No.27162[Last 50 Posts]
>Lap:Wapchan Lap #31
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>Lewis Hamilton Grands Prix with Ferrari without scoring a podium:20
>Haas F1 Team F1 Grands Prix without ever scoring a podium:210
>Fernando Alonso F1 Grands Prix since last win:221 (220 starts)
>2025 WDC Standings:NOR: 365 (+8)
PIA: 356 (+0)
VER: 326 (+5)
RUS: 264 (+6)
LEC: 214 (+4)
>2025 WCC Standings:McLaren Mercedes: 721 (+8)
Mercedes: 368 (+13)
Ferrari: 362 (+6)
Red Bull RBPT: 351 (+5)
Williams Mercedes: 111 (+0)
>2025 WEC StandingsHAM: 1213.12 (+78.92)
NOR: 1176.63 (+23.04)
TSU: 1121.10 (+63.24)
>News:Qualifying results: NOR, ANT, LEC, PIA, HAD, RUS, LAW, BEA, GAS, HUL
Verstappen out in Q1, first time on pace alone
Mekies: "We tried a new set up and went in the opposite direction that we wanted"
Hamilton out in Q2
Sauber managed to fix Bortoleto's car, but couldn't go out to do a lap
Low chances of rain tomorrow
PS3 is losing his chances of winning the championship
Pray for a miracle
No.27164
Het is voorbij…
No.27168
>>27166must be grim being Doohan and being the designated reserve cuck, after being dropped still having to come to the races
No.27169
Thanks for baking.
Mercs are looking strong so maybe norris won't pull away easily this time (he will)
No.27173
>>27172I rather see them lose some places to do a Hail Mary than leave the car as it was during qualy.
No.27175
I don't think even max can drag this car to the front in the rain.
No.27176
At this point amx should just switch to VCARB for the last races
No.27177
Video:
Video:
https://imgur.com/ell42QwMax, Bort, Piquet and Fittipaldi shitposting in a local BR Podcast.
No.27179
Pitlane start for max
>>27178Its was grim yesterday.
No.27181
1 hour warning
No.27182
>>27180Obvious attempt to replicate the lego cars going viral.
No.27184
Chill anthem
No.27185
>>27184I know its cliche to like your own anthem, but Brazil's one is really memorable.
anyways, may ANT nosedive NOR on the first 3 laps or i'm not watching this
No.27186
DUN DUN DUN
No.27187
DUN DUN DUN
No.27188
DUN DUN DUN
No.27191
ready for an exciting opening lap and for lando to drive off in to the distance, it'll be over by lap 15
No.27192
Maybe Antonelli not going for an overtake on Norris on the sprint will pay off today.
No.27193
>On softs: Antonelli, Hadjar, Lawson, Bearman, Gasly, Hamilton, Sainz, Bortoleto
>On hards: Alonso, Stroll, Tsunoda, Verstappen
>Everyone else is on the medium compound.
No.27194
rain status?
No.27195
>>2719440% risk of rain
(it's not happening)
No.27196
Do the needfull ant!!
No.27197
>>27193Let's see if the Hail Mary worked
>>27194In 7 (days)
No.27198
>>27193ready for everyone to hate the hards
No.27201
bort….
No.27202
no…
No.27203
What a disaster weekend for bort
No.27204
gabi no
No.27206
100 million
No.27208
Good to know that Bort has fucking Rubens tier luck on Interlagos. FUCK
No.27209
strolled?
No.27212
Why did Hamilton go straight up the arse of that other chap?
No.27213
Can't believe the two Brazilian drivers are having a disastrous home race
No.27214
wait how is tsu behind verstappen? surely he let him past right?
No.27215
>>2721240 year old elderly veteran driver, please understand
>>27213kek
No.27216
and it's ending
No.27217
They're going to retire Hamilton's car later for sure.
No.27218
NOOOO
No.27219
>piashit
No.27220
>PS3
No.27221
Holy kek
No.27223
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
No.27224
>ferrari
No.27225
chuck…
No.27226
>>27222can't believe ant took out chuck twice in a season
No.27227
Not sure if ps3 did anyhing wrong there
No.27228
>>27227locking up, racing incident I would say
No.27229
Ok, pitting for a puncture.
No.27230
If you where wondering it was really over
No.27231
CAM ON PS3
No.27233
>ps3 out of drs range
Ok, it's about over now
No.27234
it's never been so over
No.27235
just one little spin that's all we need
No.27236
4 rookies in the top 7
No.27238
yugi…
No.27240
Better save this season man
No.27241
>>27217yeah they might as well do it already
>>27239tsuuuu
No.27242
>10 sec
okay NOW ITS OVER
No.27243
>10s penal for PS3
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
No.27244
PS3… It's over
No.27245
Might as well stop watching
No.27246
slurp slurp
No.27247
The slurping starts now
No.27248
CAM ON MAX
No.27249
>>27245>abu dhabi '21don't make that mistake
No.27250
>>27245Told you it's not fucking worth
No.27251
at least I am entertained by Max's drive through the field
No.27252
max on the podium today
No.27253
Aston Martin again waiting for a safety car
No.27255
Podium for max would be crazy
No.27256
>>27254Yeah, that was bad.
No.27257
>>27254merc pitcrew is just that fast
No.27258
Praying for Mclaren's pace to fall off any minute now.
No.27259
>>27258if max has a decent medium left he might be able to challenge them, hards are bad and they have to take them or softs at some point
No.27261
>failing to serve penal
Yugi… It's mega over.
No.27262
tsu…
No.27263
Isack Hadjar, welcome to Milton Keynes!
No.27265
Alonso pitted. That means that a safety car is around the corner.
No.27266
>softs for lando
he'll have to stop again then
No.27267
CAM ON MAX
MAKE LANDO COOK HIS TYRES
No.27268
wasn't even close
No.27269
HVLK
No.27270
>[hards] didn't look too bad on the aston martin
what the fuck? they are actually trying to fuck Oscar over
No.27271
>>27270shouldn't stallard be able to hear lando's engineer? I understand that the two sides of the garage don't work together but surely the traffic between the two isn't restricted?
No.27272
Box to the retirement home
No.27276
PS3 sounds fed up in that radio lol
No.27278
PS3 is being gaslighted about the strat for Norris to win
No.27280
There's no way Norris pulls off a 1 stop. He should pit within 3 laps.
No.27281
I was away for a bit and now max is p2?
No.27282
slow stop pls
No.27285
Mclaren aren't making slow pits now…
No.27286
CAM ON AMX
No.27287
STOP THE COUNT
No.27288
Meanwhile tsu
No.27289
>>27288double penal, double the pain
just needs a little bit more time
No.27291
rain in __
No.27292
Ok, at least a podium is possible
No.27293
>defending this position
it's ogre
No.27295
Full push amx
No.27297
Yuki, you're a bout to be lapped. Do the needful
No.27298
Ok we need a bad stint to the end
No.27299
>pitlane to podium
this guy
No.27300
CAM ON
No.27301
kino
No.27304
Good thing i didn't stop watching.
CAM ON MAX
No.27305
thank you Max for making this slurping season still watchable
No.27306
WE GAAN
No.27309
Show the twink how its done!
No.27310
tyres are gone
No.27312
hulk vs lawson ended with hadjar passing hulk
No.27313
damn, one more lap would've done it
No.27314
Antonelli has done well. P3 it is
No.27315
lmao look at that train
No.27316
well done fake Kimi
No.27317
Well done qnt
No.27318
Ant
No.27319
>wins easily
>complains that the gap isn't big enough
No.27320
Unbelievable that this kwab will be wdc
No.27322
>>27320The first champion without the killer instinct!
