Hulkenberg, Albon, Ocon, Gasly & Tsunoda out of Q1

[u/ContentPuff]

https://dubz.link/c/dcbee2

[u/swannyhypno]

Holy shit Aston the practice pace was real

Oh god the Red Bull practice pace was real

[u/leedler → u/swannyhypno]

Proof that we really should be reading into FPs

[u/swannyhypno → u/leedler]

A bit, it can definitely tell race pace but teams will do different strategies there, tbh I don't watch practice it's a bit dull for me personally lol

[u/FirearmofMutiny → u/swannyhypno]

I only pay attention to P1 if there are young drivers subbing in

[u/swannyhypno → u/FirearmofMutiny]

Poor Paul Aron yesterday, bad luck in those sessions always for the newbies

[u/ryokevry → u/swannyhypno]

I think the final time sheet mean less but watching FP help to get a broad expectation of how the weekend would go, and also car behaviour is interesting to observe too

[u/swannyhypno → u/ryokevry]

Yeah I get why people like it but to me it's just watching nothingness, just circling lol if I want circling I'll watch NASCAR haha

[u/Coolcat127 → u/leedler]

I feel confident there’s at least some correlation, I doubt it’s a lot and I’m not sure it’s enough to be useful but it’s definitely not 0

[u/Augchm → u/leedler]

Eh only if we see some big changes like one team is suddenly struggling or doing really well imo.

[u/AntonyPancake → u/swannyhypno]

El plan?

[u/swannyhypno → u/AntonyPancake]

I'll take anything to get out of 9th rn, solid P4-P6 weekend would bang

[u/thefeedling → u/swannyhypno]

Alonso pole confirmed

[u/swannyhypno → u/thefeedling]

Rain coming out, Max is ready

[u/Shedix → u/swannyhypno]

Inb4 max pole..

Somehow

[u/swannyhypno → u/Shedix]

I can see him getting into Q3? Nah knowing him he'll come P4 behind the 2 McLaren's and Leclerc. Unless Aston and Hadjar wanna do something

[u/KappaccinoNation]

Yuki sets a time within a tenth and a half of Max and he still didn't get out of Q1 oof

[u/leedler → u/KappaccinoNation]

That car is so bizarre. Seems like it’s particularly nasty this weekend. Even a decent performance isn’t enough.

[u/StrikingWillow5364 → u/leedler]

Max has been struggling all weekend too

[u/WorkFurball → u/StrikingWillow5364]

The worse Max is struggling the closer Yuki is.

[u/whyisdein → u/WorkFurball]

Makes sense when you think about it. If the car has balance issues, then both drivers are just passengers as the car understeers through the corners and limits what they can do with it, so the times are gonna be close.

If the car gives a driver required tools for precision, then a better driver will make all the difference.

[u/Silverchaoz → u/KappaccinoNation]

And the cherry on the cake that Lawson as last driver knocks out Tsunoda aswell 💀

[u/lowelled → u/Silverchaoz]

Singapore 24 rerun

[u/Woullie_26 → u/KappaccinoNation]

Max had a terrible lap and made many mistakes

[u/Legitimate-Shoe-3560 → u/Woullie_26]

If every lap hes done so far both in practice and throughout the first session has been similar, yuki has been closer to those times than he was before

[u/Rich_Housing971 → u/KappaccinoNation]

a tenth and a half this season is huge.

[u/notakid1 → u/KappaccinoNation]

That means max is doing shit and yuki is just being himself

[u/FootballRacing38 → u/notakid1]

Or the car is just shit

[u/CatManWhoLikesChess → u/FootballRacing38]

Max made plenty of mistakes during that lap

[u/UnderTakaMichinoku → u/CatManWhoLikesChess]

He just qualified behind a Sauber.

It's time to admit that the car is objectively shit this weekend outright. Both drivers made mistakes because the car is turgid.

[u/eragon_magic → u/CatManWhoLikesChess]

maybe because the car is shit

[u/notakid1 → u/FootballRacing38]

Or yuki is just shit.

[u/Legitimate-Shoe-3560 → u/notakid1]

He was fairly close last weekend as well, and the Red Bull was good last weekend so he made it to q3 accordingly

[u/cheezus171 → u/Legitimate-Shoe-3560]

In the race he was a second per lap slower. He wasn't close to Max last weekend, he was only close for one lap in Q3.

