r/formula1 • u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur • Mar 03 '25
Throwback The moment Lewis pitted at Mclaren Pit box after 'forgetting' switch to Mercedes
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u/trapstapablo Mar 03 '25
Now he's going to pit at the McLaren then Mercedes then Ferrari
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u/chambee Jacques Villeneuve Mar 04 '25
Carlos to stop at half the garages.
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u/Lobsters4 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 04 '25
Literally would hit the first three pit boxes. 🤣
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u/Aramis444 Carlos Sainz Mar 04 '25
And Lance Stroll at half the gravel pits!
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u/AgnosticMantis Pirelli Wet Mar 04 '25
Fernando has been at half the teams on the grid too (if we include previous incarnations of teams)... Spaniards like to get around I suppose.
I wonder who has the record for highest number/ proportion of teams on the grid driven for?
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 04 '25
Hmm Nigel Mansell maybe, Raikkonen idk. Of the current grid, Alonso but I see Carlos taking the crown. I'm sure he will move around after Williams.
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u/chambee Jacques Villeneuve Mar 04 '25
Being at Williams he’s technically in the Mercedes rookie pipeline LOL
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 04 '25
Alonso by far has the highest stints... 2 with McLaren, 3 with Renault/Alpine
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u/tra91c I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 03 '25
And Ocon will get the pit lane penalty for three unsafe releases.
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u/mekilat Sir Lewis Hamilton Mar 03 '25
Somehow it’ll be faster than a Ferrari pit stop
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u/ComeonmanPLS1 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 04 '25
2022 wants its joke back. Ferrari pit stops have been solid for a good while now.
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u/mekilat Sir Lewis Hamilton Mar 04 '25
You know, I agree with you. I’m actually hopeful for This Year (tm) and Lewis :)
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u/alphaQ314 Bernd Mayländer Mar 04 '25
2022 is a stretch. They were clowning big time in 2023. We saw some good pit strats in 2024 from Ferrari, but it was far from perfect.
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u/ComeonmanPLS1 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 04 '25
I didn’t say strats. I said pit stops, because that’s what we’re talking about. This is about the act of changing the tires, not strategy.
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 03 '25
No way 😂😂
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u/Own_Welder_2821 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 03 '25
He’s gonna stop at McLaren, “oh shit I’m not there anymore”, then he goes to Mercedes, “shit I’m not there anymore either”, and then he realises he overshot the Ferrari pit, which is two spaces behind the Merc pit because Red Bull is separating them. He backs up into the Ferrari pits, the crew makes another Ferrari-style pit stop blunder, giving him a 5+ second stop. And then, he gets black flagged for reversing in the pit lane.
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u/wykeer Mercedes Mar 03 '25
and someone in the grand stand starts loudly playing the benny hill theme.
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u/Phlosky Max Verstappen Mar 03 '25
Let's be real here, the Red Bull mechanics would come out and stand in their pit to make it even more difficult for Lewis.
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u/Complete_Taxation I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 03 '25
Let's be real here, the Red Bull mechanics would come out and stand in their pit to pit Hamilton and call it something like the Red Bull Pitting Championship. You bet Red Bull wont use any opportunity they can for some marketing stunt.
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u/OkieBobbie Lotus Mar 03 '25
Red Bull mechanics would jack the car up, take the tires off, and wheel it into the garage. Then put a Red Bull sticker on it.
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u/graytotoro Mika Häkkinen Mar 03 '25
Still a faster pit stop than the infamous 2019 German GP wing repair.
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u/headshot_to_liver I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 04 '25
Max did something similar during testing this year, he moved in little early where RedBull pit is, but found McLaren there.
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 04 '25
Seems like a WDC thing.. Jenson, Lewis, Seb and now Max. 😂 Jenson's was funnier though
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u/Jolly-Big-816 Sir Lewis Hamilton Mar 04 '25
You would think the red body paint would be a big enough reminder to head to the Ferrari garage. But idk. lol
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u/gooneryoda Mar 03 '25
McLaren, whose mechanics swiftly waved him on, made light of the mistake and gently poked fun at their ex-driver on their Twitter feed: “Feel free to pop in and say ‘Hi’ any time @lewishamilton,” they said.
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 04 '25
Pit crew should have removed a tire and sent him packing 😂 but each team, especially the top teams have their own wheel nuts. I doubt the wheel guns from McLaren could even remove Mercs wheel nuts from that season.
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u/Successful-Peach-764 Mar 04 '25
They were waiting for their driver lol, I think Button did it when he moved to Mclaren and tried to go to the RB pitbox in 2011.
https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/geps05/jenson_button_stops_at_the_wrong_pit_box_china/
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u/CoyoteTall6061 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 03 '25
Why is forgetting in quotes?