No.27324
Predicting Edd rankings as Max P1, Lando P2, Ant P3.
No.27325
>49 point gap Nor to Max
I don't know if it still possible.
No.27326
>>27323Why does it say 19 when he started in the pits
No.27327
>>27326ocon started behind him in the pits
No.27328
>>27325Let it go man. Unless ps3 and nor take eachother out its 100% over.
>>27327I see
No.27330
It would be a miracle if he's within 25 point in abbu dabi and at this rate same applies to piastri.
No.27332
I'm hearing boos
No.27333
>booing
heh
No.27334
>Kimi Antonelli has broken Lewis Hamilton’s record for most points in a rookie season (Antonelli 122 in 2025
Hamilton 109 in 2007*) *different point system
>Max Verstappen is the first driver to drive from the pit lane to the podium since Lewis Hamilton at the 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix
>Max Verstappen becomes the driver who has finished on the podium from the most different positions in the history of Formula 1 (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8, P9, P10, P14, P15, P16, P17, P18, P20, Pit Lane)
>Lando Norris is the first driver in F1 history to take his first 11 wins at 11 different circuits - Michael Schumacher is the only other driver to record his first 10 wins at 10 different tracks
No.27335
if they boo him im legally becoming a sopafren
No.27336
>>273305 races now where ps3 hasn't made it to the podium, he'll really make that gap. what a fumble
No.27337
>>27334>(P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8, P9, P10, P14, P15, P16, P17, P18, P20, Pit Lane)gotta complete that sheet
No.27338
>>27336The imo unfair penalty did screw him over today but he wasn't going to win.
No.27340
theory: Lando started eating before races
No.27341
Not a single mention of the booing by Sky pundits so far. How curious…
No.27343
>>27342do people like "Ben" not watch replays before making these articles?
how is it even possible to look at that situation and think leclerc is somehow at fault for ant not giving space?
Ps3 locks up before the corner and THEN ant squeezes him. feels like a punishment based not on intent/action but the outcome.
skysports, croft specifically felt it was "lenient", meanwhile in singapoor they had nothing to say about norris hitting both max and ps3 in t2
No.27344
>John Elkann lashes out at Leclerc and Hamilton: “They should talk less and focus on driving. Ferrari needs drivers who think less about themselves and more about the team.”
shut up and drive
No.27346
>>27344More like "shut up and LiCo"
No.27348
Edd's Rankings for the Edd Paulo Grand Edd
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/brazilian-grand-prix-2025-f1-driver-rankings/NOR VER LEC ANT HAD
LAW GAS ALB BEA ALO
RUS SAI OCO HUL PIA
STR COL HAM TSU BOR
No.27349
>>27348Kimi deserves 3rd to be honest, strong all weekend and faster than the puppet.
No.27350
>>27349I was going to say bearchild deserved to climb a spot or two but the sprint wasn't as good
No.27354
>>27352the message is that interlagos is a good circuit
No.27356
>>27355It's a small world inside F1.
No.27361
>>27360I bet it'll be the livery reveal
No.27362
>>27360To be fair, this year is fucking over, might as well think of the next
>>27361>Actual blue againOne can hope
No.27363
>>27360You know from this sight the RB logo does look like Goatse
No.27365
In other news, Audi F1 team should reveal something in a few hours.
No.27367
>>27366Man that looks nice. Do you guys prefer the old Blue, the 2013 Purple or the current black?
also apparently Audi is showing their livery in 4 hours or something
No.27369
>>27367Blue is good, the darkest shade in the last years is nice, but I still think of red bull as bright red, blue and yellow.
I want to see Audi's livery and the driver's suit that they also teased.
No.27370
george has something to say
>P4 in Brazil 🇧🇷 Strong points for the team this weekend and a well deserved podium for Kimi, good job mate. Coming out the weekend back in P2 in the Constructors’ is a nice win for us too. Only three more races left, more racing soon 
no pictures because no thanks
No.27373
>>27372Close enough, welcome back Migga's McLaren
I like this alot
No.27374
>>27371I like the colors, but not the way it changes with the vertical line on the engine cover. It might just grow on me later.
No.27375
>>27374I do think the renders look bad, but irl it does look cool. Also, depending on the ads/sponsors, it might get a couple extra pops of color.
>>27372 No.27376
Checo is going to do a TPC with the SF-23 on Thursday and Friday. I kinda feel bad for Bottas, he'd only be free from merc until january.
No.27377
>>27376that's what he gets for signing with the great satan again
he did get to do testing with Merc and McLaren this year though
No.27378
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/piastri-admits-mclarens-monza-orders-were-in-his-mind-as-slump-began/
>Oscar Piastri has admitted that losing out in McLaren's controversial team orders call at the Italian Grand Prix was playing on his mind in his subsequent disastrous Azerbaijan GP weekend that really sent his 2025 Formula 1 world championship bid spiralling downwards.He really got mindbroken by fucking McLaren. He would not last a day on Ferrari
No.27380
>>27379>BLACKED Ferrari>not Hamilton driving ithambros… we keep losing…
>>27378KWAB
No.27381
>no f1
76 live 365 total car launch supercancerwe knew, but still rip
(the p doesn't stand for 'peace')
>We are looking for new banners and buttons! Check this thread to learn more./f1/ friends, figafriend, i can't edit these myself but here's some frames from lotgh's
final episode that could work for a banner or something
>>26862
>More images and characters will be added to the captcha soon.thanks figamin
hope you add some lotgh characters
No.27383
>>27382after so many years of suffering, Ferrari now does it's Spiderman 3 arc.
No.27386
>>27385>>27385YES!!
PAINT PAINT PAINT THOSE CARS
No.27387
>>27385>55 per cent of the car’s surfaceSounds like a nothingburger to me, I'd be surprised if any of the current cars were below that.
Good on them for not allowing teams to make things even worse, though.
No.27388
>>27387Its for next year with the new regs.
I remember Alpeen and willy barely using any paint at the start of 2022.
No.27390
>>27385>>27389They should've ruled a specific minimal volume or weight of paint to be applied to the car too.
No.27393
>>27392Yeah i'm missing this gp completely. The time for it is not ok. Race is gonna be at 3am, fuck that shit
No.27395
>Pirelli enforces maximum stint lengths for Qatar GP due to tyre wear concerns.
>25-lap maximum for each set of tyres, meaning the race will be (at least) two stops.
No.27396
Now that I'm looking into it. RB had issues with their rear wing last year. Do you think they'll bring a good update this year?
No.27398
>>27397This is your fucking fault
>>27389. What a shit livery.
No.27401
>>27400Special liveries and helmets dont really feel that special when they keep having them so often
No.27402
>>27400Special livery for the gambling capital of America, but not for Brazil? Audi better set the record straight next year.
No.27403
>>27395They should let the teams figure this out themselves.
No.27405
wow these are all really bad lol.
I barely noticed the Alpeen was different
No.27407
>>27406>Carlos Sainz to RBR next yearDamn, leaks are getting nuts.
No.27408
Why do they hype up Vegas as if it wasn't one of the most uninteresting circuits
No.27409
>>27408F1 paid a lot of money themselves to build the track and the paddock buildings and they want their money back
No.27411
>>27410I'll try to slowly adjust my wake-up hour in the days leading to the race, but if I fail then it will be no big deal.
No.27413
>>27410I'll be on the afternoon/night shift at work those days, so I'll get to watch FP1 and FP3 at ease. FP2, Quali and Race will take hours off my sleep.