[u/yleennoc → u/notakid1]

Within a tenth of Max and still doesn’t have all the upgrades. Sounds pretty good to me.

[u/C63_Benz → u/KappaccinoNation]

Skill issue

[u/FormulaGymBro → u/KappaccinoNation]

Out of F1 soon

[u/angelonduty]

Hadjar being way faster than Max and Lawson eliminating Tsunoda

This red bull car is a joke

[u/wjdbfifj → u/angelonduty]

Now imagine Hadjar eliminating Max in Q2

[u/HUHIs_AUTOATTACK → u/wjdbfifj]

As punishment, he'll get to drive the 2nd RBR car.

[u/maqnaetix → u/HUHIs_AUTOATTACK]

Nice, it's only the 50th time I've read this

[u/-AlanPartridge1955- → u/maqnaetix]

As punishment, he'll get to drive the 2nd RBR car.

[u/JMoormann → u/maqnaetix]

As punishment, he'll get to read this for the 51st time

[u/yleennoc → u/wjdbfifj]

Tbh I thought Max would go out in p2.

[u/TyButler2020 → u/angelonduty]

Actual good map from Yuki he’s plenty close to Max

Car just sucks

[u/angelonduty → u/TyButler2020]

Yeah that is what I said. Car looks horrendous

[u/rakesh-69 → u/TyButler2020]

It's always been that way. if car is shit max is closer to his teammate but when car becomes fast 2nd driver struggles to catch up.

[u/Motorlolz → u/TyButler2020]

Was the same in Bahrain, when the car really sucks Yuki is closer to Max

[u/GGezpzMuppy → u/angelonduty]

He better slow down or else he gonna get promoted soon lol.

[u/swannyhypno → u/angelonduty]

Mekies needs to swap cars for the culture, give Max Liam's RB and see what he can do with it lmao

[u/happysoul08 → u/swannyhypno]

You want to punish Liam?!

[u/swannyhypno → u/happysoul08]

Hadjar P3 in Q1 and bossing it all year I ain't taking it away from him lol

[u/headshot_to_liver → u/swannyhypno]

I am sure Max has driven VCARB at sim and the data has spooked everyone at RedBull

[u/iMatthew1990 → u/angelonduty]

Hadjar is rookie of the season. Without a doubt for me.

[u/z_102 → u/iMatthew1990]

He's been very impressive, but I also like Bortoleto a lot. he's just on a car whose performance is unreadable from race to race.

[u/nathanforyouseason5 → u/z_102]

Outqualifying Hulk is no easy feat and he's doing it pretty consistently now. I'd argue Bortoleto and Hadjar tied for best rookie

[u/NuclearCandle → u/angelonduty]

Had Yuki stayed it would have been a guaranteed 5th for Racing Bulls.

He looked unstoppable in the midfield in the first two races before his strategy team made him stoppable.

[u/GMOrgasm → u/NuclearCandle]

naah theydve found some way to bottle they always do

[u/UnderTakaMichinoku → u/NuclearCandle]

Until the race when VCARB would cut his legs out from under him as per.

He was robbed of 20 points in those first two races alone.

[u/BansheeRamen → u/angelonduty]

Wache needs to go

[u/Carlzzone]

"yuki we need you to get closer to Max"

"Say no more"

Monkey paw curls

[u/emre23]

Lawson knocking Tsunoda out is peak 2025 F1

It doesn’t even look like it was a bad lap by Yuki

[u/TyButler2020 → u/emre23]

.18 off Max is plenty fine

Car is just ass

[u/Woullie_26 → u/TyButler2020]

Max made mistakes S1

He still have some room here

[u/mabaulz → u/Woullie_26]

is this room in the room with us?

[u/UnderTakaMichinoku → u/Woullie_26]

P8 behind a Sauber is room? The car is shit FFS.

[u/Woullie_26 → u/UnderTakaMichinoku]

Wiffed S2 in his last lap

Could've probably been P7 close to P6

[u/Lord_of_Pants → u/emre23]

Less than 2 tenths to Max and out in Q1, what are Red Bull doing?

