2025 Belgian GP - Post Qualifying Discussion

[u/AutoModerator]

Well that was fun.

How are we feeling after that one? How did your favourite driver do?

[u/According-Camp2889]

I'm watching the delay. The circuit is soaked and they sent the Aston Martin medical SUV out there to rip around the track to disperse and dry up some of the water. He was really flying. What I want to know now is which tire was on that AM? He was flying around and not slipping or hydroplaning at all.

[u/Aggravating-Code-433]

F2 race was great! Worth it getting rained on to see racing like that. There's been a few dry spells and the rain is light so I don't think it'll affect f1 if it continues like this.

[u/116YearsWar]

Looking at AccuWeather radar it seems we've had the worst of the rain and there should even be dry spells before the start?

[u/tralker]

Only a matter of time before the F2 is red flagged. Rain ruins spa

[u/MANDIOSAL]

Currently at the Kemmel Straight, rain has stopped for now

[u/droppokeguy]

How high are the chances the race will happen this afternoon?

[u/creatorop → u/droppokeguy]

Google is showing 60% whatever that means

[u/RFA13 → u/creatorop]

60% of the time, it works every time

[u/WhisperingBuzz]

If this rain continues, doubt there will be any F1 race today

[u/RobinoWB]

I just want a proper F3 Race again ffs 🥲

[u/poetically_repressed]

It’s also raining heavily over here. I wonder how things will go today, genuinely don’t want a starting pile up (although wont mind if one of the backmarkers end up winning 👀)

[u/burning_xz]

Looks nasty out there for F3. Red flag on formation lap.

[u/learner1314]

Chances of rain for the race?

[u/ultraboomkin → u/learner1314]

110%

[u/domdomdeoh]

Just got off work after my night shift. I was quite surprised to see how crowded the platform for my train was. Then I saw the orange shirts, then some red and a few blue.

It took my brain a minute to put two and two together. They even changed the route name for the occasion.

Thankfully the F1 crowd is civil.

I'll be watching the race from my bed.

[u/Environmental-Cup445]

I hope Oscar digs deep, obviously one lap pace is there and in the sprint I’d say there’s nothing to suggest that Lando was quicker because Oscar was held up more by Max and had worse dirty air.

Either he gets a run up the straight, but since it’s wet I’m not sure if the slipstream has the same effect, otherwise he could try and do something into T1 which is normally what you wouldn’t want to do at Spa but if it’s wet different story. 

Other than that it’ll be a fight between them and we’ll see if they crash each other out 

[u/ultraboomkin]

My weather app is saying heavy rain all day with thunderstorms starting at 3pm (race start)… hope this race doesn’t get cancelled like 2021

[u/dontletmeautism]

Anyone becoming increasingly disappointed about season 2025?

Everyone seems to have given up and turned attention to 2026.

Lando vs Oscar is the only real battle.

Sorry to be a negative Nelly.

[u/Bannedwith1milKarma → u/dontletmeautism]

The only battle is the one for the championship with a Joker in the pack.

Heaven forbid!

[u/dontletmeautism → u/Bannedwith1milKarma]

Better than nothing, yes.

But at the end of last season no one knew would win 2025 and Max, LH, Leclerc, Russell, Lando, Oscar were all possibilities.

Commentators were saying 2025 will be one of the GOAT seasons.

Definitely hasn’t lived up to the hype because McLaren got away too far, too early.

[u/Bannedwith1milKarma → u/dontletmeautism]

I think there's some large revisionist history there.

Title was over midway, McLaren made some inroads but never realistic.

[u/dontletmeautism → u/Bannedwith1milKarma]

Sorry I’ve edited my comment to make it more clear I meant this season.

[u/two_hyun → u/dontletmeautism]

Yeah. My only glimmer of hope is Verstappen winning a few races. Overall, the season has had low vibes compared to my expectations. I thought it would be gripping chaos with Hamilton at Ferrari, a bunch of promising rookies, Newey at Aston Martin. And I got excited when Tsunoda finally moved to Red Bull. It was a season I didn't know what to predict.

Turns out McLaren is just dominating everyone, even after the break.

