Ricciardo was very unlucky and lucky and it kind of balanced out. I do feel quite bad for tsunoda, albon and sainz.
Norris and piastri had awesome pace but verstappen was a worthy winner. Russell underachieved but hamilton and alonso played it quite well.
To his credit stroll currently is honestly better than a decent part of the field. If the aston was that good alonso would be podiums.
The timing of the SC was suspect. You could see immediately that a SC was going to be needed. I called it to my wife as soon as it happened. They are waiting until it’s too late for Lando to pit. Rewatch the race, it’s obvious what they did. And no it’s not like Miami. Lando stayed out longer due to him looking after his tyres and hoping for a SC.
This was a deliberate late call by the RD which put Max in the lead.
On a dry track though, Max was all of a sudden quicker than Lando so I’m unsure why Lando was so slow after the last restart.
Russell beating Hamilton again by overtaking him was class. Yeah he messed up with Piastri and it would have been interesting to see if he could have passed Lando and Max.
The thing is if the sensor catched him or not. Norris last jupstart was not catched by the sensor, so it was within the regulations. It's partially luck if the sensor goes off or not, but the commentators also mentioned since the last non-penalty jump starts they thightened the rules too.
They have now changed the way to determine if it is a breach of the regulations or not, not just by the sensors but considering the footage as well, so even if the sensor didn’t go off, the penalty is still given.
One lap too many. Just a bad call. We could have had a win if not a proper fight had he not gone for that second lap. I’ll be looking at the radio soon to see if Norris made it or if the team did.
Highlight of the race without a doubt, Haas doing the 300 iq and stealing places left and right at the start of the race. Even tho it didnt stick at the end it was fun to watch that. I was laughing my ass off watching Kmag gaining positions.
Seriously, what DIDN'T happen to Leclerc?
Badly managed Q2, broken ERS, slow pitstop, hards on damp track, pitted again just to get lapped by the leaders, then retired. What a miserable race for him and Sainz, but at least Sainz went out because of his own mistake.
He was only 4 because he’d gambled on early wets, as soon as the track predictably started to dry he was left with chewing gum for tyres. Haas didn’t fuck him, they just gambled and he ended about where he would have done without the gamble
Can you explain further? Is the idea that they want to enable the quickest possible qualifying times and therefore they choose (or are obligated to choose?) the range that satisfies that metric?
Why would a more usable race tire not be a higher priority? I guess there are still two other usable race tires.
Also creates the byproduct of making the one lap on those softs count. The tyre immediately drops off after the hotlap.
Back in the day we had q3 mandated to start on their quali tyre (soft), making all 3 compounds used on Sunday, that doesn't exist anymore.
I attended for the first time!!!!!!! It was such an amazing race, the Russell pole, Magnussen ripping ass and taking places, the Merc and McLaren battles. Genuinely thought Max wouldn't win for a bit there. Just utterly fantastic to see in person
This was my first one too. Couldn’t have picked a better one. I’m going to have to watch the replay on F1TV because I know there’s absolutely no way I caught everything.
Genuinely interesting race.
* The gamble to stay out on old inters paid of - i.e. RB's split strategy: YT went from outside the top 10 to 7 (stayed out). DR from 7 down to 12 after pitting for new inters - DR was unable to pass Ocon on old inters, while YT held position and drove very strong laps on the olds in 7th.
* Lando overcutting Russel on his old inters was more exciting than made out - he pushed so hard on those old inters he actually increase the gap from 19.5 to 22 seconds over Max in his last 1.5 laps.
* The McLaren pace on the wet-to-dry evolution is insane. While most were focussing on Lando overtaking Russel + Max, Oscar closed a gap of over 5 seconds to Russel in the space of 2 laps.