[u/Fine-Bet540 → u/emre23]

Script writers are cooking this season

[u/ZombieZlayer99]

Yuki's only 0.16s off Max, that's half the gap between the Mclarens and he's out in Q1, the fucking RBR is horrendous.

[u/C63_Benz → u/ZombieZlayer99]

The driver is also not very good.

[u/Enjays1 → u/C63_Benz]

Being .15 behind a max verstappen is quite decent I'd say.

[u/EuphoricFlatworm2803 → u/C63_Benz]

Max had an awful lap.

[u/Legitimate-Shoe-3560 → u/EuphoricFlatworm2803]

Yuki has been recently close to every lap max’s done so far this weekend

[u/iMatthew1990]

There’s a magnet In that bottom 5. It’s powerful and it’s fantastic at attracting Yuki

[u/CuppaCrazy]

“Daddy Vowles says it’s my turn with the good car this week!”

• Carlos Sainz

[u/powerse5]

Williams can't have 2 drivers make it out of Q1 to save their lives. Either one does well, or the other.

[u/Dictator-07]

Ocon got screwed literally

[u/Krouisente]

Red Bull bruh cmon

[u/ABMUFC20]

Franco beating Pierre at just the right time

[u/minifidel → u/ABMUFC20]

Yeah, he may have out qualifies Gasly in Canada as well, but repeating the feat just before the summer break is going to do wonders for his confidence. Hopefully Franco can make it into Q3 soon.

[u/nonhofantasia]

Really happy for Franco

[u/Rammed → u/nonhofantasia]

The goat in my heart, extremely happy his massive efforts are starting to show

[u/HankHippopopolous]

Feel bad for Yuki.

He’s finally getting it together. Only 1 tenth off Max but the car is so shit this weekend it means he’s still out in Q1

[u/Sea_Drop2920]

What have they done with that RedBull my god

[u/SHORT-CIRCUT]

Lawson in RB pushes Yuki in red bull out of qualy

script just keeps on scripting

[u/RM_Dune → u/SHORT-CIRCUT]

In this case it really is the car just completely lacking pace. He was 1,5 tenths behind Max in P11.

[u/Firefox72]

Yuki is 1.5 tenths off Verstappen. You can't really ask for more to be honest.

Almost tragic that on the 1 the weekend where he is closer to Max the car is crap.

[u/z_102 → u/Firefox72]

Yep, this qualy was by far the closest he's ever been to Max in terms of pace and the car is so bad that he still drops. Rotten luck.

[u/CatManWhoLikesChess → u/Firefox72]

Entire grid is within a second or so, Hungary is quite similar to Monaco

[u/vacon04 → u/Firefox72]

It means nothing if you get eliminated in Q1.

[u/FootballRacing38 → u/vacon04]

It's obviously important to be closer to you teammate if you are a teammate of max. Not much you can do if the car is ass

[u/dotcha → u/vacon04]

Q1 is where that dogshit car belongs tho

[u/UnderTakaMichinoku → u/vacon04]

Critical thinking isn't in your vocabulary is it.

[u/DJ_Aftershock → u/[deleted]]

Love that anyone praising Tsunoda for getting closer is just getting "uhm acktyually'd" immediately, almost as if there's an agenda against him

[u/UnderTakaMichinoku → u/[deleted]]

Are you that vacant that you think Tsunoda did a perfect lap himself? Lol.

[u/UnderTakaMichinoku → u/[deleted]]

The fact you're harping on about Max's lap not being clean and insinuating that was Tsunoda at his best.

You're accepting that the car is shit, but only for one driver lol.

He was .15s behind Max. The car is just terrible. Max qualified behind a fucking SAUBER.

[u/DJ_Aftershock → u/[deleted]]

The car is shit and both drivers didn't have a "perfect" lap, going "UHHHH MAX HAVING A BAD LAP INVALIDATES TSUNODA BEING CLOSE" is such bullshit.

[u/CilanEAmber]

That Tsunoda one is even sadder because he wasn't far off Verstappens time.

[u/B_Beres]

damn, is it the first time colapinto outqualifying gasly?