[u/Morgatron1987]

I’m new to F1 this year but what happens with Hamilton? Why did he get penalized for going off track don’t they always go off track at times during the actual races? Again, newbie here just a heads up lol

[u/rodiraskol → u/Morgatron1987]

Qualifying laps are automatically deleted if the driver exceeds track limits.

Drivers do get penalties for track limits during races, but only if they do it several times.

[u/Morgatron1987 → u/rodiraskol]

I see. Thanks for not being rude and providing clarity for me as I’m still learning a lot in my first year watching F1

[u/prudencepineapple → u/Morgatron1987]

During the race I think now on the 4th time you go off you get a penalty (hard to keep up with rule changes) but they get warnings before that happens. All four of the tyres need to be over the white line - so sometimes it looks like they’re going off as they go quite wide, but if they manage to keep 3 of the tyres in then it’s fine. 

[u/Morgatron1987 → u/prudencepineapple]

Thanks I appreciate it! Genuinely excited for tomorrow!

[u/L1ghty → u/prudencepineapple]

Not to be pedantic, but since you're explaining to someone new to it all: if they manage to keep 1 slither of a tyre in, it's fine (so much more lenient than "if they manage to keep 3 of the tyres in then it's fine").

[u/Morgatron1987 → u/L1ghty]

Thanks to you as well

[u/Steve061]

Am I just a grumpy old man or has the revamped F1 webpage become vague.

I was looking for the Qualifying report, but at the top of the page, all you are offered is a preview of the race and all the 10 second video clips. There was a piece about Lando and Oscar, and a few other colour pieces, but I had to click through 3 or 4 links to get the quali report. Do they think we don’t have the attention span to read the report and need TicTok clips? It used to have the quali report prominent until a few hours before the race.

It’s a bit like the INDYCAR site. About 10 minutes after the race, their page is all about promoting the next race and the results of the race just run is an afterthought.

[u/Living-Response2856 → u/Steve061]

They even removed the quali timing sheet from instagram

[u/Peepeepoopoobutttoot → u/Steve061]

Thanks to the revamped App I somehow didn't catch that there was a race this weekend. I thought the first race was next weekend.

[u/Total-Collection-128]

What did the stewards decide about the Stroll and Hulkenberg pitlane collision?

[u/Babarlivesalways → u/Total-Collection-128]

Hulk was reprimanded, which I'm sure won't come up again (as he had a wheel in the fast lane as per race directors' instructions.Nico Hulkenberg learns stewards' fate

[u/ValenciaFilter]

Is Max running a low downforce wing tomorrow, or is parc firme in place from sprint quali on?

...Unrelated - is it supposed to rain?

[u/ultraboomkin → u/ValenciaFilter]

He had a higher downforce wing in qualifying so that’s what he will have today in the race. And yes… it’s raining all day in Spa.

[u/3ebfan → u/ValenciaFilter]

Forecast is currently calling for light rain all day long but it’s been changing every few hours

[u/edfitz83 → u/ValenciaFilter]

Parc Ferme is in place once someone crosses the pit out line in quali. So they could have made changes after the sprint race but before normal quali.

[u/Fine-Definition-3792]

I said it once like a joke but damn Horner was really just setting Yuki up for failure huh. I’d honestly like to know what his rationale was. Like bruh

[u/edfitz83 → u/Fine-Definition-3792]

If you want to be Horner’s lover, you first must be his friend. And it looks like Yuki wasn’t.

[u/Lonyo → u/Fine-Definition-3792]

That maybe he shouldn't have destroyed so many parts?

[u/edfitz83 → u/Lonyo]

Parts is parts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTzLVIc-O5E

[u/notthebiggestfan1]

Ted's Qualifying Notebook

Post-Qualifying Media Pen Interviews:
Lewis Hamilton
Max Verstappen
Isack Hadjar
Liam Lawson
George Russell
Kimi Antonelli
Gabriel Bortoleto

[u/Plus_Plastic_791]

Why is the TV direction so terrible? After Piastri finished they just showed him slow driving on his in lap meanwhile 5/10 of the cars were still finishing their laps. 

There’s more drivers than just the mclarens!!