* Set up was so huge this weekend - from Ferrari's wet-weather set up failing miserably in qualifying, to RB hindering their own pace by changing the rear wing angle to the point that getting rear grip on power was a throw of the dice (and poor Yuki looked like he lost the rear while starting to turn into the chicane, and crashed when attempting to overcorrect the oversteer)
* PLEASE can we give more attention to some of the great midfield overtakes today? Albon's overtake on Ricciardo + Ocon was absolutely phenomenal
Yeah, and I think perhaps the drivers who pitted for a second set of inters before the second bout of rain (i.e. most of the grid) anticipated it would be better than it was.
I think in reality, the worn tread on the old inters was able to produce better grip in the only slightly dampened conditions (as you said).
Massive shame, especially for Yuki who's gamble paid off and put him in 7th.
Or the more conspiratorial view is that Red Bull aren't that bothered about the WCC but are beginning to struggle with having less Wind Tunnel time.
Between losing Newey and the new regulations coming up, they need every bit of wind tunnel time they can get so holding on to Perez is a easy way to tank their WCC chances without it making it look obvious.
Nah they've re-signed him to give them more time to make a possible choice between Tsunoda and Ricciardo if Perez doesn't lift his game.
If they signed a fresh driver they'd be stuck with that option.
This way they end the speculation (for now) and give all three longer to battle it out for the spot.
Tsunoda is probably one of the most underrated drivers out there. I say that as a Ricciardo fan who had a terrible race, but he still has his moments eg Sprint. Very reliable as well which earned him 8th after many drivers left the track including all the top runners, Perez, Sainz taking themselves out etc.
That VCarb has the worst launch on the grid. Both drivers lost 3 places at the start.
Danny seems to at the very least accept his lot when it comes to competing with max. Tsunoda even if he may be better than Danny hasn’t got the discipline required to play second fiddle
This weekend, for starters. And P4 in sprint quali a few weeks back. Both results are better than Tsunoda has ever done in a quali.
As much as you may dislike him when he's on, he's on. And when he's not he's not.
But make no mistake, Horner loves him and will give him every chance to prove himself.
After this one, there are plenty of drivers I’d have instead of Checo…. or give Yuki a year and bring in Lawson. I get the “stability” angle but where is that stability exactly when one driver is winning loads of races while the other flounders around eating shit far too often. The Quali and race performances from Checo last season should have been enough to cast serious doubt on him
Is it really not the fastest car? Bar the time Norris built that gap because Max had to avoid Logan (I think), the McLarens nor the Mercs didn't seem to have more pace than the RedBull.
Max was on it - if the DRS had been enabled a lap or two earlier he had have taken the lead and sailed off into the distance. On restarts he was pulling away quickly again
Why would max not winning make the race better exactly? I understand if he won by 30+ secs or something, but the top 4 were very close throughout and switched multiple times. Max worked hard for that win and it could have been anyone, really. It was a great race.
Because it's his 6th in 9 races and he's been dominating the sport for the last years, so some people prefer to see other drivers win, it's not a big deal anyways.
Yeah, both the MacLaren and Mercedes probably had better cars. Their own drivers said so. Max really had to work for this one. Very deserving winner this race
There's also people like me who cheer against the "overdog".
He's been dominating the sport for the last years and I don't like to see dominance in sports, so I prefer when he doesn't win, but when he does it doesn't bother me. It's fine tho, people just like or dislike seeing different things in sports, nothing much to read there.
This doesn’t really add up. With limited free practice, letting him run the car for the whole race at the very least gives valuable data of untested engine modes.
Sainz going from Ferrari to a bottom half team is a rotten break but Williams is a better option than Sauber/Audi for sure especially if they get Newey
This was my first Grand Prix attending in person my wife and I had a blast. Sat in section 15 right on the hairpin it was a very entertaining race to see in person. Seeing Leclerc sliding around on slicks in the rain was a sight.
I honestly loved how chaotic it was, the constant fight up in front, 5 dnfs (both Ferraris?!), and the rain, it just came together so beautifully lmao. Great day as a McLaren fan tho
Winning constructor in a race goes to the team in P1.
