There's nobody on the planet that could have predicted how this one was going to end. Lots to unpack

First, congrats to Gasly and AlphaTauri. A lot of stars and planets needed to align for this outcome, but once Pierre got the lead he kept it even with serious pressure from Sainz. After the year that kid had it's great to see him with a win. Factor in the works team that dumped him a year ago finished with a DNF and zero points the win has to be extra sweet (more on RB later). Here's hoping for more success and smart career choices in the future (more later)

Second, end of an era in modern F1. Having the Williams family out of racing kinda sucks. But such is the fate of a team that needs funding and the only way to secure it is to sell. I don't think this was all Claire's fault, but with new management, the old guard has to go. It will be years before we get the real story behind Paddy Lowe and how his team managed to get the car so unbelievable wrong. Maybe the new ownership can get Martini to sign as a sponsor again (I do miss that livery).

What should have been business as usual at Mercedes got turned completely upside down. Hamilton was on pace for a 20+ second win. Instead, he put on a display that showed reverse grids may not be a bad thing after all. Some may not like Lewis going to the stewards during the red flag period, but you have to give him credit for taking the blame for pulling in the pit and congratulating Pierre first and foremost. It was a freak set of circumstances that caught Petronas out there this weekend, but you better believe that won't happen ever again. Either they will hire someone just to check pit entry lights and messages or figure out a way to automate it better (or do both). Driving back to 7th was pretty amazing. If that red flag didn't stop the race, I wouldn't have been surprised if he ended up on the podium even after the 10 second stop & go penalty. On the other side of the garage, Bottas didn't have a good race at all. Another crap start and possible car issues didn't see him make a podium run, which would have helped his (non-existent) chances at the title run. Still, he's back in 2nd, which is how things were going to shake out anyway.

Not a good day for Red Bull. Max didn't have a great quali and ended up with a DNF. Definitely didn't help his chances at coming 2nd in the drivers championship (which, really, is Bottas' to lose). Albon was a non factor today. To see Gasly on the podium has to make Horner and Marko's soul burn slow though. But what can they do? Promoting Gasley back to RB makes them look like they didn't make a good choice and undercut's Alex's confidence. Pierre has to know RB has a much better shot at any kind of championship over AT, but does he want that kind of pressure again? At this point anybody in the seat opposite Verstappen is not going to look good. Bringing someone up from their junior race program will likely have the same result. Looking outside of RB as a whole, who would you pay to bring in and race beside Max? Staying as is may be the only call right now.

I bet everyone at Maranello is glad there were no fans in the stands. Ferrari couldn't have had a worse weekend if they tried. Glad the barriers at the chicane were foam, or it would have been bad for Vettel. Glad LeClerc walked away from that crash as that was brutal. Bad enough they were already going to get curb stomped at their home track but to leave with two damaged cars that didn't make it to Q3 in the first place? This is simply a bad year for them.

Lastly, how does Antonio Giovinazzi have a seat in F1? He must have a TON of sponsor money or somebody's family member hostage.