🏎️ Saudi Arabia was a dud...

Hamilton continues to baffle. However, Mercedes seems like they are in a lot of trouble. George Russell continues to get the better out of the car. However, Russell also shows that his racecraft is lacking and he likely needs someone to continue to mentor him. I've long maintained that getting a senior driver in the same team to mentor the junior driver is a lost cause given F1 incentives to constantly race your partner. The only team that's managed to pull that off is Aston Martin and that's because Lance Stroll honestly cannot compete with Fernando Alonso. 

Red Bull continues to set the one lap and race time pace. I continue to be impressed by how well that team's operating despite the inner turmoils of Horner's horniness saga. 

RBs - originally considered to be dark horses for this season - turned out neither dark, nor a horse. More a slow pony dressed up to sell more financial payments options between VISA and Cash App. 

Even the team that lurched to the second-ish position last year - McLaren - seem to have taken a step back. 

All leaving Ferrari as the only team even attempting to bring the fight close to Red Bull. Ferrari's impressed me so far. However, they impressed me because of Sainz, who's racing to win a seat in 2025. 

Anyway, 2025 silly season's gonna be lit 🔥.