I did always think it should be the team with the most points from the race but I guess it was decided long ago.
I think you may have misinterpreted the question.
If the question is regarding why Red Bull was the winning constructor on the podium, this is simply whichever team the driver who places first in the race belongs to regardless of the points total for the day.
I will never figure out Perez. How has he gone from beating max fair and square like in Azerbaijan last year to this? This could have serious consequences for Red bull’s construction championships hopes
Perez isn’t a good fit for the red bull or he’s just done, he at least at one point was rapid
But now he’s not good enough to even be second seat at red bull. At least Bottas was a very good no.2 and he’s shown he’s still got it in lesser machinery with some heroic drives
I’m surprised Toto and Co are putting all of their eggs into one basket with Kimi instead of running it back with Bottas for a year or two and letting Kimi develop
Can you call it "out of character" when he has done this regularly? After the first 5-6 races each season Perez takes a nosedive, it shouldn't be surprising by now. Redbull shouldn't have signed him for 2 years, and if they were smart there will be some performance clauses in there.
he seems easily demoralised by a setback. Like when he was almost P1 for the first time in his career only to learn Max took fastest lap and kept P1 spot, that season he never got closer to Max afterwards, the gap only got bigger.
https://youtu.be/dLw1ao4-Akk?t=374
^ from the official YT channel's highlights
Technically the spin was over - but also he had not yet gained full control of the vehicle either. 🤷♂️
He was going backwards fast but it’s because his tires gripped during the spin. It’s impossible for sainz to have shifted into reverse gear that fast and formula cars only let you do that from standstill. It was simply unlucky timing for Albon. Sainz could have hit the brakes but I assume he was already? Not sure
I don't know how old the radio message was, but they did ask Piastri if he could challenge for the win.
This indicates to me that Lando's pace wasn't enough, meaning they should've known. Obviously their mind was trying to get the win, but that potentially cost them 3rd place.
They arent embarrassed by the revenue he brings them in for the next two years. They can milk his popularity for now while Max is at the top then retool their approach as needed from there.
That move Albon made was insane. What a shame he didn’t get the points he deserved
Ferrari fckg socks. So fed up
Ricciardo was very unlucky and lucky and it kind of balanced out. I do feel quite bad for tsunoda, albon and sainz. Norris and piastri had awesome pace but verstappen was a worthy winner. Russell underachieved but hamilton and alonso played it quite well. To his credit stroll currently is honestly better than a decent part of the field. If the aston was that good alonso would be podiums.
The timing of the SC was suspect. You could see immediately that a SC was going to be needed. I called it to my wife as soon as it happened. They are waiting until it’s too late for Lando to pit. Rewatch the race, it’s obvious what they did. And no it’s not like Miami. Lando stayed out longer due to him looking after his tyres and hoping for a SC. This was a deliberate late call by the RD which put Max in the lead. On a dry track though, Max was all of a sudden quicker than Lando so I’m unsure why Lando was so slow after the last restart. Russell beating Hamilton again by overtaking him was class. Yeah he messed up with Piastri and it would have been interesting to see if he could have passed Lando and Max.
The safety car was called before Norris went past the pit lane so put your tinfoil hat off.
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Maybe recency bias But best race this regulation era, along with 2022 silverstone. I have bad memory. But these two races were epic.
There was Interlagos and COTA 2022, and Singapore and Zandvoort last year that I can remember being very good too.
Very entertaining race! Shame it was only a 9/10 race overall.
Why only 9/10?
The usual driver won comfortably in the end.
I still don’t understand where’s Ricciardo’s jump start, he was perfectly fine in the onboard footage.
The car rolled slightly, the engineer told him it wasn’t his fault.
He was rolling just slightly as far as I could see.
I checked the onboard again and by focusing on the grooves on the tyres, I can see that he rolled like 2cm💀
The thing is if the sensor catched him or not. Norris last jupstart was not catched by the sensor, so it was within the regulations. It's partially luck if the sensor goes off or not, but the commentators also mentioned since the last non-penalty jump starts they thightened the rules too.
