2025 F1 Thread

[cjd600]

Oh well, less points than deserved for Oscar….
McLaren pit wall…..hhmmm
Oscar a very icy “Speechless…..” over his radio to Stallard sums it up

 

[MARTINE]

Oh well, less points than deserved for Oscar….
McLaren pit wall…..hhmmm
Oscar a very icy “Speechless…..” over his radio to Stallard sums it up

It was McLarens to lose…..

 

[cjd600]

The wrong McLaren was in front it seems

 

[Quickstatus]

Can someone explain why McLaren did what they did?
What was the potential upside.

I know nothing about F1 other than the drivers are nuts and the cars don't have V8

 

[WilsonM]

Can someone explain why McLaren did what they did?
What was the potential upside.

I know nothing about F1 other than the drivers are nuts and the cars don't have V8

Speculation hat is on here, but they couldn't double stack without impacting Lando and so "it wouldn't have been fair". That and track position in Qatar is king, and I guess I have to also think they didn't expect everyone (except Ocon, RIP) to pit.

Oscar drove a perfect race in the fastest car, and ended P2. Can't imagine Webber is overly happy.

 

[kelvedon]

I don’t understand how Qatar, a comparatively new race track, was designed with so few overtaking opportunities. It’s almost Monaco in the desert.

 

[WilsonM]

I don’t understand how Qatar, a comparatively new race track, was designed with so few overtaking opportunities. It’s almost Monaco in the desert.

It's a MotoGP circuit originally, and designed as such

 

[Quickstatus]

but they couldn't double stack without impacting Lando and so "it wouldn't have been fair". That and track position in Qatar is king, and I guess I have to also think they didn't expect everyone (except Ocon, RIP) to pit.

Sorry, could you Please Explainᵀᴹ for the dummies please thanks

It’s almost Monaco in the desert.

Sounded like Qatar track is very fast so difficult to overtake?? So opposite of Monaco but same consequence?

 

[kelvedon]

Sorry, could you Please Explainᵀᴹ for the dummies please thanks



Sounded like Qatar track is very fast so difficult to overtake?? So opposite of Monaco but same consequence?

Double staking is when both of the team’s two cars go into the pits at the same time.
As there’s only room for one car to be serviced at a time, the second car has to wait till the first has gone. This disadvantage the second car.

 

[cjd600]

Lando was about 5 seconds behind by the yellow anyway....so wouldnt have been much of a delay
And they both ended up being put into traffic due to being off cycle from the rest of the field.
This plus the Imola "swap" has been quite impactful to one of their drivers