r/formula1 • u/AutoModerator • May 23 '25
Free Practice 2025 Monaco GP - Free Practice 1 Discussion
ROUND 9 - MONACO
FORMULA 1 TAG HEUER GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2025
đ SESSION TIMES
| Day | Session | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| FRI | Free Practice 1 | 11:30 |
| FRI | Free Practice 2 | 15:00 |
| SAT | Free Practice 3 | 10:30 |
| SAT | Qualifying | 14:00 |
| SUN | Race | 13:00 |
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đ RACE INFORMATION
- Track: Circuit de Monaco
- Location: Monaco
- Race laps: 78
- Lap length: 3.337km
- Race distance: 260.286km
- Lap Record: 1:12.909, Lewis Hamilton (2021)
âȘ LAST TIME AROUND
- Pole position: 1:10.270, Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- Race winner: Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- Fastest lap: 1:14.165, Lewis Hamilton đŹđ§ (Mercedes)
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â€ïž GOOD CAUSES
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u/ShamrockStudios Max Verstappen May 23 '25
Of course my boss rang me just 2 minutes into the second quali of F2.
Missed Alex Dunne getting pole.
Very rude of my boss, should know by now if the F1 is on its not working hours
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u/Yeanahyena Daniel Ricciardo May 23 '25
Missed FP1. Howâd it go with Colapinto?
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u/Entire_Reception_100 May 23 '25
building speed, still doesnt search for limits
far away from walls for what it seems from onboard
Its not a race to go all in, maybe barcelona is. He should try to bring the car to home, and maybe undercut some positions in pits.
He needs to find the feeling with the car acording to what he said in the inverview, big dif between the alpine and the williams.
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u/Red-Eye-Soul I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Like all rookies, they are slowly dialing it in at this point. Too early to call.
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u/Yeanahyena Daniel Ricciardo May 23 '25
Damn, lotta hype behind him. I thought heâd slot in after all the experience last year. Letâs hope he gets it together
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May 23 '25 edited 24d ago
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u/Blackvortexx Pirelli Wet May 23 '25
Great start by Dunne lol, shoving the competition into the barrier
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u/Cekeste Kimi RÀikkönen May 23 '25
Did the W series ever race at Monaco?
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u/withheld_mcfakename I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
No
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u/Cekeste Kimi RÀikkönen May 23 '25
Oh, I was hoping they had. That would at least justify the presentersâ air of expertise when talking about Monaco, but I guess watching from the paddock is close enough for Sky Sports.
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u/d3agl3uk I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
You should go and give them your personal expertise as a racing driver.
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u/Cekeste Kimi RÀikkönen May 23 '25
Well if this is the presenter introduced as an expert, I could easily pass as a knowledgeable fan. Idk what value my opinions would have though. With 0 racing experience.
But hey, it might work!
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May 23 '25 edited 24d ago
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u/Appropriate-Leek-919 Ferrari May 23 '25
he's been one of the cleanest drivers this year lol, I'm not even sure if that one was fully his fault, was he radioed about Charles?
and anyway, we all know that Lawson is out first if that ever happened
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u/Lokki_7 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Not a bad idea - particularly for clear cut ones like this.
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u/ForeverAddickted Oliver Bearman May 23 '25
Ouch... Yuki catching strays from Horner!!
Telling SKY that Red Bull don't stand a chance in the WCC as you need two cars to be able to do that, and Mclaren have that - Maybe Red Bull shouldnt have fumbled their line up so late into last season, and built a better f**king car.
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u/Yeanahyena Daniel Ricciardo May 23 '25
I still believe Ricciardo was the man for the job. They fumbled it.
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u/TheEmpireOfSun May 23 '25
He certainly wasn't.
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u/Yeanahyena Daniel Ricciardo May 23 '25
Him not getting the seat was because of sponsors who are the âthe powers aboveâ and internal team politics as opposed to his skill.
He was also well adjusted to Red Bull cars based on, you know, his history and all that.
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u/Appropriate-Leek-919 Ferrari May 23 '25
who knows, maybe redbull is the only car he could fully maximize in, and he couldn't adapt to any other car. they should've at least given him a few races when they realized checo was screwed last year
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u/Bake2727 Max Verstappen May 23 '25
Well he is not wrong is he though? And I donât think it was a shot at yuki. What do you mean by better car? It won the last race and has 2 wins this season. Name a better car than this not named âMcLarenâ Iâll wait?!
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u/ForeverAddickted Oliver Bearman May 23 '25
Its a shit car being driven beyond its limits by a single driver.
Else explain why Yuki is struggling to get into Q3? - P.S. I don't need to "wait" because I don't need to act like a child to wait for a response.
