Such a shame Lewis could not continue his run, but the Mercedes look third best at this circuit. They seem to have tyre issues which has befuddled the engineers.

RB and Ferfairy were always going to be stronger at this circuit. But who knows what will happen race proper - engine troubles on circuit collisions could hand the Merc boys a lifeline.

I think statistically Lewis will better all of Senna's and many others records in the coming years. I always baulk at comparisons between drivers when the difference in years is too great.

These days the drivers are so different, the training they do, the amount of work in the car they perform, the cars themselves, the speeds, it's all very different.

I'm looking at damage limitation this weekend.

Just starting on BBC One HD - off I pop.

Loved that radio message from Lewis.

"Vettel backing Ricciado in Kimi"

Lewis just able to sit back and watch.

Game over for Lewis.

and after many more slow laps they retire him. I think I would have done that a bit earlier TBF.

Rosberg must be mightily miffed that he can't capitalise on Lewis' DNF.

Come on Vettel - blow your engine up!

I would like to see Daniel Ricci win.

Fan on the track !!!

Fan on the track !!!

How the hell did he manage to do that! 

No idea Sprout - sheer madness!

Hiya

Hi. Could've been messy  

Macs again 

Maldonado cannot drive an F1 car 

It's getting all frantic at the back - those teams fighting it out - nice stuff.

Hope Vettel picks up some debris and punctures his tyre.

It's all about the money, money, money!

Lol! Sainz is up that Lotus's backside 

...and pushes him off track

Jenson

I know  

Why do they do that with the tyres. Make them go far too long  

Next race Suzuka in Japan....6am start    I won't be up 

I dunno, they have all the metrics and know the performance over time and they can see the drop off as the race progresses.

It's daft. Surely you'd want new tyres to get the best performance out of the car 

NO !!!!

Good for him, but I feel he's going to have to do it anyway 

Ya reckon Vettell's happy 

Oooo! Verstappen didn't march to the band  

He will get a slapped arse for that no mistake.

I f*****g hate Ferrari.

Yep. Shame  

They don't bother me. At least it was a different result this time  

A year next week then since Bianchi's horrendous accident where he ultimately lost his life  

Time flies.

Ironically I like Seb and Kimi.

I hate all the reverence of the team. They seem to be untouchable and too controlling as far as the sport is concerned.

As is Mercedes and so was Red Bull and McClaren in it's time and Williams  

Right, I need to go Jobsearching now  

Not in the same way. I believe F have a less public influence that other teams don't seem to have.

Good luck

Hoping something suitable jumps out of the screen for you.

hi race fans

remembering Jules this weekend  

hoping Japan is kinder to Lewis than Singapore was

I also hate Ferrari but don't mind Vettel

I believe Sky did a big piece last week (I don't have Sky).

I would expect BBC to pay a tribute. Amazing how time flies.

Looks like Japan is proving tricky for Lewis ATM. Seems to have carried a hangover from last week.

Going to be up at 5:30 in the morning to watch this one!

Are you daft!