Pathetic.
Pathetic.
That was all set up nicely behind Piastri there too.
Both Ferrari boys are getting toasted off the restart here.
Both red cars on hards
Or we can just run it nowOriginally Posted by SincereTheRebel
Interesting strategy from Mercedes.
Sainz and Norris not having the cleanest of races.
Scruffy again from Norris. Should have been a straightforward run to 2nd.
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
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.
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.
Bit of a shambles of a race. Fine drive from Piastri.
Russell keeps his 2nd but those pesky planks again see Hulkenberg DQ'd.
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.
Thanks for making me feel old. I remember him winning his first 125 race as a teenager.
Just found out about Jorge Martin's comeback. Man is cursed.
So sad. Six broken ribs. Slid down the giant cheese grater kerb.
Lando
Waff has cursed him.
Was bound to happen but didn't think it would have been him.
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)
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
World Champion Oscar Piastri would bookend this as the absolute worst period of F1 by regulation eras.
Can he please just fuck off?
Pretty handy this Max lad.
The greatest to ever do it
Piastri Russell Verstappen front 3 could be tasty
Awful news. Stroll is now the driver with the most Q1 exists in F1 history. Richie Rich letting me down.
Sainz in a Williams ahead of Ferrari's Hamilton. Love to see it.
Told him to check his tone. Fuck off
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.
I think it is, but its silly.
Norris comes across as so defeatist in his interviews. Can't believe someone that quick lacks confidence.
Still top of the WDC driving at 50%
I always get nervous before this race that someone's going to get hurt. Awful track.
Verstappen a cheat in turn one as always.
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)
They've figured out the 5s penalty is worth doing the crime. It needs to get harsher.
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.
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.
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?
I think that if there was a wall there, we would be saying that Piastri should have left space for the other car, no?
You have to be in there 1st, basically. If you're second you have to back off.
The TV direction is so bad.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Safety car within next ten mins would be sound
The rules were like that for a while. They should have penalized him every time. They could at least start now.
Bortoleto tried his best.
Yeah but they don't want to, which is why they changed.
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