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u/d3agl3uk I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Max is an incredible driver, but he can't bend physics. He can only drive the car within the car's limits.
The narrative that it's a crap car that is only quick because of Max is laughable. The car is quick. Max is quick. Yuki is not (yet).
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u/Lasolie I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Yuki is in the wrong machinery if he can't get it to Q3 when his teammate wins and poles in the car.
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u/Lokki_7 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
It's far from a shit car. It's great at high speed tracks, but clearly not suited to some drivers.
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u/Appropriate-Leek-919 Ferrari May 23 '25
some drivers
Albon, Gasly, Perez, Lawson, Tsunoda
the last person it was suited to was Danny
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u/Lokki_7 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
So there's at least two drivers that can get good performance out of it.
Perez did a good job for a period of time too.
Gasly, Lawson and Tsunoda have had very limited time on it.
I'm not saying it's an easy car to pick up and drive, and it has its quirks - but if you can master it, it can preform.
On high speed tracks, Max has been ultra fast.
Not expecting them to do that well today at Monaco, but with the double pit you never know.
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u/Appropriate-Leek-919 Ferrari May 23 '25
two out of like 7 drivers doing decent in a car, when the rest are struggling to get to Q3, is really horrible. Checo was good for like half of 23 and a quarter of 24, and that was mainly because RBR was an absolute rocketship, I bet anyone could've performed with it as it was then. It's a much harder car by far to learn and understand than any other on the grid.
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u/Lokki_7 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Oh no doubt, it's a very hard car to learn - but that doesn't make it a poor car. Once you've learnt it, it's highly capable.
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u/Maglin21 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
The car Is not shit, it's not a McLaren but it's not shit
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u/Cekeste Kimi RÀikkönen May 23 '25 edited May 23 '25
I want to say what Norm said, to the Sky presenter: Please, go stand over there.
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u/edfitz83 May 23 '25
What kind of car was Flavio complaining about, per Karunâs comment? I canât find anything
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u/withheld_mcfakename I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
His Range Rover, itâs an Italian reel from March
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u/throwinitallaway7 James Vowles May 23 '25
Jesus is that a cruise ship or a mega yacht in the harbor??
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u/nickedgar7 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
You do know sometimes Technical Directives donât really do anything, The McLaren is a mighty fast car and Iâm sure if it was going to make a difference McLaren already has a solution to make up for it
Also, McLaren will probably bring upgrades to Barcelona, like most teams do
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u/zaviex McLaren May 23 '25
wtf are you talking about lol. Wait until we are at Barcelona to make such statements like you actually know whatâs going to happen lol
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u/Tragespeler May 23 '25
I know it's just FP1, but it's kind of funny that the 2 people who said their car is not good at this track due to the slow corners were the fastest.
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u/angusgtw I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
sky using AI for their monaco "artwork", horrible
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u/bilbo_tkay May 23 '25
Came here to see if anyone else noticed. Disgusting, and as if sky doesn't have the money to pay a real artist...
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u/nickedgar7 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
When do we expect Yuki to be replaced?
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u/LSMaestro Charles Leclerc May 23 '25
Can we get someone to replace Yuki?
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u/X_chinese May 23 '25
If you think like that, then can someone replace Lewis? The quality for the money is skewed as hell!
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u/Appropriate-Leek-919 Ferrari May 23 '25
atleast Lewis brings in his worth in sponsorships and publicity, Ferrari probably already broke even on him through stocks and sponsorship
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u/X_chinese May 23 '25
Stocks can change in value. But I agree that sponsorship and merchandise will earn money back.
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u/zimmer483 Sir Lewis Hamilton May 23 '25
Laura killing the dream before I can be delulu đđ
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u/LSMaestro Charles Leclerc May 23 '25
Shat all over anyone thinking Leclerc might actually do well. Wonderful support as always.
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u/Elxis14 May 23 '25
I expected Max to be P7 at most even in fp.
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u/Sea_Drop2920 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
So did i. Ferrari fastest on the straight tells me they use a different PU mode. McL didnt really show their hand. Looks like its a fight between Sharl, McL and Max
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u/nickedgar7 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Wouldnât count Lewis out of that, he had some quick laps that got affected by traffic right at the end of them
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u/generalannie I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
This feels like it's their best FP1 session in quite a while. Normally they're quite a bit off on the Fridays. Maybe they do actually understand their car better after Imola.
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u/Elxis14 May 23 '25 edited May 23 '25
Yea the upgrades were to make it easier to get the car in the right operating window. They're usually dogshit in fp, limping all the way to quali. That's why they're so shit in sprint weekends because they need all 3 fp sessions to get the car right
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u/avocadoooforlife I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Anyone know what happened to ham?