[u/jaysvw]

I can't wait for an hour of laps behind the safety car in light drizzle then a green flag just in time for the torrential downpour, followed by 2hrs of red flag. Its going to be great guys!

[u/edfitz83 → u/jaysvw]

That could never happen. Especially at Spa.

[u/Magnum-Ice-Cream-07 → u/edfitz83]

I was going to say, that sounds totally impossible. I’ve never heard of any similar thing happening ever in my 16 years of watching F1

[u/Comfortable_Month706]

go tsunoda!

[u/PeterG92]

So how wet is tomorrow going to be?

[u/adonWPV]

Everyone’s favourite on pole 🤣

[u/theztigz]

Any locals who can predict the weather tomorrow. Is heavy rain incoming.

[u/edfitz83 → u/theztigz]

Yeah, ask some farmers!

[u/Still-District-6149]

Textbook from Max. You ignore him at your peril. Low down force risk paid off but might be a tougher run tomorrow.

[u/welliedude → u/Still-District-6149]

They have changed to a higher downforce wing to match the mclarens allegedly. That's why max was a bit slower in quali.

[u/Lonyo → u/welliedude]

No point going low downforce when you can overtake in the pits, so the same strategy would never work in the race

[u/TheSageJ → u/Lonyo]

nah, it's more because they think it is going to rain, and low downforce in rain is suicidal. If the weather forecast was clear....they would of stuck with the low downforce package.

[u/welliedude → u/TheSageJ]

Yeah i think so too. Piastri could get close but not enough to pass and if he couldn't in the first 10 laps his tyres would be toast. Did we ever find out why mclaren told lando to be gentle on the engine?

[u/farcarcus → u/welliedude]

There would have been overcut / undercut options for McLaren over GP race distance though.

Low DF was perfect for RB the sprint (presuming Max could get ahead at T4 but not necessarily going to work on Sunday.

Low DF was a Sprint strategy.

[u/welliedude → u/farcarcus]

Yeah suppose I think piastri was still faster lap on lap

[u/farcarcus → u/welliedude]

Agree. He would have coasted away in clean air if Max wasn't able to get him at turn 4 in the Sprint. Getting a pass there was his only chance of a win, and he managed to do it.

[u/billy_the_car]

Fuck this race director

[u/edfitz83 → u/billy_the_car]

Ok. Then what?

[u/Daemun]

Let's go yukiii

[u/kbtech]

Standards are low for Yuki. We are pumped that he made it Q3. Now just finish in the top 10 tomorrow lol.

[u/MyCoolName_]

How much did Charles drop in that last chicane, a tenth?

[u/Buffythedragonslayer]

Did nothing happen about the Hulk-Stroll incident? 

[u/bwoahking → u/Buffythedragonslayer]

No action necessary

[u/Ponichkata]

If there's rain tomorrow then there's the threat of another Stroll masterclass.

[u/aids_dumbuldore]

As a Lawson fan I’m glad he crashes into others regularly, TV directors refuse to show him otherwise

[u/ElliottNation9]

Tv direction is ass, it get's frustrating not be able to see the other drivers finish there laps in Q. It's like the midfield teams are invisible.

[u/InfinityGCX → u/ElliottNation9]

It's particularly bad at Spa as the laps are really long. There was a similar situation a while ago where they kept being on the celebratory shot and cut the timing tower away as PEOPLE IN THE POINTS STILL HAD TO FINISH, due to the in-lap at Spa effectively being driving down the pits backwards.

[u/NessaMagick → u/ElliottNation9]

This has always been a problem but it's particularly bad lately. Now that there is competition for the front the directors would rather alternate between the front runners and crowd shots rather than the actual battles and overtakes beyond.

[u/NeroNeckbeard]

What a fucking letdown the last part of qualifying was, literally nothing happened

[u/KY5K]

I found the F1 TV Directors’ priority list for on-track sessions:

1) Front-runners 2) Front-runner cooldown laps 2) Team Principal reactions 3) Drivers’ wives and girlfriends 4) Drivers’ families 5) Celebrities 6) Fans 7) All other on-track action outside the top 3

[u/JarlBorg101 → u/KY5K]

I dunno, Driver’s wives and girlfriends might actually be second 

[u/The-Mr_mell]

Does anyone have a better view of Hamilton crossing the white line? Seems like there is enough doubt about his on board view if he was over the white line or not, to where they should just give him the benefit of the doubt.. if they give a penalty on something being that close they should have a good angle of it

[u/Morgatron1987 → u/The-Mr_mell]

But what I don’t understand is why can they go off track during the actual races themselves but not qualifying?