No.27416
>>27410im a profesional neet vroomer so yes i will
did you homosexuals manage to watch macau last weekend?
No.27419
>>27417How about letting the women driver those lego cars from the preshow a while back instead?
No.27421
Are we back?
No.27422
>>27421what even happened?
No.27423
>>27422Posting was disabled because an error message, it seems like it was the whole site. Figamin could answer that in more detail.
No.27424
Where did the flags go lol.
No.27425
https://x.com/ColapintoFiles/status/1991358916626903101Franco sharing some alfajores with the team, based.
(no one will know my flag now, hehehe)
No.27426
Less than 2 hours for FP1
>>27425It's a mystery
No.27427
>>27424This will be fixed later today, just an issue with configuring anubis for non cloudflare use on my end
No.27429
I might make it to fp1 at this point, i have tomorrow off so why not.
>>27427No worries and thanks for the hard work figamin.
No.27430
Oh yeah, there's F1 Academy this weekend too. I guess I'll watch that too.
No.27431
Mclaren has trimmed their front and rear wings. They might be a little desperate.
No.27432
I'm rooting for ANT win
No.27433
dun x3
goblin always performed like shit here so im hopeful
No.27434
DUN DUN DUN
>>27432That'd be crazy
No.27435
Almost forgot about the meme ball
late night dun dun
No.27436
7:30pm f1 ain't right
No.27438
It'd be a shame if Hamilton DNF using that special helmet.
No.27439
TSUUUU
No.27440
>>27439TSU > VER
stop the count
No.27441
Is it just me or are they're trying to keep the sphere off camera.
No.27442
Too early to call for a cheeky willy podium.
No.27443
>>27441I haven't even seen it yet, though I'm not exactly giving the broadcast my full attention
No.27444
Looks like mclaren is struggling here again which is bad news for ps3.
No.27445
That's a top 3 for the ages.
No.27447
It's starting to drizzle
No.27448
DUN DUN DUN
No.27449
Mclaren went back on their rear wing changes from FP1
No.27450
RED FLAG?
No.27451
FOR WHAT
No.27452
test
No.27453
>People stayed wake for THIS literal shitshow
LMAO
No.27454
>manhole covers again
what a mess
No.27455
>million billion gorillion dollar sport in charge of manhole covers
No.27457
>>27453Thankfully, the red flag came out right as I went to sleep.
No.27458
I stayed up till half past two to witness the TSU SURGE
2026 contract, here we come!
No.27459
>>27410I've been getting up at 4 am all week so it's fine for me.
early morning quali/race isn't great but I just go back to sleep afterwards anyway
No.27461
The manhole from last night has been replaced and soldered together.
No.27462
Blue man group at the Red Bull garage
No.27463
Damp track might not get dry enough in time for qualy
No.27464
>norris first to be on softs
Please bin it
No.27465
Holy shit that was a close call
No.27466
TSUUUU
No.27467
this timezone is very watchable, but also forgettable as I've forgotten about FP2 & FP3. hopefully I won't blank on quali
>ps3 18th right now
it's over
No.27468
>>27467>piastri 12 and norris 13 nowNot so fast!
No.27469
Track evolution is crazy good right now. I almost don't want for rain to come
No.27470
>>27468I don't know about this
>>27469yeah I do wonder how things will be at quali
No.27471
looking good
im expecting a lechuck pole if no rain comes, otherwose amx with rain
No.27472
formula womyn is about to start
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9ZMYw609EUmaybe they catch the incoming rain
No.27476
>>27475I don't think she was gonna win the championship anyways, but what a way to seal it
No.27477
5 cars out
3 safety cars
1 unfinished race
No.27479
DUN DUN DUN
No.27480
>kwablaren needing track info from aston
come out you fucking cowards
No.27481
wet quali, mclel dnf is possible
No.27482
>kwabgoblin
future world champion btw
No.27483
amx going sideways half a lap
No.27484
LMAO BEARCHILD
No.27485
holy shit I need a webm of that
No.27486
fucking gayman
No.27487
>alboner
No.27488
>alboner
>colapa>>>>golbin
what a time to be alive
No.27489
too much speaking!
No.27490
>>27488man if only a few more had improved he'd been out
No.27491
Just woke up, what has happened?
No.27492
>>27490albonos yellow was quite long compared to the others so you might be right
No.27493
>>27491wet track, really low grip, albon hit the wall
No.27494
ah fuck q1
No.27495
>>27491also a funny moment of bearchild going straight off at t14 right into the barrier (low speeds though)
when he realized he wasn't gonna be able to stop he just threw up one hand in the air like "you see this shit?"
No.27496
>stroll on inters
Time to die
No.27497
ps3 in danger
No.27498
fuck why didnt cola just keep on driving
No.27499
lance stays on wets and ps3 is out of q2
No.27500
>>27499was ps3 always this bad in the rain?
No.27501
chuck…
No.27502
it's over
No.27503
that mclel has magnetic tyres
No.27504
PROUDY
No.27505
oh shit carlos
oh shit max
>>27500when I think of him in the rain losing control in ausstralia this year is what comes to mind, can't remember if he had some good performances
No.27506
>two purple sectors
okay it's really over
No.27507
ok lando won
No.27508
>3 tenths faster with more mistakes than a lelpine
No.27509
>The cream rises to the top, look at that Norris and Verstappen two of the big championship rivals P1 and P2
Oscar….
No.27511
>+9.181
What happened?
No.27513
Just woke up
That Norris pole was awful
No.27514
That was a fun quali
>Rain Master Lewis Hamilton>>27512This is supposed to be the worst track of the year for Mclaren
No.27516
>>27512>NOR pole>PISS P5Yay………………..
At least Lewis's depression arc continues to be funny.
And maybe a cheeky Williams podium again would make me happy.
No.27519
>>27518I almost feel sorry for the guy, but then remember he knew exactly what he was signing for.
No.27520
>>27519Eh, can't really feel sorry for him.
Like you said, it was kinda his own arrogance.
The guy is already a 7 times WDC, rich as fuck, influent and respected by alot of people. He could have retired after recognizing his best phase was behind him.
But nope, he really wanted to win a 8th WDC on a Ferrari (Imagine the articles comparing him to Michael in specific), probably thought the team would be head and heels over him, do everything he says and knowing Lewis has a bit of an ego, legit thought he would succeed where others failed.
You might argue part of what i'm saying is baseless conjecture, but remember the initial statements by him during the start of the year, and how cocky he was.
I think this year served to remind us that Lewis isn't and won't ever be the GOAT, because when he wasn't in a comfortable position, he unperformed greatly, unlike some others candidates.
Hell, fucking Vettel had podiums on Asston Martin
No.27522
>>27521NOR crash please please please
No.27523
>>27521>>27522better learn the rain dance with me then
No.27524
I rolled out a big captcha update that added way more images for each character so hopefully it's easier now
No.27526
>>27524Thank you figamin(?)
No.27528
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e13A94XmTtgi almost forgot but formula womyn in 10 yukis
No.27532
If Max somehow spins on the first lap I'm going to sleep.
No.27533
DUN DUN DUN
No.27534
DUN DUN DUN
No.27535
dun x3
No.27536
DUN DUN DUN
No.27537
>antonelli on softs
Crazy gambler
No.27538
haha lmao
No.27539
LMAO NORRIS
No.27540
fuck he almost got cut in half
fucking lucky motherfucker
No.27541
>stroll already out
he wants to go gamble and fuck hookers I guess
No.27542
>bearman +6 positions
crazy
No.27543
What the fuck Gabi. What a fucking torpedo on Stroll
No.27544
wow that goblin onboard, imagine if that start was from a non-bong driver, would be a black flag already
No.27545
At least the brazilian anons are asleep for this.
