[Jody Barton]

Interesting two sessions, that running Merc did during FP1 on the 2020 prototype tyres will come in handy for next year's car no doubt. However, it was FP2 that was really interesting, sure Lewis got a bit of a "tow" when he set his fastest lap, but he actually set it on the mediums, not the Softs like Sky said, so he has good one lap pace.

It was the race stints that were eye opening though, if those were genuinely representative stints it'll be a straight shoot out between Lewis and Verstappen in the race with no one else getting close. Vettel looked really out of sorts today, as did Bottas, whose body language does not look good this weekend at all. I guess we'll know more tomorrow, but I have to say the track surface is bloody awful. The organisers need to rip the track up and start again, it isn't fit to race on.