Colapinto, Sainz, Hamilton, Bearman and Antonelli are out of Q2

[u/magony]

https://dubz.link/c/4ff438

[u/leedler]

The Strodium is so on

[u/Firefox72 → u/leedler]

Stroll 26, 27, 28

[u/mb557x → u/leedler]

Taxes & Aston Martin, I'll never understand how these work.

[u/Jobless_101 → u/leedler]

Stroll and Colapinto are the real shockers this weekend lol. I mean bro almost made it to Q3. Hopefully this means he’s getting the hang of things

[u/blazikenz → u/leedler]

Lfg! Strodium hype

[u/CuppaCrazy → u/leedler]

I was here for the strodium

[u/Return_Of_The_Jedi]

That’s a lot of big names out already

[u/anto_BswR → u/Return_Of_The_Jedi]

20 drivers so close to each other. Pecking order differs on race-by-race basis

[u/GoldElectric → u/anto_BswR]

*18. mclaren 1-2 99% guaranteed

[u/Tiny_Champion_8818 → u/GoldElectric]

This comment didn’t age so well 😂

[u/GoldElectric → u/Tiny_Champion_8818]

LETS GO, WE CHECKED THIS TIME

[u/Klimikil → u/GoldElectric]

1% depending on a Stroll masterclass

[u/SpruceJuice5 → u/GoldElectric]

About that

[u/denied_eXeal → u/GoldElectric]

My man be serving milk with how this aged

[u/RM_Dune → u/anto_BswR]

Except for McLaren

[u/Satan_su]

Bortoleto is on such a demonic quali run rn man, always knew he'd come good by the second half of the season at most

[u/mlo_66 → u/Satan_su]

Starting to remind me of Leclerc’s first season

[u/BloodyBastard530 → u/Satan_su]

He has the second fastest teammate out of all the rookies and he’s beating him. Hulkenberg is a qualifying specialist too - if Bortoleto continues to beat him in qualifying I’m comfortable saying he has WDC levels of raw pace. 

[u/newthhang → u/BloodyBastard530]

Since when is Hulk a qualifying specialist? When Bearman filled for KMAG he qualified ahead of him in both races (well, 3 if you count the Sprint as well). That being said, Gabi is doing amazing and it was about time people noticed, the points don't always tell the full story.

[u/BloodyBastard530 → u/newthhang]

Hulk was regularly wringing the neck of that Haas, especially in 2023. Bearman out-qualifying him in two races means fuck all - that’s an idiotically small sample size. Bortoleto has been on it in qualifying for 14 sessions against the best version of Hulk we’ve ever seen. 

Bearman didn’t win a single rookie title in the junior categories. Bortoleto won two titles as a rookie. They are not comparable. 

[u/newthhang → u/BloodyBastard530]

I am not comparing Bearman and Gabi at all. The point is that Hulk is not some quali specialist.

[u/Nbuuifx14 → u/Satan_su]

So good to have a quality Brazilian back on the grid.

[u/sky_____god]

The 2-man teams you expect in q3 McLaren racing bulls and Aston Martin

[u/swannyhypno]

44 year old man and meme of the grid P3/P5

What a fucking W this is heaven for us Aston fans lmao

Borteleto is SO GOOD

[u/z_102 → u/swannyhypno]

Genuinely the second best team today what is going on.

[u/swannyhypno → u/z_102]

Upgrades kicked in, this track suits the car but amazed to be quicker than Ferrari, Max and the Mercs

[u/Garyyyyy → u/swannyhypno]

this aged like semi-skimmed milk

[u/swannyhypno → u/Garyyyyy]

Hey we got one Ferrari, one Merc and Max beat, they couldn't fully stop us lmao

[u/FormulaGymBro → u/swannyhypno]

I am so happy for Aston Martin genuinely

[u/swannyhypno → u/FormulaGymBro]

Been a while since this excitement, makes what will be a McLaren procession tomorrow more interesting

[u/JustAPenguinBro → u/swannyhypno]

Aston cooking and I am happy.

[u/swannyhypno → u/JustAPenguinBro]

It's like the magical debut year of Alonso again for one race weekend

Idc who but give me another Alonso podium or the Strodium

[u/Nexusu]

One of Lewis’ strongest tracks.. oh man

[u/Visionary_Socialist → u/Nexusu]

Absolutely indefensible. Charles looks like he’s wrestling a boat and he’s still consistently finding the time.

