After the weekend in Monaco, a few things have become clear.
The two Silver Arrows appear unbeatable. Whether they will become the
first team to win every race in a season, only time will tell.
The sight of the two of them consistently pulling ahead of the rest of the
pack and maintaining a commanding lead is impressive and the fact that
both of them are doing it is no coincidence. This weekend's race appears
to have been won by the Mercedes engineers a few years back when
the company committed to developing that innovative power train.
The precision and reliability of their manufacturing processes then help
ensure a one-two result.
With so much of the power train design frozen, it will be very difficult
for the other teams to catch them. One might speculate the other
Mercede's powered-cars like the McLarens would have the best chance
but it does not appear so at the moment and Mercedes have
obviously packaged their own engine design the best.
With the two Silver Arrows being supposedly identical, the rivalry
between Hamilton and Rosberg is going to be the highlight of this
season. The race and drama is between these two. Rosberg is on 122 points
and Hamilton on 118 with Rosberg having won two races and Hamilton
the other four.
"Louis, I think this is the
end of a beautiful friendship."
With the motivation to win encoded in their DNA and millions of dollars
at stake, as it unfolds it has the potential to make for one of the greatest
F1 rivalries in decades.
On a final note, Ricciardo did a magnificent job and it was edge of the
seat stuff seeing him on Lewis's gearbox on the last laps.