No.27546
damn whaat were slowson and borto thinking
No.27547
Max don't lose your cool now
No.27548
norriz is managing his pace, slightly worried about this
No.27549
Don't animals pull instead of push?
No.27550
CHUCK
No.27552
>ps3
No.27553
Chuck is going for the win
No.27554
>alboner
No.27555
albono, your car is broken
No.27556
uh oh
No.27557
pretty boring race ngl
No.27558
3 second pitstops too quick
No.27559
ah yes casual 4sec colapit
No.27561
>goblin is strolling around the track waiting for orders
how much are they saving right now
No.27562
narg needs to pit and put on softs
No.27563
is ant gambling on the penalty? to late to pit at this point
No.27564
is it happening?
No.27565
dunno but ant had pace.
imagine lando disqualified for not having enough fuel left
No.27566
>>27565would be amazing, title fight would really be alive then
No.27567
>do nothing but fuck ups
>win anyway because your team mate is under leash
grimi
a hope a hurrican hits qatar
No.27569
lando making jokes and being humble in an interview? shocking. maybe he wants to improve his image
No.27570
gambling is fine but f words are not?
No.27572
a mickey mouse championship?
No.27575
HOLY SHIT
HAHAHAHAHA DOUBLE DSQ
BEST NEWS TO WAKE UO TO!
No.27578
HOLY SHIT>>27576
AAAAA
GOOOOOOO MAX
KILL NORRIS SAVE US MAX PLEASE
FUCK CHEATLAREN
No.27579
WTFFFF LMAO
I just watched the race without knowing anything!!
No.27581
ALL TSU HAS TO DO NEXT RACE IS KAMIKAZE INTO NORRIS AND HE GETS THE SEAT.
No.27586
>>27584Nice win all around.
>>27585I thought that the rumours were that Newey wouldn't like to work with him again.
No.27587
>>27576vegas delivers kino yet again
shit race though
No.27588
death to McLaren
No.27592
With the mclaren kwab i almost forgot ANT driving a amazing race and Bort having another awful weekend.
No.27593
Qatar is supposed to be a Mclaren track but one can hope the combination of the forced 2 stop and plankwear anxiety will hold them back.
I also recall Ferrari pace imploding after their plank dnf earlier this year.
No.27594
>>27592yeah, I'm so used to bort doing well and ant being underwhelming .
unfortunate for ant to not get to stand on the podium.
>>27593yeah hopefully mclaren will be forced to run the car higher to avoid excess plank wear and thus lose performance
but it's a sprint weekend so a bit of a gamble for the teams to figure out the correct setup.
No.27595
>>27593I don't think the porpoising will be as big of a problem in Qatar or Abu Dabadoo, but who knows
imagine we get a Qatar 2023 but with the McLaren's instead, the possibilities are endless and hopium is at an all-time high
No.27596
>>27592Yeah, Antonelli has been great this last races. Overall, a good season for a rookie, if he keeps it up he'll be ROTY easily.
>>27595I'll have to rewatch 2023 and 2024 Qatar to try to make an accurate prediction because of the tyre situation. 2023 was a 3 stop race, while 2024 had multiple incidents that affected the tyre strats.
No.27597
I don't think there's any realistic result that leads to Max-PS3-Nor ending up within 10 points or less off each other for Abu Dhabi.
No.27598
>>27597True. But We never expected this insanity on Vegas, so who knows.
No.27599
>>27597ps3 has to finish in front of Norris so i could see him pulling another desperate move.
Norris is also weak to pressure like we've seen in T1 today.
But it could also be another slurper where RB gets the setup wrong and norris wins by 20 seconds.
I'm just exited to see what will happen.
No.27600
I want to believe
No.27602
>>27601Hollywood should hire whoever wrote this years script.
No.27603
Max can still win the WDC if he wins everything and Norris finishes 3th and 4th in the races. They'd be tied for points, but Max would get it by number of wins.
No.27604
>>27599>pulling another desperate movethat would require Piastri starting anywhere near the front, which is not likely
No.27605
>>27602yeah they'll make F2 The Movie an all timer
>>27603what a fucking ending that would be
No.27607
>>27603>Norris finishes 3th and 4th in the racesSurely that won't happen. Either Norris wins by a fair margin or something dramatic happens.
Who is going to finish in front of him, the mercs at a track that doesn't suit them, Ferrari (lmao)….piastri?
No.27613
>>27612>>27612don't forget
>Longest no podium record for Ferrari>First P20 start on Ferrari since Abu Dhabi 2009 No.27614
gimi
No.27615
gimi
No.27616
gimi
No.27618
gimi
No.27619
Gimi
No.27622
>>27620i still believe migg didnt have time to shine, plus (((steiner))) never liked him
i hope he does great in p*nskecar
No.27624
>>27623>gimi (fake, Italian)>10come on now
No.27626
>>27623Gabi needs to get a grip for the last 2 GP, I don't want to see him continue this streak of performances.
No.27628
>>27626Ant and Bort have switched form it seems.
>>27627If they want to actually promote a woman to F1 they need to start putting much younger talent in the cars instead of mid-20 moms.
No.27630
>>27629If amx hadn't dodged him they would have both crashed. Definitely worth a penalty.
No.27631
>>27629I respect him finally trying to race amx hard but he chose the wrong moment.
the mature wdc leader thing to do here is to not fight max too hard because all he needed to do was beat piastri. (leaving aside the dsq)
No.27633
>>27632I looked it up.
>Manuel Avino, President of the Royal Spanish Automobile Federation, says that Madring is 6 weeks ahead of schedule and it'll be done in time>it'll all depend on how harsh the winter is this year>look up videos of madring>everything is 95% dirt and mud because of rain>very few sections have tar, but no asphalt>vlogger says that all asphalt should've been done in october, it's november now>madring circuit should be ready by May 30 at the latest for racing tests to be conducted>madring scheduled to race in september 11 to 13thThere's a slim chance that it'll happen, it might be Korean GP 2.0
No.27635
>>27633a contingency plan would always be in place just in case, but a few siestas might have to be canceled to get it done in time
No.27639
>>27638i first saw that linked on the other site by gayland but i thought it was at the rumour stage
cant believe taht thing is official
https://x.com/F1/status/1993727229529121259like what, why, what does it even mean, he should be defeating air not giving orders
No.27640
>nuui hates hornyman so much he's willing to take his role to keep him out of the team
No.27641
>>27639Maybe the 2026 regs are so simple to him that he can spend less time designing and try to be similar to Toto. That or Lawrence is retarded (likely).
No.27642
>Laurent Mekies has stated that Red Bull will announce their 2026 driver line-up, as well as that of Racing Bulls, “immediately” after the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix.
No.27643
>>27642Yugibros it might be time to say sayonara.
No.27644
>>27638Rumours say newey and the current TP don't work together very well so i guess this makes sense. He's also been a race engineer before so its not like this is his first F1 job other than killing air.
No.27645
>>27638very interested in how they do next year, and also how involved he'll be in the press side of things
>>27640that does make this news extra funny
>>27642surely it's max, hadjar and lawson, linbald
No.27646
gimi
No.27647
>>27645>surely it's max, hadjar and lawson, linbaldW-where is Yuki?
No.27648
I'm feeling confident for Max chances this weekend. Also in a good mood watching Rally and re-reading Eyeshield 21, F1 related because the main character is named Sena (セナ). just like Ayrton.