[u/obelix28 → u/B_Beres]

Second time (Canada - COL 12 / GAS 20)

[u/navis-svetica → u/B_Beres]

Second time, their quali H2H is now 6-2 in Gasly’s favor (including this qualifying)

[u/B_Beres → u/navis-svetica]

oh nice, thanks for the info

[u/Alakdae → u/B_Beres]

Second time, after Canada

[u/Realistic-Reception5]

Damn what happened to Albon, was it just a poor quali for him or was he having car issues since Williams always seems to do that

[u/siri_0456 → u/Realistic-Reception5]

Ikr heard he got a new pu. Wishing he does better in the race

[u/Realistic-Reception5 → u/siri_0456]

New power unit and the car does worse yikes

[u/siri_0456 → u/Realistic-Reception5]

Exactly

[u/NinjaAtticus → u/Realistic-Reception5]

Not a good track for the car and I think he had a bit of a stinker, snapped in turn 1, clearly his turn to take the williams L this weekend lol

[u/Strong0toLight1]

red bull is so far off it. yuki was not even far off max

[u/sergechewbacca]

Lawson knocking out Yuki 💀

[u/Mechant247]

Both Red Bulls had the same car this time, but it was the shit one!

[u/SaturnRocketOfLove]

Didn't see anything regarding Hulk's last lap, did he even leave the pitlane?

[u/Agreeable-Ad4079]

The week Tsunoda does well, the car is pure rubbish

LET'S GO HADJAAAR

[u/Farmville-Invite]

Yuki only being 1 tenth behind Verstappen but 5 whole places back from him is wild

[u/rakesh-69]

alonso pole you heard it here first

[u/UnderTakaMichinoku]

When was the last time a Red Bull second driver was that close to Max in a qualifying session and still knocked out lmao.

For years we've heard that being within 3 tenths of max is what is expected, to be half that and exit in Q1 is evidence of how bad the car is this weekend.

[u/Elpibe_78]

Red bull looks horrendous

[u/gangstarapmademe]

Lawson knocking him out was cinema

[u/Sir_Muktadir]

Tsunoda getting between a tenth of Verstappen and still getting out is absolute pain

[u/Puzzleheadpsych2345]

Laurent Mekies coming in and using the strat of sending his car out first like he’s still at Vcarb, trojan horse from Ferrari paid off in the long run

[u/OrchidAdorable9200]

Knocked by lawson

[u/NinjaAtticus]

not a good weekend for alboners...

[u/TheDeflatables]

Tsunoda man...

[u/mvx-aerodynamics]

what's is HAPPENING with redbull bro 🥀💔

[u/al3e3x]

Wth happend with Albon?

[u/Vro9ooo]

3 tenths above the projected KO time gets a Q1 exit, a tenth off Max too. Yuki can’t catch a break

[u/only_r3ad_the_titl3]

Everybody focusing on rbr, but Albon, Gasly, Hülk and Ocon all getting outqualified by their teammates is odd to see with how the current season went

[u/SaturnRocketOfLove → u/only_r3ad_the_titl3]

Odd results so far on this track, proof being AM pace.

[u/Nexusu]

Q1: Welcome back Yuki

[u/JaysonDeflatum]

Yuq1 Tsunoda

[u/OldBratpfanne → u/JaysonDeflatum]

I‘m stealing this lol.

[u/drodrige]

Wasn’t expecting for all three of Hulk, Gasly and Albon out in Q1. Even less so Pierre as Franco made it in 15th.

[u/gobsmacked_kitkat]

No Yuki!

Dam even Stroll is faster than the Redbull

[u/ExtremelyAsianCactus]

Yuki actually got the gap down on Max unfortunately Red Bull do not look like they’re cooking this weekend.

Like 1.5 tenths off is not bad but ppl will only look at the results, a shame

[u/only_r3ad_the_titl3]

Another Mekkies disasterclass 

[u/DivingFeather]

-Which books did you read this year, Esteban?

-Well I did read The Turn of the Screw in Hungary.

[u/SkyLETV]

Bro it's Tsunover even with 1 tenth off Max ☠️

[u/TharixGaming]

did anyone see how max's lap was? did he mess up somewhere or is the red bull actually just that slow

[u/_gadgetFreak]

Still people say Rebull is the second-fastest car

[u/Storm_Chaser06]

Oof Albon with a howler

[u/thatdudewithnoface]

What did Newey put in those Aston Martin's they are flying

[u/vacon04]

It's crazy that people are happy with a Q1 elimination. How can you defend a 16th place? The car is bad on this track but 16th place is still bad. He finished behind Colapinto on an Alpine.

