He also reversed Massa’s domination over him in qualifying and got the upper hand when it mattered most: in the race. Meanwhile Massa flew off the road on lap 30 into retirement.

He has no points after two races and already trails Hamilton by 14 points. Kimi cruised to his 16th career victory, putting him level with the great Stirling Moss. He has a lot of confidence in the car in race trim. His lap in the second part of qualifying yesterday was stunning, but he wasn’t able to match it when it counted in Q3.

This is one area of his game where he is not always razor-sharp, but otherwise he has grown as a person and as a driver since winning the world title last year and he is still my favourite to win a second title this year.