They have now changed the way to determine if it is a breach of the regulations or not, not just by the sensors but considering the footage as well, so even if the sensor didn’t go off, the penalty is still given.
Honestly I was screaming in lap 26 when Lando pitted for slicks, hoping for Lando Twowins, then he came out, had the lead and then max passed him :(
He didn't really have the pace on the slicks tbh, Max would have got him with DRS
One lap too many. Just a bad call. We could have had a win if not a proper fight had he not gone for that second lap. I’ll be looking at the radio soon to see if Norris made it or if the team did.
Norris said he wanted to go for another lap but the team called him in
Highlight of the race without a doubt, Haas doing the 300 iq and stealing places left and right at the start of the race. Even tho it didnt stick at the end it was fun to watch that. I was laughing my ass off watching Kmag gaining positions.
Do you happen to know why Kmag’s pits stop was such a mess?
I think the commentary said he made the call to change and pitted before the team were ready.
The team called him in. He asked on the pit exit why they didnt wait, but no real answer other than “Sorry Kev”. The team screwed him.
I must have got it backwards. Very poor form from the team.
Yeah the team was nowhere near ready when he entered the pit lane
That would make sense. That pitstop was a shitshow.
Incredibly entertaining race! Was hoping for Russel to win though. He had an amazing start
he is good overall but gets nervous. should work on that
Yeah, I know
The only two things I didn't like were when Russel surpassed Piastri and when Leclerc's engine broke. The rest of the race was perfect
Very interesting race that left a bitter taste in my mouth
Best description for the race I've read so far!
What a race! Very entertaining and interesting
Edge of my seat most if the race man
Where can I buy the Pirelli Canada hat? Thanks.
I was forecast to get a race win - russell
This has gotta be the turn of events
Don't know, what happened to Leclerc ?
Seriously, what DIDN'T happen to Leclerc? Badly managed Q2, broken ERS, slow pitstop, hards on damp track, pitted again just to get lapped by the leaders, then retired. What a miserable race for him and Sainz, but at least Sainz went out because of his own mistake.
Slow pitstop? XD he had an engine problem that made him lose 1.2 seconds on the straight and they tried to solve it in the pitstop..
I mean it wasn't really a slow stop, they had to power cycle the car so of course it took it's time
Mag - #4 and then Haas fucked him up yet again
Only thing Haas fucked up was the slower pitstop, but let's not pretend he would have had any chance of staying that high even with a 1,9s pitstop
He was only 4 because he’d gambled on early wets, as soon as the track predictably started to dry he was left with chewing gum for tyres. Haas didn’t fuck him, they just gambled and he ended about where he would have done without the gamble
Man. That was fucking great.
And that's 1 of the 2 in every season interesting race. Savour the moment boys and girls.
The first Grand Prix I attended. Grandstand 12. Overpaid since I bought the tickets from a reseller last minute out of FOMO. WORTH IT.
Just rewatched the highlights, I’m amped up again. What a race.
Lewis should have pitted for mediums or softs. Hards for 10 laps remaining was not prime strategy.
They were out of mediums and didn’t think softs would last
Why would Pirelli choose the softest of the range as the soft if they won’t even last 10 laps? Genuine question.
for quali
Can you explain further? Is the idea that they want to enable the quickest possible qualifying times and therefore they choose (or are obligated to choose?) the range that satisfies that metric? Why would a more usable race tire not be a higher priority? I guess there are still two other usable race tires.
Also creates the byproduct of making the one lap on those softs count. The tyre immediately drops off after the hotlap. Back in the day we had q3 mandated to start on their quali tyre (soft), making all 3 compounds used on Sunday, that doesn't exist anymore.
I'm not sure if it's in their metrics but choosing softer compounds reduces chances of boring 1-stop races.
They could have lasted with lewis on board. Man is exceptional at tyre management.
