Yes, I was hoping that Max was going to take Nico out performing one of his famous lunges into a corner! (No not really!!).
Max will be world champ within two or three years. Once the dominance of Mercedes comes to an end (which it will, because dominant runs always come to an end), provided he's in a competitive car he will take the title. Yesterday sorted the great drivers from the good drivers. Lewis was great because he never put a foot wrong despite all the mayhem. Max was great (as discussed). Nico, I'm afraid, fails to cut the mustard when the going gets tough. Although he finished second he would probably have been fourth had Red Bull not ballsed up their strategy by trying Intermediate tyres. And I forgot, Vettel's whinging gets more intense with every race.
Bar accidents, blow ups or breakdowns Nico will take the title in a fortnight but he would have been a distant runner up had Lewis not had early season problems and his DNF in Malaysia. But fair dos, Nico did what had to be done and Lewis did throw a couple of races away with very poor starts. At the end of the season the driver with most points is the champion and that's all that counts. Unless, of course, we're going to have a "Hard" world championship and a "Soft" world championship. Then I think all 21 races will have to be re-run. Either that or the stewards will have to make a decision :-) :-)