No.27652
>McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has claimed the FIA is investigating the possibility of making a rule change following its double disqualification in Las Vegas
>Stella has stated the FIA is exploring the possibility of handing out lesser penalties depending on the scale of the irregularity and the performance gained by doing so
no, fuck off, the car is either legal or not, you can't half-ass that
No.27654
>>27649>Now that Norris is close, we'll stop doing Team orders.>>27648Nice, i'm playing Half life 1 on my spare time.
>>27653He has the chance to redeem himself and crash into Norris on quali or race.
No.27657
>>27647>>27653yugi alive in indy
>>27655real rough end of the season run for him
No.27658
>>27655Just noticed how it was all over from the moment he went PS5.
No.27659
>>27649If Zak and Andrea really manage to lose the driver's championship by sticking to "the McLaren way of doing things" it might just be the stupidest decision a team has made ever. More so after having 2007 as precedent. Also, what happened to the "we'll support one of our drivers when the math says so" statement they made a few races ago?
>>27651I'll check this one out after I'm done with E21, I always heard good things about it, specially the anime.
>>27657Yuki at indy together with Mick would be crazy. There are still seats up for grabs in this off season, but I don't know if he'd be willing to do ovals.
No.27660
>>27659>what happened to the "we'll support one of our drivers when the math says so" statement they made a few races ago?I think they're leaving that option on the table by saying ''no team orders in qatar", if ps3 is out in abbu dabbi maybe they'll use him to help norris.
>I always heard good things about it, specially the anime.The anime is good (i've watched it 3 times)
It is just very unfinished with no hope of a S2,
and it doesn't even get to the real starting point of the manga. (it adapts 5 out of 13 vol and stops just before a crucial turning point in the story)
The anime is also CG which can't get close to the unique art of Haruko.
gimi
No.27666
>>27665don't think the board is going anywhere and we're the only ones posting so
it's just going to get reeeeaaaaaalllllyyyy slow for a couple of months
No.27667
>>27665I'm not going anywhere, and certainly not back to 4chan/sp/.
The only alternative i can think of is subscribing to The Race for the member comment section.
That's my backup plan, i guess.
No.27670
>>27668those laps don't count, just like the warmup lap for example. I think SC laps do count.
Its just a awkward rule to keep teams from running much too long on one set.
No.27671
>>27669I'll get worried if amx can't beat them in the sprint.
No.27676
DUN DUN DUN
No.27677
CAM ON MAX
No.27680
Late DUN
It's not looking good..
No.27681
HOWEVER
No.27682
game library replenished
No.27683
Wtf is merc doing
No.27684
EVEN THE SAUBERS
No.27685
NANOOOOO
No.27686
nooey working quick
No.27687
Hamelshit out
No.27688
>sir kwabmilton
No.27689
KWABMILTON
No.27690
>this guy will drive the newey rocket next year
No.27691
the absolute state of Ferrari
No.27692
>100 million dollar man
No.27694
Nooo Lewis, you can't say that. It's a Ferrari!
No.27697
Kek amx going amd
No.27699
death to McLaren
No.27701
TSUUUU
No.27703
TSUUUUUUUUU SQ3
No.27704
>kwabjar
No.27705
Alonso having a senior moment
No.27708
>>27707Heh, tsunoda might have a chance
No.27709
CAM ON MAX
No.27710
>wombat memes
Stop it
No.27711
PEE ASS TREE OR PS3??
No.27712
TSUNODA Q3
GANBATTE NE YUKI-KUN
No.27713
TIME TO PLAY THE GAME
No.27714
GAMES
No.27716
It's not good
No.27717
Fucking hell
No.27719
>they didn't set a TSU tow now that he's in a (S)Q3
missed opportunity really
No.27720
AAAAAAAAAAA
No.27721
its over
No.27722
TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
No.27723
MARKO
THE SEAT
No.27724
GAMES
No.27725
PS3 IS BACK
I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS
No.27726
GAMES
No.27727
>NOR P3
praying for a T1 destruction derby it is
No.27728
lmao norris
No.27730
Norris bottled it
No.27731
>PS3 sprint pole
>mclel garage silent
No.27732
>>27729IF NORRIS CRASHES TOMORROW, I'M GOING TO FATIMA AND KNEEL
No.27734
>>27732I will join you irmão
No.27735
>mclel DSQd
>ps3 is back the very next quali
I am nooooooticing
No.27736
>This is the first time in 440 days that Max Verstappen has been outqualified in any format by his teammate.
>Yuki Tsunoda was the first to do it since Sergio Perez on Sept. 14 at the 2024 Azerbaijan GP.
No.27737
Wow. Oscar almost lost the lap at T4
No.27738
Ps3 saved this from being extremely grim.
No.27742
>>27740I feel like Hamilton's really on his way out like Vettel did. He'd be announcing his retirement next year.
No.27744
>>27696I walk a lonely road…
No.27745
>>27739>makes the corner just fine despite that moment at full speedJust cheatlaren things.
No.27748
>>27746This week will be a real test for Norris.
All he needs to do is win the race to be wdc.
Any fuckups and ps3/amx are right there.
The first test didn't go exactly to plan, he's lucky RBR fucked up once again with the setup.
No.27749
save us punished PS3
No.27750
>ps3 enters qatar tied in points with max
>ps3 enters abu dhabi tied in points with norris
This is the script, it has to be.
No.27751
>>27750So, NOR wins sprint, PS3 P2
Then NOR crash and PS3 win?
No.27752
>>27751Yeah, that'd be it.
No.27756
>>27755WRC and F1 having multiple tyre blowouts on the same week on important races. What a joke that would be.
No.27757
good morning, I hate McLaren
No.27758
Great performance yuki, now please let max trough at T1 and make sure to collect your personal belongings after the race.
No.27761
>Lewis Hamilton, Lance Stroll, Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto will start the Sprint Race from the pit-lane
No.27765
>max and Toto having a friendly chat
Amx to merc confirmed!
No.27767
DUN DUN DUN
No.27768
DUNDUNDUN
No.27769
Load up those captchas
It's time
DUN DUN DUN
No.27770
DUN DUN DUN
No.27771
>Piastri, Russell, Sainz, Bearman, Hulkenberg, Ocon, Lawson, Stroll, Hamilton and Colapinto are on the mediums. Everyone else on hards.
No.27773
>used meds vs hards
yeah that was bullshit
No.27774
>>27771the live timing information seems to incorrect according to our PT broadcast
No.27775
clean start, boring
No.27777
Honorable Yuki
No.27779
CAM ON MAX
No.27780
CAM ON AMX
No.27781
KILL MAX KILL
No.27782
Yuki chose the worts possible moment to do exactly what the team wants frrom him
No.27784
the only good thing about this track is the colored gravel
No.27785
Nothing really changes if they finish like this.
Amx needs to beat lando in the race to stay in contention
No.27786
>it's another Sprint parade episode
>it's another Willy starts to fall apart episode
last week's script was better
No.27787
Ok, so it's clear mclaren and mercedes have the best pace. If RB fixes the bouncing he could be compeetitive tomorrow.
No.27788
the absolute state of Ferrari
No.27789
Penalty for yugi incoming
No.27790
nando…
No.27793
yugi…
No.27794
lmao, how do you even get a penal for track limits in a sprint? yuki isn't even fighting for position.
No.27795
yugi…
No.27796
stroll? what is he doing?
No.27797
He helped max so it's fine
No.27799
It's possible his tyres where already fucked
No.27800
crowd looking very exicited!
