2025 Formula 1 Season Thread

[DoubleK]

Norris
Piastri
Verstappen
Leclerc
Russell
Alonso
Hamilton
Hadjar
Lawson
Tusnoda

[fleuryisgod]

1. Nor
2. Pia
3. Ham
4. Ver
5. Lec
6. Had
7. Rus
8. Ant
9. Sai
10. Alb

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Nor
Pia
Ham
Ver
Lec
Sai
Rus
Had
Ant
Hulk

[Fuzz]

Norris
Piastri
Leclerc
Verstappen
Russell
Hamilton
Hadjar
Alonso
Tsunoda

[agulati]

Norris
Piastri
Verstappen
Leclerc
Russell
Hamilton
Hadjar
Alonso
Tsunoda
Hulkenberg

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Disastrous weekend for AM. Red Bull looked mighty in the low downforce set up. At least Max did. Tsunoda continues the streak of 2nd driver irrelevance. Great recovery for Hadjar. Sainz must be desperate for a clean race. Albon always seems to get the better of him because of it.

[powderjunkie]

I wondered if this weekend might play out a bit like Canada, and it sort of did.

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Disastrous weekend for AM. Red Bull looked mighty in the low downforce set up. At least Max did. Tsunoda continues the streak of 2nd driver irrelevance. Great recovery for Hadjar. Sainz must be desperate for a clean race. Albon always seems to get the better of him because of it.

Pretty sure Yuki has just 6 points from Grands Prix this year (and 6 more from sprints). Next lowest is Sainz with 13 (and the second Alpine seat at 0 of course). Yuki has just 2 points in the last 10 race weekends.

[ben voyonsdonc]

Piastri not being a drama queen when he took team orders (unlike Lando at Hungary) gave him lots of laps to try to take the position back while also being a good teammate. The impact of the swap on the WDC is not negligible but ultimately he did the right thing.

If Lando had pitted before Piastri and had the same slow stop issue causing him to end up behind Piastri, I wonder if Lando asks for a swap.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc

Piastri not being a drama queen when he took team orders (unlike Lando at Hungary) gave him lots of laps to try to take the position back while also being a good teammate. The impact of the swap on the WDC is not negligible but ultimately he did the right thing.

If Lando had pitted before Piastri and had the same slow stop issue causing him to end up behind Piastri, I wonder if Lando asks for a swap.

Lando is the one who suggested pitting Oscar first, not the team. IMO Lando wanted fresher tires than Oscar just to be safe. Since Lando didn't actually sacrifice the better strategy, there really shouldn't have been any reason to swap them...but I can see how the team didn't see it this way

[ben voyonsdonc]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

Lando is the one who suggested pitting Oscar first, not the team. IMO Lando wanted fresher tires than Oscar just to be safe. Since Lando didn't actually sacrifice the better strategy, there really shouldn't have been any reason to swap them...but I can see how the team didn't see it this way

Lando also likely wanted an extra lap or two for the slim possibility of a safety car that would have handed him a legit chance to win the race and taking a chunk out of Piastri’s lead.

I think the general principle of not undercutting your teammate is fair. At the same time, it is never completely black and white…particularly when the drivers are competing directly with each other for a driver’s championship.

[dammage79]

Bah. Landos had to back off for Piastri as well. McLarens running a strict team game until the Constructors title is locked up. Then I believe we will things get cagey.

[DoubleK]

Completely the right call by McLaren.

Don't know that the fuss is about.

[woob]

Shoot. Forgot my picks! Ah well, not like I was gunning for the podium.

And another weekend of McLaren ####tery on the pit wall.

[FLAMESRULE]

Temple of SPEEEEDDDD results are in!

Congrats this week goes to FurnaceFace taking top spot with 4 slotted and 8 top picks. Flamesrule gets P2 with 3 slotted and 9 top ten picks.

Overall no changes, but things have tightened at the top with Speede5 haveing a 2 point lead over 3thirty and just 7 ponts ahead of P3.

Spoiler!