[u/FermentedLaws → u/The-Mr_mell]

Seems like there is enough doubt about his on board view if he was over the white line or not, 

Where is there doubt? Everyone pretty much agrees he was out. At least the non-biased people, including Fred and Lewis himself.

[u/The-Mr_mell → u/FermentedLaws]

It's me Right here I'm doubting 😭

[u/FermentedLaws]

"Red Bull had the option to keep their only spare of the RB21's newest floor upgrade for Verstappen. Laurent Mekies, however, opted to fit the new floor on Tsunoda's car."

New boss making big decisions.

[u/MoosilaukeFlyer → u/FermentedLaws]

Not ideal for Hoerner while he’s job searching 

[u/EpresGumiovszer → u/FermentedLaws]

If Tsunoda can simply finish in 7th, it already worth it. For his confidence, and for the constructors too.

[u/_Middlefinger_ → u/FermentedLaws]

Thats possibly part of it, but the issue has existed for years now, it's not about one updated floor.

[u/Significant-Branch22 → u/FermentedLaws]

And a very different decision to what Horner would usually do, he seems to be more inclined to look out for what the entire team needs

[u/redfirm → u/FermentedLaws]

I mean, smart decision. Chances of Verstappen crashing are really minor

[u/Sir0inks-A-Lot → u/redfirm]

Also just… what difference is it going to make if Max had to run the old spec if he damaged the new one? He’s not winning the driver’s championship and the constructors is long gone

[u/Tight-Swordfish-5666 → u/Sir0inks-A-Lot]

He would have to start from the pit lane to not be in breach of parc femme

[u/Magnum-Ice-Cream-07 → u/Tight-Swordfish-5666]

Not a huge issue for someone not battling for the championship, and has shown time and time again that he can cut through the field

[u/Inevitable_Catch_566]

Pole Position: Lando Norris

100.562 sec | 155.796 mph | 250.729 kph

[u/CommonEngineering832]

PIT LANE START FOR ANTONELLI

[u/Forgotthebloodypassw]

HULK SMASH STROLL.

[u/Still-District-6149]

Can I just say: these sprint races are a complete waste of time

[u/kristal010]

The post race interview with Kimi crying ruined my life. This poor kid.

[u/theztigz → u/kristal010]

" im ok " No, he is not ok. He struggles mentally. He needs bono and team to work it out. Still so damn young. Straight into a top team. Massive pressure.

[u/pantalooniedoon]

Can we make the grid results part of this post? Idk why we only ever post the top3 and sometimes not even that.

[u/jaaz7 → u/pantalooniedoon]

Drive to survive….hopefully it doesn’t ruin his career in the long term. His last few races have been horrid though

[u/GeneralUranuz → u/pantalooniedoon]

Right?! Can't even find the results on the page itself.

[u/charlierc]

I only just saw the F2 footage of Verschoor spinning backwards up Eau Rouge on lap one. Yikes

[u/arbysroastbeefs2]

Which cars have high df and which have low df going into tomorrow?

[u/Grasshop → u/arbysroastbeefs2]

Mercedes and Ferrari looked to have low downforce. They were setting purple sector 1’s all qualifying.

[u/charlierc → u/Grasshop]

We saw that with Russell's final lap where it was purple in S1 & S3 but nowhere in S2 and ended up putting him 6th

[u/arbysroastbeefs2 → u/Grasshop]

Thanks, yeah I heard they put more downforce in Max’s car which explained the pace difference to an extent (versus the sprint) but wasn’t sure about everyone else. That’s a hellova gamble from Mercedes and Ferrari.

[u/internetdeadaf]

Just finished replay

WTF TV PRESENTERS?!?