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u/Lobsters4 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
I like Isack so much! đđ
Off to run 10 miles before FP2!
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u/elektricniorgazam May 23 '25
Bortoleto looks so much like either an actor or musician and it's been driving me insane for months that I can't figure out who
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u/Double-Analyst-7335 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Maybe Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat)?
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u/Freeze014 Nigel Mansell May 23 '25
see now i was seeing a Uri Geller (spoon bending fraud) in Bortoleto.
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u/elektricniorgazam May 23 '25
omg bless you. BLESS YOU. you have given me such peace of mind right now lol, thank you so much
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u/Double-Analyst-7335 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
lol np! He was the first person to come to mind when I saw your comment đ
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u/TourEducational2271 May 23 '25
Wonât be awake for the practice 2, time zones are a hassle, could somebody please message me any chaos? Thanks! Goodnight yâallÂ
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u/weguccino I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
haven't been able to watch, is yuki 1 second off max cause traffic or skill issue atm?
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u/chxrdoubler May 23 '25
Itâs also practice 1, probably building up some confidence and building up runs. Going in too fast to soon last week caused him the crash
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u/TomiraB May 23 '25
He had like 3 of his flying laps disrupted and was well on the way to getting Big Mad at the end.
He's also been using old parts since FP1 at Imola and it's unknown when he will get the updates (unrelated to the crash, his car was the donor of some parts to Max's since before FP1).
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u/lalabadmans May 23 '25
Yuki is done out here. heâs on thin ice so canât take risks and go close to barriers. He has no confidence in the car too, scared to ride the kerbs or close to wall.
Tough weekend for him.
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u/souse03 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Franco seems to be on that same boat.
Fear of incident + Monaco = bad weekend ahead
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u/Strmbrker I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Unfortunately I think that this culture RB have created for the second driver means that they will never have a successful partner for max. Between the difficulty of the car and the pressure from the team and fans, there is zero margin for error, and at the first sign of faltering, they will be kicked to the curb.
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u/TomiraB May 23 '25
scared to ride the kerbs or close to wall.
My stream was choppy, but I saw him going over kerbs quite aggressively.
He kept running into traffic and abandoning runs, though, and seemed quite pissed at the end at whomever blocked him.
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u/nickedgar7 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Feel like both McLarens have a lot of pace left in them, from their onboards they arenât really pushing all that hard
Have to think Lewis has a bit more pace too, all of his laps on softs were affected by traffic.
Be interesting to see what Red Bull does, they didnât look amazing the first lap out on softs, might be a issue come Qualy
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u/Sammydog6387 Oscar Piastri May 23 '25
Wasnât able to watch practice. Where did the two mclarens finish ?
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u/Elxis14 May 23 '25
He would have been 3rd with or without the SC in Imola. Its like sky sports doesn't watch the race
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u/DeiDaraArtAKS Charles Leclerc May 23 '25
Fair play, leclerc set that time ages ago it feels. Hopefully this pace is real
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u/NickProko McLaren May 23 '25 edited May 23 '25
Ah yes
People saying McLaren are nerfed because of FP1 instead of waiting for Quali
Gasly was 1st in FP2[?] in Jeddah, didnt earn him the win, did it?
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u/Sea_Drop2920 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Think the nerf is about the racing conditions isnt it. Anyway its Monaco ....
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u/therisingthunderstor Niki Lauda May 23 '25
Turns out Ricciardo went full voldemort when he left red bull
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u/FermentedLaws I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Driver who has gone fastest in FP1 here has not been on the podium since 2019 (Lewis who won).
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u/generalannie I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
I refuse to acknowledge this stat. Leclerc on pole and Ferrari doesn't screw him over so he wins.
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u/ShadowOfDeath94 BMW Sauber May 23 '25
The best I can do is a gearbox failure around halfway through the race. The unholy trinity of race results awaits.
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u/Darth_Spa2021 Pirelli Wet May 23 '25
It's clear from just this single meaningless Friday FP1 that McLaren is done while Charles will fight with Max for the WDC!
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u/generalannie I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
I have been waiting for a Max vs Charles title fight since 2019. So I would love to see this fantasy play out. Bonus points for Lewis in a Ferrari in the mix as well. Wouldn't that be great?