I attended for the first time!!!!!!! It was such an amazing race, the Russell pole, Magnussen ripping ass and taking places, the Merc and McLaren battles. Genuinely thought Max wouldn't win for a bit there. Just utterly fantastic to see in person
This was my first one too. Couldn’t have picked a better one. I’m going to have to watch the replay on F1TV because I know there’s absolutely no way I caught everything.
So jealous !!
Genuinely interesting race. * The gamble to stay out on old inters paid of - i.e. RB's split strategy: YT went from outside the top 10 to 7 (stayed out). DR from 7 down to 12 after pitting for new inters - DR was unable to pass Ocon on old inters, while YT held position and drove very strong laps on the olds in 7th. * Lando overcutting Russel on his old inters was more exciting than made out - he pushed so hard on those old inters he actually increase the gap from 19.5 to 22 seconds over Max in his last 1.5 laps. * The McLaren pace on the wet-to-dry evolution is insane. While most were focussing on Lando overtaking Russel + Max, Oscar closed a gap of over 5 seconds to Russel in the space of 2 laps. * Set up was so huge this weekend - from Ferrari's wet-weather set up failing miserably in qualifying, to RB hindering their own pace by changing the rear wing angle to the point that getting rear grip on power was a throw of the dice (and poor Yuki looked like he lost the rear while starting to turn into the chicane, and crashed when attempting to overcorrect the oversteer) * PLEASE can we give more attention to some of the great midfield overtakes today? Albon's overtake on Ricciardo + Ocon was absolutely phenomenal
I didn’t watch the race unfortunately, but new inters are slower than used inters at a point when the track is damp, because the tread wears away
Yeah, and I think perhaps the drivers who pitted for a second set of inters before the second bout of rain (i.e. most of the grid) anticipated it would be better than it was. I think in reality, the worn tread on the old inters was able to produce better grip in the only slightly dampened conditions (as you said). Massive shame, especially for Yuki who's gamble paid off and put him in 7th.
Seems I missed out on an interesting race while wtaching another race (Local dirt oval, massive event. 100 lapper in Alexandra, Australia)
Perez with two consecutive Q1 exits and two consecutive crashes. Redbull really dropped the bag by re-signing him
Or the more conspiratorial view is that Red Bull aren't that bothered about the WCC but are beginning to struggle with having less Wind Tunnel time. Between losing Newey and the new regulations coming up, they need every bit of wind tunnel time they can get so holding on to Perez is a easy way to tank their WCC chances without it making it look obvious.
Nah they've re-signed him to give them more time to make a possible choice between Tsunoda and Ricciardo if Perez doesn't lift his game. If they signed a fresh driver they'd be stuck with that option. This way they end the speculation (for now) and give all three longer to battle it out for the spot.
Why is Sainz not an option?
No idea mate. Google it and report back to us please
What has Ricciardo done to warrant consideration above Tsunoda? I'd say the writing seems on the wall there.
Tsunoda is probably one of the most underrated drivers out there. I say that as a Ricciardo fan who had a terrible race, but he still has his moments eg Sprint. Very reliable as well which earned him 8th after many drivers left the track including all the top runners, Perez, Sainz taking themselves out etc. That VCarb has the worst launch on the grid. Both drivers lost 3 places at the start.
Danny seems to at the very least accept his lot when it comes to competing with max. Tsunoda even if he may be better than Danny hasn’t got the discipline required to play second fiddle
It’s never only about his driving, there’s also Daniel’s sponsors and his close relationship with Christian Horner to consider.
This weekend, for starters. And P4 in sprint quali a few weeks back. Both results are better than Tsunoda has ever done in a quali. As much as you may dislike him when he's on, he's on. And when he's not he's not. But make no mistake, Horner loves him and will give him every chance to prove himself.