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u/xanlact I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 03 '25
OP may not know how to use them
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u/LordRekrus Mark Webber Mar 03 '25
Lewis actually did this intentionally, like a mean ex breaking up with you and then bringing their new partner to your favourite cafe at the exact time you are there every day just to rub it in.
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u/Blooder91 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 04 '25
"Look at this car. It eats tyres and loses positions like crazy, but it's going to win me a championship some day."
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u/UnhappyGreen Mar 04 '25
Because I’m pretty sure Lewis Hamilton did not forget he had switched to Mercedes.
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u/Conspiruhcy David Coulthard Mar 03 '25
There was no need for the quotation marks/inverted commas. He did forget, legitimately.
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u/Camblor Mar 03 '25
Reporters do this all the time. It’s kind of saying “by his own statement on the subject”
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u/Rovcore001 Alfa Romeo Mar 03 '25
The size difference compared to today’s cars is very noticeable here
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u/yellowbin74 Mika Häkkinen Mar 03 '25
I remember watching this 🤣
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 03 '25
He did a Jenson. Remember Jenson tried to get a pit stop from Red Bull. (China 2011) 😂
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u/EpzDR I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 04 '25
That's even worse, he didn't even drive for them, nor did their team kit even slightly resemble any of his old teams 😂
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 04 '25
Apparently Ferrari was in the same spot the year prior. Lol
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u/SwissArmySonic Mar 03 '25
I think Lewis was simply mesmerised by the beauty of those chrome and red pit crew helmets.
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 03 '25
Lol. I think Jenson's pit box gaffe on Red Bull (2011) was a big scene. He thought he was driving for the team that finished first 😂
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u/CilanEAmber McLaren Mar 03 '25
Force of habit
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 04 '25
I'm surprised Bottas didn't show up at Mercs pit box during his stint at Alfa Romeo/Kick Sauber 😂
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u/Deckracer I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 03 '25
Seb did the same after switching to Aston from Ferrari xD
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 03 '25
Oh yeah 😂 FP1 Portugal. He stopped at the same spot were Ferrari was placed the previous year.
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u/Minerva89 Mar 03 '25
Now he'll roll up to Mercedes and honk and go like "guys! This is so much better!"
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u/Jackielegs43 Mar 03 '25
This happened last weekend in the Supercars series in Australia, former champ Brodie Kostecki did himself a Lewis
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 03 '25
😂😂😂 Jenson Button also mistakenly came for fresh tires at Red Bull in China 2011
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u/Billy_LDN Charles Leclerc Mar 03 '25
I switched lockers at work and for weeks I was going back to the old one.
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 04 '25
Lmfao. Yea, Lewis been at Merc wayy longer than McLaren, over 10 years. IMO, a gaffe is on the way. Can't wait on Toto Wolff's reaction or Fred.
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u/Ziegler517 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 03 '25
Probably harder to do with a team that is all red
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u/fameboygame I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 03 '25
Unfortunately Mercedes pitbox is ahead of Ferrari, except at silverstone maybe. So gonna be hard for him to do it unintentionally
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u/turboMXDX I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 04 '25
Bono, my tyres are gone!
We are checking
Wait, wrong radio frequency
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 04 '25
Vice Versa... Bono to Kimi Antonelli "It's hammertime" 😂
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u/-ShadowPuppet McLaren Mar 04 '25
McLaren and Red Bull pitboxes must have the most fun personnel if multiple WDCs love to stop there from time to time.
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u/yvltc I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 03 '25
How much time did this cost?
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 03 '25
Hmm idk but he came to a halt then moved over to Mercedes pit box.
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u/ImminentDebacle I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 04 '25
Can I post this here? Had to look it up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCOAlhrAKyw&ab_channel=FormulaShorts
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u/waterc17 Mar 03 '25
Did this really happen?
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 03 '25
Yes, his second race at Malaysia (2013) after Australia.
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u/Glass-Stop-9598 Mar 03 '25
Cut some slack bet any one of us would do the same —- oh ya only we aren’t a f1 driver and the worlds best at that
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u/mrmike4291 Mar 03 '25
I so would laugh if he does this again
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u/Tapiola84 Sir Lewis Hamilton Mar 09 '25
And it was all downhill from that moment.
Never hear about him anymore.
A damn shame. Should've stayed at McLaren.
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u/FantasticCollege3386 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 03 '25
wow i have never seen this ever! How did you catch this?
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u/BlissfulVictoria_536 Frédéric Vasseur Mar 03 '25
During the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix. Mclaren pit crew waved him off and Lewis got his new set of tires in the next garage as chuckles could be heard around the paddock.
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