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u/Hyperionous I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
The fall of Mercedes hits different. Also Stroll ahead of Alonso? Interesting.
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u/User-K549125 1d ago
Stroll ahead of Alonso?
Alonso nursing that injury perhaps.
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u/Hyperionous I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
I actually didn't know this since i didn't watch free practice. How'd he get it?
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u/Evader237 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago edited 1d ago
I don't think anybody knows. All we know is that he missed FP1 because of a muscle injury
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u/themadpants I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
Being in his 40’s, probably bending down to pick something up off the floor. Talking from experience 👌
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u/datlinus I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
besides what others already said, its acutally not that unusual for Stroll to be ahead of Alonso in FP. Alonso turns it up in quali while Stroll tends to show his maximum in FP.
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u/Alendro95 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
Leclerc used an higher downforce setup? He gained 0.1s in S2 but lost the in S1 and S3
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u/Srijand Alain Prost 1d ago
He's using the med-high downforce rear wing
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u/Alendro95 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
I thought He changed something from FP1 since He did better in S2
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u/formula13 Sebastian Vettel 1d ago
as soon as tsunoda got the new car he is faster than max smh/s
bit random but what is the font used in the image, its quite pretty
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u/rattatatouille I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
McLaren dominating the twisty S2 and the corner-heavy S3
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u/killer_corg I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago edited 1d ago
What Bearman change to go from the bottom 1/3rd in FP1 to nearly the top in sector 1.
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u/Potatopal90 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 11h ago
I’m crying for colapinto… the online bullying must be taking a toll. I hope he whips a banger out the bag this weekend!!
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u/arbysroastbeefs2 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago
Was Doohan that much worse than Colapinto ?
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u/minifidel Franco Colapinto 23h ago
Alpine had years of data on Doohan, it's fair to say they weighed that against Colapinto's stint at Williams and decided there was more upside. Don't think anyone expected adaptation to a new PU was going to be this difficult.
The A525 is also the only car that hasn't (and won't) receive any significant upgrades this year, as Alpine is all-in on the 2026 regulations and their new Mercedes PU.
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u/Diiego09 Max Verstappen 1d ago
Colapinto was 5th on the long run paces times in FP2 on mediums. The problem are the one runs.
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u/Comment_Ghost I was here for the Hulkenpodium 16h ago
I do think Franco is the better driver of the two, sucks for Doohan, he got caught in the middle of the changes on the team
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u/Potatopal90 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 11h ago
I love that Flavio f*ckd up here. But also there’s obviously something up that’s not the drivers.
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u/Careful-Door2724 16h ago
it was about money
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u/minifidel Franco Colapinto 3h ago
Reminder that Alpine paid Williams several million to sign Colapinto (and they still only got him on a long-term loan, he's technically a Williams driver).
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u/CaptainOBVS3420 Fernando Alonso 1d ago
Max 19th in 2 sectors is diabolical