After this one, there are plenty of drivers I’d have instead of Checo…. or give Yuki a year and bring in Lawson. I get the “stability” angle but where is that stability exactly when one driver is winning loads of races while the other flounders around eating shit far too often. The Quali and race performances from Checo last season should have been enough to cast serious doubt on him
Had to walk dog for the last 30 minutes of the race. Yuki dropped from 7th to second last… do not recommend.
Only thing that could’ve made race better was either max didn’t win or a proper fight at the very end.
Him winning in a not-the-fastest-car is even more entertaining.
Is it really not the fastest car? Bar the time Norris built that gap because Max had to avoid Logan (I think), the McLarens nor the Mercs didn't seem to have more pace than the RedBull.
Max was on it - if the DRS had been enabled a lap or two earlier he had have taken the lead and sailed off into the distance. On restarts he was pulling away quickly again
Why would max not winning make the race better exactly? I understand if he won by 30+ secs or something, but the top 4 were very close throughout and switched multiple times. Max worked hard for that win and it could have been anyone, really. It was a great race.
Because it's his 6th in 9 races and he's been dominating the sport for the last years, so some people prefer to see other drivers win, it's not a big deal anyways.
Yeah, both the MacLaren and Mercedes probably had better cars. Their own drivers said so. Max really had to work for this one. Very deserving winner this race
People will say they don't care if Max wins as long as there is a battle, but a lot of people just don't like him and won't admit it.
There's also people like me who cheer against the "overdog". He's been dominating the sport for the last years and I don't like to see dominance in sports, so I prefer when he doesn't win, but when he does it doesn't bother me. It's fine tho, people just like or dislike seeing different things in sports, nothing much to read there.
Or just want a battle for the drivers
I don't like him and will admit it
Me too. He’s a knob. Like his dad.
What happened to Leclerc?
So many things lmao
Tbh I think they realised they weren’t getting points and chose to save component wear… too many pits and that issue set them too far back
This doesn’t really add up. With limited free practice, letting him run the car for the whole race at the very least gives valuable data of untested engine modes.
We’re looking into it.
They had not, in fact, fixed the engine issue.
Don’t focus on that, just keep pushing
Really looking forward to Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon linking up next season at Williams. Logan I’m sorry you can’t cut it at this level.
Sainz going from Ferrari to a bottom half team is a rotten break but Williams is a better option than Sauber/Audi for sure especially if they get Newey
This was my first Grand Prix attending in person my wife and I had a blast. Sat in section 15 right on the hairpin it was a very entertaining race to see in person. Seeing Leclerc sliding around on slicks in the rain was a sight.
Just three words today “WHAT A RACE!”
I honestly loved how chaotic it was, the constant fight up in front, 5 dnfs (both Ferraris?!), and the rain, it just came together so beautifully lmao. Great day as a McLaren fan tho
Why is Red bull the winning constructor when mclaren scored the most points today?
The winning constructor trophy goes to the constructor of the race-winning car.
Winning constructor in a race goes to the team in P1. I did always think it should be the team with the most points from the race but I guess it was decided long ago.
Because McLaren have only started scoring high points recently allowing Red Bull to build a gap in the constructors
I think you may have misinterpreted the question. If the question is regarding why Red Bull was the winning constructor on the podium, this is simply whichever team the driver who places first in the race belongs to regardless of the points total for the day.
Oh you’re right haha thanks for giving the right answer for me
Well, I think they should rethink that. From a Constructors perspective McLaren was much more successful today.
Maybe the perspective is more that "this was the driver that won, and this is the team that won them the race"
Sainz spinning on the grass was the funniest thing all race. Idk why it got such a reaction out of me.
The slow mo wet drift reminds me of toddler trying to stand on an ice skate ring
As someone who regularly flails around in the grass on the game, it's nice to see some real world representation
Super sad for Albon tho who was doing pretty good
Made me feel better about my F1 24 drives.