(not really)
No.27801
>>27799I guess it might be thing relating to sponsors but why not just retire the car at that point?
No.27802
>>27796PT broadcast said it was old medjums so he was forced to pit because of the forced lap limit, not sure if that's correct
No.27803
ah damn I missed most of it
No.27804
>there will be a Singapore sprint next year
death to FIA
No.27805
>>27803You haven't missed a thing
No.27806
>>27803>missedyou didn't miss a thing pal
No.27807
>>27802wow, great rule. they could've just opted not to apply the rule to the sprint.
>>27803>missed most of itlol, lmao even
No.27808
>qualifying practice
lmao nice sprint "race" FOM
No.27810
>>27801They can use use the data for changing the setup after this.
No.27814
Come on Lando crash this next race will ya
No.27815
>ANT 5s penal
kwabtonelli
No.27816
>lap time deleted
>lat time reinstated
>lap time deleted again
lol ant
No.27819
>>27817Max not looking too unhappy with the result
No.27821
>>27819he already accepted that he won't win, just a matter of going down fighting
No.27822
>>27821It could easily swing in his direction tomorrow.
No.27824
>>27823welcome back Ferrari F14 T
No.27825
>>27823just gotta make it through this season
No.27827
>>27823Man that car is a piece of shit.
>>27826Good to have him back.
No.27830
>max's rear wing has more down force for qualy
No.27831
DUN DUN DUN
No.27832
DUN DUN DUN
No.27833
DUDUNDUN
No.27834
Why is hadjar already seething
No.27835
>>27834what a (future) second Red Bull seat does to a mf
No.27836
Angry Max
No.27837
Gasly went faster than Hamilton. Pack it up Ferrari, skip the last race
No.27838
Red Bull can't get into sector 2, it's so over
No.27839
It's so fucking over, holy shit
No.27840
hamilton really is broken isn't he?
No.27842
BORT
No.27844
yugi… lulu…
No.27845
Yugi…
No.27846
>>27841He's checked out, next year is his last season i recon.
No.27848
it's good Hamilton's downfall is lasting so long in such a grand way with Ferrari, almost as long as the mercedeswinslol era
it wouldn't be nearly as entertaining and fun to watch him fail every weekend if he'd retired early after 2021
No.27849
The mclarens can go into the 20.1s so easily, it's just a matter of who has less errors on q3
No.27851
Holy shit
No.27853
What the fuck PS3 has games
No.27854
man we really need a double mclel dnf tomorrow
No.27855
gasly surge
No.27856
Gasly is really dragging that car into q3
No.27857
>>27854Piastri with a desperate move into T1 could do it
No.27858
CAM ON PS3
No.27859
games, please
No.27860
I don't feel good
No.27861
CHUCK
No.27862
Charles…
No.27863
>red flag
Come on
No.27864
clean it up jannies
No.27865
>>27863It's to stop the clock
No.27868
garagistas…
No.27870
>>27867lmao the double take from the mechanic
No.27871
OSCAR PIASTRI
REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE
No.27872
KWAB Norris
No.27873
Cam on ps3
No.27874
purpe sector!
No.27875
>>27867lol you can actually see it getting picked up
No.27876
CAM ON MAX
No.27877
CAM ON PS3 DO IT
No.27878
damn, well atleast ps3 on pole
No.27879
>goblando no rizz
IT KEEPS HAPPENING
No.27880
Let's go
No.27881
Good luck in T1 norris lmao
No.27883
not getting to take that last lap, norris…
No.27885
Fuck off MBS
No.27887
>>27886He's gonna spinala tomorrow, i can feel it.
But the 2 stop thing probably means McLel will fuck over PS3 anyways
No.27888
>giving up on the 1st sector
holy fucking mental fatigue norris ayy lmao
No.27890
lmao Ted being a sperg towards Vasseur
No.27893
>>27892Upset Lando gives me life
No.27894
>>27892I don't know if it's legit banter from Norris or not.
No.27895
>>27894The man can't banter to save his life.
No.27897
>>27896That fucking face on toto.
He's the devil, we know it, he knows we know it, and I love it.
No.27899
>>27898Max is gonna play it safe, he still technically has a chance at the title
Nothing ever happens…
Good morning.
No.27901
>>27900it would be hilarious if LAW and TSU get on RB as the defacto shitter B team, then VER and HAD get on RBR and the rule reset + no Horny man means the 2026 car is actually balanced for both.
No.27902
Fkino starting.
No.27904
>>27899Max will send it and Norris will fold as usual.
No.27905
>>27889I've got GP4 on the back burner, will probably play when I can set up my wheel again
No.27908
congratulations Fornaroli, welcome to the unemployment line
No.27910
>>27909This guy is so fucking insufferable jesus.
Like, this is even more embarrassing then just going about your day normally.
No.27911
>>27909kek
>>27910It all makes sense if you think of him as a kid. He's never actually aged up mentally.
No.27912
>>27909Racing with low expectations and damage limitation.
No.27913
>>27909To be fair, the Italian press must be out for blood right now.
No.27914
>Red Bull has changed the power unit in Verstappen’s car overnight with FIA approval. Now running a previously used PU
>There’s no penalty for that, as it’s an older unit and FIA approved the change (usually due to a reliability concern)
No.27915
>>27914there goes the spicy engine…
Norris is using a old PU too though.
No.27916
>>27914Will this stop the bouncing? Will this seal the deal?
No.27918
NORRIS MUST CRASH
No.27919
Max sounded relaxed. Whatever happens happens
No.27921
DUN DUN DUN
No.27922
DUN DUN DUN
No.27923
DUN DUN DUN
No.27924
DUNDUNDUN
Are you fucking kidding me, F1TV shits itself now???
No.27925
>norris hasn't won from 2nd
fucking really?
No.27926
Time for the moment
No.27927
praying for mclel collision in t1
No.27928
Awaiting Mclaren to give ps3 a fucked strategy for Norris to win today.
No.27929
good luck
No.27930
CAM ON MAXXX
No.27931
LETS GOO
No.27932
GOOO MAX
No.27933
CAM ON MAX
No.27935
MAX MAX MAX MAX
No.27937
Nor clearly trying to avoid max at the start
No.27938
Dirty air management now.
No.27939
>>27937I see it. Playing to win the championship, not the race
No.27940
looks like a slurper
No.27941
>>27937I'd probably do the same if I had Max next to me, honestly
No.27943
hulk surging
No.27945
you get a b/w flag for joining unsafely? or has he gone of too many times?
No.27946
nooo hulk
No.27947
HVLK NO
No.27948
Oh shit, meme race?
No.27949
NOOO
No.27950
KWAB
No.27951
uh oh, gamble inc
No.27952
Shitshow incoming
No.27953
>max boxing
oh fuck, it's on
No.27954
AMX
No.27955
What is happening
No.27957
>mclel didn't pit
Kino or retardation incoming
No.27958
pitstop kino
No.27959
Did they just fuck up massively?
No.27961
What a shame, just a normal racing incident
No.27962
>>27959oh god I hope so, but it's hard to know with mclel
No.27966
800 posts. Anyone baking?
No.27967
Reminder, get close
No.27968
How is Sainz in 4th?
No.27969
It ain't over till it's over
What a crazy season
No.27970
Pastry is actually back
No.27971
if ps3 wins and norris finishes 2nd here, where does norris need to finish for ps3 to win the title?
No.27972
>>27971PS3 win and Norris 6th or lower
No.27973
>>27971PIA P1/NOR P2 here + PIA P1/NOR P5 at AD would put them both at 424 points, Piastri would take it by number of race wins
No.27975
Ohnonono time for traffic lando!