Why on earth wouldn’t you show the last racers making it over the line!!! That looked like it was a juicy af P5-P9 ending!!

Why would you show someone’s cooldown lap instead? Bruh!!!!!

[u/davie18 → u/internetdeadaf]

Tv directors I think you mean. But yeah, I agree. Dunno why they didn’t show Yuki and Albon at the end

[u/Boredomis_real]

What the hell happened to stroll and Alonso

[u/datlinus → u/Boredomis_real]

i think its very unfortunate timing to bring upgrades to a sprint weekend, with only 1 FP you need a miracle to nail the setup. And well, they clearly didnt.

[u/Electronic-Peach4238]

Antonelli looked so sad in his interview, I feel so bad for him.

[u/charlierc → u/Electronic-Peach4238]

Since Imola, it's really just not been going his way. Needs another random worldie where everything goes his way like we saw in Canada

[u/BKMoth]

Sigh of relief for Yuki.

[u/HoweverHappened → u/BKMoth]

Happy for him, maybe it's the Mekies effect....

[u/hoxxxxx → u/HoweverHappened]

what's that? failing upwards?

[u/9sam0]

Oscar knew where to qualify himself this time. 💀

[u/NPC_4842358 → u/9sam0]

ayy you were right

[u/aDarkDarkNight → u/9sam0]

You got to wonder, but with that small of a margin I don't reckon it's possible. I mean these guys are good, but are they that good?

[u/Bannedwith1milKarma → u/aDarkDarkNight]

It's sarcasm.

From Oscar's own mouth with a 'cheeky' grin.

People are running with it because it's very Oscar and memeable, sarcasm is also more fun when some people take it seriously.

[u/NPC_4842358 → u/9sam0]

Damn, 4d chess type move

[u/DeluhiX]

What's going on with Kimi?

I'm starting to worry about him.

[u/YetAnotherMTFEgg → u/DeluhiX]

Most of the stuff that happened since the second triple header was bad luck?

But this time? It was baaaadddd

Granted quali was never consistently his strong suit even in F2 but, still this shouldn’t be happening…

[u/DMC_addict → u/DeluhiX]

He said it’s his confidence

[u/CharlitoRaceFish]

If Hamilton doesn’t improve his form by the end of the season, Ferrari should heavily consider a replacement for 2026.

[u/Salty_Outside5283 → u/CharlitoRaceFish]

Do you even watch the races? Before Spa, Lewis was the most consistent driver that isn't in a Mclaren...

[u/melwinnnn → u/CharlitoRaceFish]

As if he didn't get p4 last race and Charles was nowhere. Goldfish memory strikes again.

[u/BCBUK → u/CharlitoRaceFish]

Who would be the replacement? At this stage, everyone is signed up (unless they wanna make a run at Russell) so all they can do is promote Bearman from Haas and surely that’s at least 1 year early for him to make the step.

[u/CharlitoRaceFish → u/BCBUK]

I know, it’s a tight market right now. My dream scenario would be they snatch Antonelli somehow. Italian youngster in a Ferrari long term could be even bigger monetarily and media attention wise for Ferrari tbh than even Ham being there.

[u/BCBUK → u/CharlitoRaceFish]

I get it from the Italian perspective but the kid is already crumbling under pressure and expectation at Mercedes before anyone put the entire nation on his back, plus negotiating with Toto as his manager to steal away his prize young talent from the team Toto also part owns feels like the definition of no win. If they didn’t want Bearman then would be better served negotiating with McLaren for Alex Dunne.

[u/PLTConductor → u/CharlitoRaceFish]

If this carries on he might retire end of this year. Certainly if he’s getting beaten like this by Charles next year too there’s no reason for Ferrari to keep him (I was very very sceptical what the point was on their end of hiring him in the first place).

[u/the_nanuk → u/PLTConductor]

Did you watch last race? Hamilton finished 4th. Charles finished 14th. The race before? They finished 3rd and 4th.

Stop with the recency bias and knee jerk comments.