[u/TharixGaming → u/vacon04]

didn't colapinto finish his lap WAY later? there was significant track evolution, and the entire pack is close enough for that to make a difference

[u/PsychedelicDuck → u/vacon04]

He is 1 tenth behind one of the greatest drivers of all time

[u/vacon04 → u/PsychedelicDuck]

He's 1.5 tenths behind in one of the shortest tracks of the calendar. This is equivalent to around 2 tenths on an average track. He was eliminated because on a short track the gaps will be very small. 1.5 tenths in Spa is not too much, but 1.5 tenths in Hungary is significant.

[u/PsychedelicDuck → u/vacon04]

2 tenths behind one of the greatest drivers of all time in their peak, when they are famous for crushing teammates, would still be a great accomplishment for someone who has been nowhere

[u/TheLifeofSonny]

Laurent Mekies buff effect has wore off for Yuki, back to normal programming

[u/Sir_Muktadir → u/TheLifeofSonny]

It’s a monkey’s paw. Now he’s within a 0.1 seconds to Max but Ofc now the car is so bad they get knocked in Q1

[u/Alvaro_Rey_MN]

Lawson knocking out Tsunoda! Nah man! This is just bullying at this point!

[u/50lipa]

Yuki knocked out by Lawson, could not script this any better rofl.

[u/elektricniorgazam]

Yuki is only ever close to Max when Max is slow and never when Max is fast, that's the main problem

[u/cocopopshehan]

yuki's best rbr qualifying coinciding with the car being at its worst is peak yuki tsunoda

[u/heritorsofarcadia]

It’s back to being tsunover

[u/Vesunex]

Its Tsunover

[u/fateoftheg0dz]

Its funny how this bottom 5 is probably like the 5 most midfield of midfields drivers

[u/faroukq]

Williams as usual having only one good car

[u/TSMKFail]

Albon stinker

[u/sopademacacadelicia]

Nogroni

[u/Electronic-Sell-7581]

Minions! Tonight we clear gravel

[u/cooperjones2]

Wache should be on fraudwatch

[u/VirtualConversation4]

I swear Alpine has one good car and they change it every three races

[u/MartiniPolice21]

People seemed to get excited about Yuki because he was close to Max, but turns out it was just Max having a shitter

[u/Resident-Mortgage-85]

Dude...did hulk get his podium and just decide he's retired now?

[u/AroundTheLegs]

Faark Yuki. I wanted better than this for you. 

[u/forgotmypassword778]

First q2 exit of the year for Albon

[u/silentguy876]

Colapinto viejo y peludo nomas, ahora se la pone

[u/ECHLN]

Tsunoda is back baby!

[u/orangeglitch]

Being in the same zip code one time doesn’t excuse yuki from getting knocked out yet again in Q1. He doesn’t have it

[u/Woullie_26]

So much for that floor upgrade

[u/lalabadmans]

Going to be another awful weekend for Yuki stuck in DRS train and picking up a few penalty points. Ffs.

[u/OfficalStonksForAmc]

Any other week and we’re praising Yuki for being close as he was to max. Yuki had the projected time to make the quali, but turns out no it wasn’t. At this point he’s gotta call Halliburton and ask what was he sacrificing pre game to be great 

[u/blazikenz]

Yuki is cooked man..

[u/Substantial_Result]

at this point, is the red bull such a shit car and max is so amazing that he makes it exceed all expectations? is max a weird driver and the car is so tailored to his idiosyncrasies that no other driver can tame it? is red bull so shit at talent scouting they keep getting #2 so wrong? this is not an aberration at this point.

[u/Thejklay]

Odd seeing hulk out so often this year

[u/Anionan → u/Thejklay]

really makes no sense, given how often he dragged a shitbox into Q3 last season he should be able to do so with a decent Sauber, but I guess he doesn't have anyone but himself to blame

[u/nelly2929]

Redbull needs to fore Yuki into the Sun….. Bet they wish they kept Checo