F1 2025: At Last, Ferrari's Year

[SincereTheRebel]

Pathetic.

[Gray Fox]

That was all set up nicely behind Piastri there too.

Both Ferrari boys are getting toasted off the restart here.

[SincereTheRebel]

Both red cars on hards

[SincereTheRebel]

Trial races where you must drive on all tyres

Or we can just run it now :drool:

[Ben]

Interesting strategy from Mercedes.

[Gray Fox]

Sainz and Norris not having the cleanest of races.

[Ben]

Scruffy again from Norris. Should have been a straightforward run to 2nd.

[Waffdon]

Norris getting P3 with that horrendous performance is hilarious. Ferrari absolutely threw it away putting hards on.

For a rocket ship, that McLaren’s DRS is fucking dreadful

[niko_cee]

Russell sneakily going into stealth mode to make DRS'ing behind him harder.

Norris got fucked by LeClerc forcing him off on the outside and lol if that was also one of his track limit violations, also Hamilton seemed a bit slovenly taking that place back allowing the other red car to scamper a bit firther up the road. All somewhat self-inflicted mind.

[Gray Fox]

I think the set up for the finish was more interesting, pre-entertainment Safety Car. The timing of it forced Ferrari to choose soft or hard. They obviously felt they couldn't do softs.

Piastri pulling out a 15s gap after the safety car was dominant as it could be really. Driver of the day again a pointless thing. How isn't Bearman getting it? I've been quite impressed with how well he's done since the opening weekend disaster.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Bit of a shambles of a race. Fine drive from Piastri.

[Gray Fox]

Russell keeps his 2nd but those pesky planks again see Hulkenberg DQ'd.

[Ben]

Useless stewards everywhere.

MotoGP just let Vinales go to the podium and celebrate with his kids then slapped him with a 16 second penalty afterwards.

[Shindig]

Thanks for making me feel old. I remember him winning his first 125 race as a teenager.

[Pepe]

Just found out about Jorge Martin's comeback. Man is cursed.

[Ben]

So sad. Six broken ribs. Slid down the giant cheese grater kerb. :(

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lando :(

[Gray Fox]

Waff has cursed him.

[Giggles]

Was bound to happen but didn't think it would have been him.

[Waffdon]

Triple weekends are cursed. He’s always dog shit during them.

I wasn’t expecting much this weekend - hasn’t been good at this track ever. Piastri beat him in qualifying both times in past two years (which says a lot because Norris has battered him past two years in qualifying H2H)

[Waffdon]

Also, the third straight qualifying he’s absolutely shit the bed and made a mistake in the first run in Q3. I don’t get it. He has always been incredible in quantifying.

He does keep reiterating how hard the car is to drive and piastri the opposite

[niko_cee]

World Champion Oscar Piastri would bookend this as the absolute worst period of F1 by regulation eras.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Can he please just fuck off?

[Gray Fox]

Pretty handy this Max lad.

[Waffdon]

The greatest to ever do it

Piastri Russell Verstappen front 3 could be tasty

[SincereTheRebel]

Awful news. Stroll is now the driver with the most Q1 exists in F1 history. Richie Rich letting me down.

[Pepe]

Sainz in a Williams ahead of Ferrari's Hamilton. Love to see it.

[SincereTheRebel]

Told him to check his tone. Fuck off

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[Jimmy Floyd]

Is it mandatory to speak English on the radio? Surely those two people should be speaking French to each other. Wouldn't have a 'tone' problem then.

[SincereTheRebel]

I think it is, but its silly.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Norris comes across as so defeatist in his interviews. Can't believe someone that quick lacks confidence.

[Waffdon]

Still top of the WDC driving at 50% :cool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I always get nervous before this race that someone's going to get hurt. Awful track.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Verstappen a cheat in turn one as always.

[Waffdon]

I always get nervous before this race that someone's going to get hurt. Awful track.

Yep, genuinely shocked nobody has ever died round here. They go far too quickly

That’s surely a 5 second penalty if he doesn’t give the place back (which I don’t think he will because you’ll want track position)

[Gray Fox]

They've figured out the 5s penalty is worth doing the crime. It needs to get harsher.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I don't know why they don't all jump the start for a 5s penalty. If you get a penalty it should ruin your race.

[Gray Fox]

I bet if you turned that into a drive through/stop-go, you'd soon see them stop doing it. Or get rid of the nice smooth flat run off area.

[Pepe]

Tuned in late. That kind of 1st corner is just shit, especially with the current rules. What is either of the drivers supposed to do?

[Pepe]

I think that if there was a wall there, we would be saying that Piastri should have left space for the other car, no?

[Jimmy Floyd]

You have to be in there 1st, basically. If you're second you have to back off.

The TV direction is so bad.

[Gray Fox]

Well Max is supposed to stick inside the white lines that define the track. If that was all gravel he wouldn't be touching it.

[Pepe]

And if Piastri left no room, they would have crashed.

The F1 way of 'if you are 1 millimeter ahead the turn belongs to you' is nonsense. In any other series, if you are side by side, you are supposed to leave space. As is, Verstappen is supposed to brake way too hard and get behind him in line before the corner. That is some lame racing.

[Gray Fox]

Problem is in this instance Max has clearly lost that corner quite some way before they get there.

This race could use Lando clearing Leclerc and then Stroll deciding he wants it in the wall.

[Pepe]

Current rules incentivize both drivers to overcook the corner. I think rules that incentivized making sure that both drivers can make it through a turn within track limits would be better. As is, both did the correct thing.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The rules are like that because Verstappen refuses to be passed ever and forced them to change the rules because otherwise they'd have to penalise him every time someone tries to overtake him.

[Waffdon]

Safety car within next ten mins would be sound

[Pepe]

The rules are like that because Verstappen refuses to be passed ever and forced them to change the rules because otherwise they'd have to penalise him every time someone tries to overtake him.

The rules were like that for a while. They should have penalized him every time. They could at least start now.

[Pepe]

Safety car within next ten mins would be sound

Bortoleto tried his best.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The rules were like that for a while. They should have penalized him every time. They could at least start now.

Yeah but they don't want to, which is why they changed.

[Pepe]

Yes and it is shit, as is this race and this track.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lando always cuts the pit limiter close.

[Gray Fox]

Lando always cuts the pit limiter close.

And also the white line.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Or did he cut it?!?!?

[Gray Fox]

Who pointlessly wins driver of the day today then?

[Gray Fox]

It should really be Norris. About as good a recovery drive as he could have had today.

[Waffdon]

McLaren dominance may bore fans. :cool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Bit of a slow burner race-wise, but the championship is set up well. Very hard to have a proper title fight over this many races, mind.

[Gray Fox]

I dont think we get much longer before SLH starts getting the question.

[Waffdon]

The break should do Norris the world of good. He just needs to sort his qualifying out and he’ll be right there. Back to happy place in Miami next time

[Gray Fox]

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[Giggles]

Getting to the stage the team orders swing now.

[Pepe]

Yeah, it could be an interesting season if they raced each other, but we will probably get a bunch of radio racing for the entire year.

[7om]

Just seen the Madrid circuit layout. It’s the kind of shape I’d expect my one year old to make when he’s scribbling on paper.

[Giggles]

Tally ho