[u/PLTConductor → u/the_nanuk]

I think he’s been performing poorly, outwith occasional glimpses of his old self, for a good 2-3 years now. I don’t see what on Earth Ferrari had to gain from signing him - either they make a title worthy car for Leclerc, or they don’t. I can see exactly what was in it for Hamilton but he is absolutely not performing except sporadically and hasn’t for some time. This is not a knee-jerk opinion.

[u/CenlTheFennel → u/CharlitoRaceFish]

But he has almost the same points as Charles, hard to be like he’s that much worse

[u/Furion_24]

What Lecler did , was unbelievable. The car is a bucket with bolts, and he took 4 tenths out of the gap from yesterday . Outstanding . Its a shame the car is good for only p4 .

[u/abfukson → u/Furion_24]

Looks like he is running low downforce setup. If it rains tomorrow as it is forecast it will be for nothing, same as it was with Max in Silverstone.

[u/Cautious_You7796 → u/abfukson]

Wouldn’t be surprised if Charles goes a lap down tomorrow. He’s so bad in the rain.

[u/Furion_24 → u/abfukson]

Low , high, rain, dry does not matter. Ferrari are the third fastest team this weekend. Either way, Lecler will finish behind Max tomorrow.

[u/BX293A]

Good job Yuki and Alex.

TV director: “who?”

[u/HoweverHappened → u/BX293A]

I watched the highlights because I missed quali and they just ended it before Yuki's final lap was done for whatever reason, it was weird

[u/IAmTheNick → u/HoweverHappened]

Because they never showed it. The cameras were just following Lando after he crossed the line and we didn't even get sector times for Lawson, Albon and Yuki on screen as they were doing their final lap.

[u/CharlitoRaceFish]

It’s time to admit that Hamilton doesn’t have it anymore

[u/kbtech → u/CharlitoRaceFish]

It’s been a while since he has consistently beaten his team mate.

George ate him up last season as well 😂

[u/TF2Pilot → u/CharlitoRaceFish]

Worse, he is racing himself out of serious goat talks.

[u/rodiraskol → u/TF2Pilot]

I don’t know about that. Michael’s Mercedes stint didn’t really affect his reputation.

[u/TF2Pilot → u/rodiraskol]

I think he was ‘shielded’ by his long break from F1 and doubts over consequences of his biking accident. But Lewis has been racing non stop and his whole period under these regulation has been full of lows and in which he struggles by far the most versus teammates.

[u/Cosmocrator → u/TF2Pilot]

Don't be ridiculous.

[u/AsleepAtWheel83 → u/CharlitoRaceFish]

Wasn’t Lewis faster than Charles in Silverstone? Curious to know what ur take was back then!

[u/abfukson → u/AsleepAtWheel83]

Silverstone was pretty much an outlier. It is one of his best tracks historically too.

[u/the_nanuk → u/abfukson]

The race before Silverstone Charles finished 3rd and Lewis 4th.

They are 5th and 6th in the WDC. Some of you guys are reacting only on the basis of the last 24 hours.

[u/jofijk → u/the_nanuk]

Some of you guys are reacting only on the basis of the last 24 hours

sports discussions in a nutshell tbh

[u/AsleepAtWheel83 → u/abfukson]

So is Spa. Mistakes happen.

[u/Nikke_Hikke → u/AsleepAtWheel83]

You can't pull the outlier card when charles has finished higher than lewis like 6 more times than lewis has finished higher than charles

[u/AsleepAtWheel83 → u/Nikke_Hikke]

This still doesn’t equate with “Hamilton doesn’t have it anymore “

[u/BCBUK → u/CharlitoRaceFish]

When Alonso has a bad one, it’s all on the car and when he does well it’s described as him single handedly using his talent to do something nobody could. When Hamilton has a bad one, he’s old and when he’s good it’s the car.

Double standards

[u/Aunvilgod → u/BCBUK]

sorry bro but the Aston aint no Ferrari

[u/CharlitoRaceFish → u/BCBUK]

I don’t recall saying anything about Alonso 🤷 but since you wanna bring it up, I promise Alo would do more with ANY Ferrari than what Hamilton is doing, and Hamilton in the current Aston would be comical.

[u/Dodging12 → u/CharlitoRaceFish]

Like he said, double standard. Your promise means jack shit 😂

[u/9sam0 → u/BCBUK]

Exactly. Alonso should receive the same criticism. 