No.27976
>just missed the train
No.27977
>>27975it was pretty damn close
No.27978
If Lando had the same stop time as Oscar…
No.27979
so aren't Mclel just fucked on stops now?
No.27980
ah the part of qatar where the drivers report each other
No.27981
CAM ON ANTONELLI
No.27982
that front left almost gave me a heart attack
No.27983
Nice stop
No.27984
lets hope the hards are solid
No.27985
>>27979yeah I really think landos engie was just coping
No.27986
wew unsafe release for russell surely
No.27987
please don't rig a SC now
No.27989
No shit
No.27990
This is the part of the race where you understeer and go over the gravel
No.27991
>I need more help then, cus I can't do it
lmao lando is such a shitter
No.27992
>Here's your world champion bro
No.27993
KWAB
No.27994
Absolutely furious bearman
No.27995
lol haas
No.27996
bearman beating his steering wheel and changing the mode
No.27998
damn we were so close to kino
No.28000
CAM ON MAX
No.28003
>non-zero chance of mclaren spinning
No.28004
>1,8
CAM ON PS3
No.28005
>1.8
wow, ok, they can actually do their job
No.28006
bearcub…
No.28007
damn that's a stop
No.28008
CAM ON SAINZ
No.28009
>behind car loss and NARG
oh no no no
No.28010
CAM ON ANT
DEFEND LIKE A LION
No.28011
LET'S GOOO DO IT CARLOS
No.28013
jesus this could be a great result
No.28015
lando not even on the podium would be something
No.28016
SAVE US SAINZ
SAVE US GIMI
No.28017
DO IT CARLOS
VAMOS
No.28018
WILL I AMS
No.28019
Perfect that ps3 is still in it
No team orders next week
No.28020
CAM ON ANT
No.28021
2 extra points if he overtakes gimi right?
No.28022
>OH NO!
No.28023
NOOOOO
No.28025
NOO CARLOS
>OH NO
I laughed
No.28026
his radio is so funny
No.28027
Remember Ferrari?
No.28029
NOOO HADJAR
No.28030
uh oh
No.28031
ant for crying out loud
No.28032
>NARG
fuck
No.28033
WHAT THE FUCK ANT
No.28034
>shartonelli
No.28035
Fugg
No.28036
with that overtake over shartonelli a P3 is enough for Norris to win the title at yabbadabbadhabi
No.28037
>>28036fuck that shitter, I thought he was friends with max
No.28038
WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? IS TOTO BEHIND THIS?
No.28039
reminder, if mclel had pitted during the sc, they'd have won
No.28041
Mercedes produces world driver championship caliber engines!
No.28042
TOTAL MERCEDES DEATH
No.28043
>Your pace was incredible Oscar.
>Speechless, I have no words
lmao
No.28044
FUCK now norris has to finish off the podium
He won last year…
No.28046
Regardless. It's a great win and a good podium.
No.28047
>>27957It ended up being retardation.
No.28049
Mclaren in shambles
No.28050
>interesting move
Kek
No.28051
unless something funny happens yet again like today and Las Vegas it's still quite the mountain to climb
Max can't get lucky every time… right?
No.28052
Anything can happen, norris is clearly feeling the pressure and ps3 is not going to help him.
No.28054
do you think mclel avoided pitting because a double stack would've compromised landos race?
No.28055
>Max, Lando and Oscar now have 7 wins each
>For the first time since 2010, more than two drivers head into the final race of the season with a chance of winning the title
>Carlos Sainz is the first Williams driver to achieve 2 podiums since 2015, when Bottas and Massa each achieved 2
No.28056
>>28051Anything can happen.
>>28054I think they really thought they were on a mastermind strat by staying out.
No.28057
>>28054maybe, because of their whole papaya shtick they locked themselves out of splitting strategies
No.28058
>>28054possibly, wonder what he would've lost there compared to what he lost here. feel like they also just avoid double stacking often when it's an option for me
No.28059
Strat mommy
No.28061
For some reason the anthem felt so long this time.
No.28062
Damnit fake gimi! Better make up next week by beating norris,
No.28065
Gonna say this
SHARTonelli fucking up and letting Norris pass at the end there gave me Glock/Ham 2008 PTSD
If VER loses the title from that mistake by ANT i'm gonna curse him forever
No.28066
>>28054Ok, Stella just admitted it was to help Lando.
No.28067
>Stella: "It is a disappointing result overall. We had the potential to win the race with Oscar, and he deserved that. And the podium was available for Lando. So we lost the victory for Oscar and the podium for Lando. So, we need to review the decision we made with the Safety Car.
>"It was a decision not to pit. We did not expect everyone else to pit. When you are the lead car, you do not know what everyone else will do. It would have been a loss to Lando with the double stack, but the decision was due to not expecting everyone else to pit."
shambles of a team really
No.28068
Papaya rules!
No.28069
>>28067>When you are the lead car, you do not know what everyone else will do. Well Lando was behind Max so they already knew what 1 car would do
No.28072
I'm afraid they're going to give oscar team orders if he's in front of Lando next week.
No.28073
>>28072after what happened today I would say "fuck your papayas" and go full Senna/Prost at Japan in T1
No.28074
>>28072Oscar's problem if he complies. Weak spine ever since Monza.
Now our hopes, as always, are with Max and him alone.
No.28076
>>28073He can't do that if he plans to stay with Mclaren.
No.28077
>>28076obviously, that's what *I* would do
unless Lando finds a wall in the first few laps he's going to just obey the orders
No.28078
Just want to mention too, Stock car race going on, Nelson Piquet Jr and Felipe Massa fighting for the lead.
Kinda kino.
No.28079
>Hannah Schmitz: "We'd pit both cars if the SC came out in lap 7. There's such an advantage to pitting under SC when you got to do 2 stops, that was a clear thing for us to do and a lot of people in the pitlane thought the same. On that in-lap we heard McLaren were staying out, everyone was like 'are you sure? are you sure you want to pit?' and I was like 'yeah, I really think so.'"
No.28080
>>27966I have a bake in the oven
pace is too slow now but it is ready to be fired up when we get to, say, 980
No.28081
>>28076after this year, would he even want to?
even if they never intentionally sabotaged him there is still clearly a bias towards lando winning the wdc within the team. oscar has to be aware of this and it must be draining going into "work" knowing most of your team don't even want you to win.
personally I would take the gamble, disobey team orders and see what happens. if the bias gets even worse next year as a result of this, call them out publicly, be a shit stirrer and burn it all down.
No.28082
>>28079I'm sorry I ever doubted you stratmommy
No.28083
>>28081Mclaren clearly cares a whole lot about
fairness and their internal meme rules.
Breaking those would probably get very nasty.
If he had a clear alternative team to leave for i'd say fuck the papya rules, but does he?
No.28084
>Verstappen will end 2025 with the longest streak of consecutive podiums this season no matter what happens in Abu Dhabi
>Verstappen - 9 straight podiums (Netherlands - )
>Piastri - 8 straight podiums (China - Spain)
No.28086
>Marcin Budkowski informs Eleven Sports that the rumors about the 2026 engines are as follows:
>HONDA is facing delays, and they might not make it to the Barcelona tests
>AUDI also has delays
>FERRARI is having issues with materials
>RED BULL has problems
>MERCEDES seems to be on time and in shape for the new regulations
No.28088
>>28086>AUDI also has delaysBut they said they were working on the 2027 and 2028 engines already!
