Not sure if LM is good, or they are just racing in different tier. All those outside of top 3 teams are not really giving any fight to the top 3. So, even if he starts at the bottom, he can easily finish in top 6.
I think Ferrari screwed up their pit strategy. And Vettel too eager to defend during the first lap. If he let Lewis pass, I think he might be able to over take him in later laps. And Kimi kena squeeze kao kao by the Merc with no backup.
Yup agree. Seb has been rather careless this season with notably 4 major mistakes so far, or else he would have been far in front in the points. Ferrari probably also brought Kimi too early and got trapped by Mercs. They probably should've just waited until Ham came in first but in fairness Ham kept the gap to Kimi too close (just around 1 sec) so if Ham pit first to try undercut, it may worked also for Ham. Ferrari just could not foresee that Kimi's tires will not last while Bottas could hang on for that long still with relatively good speed.
Maybe because Bottas was controlling the pace, so his tyre can last for few more laps. If Kimi manage to overtake bottas, I think it might be better. But I guess the pressure from Lewis at the back probably put him off of overtaking bottas (since he going to pit soon) and don't want to take any risk.