The 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix was chock full of story lines. But there are no glamorous highlight for the Haas F1 Team.
The Haas cars of Roman Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen started the race 16th and 17th respectively. Grosjean finished 12th and Magnussen 13. Both Haas cars finished ahead of all Renault’s’, Saber’s and Toro Rosso’s. It proves that the Haas F1 Team is good, but they still didn’t get any points.
But the Haas F1 Team aside, it was a great race. There are many story lines worthy their own attention. Here is my list of Story lines from the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix.
- Max Conquers – Max Verstappin passed Lewis Hamilton on lap 6 to not only take the lead of the race but the win.
- Vettels Climb – Scuderia Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel started the race from the back of the pack and ended up finishing the race 4th.
- Lewis’s Lead Lengthened – Lewis Hamilton extended his championship lead, but by not as big as he might think.
- Redbull Rebounds – “Alonso Smiles” – Redbull taking first and third tells Alonso that his 2018 car should be fast.
- Williams Wakes Up! – After a string of poor results Williams responds with both cars in the points.
- Alonso tells Magnussen to #SuckMyBallsHoney – after a lap 33 pass by Alonso on Magnussen.
Bring On Suzuka!