Well well well. I always liked HAM. His success in F1 is well deserved. Merc went to great lengths to get him out of McLaren who picked him up when he was still just a kid. If Merc did that, they had good reasons.
Max's fender bender in the first lap looked weird to me when it happen. He said PER didn't give him room but looking at the replay, it looks like the pavement was wet as soon as PER got in front of VER, it looks like the front lost all grip. Like PER stole his downforce on the front wing or something.
Silly season appears to be where the excitement lies ATM.