This is how I watched the race today. I tuned in about lap 35 (out of 70). A few comments:

Bottas had a very uncomplicated race today, at least in the second half. He was between 20 and 30 seconds behind Rosberg the entire time, and between 5 and 15 seconds ahead of Raikkonen, which means there wasn't any drama. All he had to do was keep driving, and he did. So Williams gets a podium today.

McLaren didn't have a good day, and they aren't having a good season. But today was particularly bad: both of their cars quit the race due to mechanical problems. It must be maddening for a driver to pull into the pits and never leave again.

This is an awesome track: there was a lot of passing.

And no crashes or collisions during the part I watched. That is always a good thing. Hulk spun out (and Grosjean got a 5 second penalty for it) so we had one yellow flag, but since Hulk's car was fine, he just turned it around and got back on the track, so it didn't affect the race.

I imagine Rosberg is frustrated that he couldn't catch Hamilton, but still: finishing 1-2 isn't terrible in anyone's book.

At one point Rosberg asked the pit how much fuel Hamilton had, and the pit refused to tell him. That's exactly right; good for the pit!

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