“In the wet it’s easier to overtake,” F1’s youngest ever winner said nonchalantly afterwards. “I think it was a perfect race for me because then after [conditions improve] you go on the slick tyres, and you have passed most of the field already and you are basically back in the position where you should be.” And if not for the damp conditions at the start, where might he have finished? “Well, not third, for sure. Maybe sixth? They were good conditions for me…”