[Barry Malawi]

So who is King of the fastest race laps?

This season, after 15 races, Bottas has 4, Riccardo has 4, Hamilton and Verstappen have two each and Raikonnen, Vettel and Magnussen one each.

So at the end of the season, who do we think will come out on top?

One surprise for me is the supposed speed of the Ferrari has only resulted in two fastest laps.  Another surprise was yesterday, when Magnussen's lap just pipped that of Alonso, of all people!  How Alonso dragged that bag of bolts to a fastest lap is nothing short of miraculous to me (and was barely mentioned by the commentators).

I know fastest laps don't count for much but because cars aren't always trying to go as fast as possible - but at some stage in the race all cars have to push on a bit, either to catch up or to make a break.