What really struck me last weekend is just how different the three leading title contenders are. There’s always a lot of chat about F1 needing ‘characters’, but it’s hard to imagine three more divergent characters than Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.
Each of them have their own strengths and weaknesses and it’s going to be fascinating to see how those different characteristics will play out through the rest of the season.
Let’s start with the title leader. Sebastian has a trait which I’ve seen in a number of champion drivers over the decades – namely, a total inability to accept they can be wrong and a conviction they are always right. Ayrton Senna had it, Michael Schumacher definitely had it, and Nigel Mansell too.
Even in the face of hard facts they never deviate from their inner self-belief. It’s a quality which marks them out as winners – although not always universally popular winners.
It was interesting to hear Vettel after the race complain about Bottas’ start without any irony or embarrassment in light of events in Baku…
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