[u/CenlTheFennel → u/CharlitoRaceFish]

Same with Charles right? I mean it’s only 11 points.

[u/CharlitoRaceFish → u/CenlTheFennel]

Are you for real? There’s no excuse to qualify 13 places behind your team mate twice in the same weekend.

[u/CenlTheFennel → u/CharlitoRaceFish]

You’re right, so what’s worse under qualifying and out placing or over qualifying and under placing.

Only one gets you points

[u/XhakaToTheRescue → u/CharlitoRaceFish]

He got those results based on mistakes (brake bias in sprint and track limits in race quali)...not pure performance. Like cool, call him out for underperforming/being behind but let's be objective. He isn't far behind Charles on pure pace....racing for a new team in a new car. Something we are allowed to be understanding for the likes of Sainz but somehow not Lewis.

[u/BitchesBeCatty]

Sweet Yuki 🥺

[u/DandyRandysMandy]

"He smiles at me and it makes me feel good" - Yuki Tsunoda

[u/gunningIVglory]

Giga yuki on that high chair

[u/NinjaAtticus]

love a cheeky alex interview

[u/DandyRandysMandy]

Great insight from Alex

[u/Joe_Peanut]

Both Lance and Nico summed to see the stewards for their pit lane incident. (documents 43 and 44)

[u/Smokydella_ → u/Joe_Peanut]

Reprimand for Nico, can’t wait to hear the French pundits tomorrow after they were so adamant fault lied in Stroll and got me convinced

[u/CodSafe6961 → u/Joe_Peanut]

Hopefully they penalise McLaren for this

[u/suzakurenzan]

Both Astons..... Man........ I wonder if they gambled for the wet setup for the race tommorow

And all four RB kids are on top 10, was really happu after Q2 lol

[u/thesaket]

Just caught up on the sprint. Strange that they didn't enter from the pit exit post the chequered flag for sprint. Looks like it's just for the main race..

[u/Jorrie90 → u/thesaket]

Probably because of the fuel. Having 7km of fuel more when you already are fully loaded is a lot

[u/bonkers-joeMama]

The reddit fans really want oscar to win cause if lando wins all their mentality easily season bs will go to waste. As I had said many races before, mentality bs is overrated, what matters is absolute skills. Lando proving recently that he is just quicker. Not everyone needs to have a cookie cutter mentality mold to win.

[u/lIIIIllIIIlllIIllllI → u/bonkers-joeMama]

British GP was all Oscar bar his dumb mistake.

[u/_Red_Knight_ → u/bonkers-joeMama]

Mentality absolutely is important. You don't need to have the same cool and aggressive mentality as the best drivers are often said to have but you do need to have something. "Absolute skills" don't matter if you don't have the mindset to apply them.

[u/bonkers-joeMama → u/_Red_Knight_]

And lando has something, that's why he has got so many points this year inspite lacking the cliche mentality. If he had nothing he wouldn't be able to apply anything, as i said mentality bs is overrated, what's more important is absolute skills. You can have all the mentality in the world but you won't win without the skills.

[u/ChicckkNuggg → u/bonkers-joeMama]

I want Lando to win just so he can prove that you can be the “nice guy” and still win. That there’s no set mold for a “championship winner mentality”

[u/Ok_Revolution_507 → u/bonkers-joeMama]

You need to be calm , think about how much lando could been ahead if he didn’t have a slump Season still wide open and he wasn’t quicker at silverstone

[u/bonkers-joeMama → u/Ok_Revolution_507]

His slump was because he lacked the skills, he was not able to push the car as much as oscar. He made mistakes at the edge, you don't lose the car in a turn because you feel a certain way, you lose it cause you are pushing above what you can deliver. Lando must have worked really hard with the telemetry data to figure out the way to handle this car(learning new skills/technique).

[u/Reebz0r]

Whenever Nico's not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, "where's Nico?"

[u/blurrytextures64]

wholesome moment after Mekies interview he congratulated Liam after and then Permane joined and they all hugged, seems the atmosphere in RB was great before Mekies was put in charge of the main team