re: 2025 Formula 1 Season Thread

Lawson was blown in the ditch by Bearman however.

Caio.

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Amazing change of fortune in the week since Melbourne where they were nowhere.

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I think one of the announcers compared it to the time Schumacher almost drove Barrichello into the pit wall at Hungaroring (IIRC). Barrichello ended up off the track at the pit exit.

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In the post race interviews Bearman said "Oh, that's where all that dust came from!" while both he and Ocon laughed about it.

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What do the Yuki fans want see? Would you rather see him get called up to Redbull now and drive a difficult car that doesn’t have the overall pace, or would you rather him have a solid year driving for racing bulls and then potentially find a new team in the offseason.

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So let's look at the first three races of the year. In the sprint, Yuki started P8 and finished P6. He's doing great when the team doesn't have to make any decisions

But then there are the two grands prix. Outside of the top four teams, in qualifying VCARB has been best of the rest. They look to be the strongest mid-field team. But in both races the team completely botched the pit decisions. In Australia, Yuki was running P6 (and would have ended up where Albon did, P5), when the team decided to keep him out on dry tires instead of pitting, taking him right out of the points. And in China, the team had the two drivers do a second pit stop, when no one else around them did a second pit stop. The team was reacting to Stroll pitting, who was just in front of Yuki. But Stroll was on a completely different strategy. He started on hards and was on a clear one-stop strategy. They never should have reacted to what Stroll was doing, they should have been monitoring Ocon and Antonelli behind Yuki, to see if there was an undercut attempt. If the guys behind him aren't attempting an undercut, Yuki should have stayed out. So from P7, Yuki was taken out of the points by the team yet again. He should have ended up where Ocon did, in P5 :headdesk: So instead of two P5 finishes, no points at all (well I mean if Yuki's front wing didn't fall apart). They have botched Yuki's strategy so many times the last few years.

So to answer your question, yes, Yuki should switch to Red Bull if given the chance, just to get away from VCARB's consistently terrible strategy decisions.

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Max should be on the phone with Toto negotiating a contract for next year... Either Russell or Kimi would be a better teammate.

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Max and Osama would be spicy teammates. Endorse.

Horner and Helmut would have pissed away the best car, designer and driver.

Good weekend for Piastri.
Can't afford a big gap to Norris.
Now back to 10 point difference.

Doohan with an impressive 4 point penalty on the super license.
Might end up with more penalty points than championship points.
And Alpine the only team without points.

The rb's once again show you could put a 12 year old in charge of strategy and fair no worse.

Once again red bull go with a driver with little experience and pay the price.

Stroll and Ocon above both Ferrari drivers

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They have botched Yuki's strategy so many times the last few years.

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Laurent Mekies, formerly on the Ferrari pit wall, a known clownshow,, is running the show at Racing Bulls.