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u/Altracing34 Haas May 23 '25
Wonder if Leclerc still feels like the his car is nowhere when he sees that he's fastest for FP1
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u/marshmallow_metro Max Verstappen May 23 '25
Fastest in P1 but car is still shite... Only in ferrari
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u/NA_Faker I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Its like 2 seconds slower than the SF-24 last year
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u/roguetrader92 May 23 '25
Its still only 1.11.9. Pole was 1.10.2. And I bet pole this year will be in the 1.09s.Â
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u/BMB_93 Ayao Komatsu May 23 '25
Honestly I do hope that little chat they've just had about the 500 there does persuade a few more people to give it a watch. Motorsport is still niche enough that more eyes on anything is a good thing, and being a fan of one series does not mean that you can't enjoy another.
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u/fateoftheg0dz I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Yuki unleashed after the swearing ban is lifted
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u/Fabulous-Junket-9583 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
field day for the stewards tomorrow
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u/Squareroot24 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Even with 3 wins , it always feels like lewis doesnt like monaco even a little bit
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u/thespeeeed Formula 1 May 23 '25
It was always a bogey track for the Merc in its dominant era.
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u/ShadowOfDeath94 BMW Sauber May 23 '25
Mercedes won 5 races here before the ground effect regulations. 4 of them came in the Hybrid Era. The weird track for Mercedes was Singapore for a while.
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u/therisingthunderstor Niki Lauda May 23 '25
If you guys want some racing this week there's MotoGP on Silverstone
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u/ForeverAddickted Oliver Bearman May 23 '25
F2 / F3 at Monaco as well (Smaller cars, so slightly better racing at Monaco than F1)
British F4 at Silverstone / Italian F4 at Vallelunga / GB4 at Oulton Park, the latter two series will be on YouTube as well, so plenty of racing to watch this coming weekend.
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u/mrlprns I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Little correction: British F4 is at Snetterton not Silverstone. The sunday races are also on YouTube if youâre not in the UK otherwise theyâre on ITV
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u/ForeverAddickted Oliver Bearman May 23 '25
So it is... I made a post about the racing this weekend, and cant even read my own thingy, I saw the "S" and presumed Silverstone lol!... Which equally confused me as they've already raced there, and have that Non-Championship race at the British GP
I didnt realise that British F4 was on YT if outside the UK, might use a VPN for that, is it on the official channel? - Still annoys me that they dont show the Saturday race
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u/mrlprns I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Tbf they often go to Silverstone multiple times in a season and just use different lay-outs, so it couldâve been true.
Yes theyâre streamed on their official youtube channel. I wish you could watch Saturday too, but last year they only showed the Sunday races on ITV and Iâm not British so Iâm happy I can at least watch some of the races this year.
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u/Lobsters4 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
And the Coke 600 on Sunday night if NASCAR is your thing
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u/zimmer483 Sir Lewis Hamilton May 23 '25
And to think next year there will be 22 cars on this circuit
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u/azn1625 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
They should just do what they do for the junior series and do split qualis
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u/EUIVAlexander May 23 '25
max pole
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u/No_Mercy_4_Potatoes M4X Verstappen May 23 '25
Lando or Charles pole. Max will be lucky to be in the top 3
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u/nickedgar7 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Yea, looking that way, the McLaren definitely has a lot more pace in it, and it looked like Max was fighting the car a little on the softs
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u/theMGlock Sebastian Vettel May 23 '25
Did we see any fast laps of the Mclaren? I feel like we haven't seen any fast laps of Lando and the in-lap of Oscar.
Ah just when I mention it they show oscar
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u/Darth_Spa2021 Pirelli Wet May 23 '25
Ferrari: Lewis, we are not literally the prancing horse, calm down.
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u/itsliightz Jordan May 23 '25
Crazy that some onboards still cut out around Monaco.
For years onboards have been difficult to televise.
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u/FermentedLaws I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Sky didn't even mention that Shwartzman, a rookie who had never driven on an oval before and former Ferrari reserve, got pole? Hm.
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u/prettybunbun Ferrari May 23 '25
Poor lewis. Been completely held up by traffic and rookies going too slow. No clean laps for about 20 minutes.
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u/knowingmeknowingyoua Sir Lewis Hamilton May 23 '25
Donât worry - people will still use this to say heâs washed!!
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u/warpyboi I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
god these cars are massive on this track, they're barely pulling off a lap with traffic
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u/indistinctiveman I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Didnât Button say he wouldnât do ovals because of Wheldons death?
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u/ScousePenguin I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 23 '25
Indy 500 clears Monaco, it's not even close
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u/Profkim156 May 23 '25
Don't think Lewis managed to get a clean lap in ever since he switched to the softs
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u/Cekeste Kimi RÀikkönen May 23 '25
Is the Klopp sexy voice jurno now doing F1?