No.28090
>>28087Not looking good for PS3
No.28091
>>28086MercedesWinsLOL is back
No.28092
>>28091Franco's domination might overwhelm fans.
No.28094
>>28087tbh thats better chances for PS3 than i expected. If he had won today tho…
That said, i trust Max more to not fuck up
No.28095
>>28080Next thread might put us on hibernation mode after Abu Dhabi and beyond, until testing.
No.28096
this thread will be retro anime blogposting until March
No.28097
Antonelli can outscore Lewis in Abu Dhabi.
Hadjar can still finish in the top 10.
They are the only contenders for rookie of the year.
>>28096I'm in.
No.28099
>>28098Stroll will shine next week
No.28100
>>28098I hope Norris bins it and the race turns into a shoot out between Max and PS3
No.28105
Amd Amx WILL be a 5 time world champion by the end of the year. I have zero doubts about this.
No.28106
I'm ashamed to see nobody recorded Sainz' Oh no!
No.28109
Edd skipped the ratings again, probably another sosig roll overdose
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https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/qatar-grand-prix-f1-driver-rankings-2025/ No.28112
>>28111I can't wait to see what Newey has in store.
No.28114
>>28113that's the toll for making the sport mainstream and catering to the social media crowds
No.28115
based Marko
never trust the Great Satan
No.28116
>>28104He might be far from the best driver, but he's certainly not dumb either.
>>28107Kino shot.
No.28117
>>28113so its true after all
reminds me when someone said something about sussie wolf and (((suddenly))) everyone went muh antisemitism
No.28118
>>28117>Marko has issued an apology to German publication F1-Insider while a Red Bull team statement stopped short of apologising explicitly.>Comments made before the end of and immediately after the Qatar GP suggesting that Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli had deliberately allowed Lando Norris to overtake him are clearly incorrect," Red Bull said.>"Replay footage shows Antonelli momentarily losing control of his car, thus allowing Norris to pass him.So even rbr says kimi did nothing wrong.
No.28121
It's crazy to see people wishing for PS3 to commit career suicide in the hypothetical scenario of disobeying team orders and letting Lando through for position to win the championship.
It seems obvious that the mclaren drivers would follow team orders when given to them, as we've seen it multiple times this year, and it must be contractually mandated. So, even if people support Oscar and want to see him in a team that could put him in a lead driver seat, the last thing he should do is disagree with team orders in the last race of the year, and wait out '26 to look for another seat in a different team.
I'm sure Webber and PS3 have had conversations about what to do in such situation and, even if PS3 needs to pull off a Vettel 2010 tier win, they would force Zak to stick to his word of letting them race to the bitter end if necessary.
No.28125
>>28119He'd know a thing or two about what Max is capable of. Here's hoping that he congratulates Max if he pulls it off.
No.28126
>>28108Thank you based tugao
No.28128
>Yuki Tsunoda is set to become Red Bull's reserve driver in 2026, per Shiga Sports Japan. An official announcement should come later today.
No.28129
>>28128Why not race in a Japanese formula instead?
Let is go yugi.
No.28133
>>28130praying for hadjar, sorry yugi
No.28134
>>28130Is this Lindblad guy any good?
No.28135
>>28130Fucking RIP Hadjar.
Hope Yugi can find some happiness.
Lindblad is gonna suck too
>>28134Super overhyped, he's about as good as Lawson i would say.
No.28137
>>28127A minute of silence for these young men, fallen in the clutches of the greater satan.
No.28138
>>28130too soon for hadjar
why even keep lolson?
lindbab is who tier
man what the fuck is wrong with red bull, theres no way amx and a unkown engine are gonna carry them on their own for one year
No.28139
>>28130rip yugi, you were an ok midfielder
>>28138>lawsonwho would they even replace him with? yuki maybe, but lawson should have some potential to grow, yuki has already peaked.
unless they have a strong engine, rbr is in for a rough season
No.28140
>>28139iwasa just won supah formula so just kick lolson, keep rbr as it is and make toro rosso hadjar/iwasa
hadjar needs one more year before making the jump, right now he acts like early yugi
No.28141
>>28138Call me ignorant, but at least Lindblad had a better pace than TSU in Mexico
No.28143
>>28142Unlikely, the only chance for him is having a good qualy and making an uncharacteristic error against Lando.
No.28144
>>28142>>28143Unironically it's impossible for Max or PS3 unless Norris Crashes. No way he isn't getting at least a 4th unless he breaks down
So in my mind, PS3 and Max have equal, and very shit chances.
No.28145
>>28143>>28144I was thinking more about what will happen to him from now on
one thing that comes to mind is that if Norris does win the title Sunday McLaren will probably start to clearly enact 1st/2nd driver priorities next season to avoid getting embarrassed with what happened this season
No.28146
>>28145I can see PS3 pulling an Alonso and just fucking off from Mclaren once a better window shows up.
Then again, Norris might pull a Damon Hill too.
No.28150
>>28145Yeah, the way things are going for him it'd be better to look for another team. I was just thinking about it early today.
RB could be an option, but I'm not sure he'd want that. VCARB would be a downgrade
Merc could be another option, but depends if they nail their engine and if NARB wants to stay in.
Ferrari would be a downgrade
Willams shouldn't be an option, and Vowles looks more than happy with his drivers
Alpine, lol no
Audi, a good candidate for a team, but it all depends on their engine dev.
Haas, lol no
Cadillac, lol no
Aston Martin could be the 2nd best option if Stroll is kicked out of the team, or if Fernando quits.
No.28151
Just trying to get to the cap limit before moving
>On the last Five Occasions that at least Three Drivers were involved in the title decider - 1981, 1983, 1986, 2007 & 2010 - The driver leading the championship heading into the race never went on to win the title.
A weird stat considering that 4 out of 5 of these involved reliability issues.
Could Norris lose the championship too? I wish.
No.28152
>>28151a couple more fun facts to pad the lap
>Max Verstappen is guaranteed to finish the ground-effect era with more wins, poles & podiums than any other driver or constructor>Wins - Verstappen - 50 McLaren - 20>Poles - Verstappen - 34 Ferrari - 24>Podiums - Verstappen - 66 McLaren - 63
>With just 1 race left to end the ground effect era, Verstappen has shared the same number of podiums with Leclerc as with Norris, with a total of 23
>Yuki Tsunoda will go down in F1 history as the driver with the 3rd most GPs without ever stepping on the podium unless he gets a podium in Abu Dhabi
>Oscar Piastri has now more F1 podiums than George Russell
>The last 10 races in Abu Dhabi have been won by the poleman
>Arvid Lindblad will be the 1st driver on the grid who was not alive to see a Fernando Alonso world championship>The gap in age between Lindblad and Alonso is 26 years and 10 days, almost the same age as Lando Norris right now No.28153
>Max Verstappen owns the best pole-to-win rate in F1 history among drivers with more than 1 pole again
>Verstappen - 76.6% (36/47)
>Piastri - 66.7% (4/6)
No.28155
>>28152>Max Verstappen is guaranteed to finish the ground-effect era with more wins, poles & podiums than any other driver or constructorOut fucking skilled
>Arvid Lindblad will be the 1st driver on the grid who was not alive to see a Fernando Alonso world championshipThat's a ridiculous stat
No.28160
>>28140kicking lawson out now would be too soon imo. he's had 1 season + 11 races as a sub, lackluster results sure, outscored by hadjar sure.
iwasa is no guarantee, and if he sucks then what?
let lawson have another season or at least half a season, then bring in iwasa if the situation is that dire.
No.28162
>>28161change da sportmy final messagegoodbye(windows 95 startup)
No.28163
gimi