the lead, and that was it! Maybe we should rewind the film, and notice that in the 1970 Italian Grand Prix in Monza, the lead changed 28 times during the race; this year, not once. The Temple of Speed has become the Temple of Procession. The modified regulations for 2017 promise more of the same: wider tyres, less straight-line speed, more downforce and cornering speed, later breaking, and even less passing... In other words, the opposite of what should be done. But the Powers That Be are all happy, because the cars will be faster and lap times will be improved! What a wonderful world...