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...

The contrast between an exhilarated Lewis Hamilton and a dejected Daniel Ricciardo on the Monaco podium was striking. The amiable and ever smiling Aussie was feeling robbed, cheated and let down by his team, and there was no way he was going to be silent about it. Monaco... the race where anything can happen, and does happen. In this case, a team that was unable to have tires ready for its leading drivers’s pitstop! But on the other side of the fence, there was hamilton, ecstatic, overjoyed, and there was a reason for that: he should have won last year’s Monaco Grand Prix, when he was easily leading the race and Mercedes miscalculated a pitstop, effectively handing over the victory to Rosberg on a plate. Monaco, the karmic casino...