^ Didn't watch the race but was gifted the LeClerc out, and definitely from Twitter it seems Russell's the fan favourite over Hamilton (but really, even I knew that without watching haha).

I did want the lead in first place to be cut, but not like this. Feels a bit flat, though I suppose it adds to the tension in coming races, if Ferrari engineers actually wake up, of course.

Tight, tight, tight, but well done for yellow cap, casper! Leaderboard is sooo close, and this round only 3 points separating yellow cap from bottom.

I would never underestimate the allure of money. Look at the transfer saga of Mbappe with Real and when everyone thought it was a done deal, PSG offered him the biggest contract in football history and he says yes. Pogba chose money over sports when he joined Manchester United as well, so they are not that different. Players these days don't have the qualities they used to have in the past.   

In itself it is understandable that Mbappe has decided to stay at PSG. They've had a bad season in CL, but in principle it's still one of the best teas in the world. Individually, they simply have the best team in the world. And I think it also means something to him that he can still play in a team with Messi. And he gets a good salary, which is not unimportant in the end. You can always go to another club later.

If someone needs a midfielder it's Real. Kroos and Modric are great players, but they have max one good season ahead of them. if we watch all the matches against PSG, Man City and Chelsea in most of those games they are in a subordinate position. mostly due to the weaker midfield.
and besides, it is obvious that they are not interested in Pogba because of his poor performance, frivolous and inconsistent approach to the game. He is good but only in an already formed great team and we saw that in France's national team and Juventus(Man United obviously not).
In six years in Manchester, I think only several games where he was the main bearer of the game. He cannot be a key player (like Modric, De Bryne, Kante...) although it is considered so because of the talent and price.
Good luck to Juventus with him.

The first practice session wasn't good for Mercedes drivers at all. One of them was the 4th and the other was the 6th. But things changed in the second practice session actually. We saw Russell and Hamilton as the 2nd and 3rd respectively. Russell was only 0.1 seconds away from the leader Leclerc. Of course I know that this is only a practice session. It doesn't show the complete reality. But I've started to be hopeful about the qualifying for Mercedes drivers. I hope that both of them can capture strong positions before the race.

You are sure that the RedBull is better than the Ferrari? I think the cars are equally fast but Ferrari has more potential to go up. Four tenths? That would be a bit much and the updates have to work first... But for the sake of suspense alone, I hope that neither of the two drives away, a title fight until the last race would be desirable again.