2025 F1 Thread

[jastel]

Usual Turn 1 incident at this track. Same in F1, motorbikes, V8 Supercars, NASCAR.

STR and OCO was showing how many different lines there could be around the corner, but they ALL intersect somewhere...so add 18 more cars to the STR/OCO thing, each one on their OWN line and you can see why there are crashes here all the time.

Old RUS - He went off the track - Penalty!
New RUS - gets strike, That doesn't count, I was Racing!!
LOL.

The old saying you can't WIN the race at the 1st corner, but you can LOSE it.

 

[cjd600]

Quite a pedestrian race....

 

[luckypierre]

Quite a pedestrian race....

George Russell in a post race interview talked about it being a race to the first corner and the need to qualify well.

 

[mel-world]

Glad I did not get up early to watch it live. Only interest was the first couple of laps, NOR taking ages to pass LEC (twice) and the predictability of the finish.

 

[jastel]

Hope Mexico is more interesting, and more successful for PIA.

 

[markis10]

“What is this, hotel California?”

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[elanshin]

It is time.

 

[mel-world]

It is time.

Do we need to post this every race? I'm sure those who are interested have subscribed by now on YouTube.

 

[jastel]

We post who wins every week...you can find that other ways.
Leave Lollipop Alone!

 

[Scarlett]

Do we need to post this every race? I'm sure those who are interested have subscribed by now on YouTube.

Yes.
Yes we do.

 

[cjd600]

And the papaya slate is wiped clean so wee Lando can recommence receiving handouts. Phew.

 

[DejaBrew]

Loving Oscar's maturity in all of this -:

Reviewing his position, the Australian added that it was a "scarily" similar situation to his 2020 Formula 3 title and his Formula Renault title in 2019, in which Victor Martins put Piastri under scrutiny in the final four rounds of the championship - and was just 7.5 points behind at the close of the year.

"Clearly over the last few race weekends, Red Bull and Max have certainly found consistency. There was flashes of that kind of performance earlier in the season, but I think the last few weekends it's been very consistent," Piastri said.

"I'm sure that they're going to be a threat again this weekend and we'll try our best to get the most out of our car and see where we end up.

"There are some similarities [to my F3 title]. I think ultimately in this championship I feel stronger than I did in that year and some things are a bit different.

"I think it's also similar to the Formula Renault championship I had - in some ways, scarily similar. I think the good thing I have is the evidence that I can pull it off and won both of those championships. Those are nice things to look back on, definitely.

"I also know that just because I've done it before doesn't mean it's automatically going to happen this time. It is nice to look back on how I've handled those situations in the past, the experience I have now from that, and how I can apply that to this year."

Via Autosport....

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/piastri-mclaren-has-removed-norris-repercussions-after-austin-f1-sprint-clash/10770466/