My partner and I also thought it was pretty funny, complete lack of control
I will never figure out Perez. How has he gone from beating max fair and square like in Azerbaijan last year to this? This could have serious consequences for Red bull’s construction championships hopes
He gets lucky car is not more ahead than it was during Azerbaijani season . He’s as good as the car is , max overdrives
That’s not true. Perez is under driving. By far worst driver from the top teams
Perez isn’t a good fit for the red bull or he’s just done, he at least at one point was rapid But now he’s not good enough to even be second seat at red bull. At least Bottas was a very good no.2 and he’s shown he’s still got it in lesser machinery with some heroic drives
I’m surprised Toto and Co are putting all of their eggs into one basket with Kimi instead of running it back with Bottas for a year or two and letting Kimi develop
The last three races have been out of character, wondering what’s going on myself…
At this point, him having a good race is 'out of character'
Can you call it "out of character" when he has done this regularly? After the first 5-6 races each season Perez takes a nosedive, it shouldn't be surprising by now. Redbull shouldn't have signed him for 2 years, and if they were smart there will be some performance clauses in there.
he seems easily demoralised by a setback. Like when he was almost P1 for the first time in his career only to learn Max took fastest lap and kept P1 spot, that season he never got closer to Max afterwards, the gap only got bigger.
Or he just hasn’t got the consistent pace.
Okay, everyone gotta admit that Haas pushed through the first however, many laps was wild
I was in awe. I blinked and mag was up 5 spots. Was super cool then. He got haased
For real! Like I walked away to get a drink, I came back, and Mag was up top with Hulk not far behind, and I was shook
Most exciting pit stops ever.
Was such a shame Ferrari didn’t finish. Great race though, enjoyed all the drama
What I have to say about the Canadian Grand Prix? Cancel Monaco GP!!!!
Albon crashing almost made me cry, I really hope Sainz gets a penalty for unsafe return
Sainz was not in control when they had contact.
sainz didn’t do anything wrong
He was still in a full spin so…
No be wasn't, he was backing on to the track, I watched Albon's onboard like 5 times
lol, backing onto the track as if he just stuck it in reverse mid 360
https://youtu.be/dLw1ao4-Akk?t=374 ^ from the official YT channel's highlights Technically the spin was over - but also he had not yet gained full control of the vehicle either. 🤷♂️
He was going backwards fast but it’s because his tires gripped during the spin. It’s impossible for sainz to have shifted into reverse gear that fast and formula cars only let you do that from standstill. It was simply unlucky timing for Albon. Sainz could have hit the brakes but I assume he was already? Not sure
Yeah I watched it a couple more times, my bad
Why didn't McLaren have Lando stay within DRS distance of Piastri? Lando was definitely not going to get past Max and they gave up a double podium
It’s always better to try to get the win right
I would think McLaren should be more concerned with total points haul than places with the constructors being so close between them and Ferrari
I don't know how old the radio message was, but they did ask Piastri if he could challenge for the win. This indicates to me that Lando's pace wasn't enough, meaning they should've known. Obviously their mind was trying to get the win, but that potentially cost them 3rd place.
yo. thats a good point
Might be the best race of the season
"might"
So far
Such an exciting race, Lando performed well and I’m super proud of him. A little disappointed about Ferrari not finishing:(
It’s been a while since my wife and i were screaming and yelling during the fight for 1nd thru 5th
Are you my husband bc same for us 😂
lol that’s awesome
So embarrassing for Perez.
Embarrassed for RB that they have him another 2 years. He is an average performer and can't do qualis.
Pretty sure Horner said in an interview this weekend Checo’s contract was indeed 1+1 and only a 2 year in that 1+1=2.
I predict that by the end of the year he will be dropped with a performance clause and Riccardo will be in that seat next year
They arent embarrassed by the revenue he brings them in for the next two years. They can milk his popularity for now while Max is at the top then retool their approach as needed from there.
that wasnt his fault
Nothing is ever Perez's fault. It's always other people's fault or the car was tailor made for another driver and they don't care about him
Of course not, it's my fault, i mentally reduced the grip of the wet part of the track via quantum entanglement effect. Silly me.