We've been rather spoiled of late I guess with close and unpredictable racing in F1, and my overall feeling after Sunday's race in spectacular Portimao was that it was a touch steady. But thinking it over on Monday morning, the winner was running third and had to pass two very fast car/driver combos to take the victory and there was some great wheel-to-wheel action all through the field. There's many a season when we would have celebrated that. Once again, the curiously lifeless tarmac, in F1 tyre terms, and the windy conditions made for some decent challenges and surprises. We have to soak up all the satisfaction we can from this undulating and unsighted series of 15 turns in the dramatic...
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