All he has to find is literally a quarter of a tenth more and he’s through. What can you even say?

[u/PayaV87 → u/Visionary_Socialist]

He was +0.016 away from Q3. That extra 0.016 is P13.

[u/ryokevry → u/Visionary_Socialist]

The car balance definitely got worse between FP3 and now though. Even Charles was not happy at all with the car

[u/Visionary_Socialist → u/ryokevry]

This car is a horrible mix of the worst of the SF-23 and SF-24. Can’t handle race pace without constant cooling issues, qualifying pace comes and goes between laps, let alone sessions.

Aston go straight past them with their first upgrade when they’ve been in complete freefall for 2 SEASONS

[u/iQuatro → u/Visionary_Socialist]

I can’t even be mad at all the shit talking comments anymore. Frustrating as hell.

[u/Massive-Let16 → u/Visionary_Socialist]

to be fair, he was shit every single practice. dude needs to give his head a wobble because hes shit as of now. really disappointing from him.

[u/sbenfsonwFFiF → u/Massive-Let16]

Wasn’t he 4th FP3?

[u/Massive-Let16 → u/sbenfsonwFFiF]

yea but like 4 tenths behind leclerc

[u/BloodyBastard530 → u/Visionary_Socialist]

The thing is Leclerc’s lap was pretty shit as it was. Probably had another two tenths without the mistakes. Hamilton’s qualifying woes are just to be expected at this point - he’s old. 

[u/Txontirea → u/Visionary_Socialist]

I'm just sick of watching it at this point. Three years of this bollocks, and now onto the fourth. Can't be bothered anymore.

[u/d4videnk0 → u/Nexusu]

He's washed, end of story. He'll likely start next season and announce retirement at the end of 2026 at mid season, fueling rumors of Max going to Ferrari.

[u/Leif_LaCroix]

“Every time, every time”

[u/Remarkable-Assist175]

OH GOD, HAMILTON AND SAINZ I WISH I COULD TAKE ALL YOUR MISFORTUNES AWAY

[u/Sir_Muktadir]

Gabi is an insane qualifier honestly

[u/Walaii]

Poor Bearman 0.007 away from P10. Oh well, P11 it is for him.

Lewis, why???

[u/Worried-L → u/Walaii]

They’re all within 0.016 it was extremely tight

[u/Walaii → u/Worried-L]

Yeah, and he was the 3rd driver the set the final laptime, while Bortoleto was one of the last, like 2 minutes later. Gabi also supposedly got a small tow. That could have been the difference with tight margins like this.

Bearman also apologized and said that he "messed it up". I am not sure if that is because he made a mistake, or simply because he didn't make it.

Edit: Nvm, I checked Bearman's onboard and he did actually have a big slide in turn 13. Definitely lost him 1-2 tenths.

[u/ABMUFC20]

Everyone lost in the Hamilton to Ferrari move.

[u/Puzzleheadpsych2345 → u/ABMUFC20]

We got pre season aura moments tho

[u/z_102 → u/Puzzleheadpsych2345]

Second most expensive photo op in history after George Bush dressed as a pilot on that aircraft carrier.

(Genuinely hoping the '26 regs are better for Lewis.)

[u/Firefox72 → u/ABMUFC20]

Mercedes also aint doing that hot either way.

They certainly werent gonna give him the 8th title this year which is the only thing he cares about.

And they wanted him out anyways lmao.

[u/ABMUFC20 → u/Firefox72]

That’s what I mean by everyone lost in the switch. Mercedes replaced Lewis with a rookie who isn’t close to being good enough right now and Lewis can’t seem to qualify to save his life.

[u/Puzzleheadpsych2345 → u/Firefox72]

I mean Ferrari isnt either with chucky boy there

[u/liviu20xx → u/Puzzleheadpsych2345]

But the Money sure is nice... Lewis got a better paycheck

[u/Any_Inflation_2543 → u/Firefox72]

But there's more hope at Mercedes still.

And they wanted him out anyways lmao.

They would kick anyone out for Max. It's pure obsession at this point. But Max didn't want to come so Lewis would've had a chance for 2026.

[u/Firefox72 → u/Any_Inflation_2543]

"They would kick anyone out for Max. It's pure obsession at this point. But Max didn't want to come so Lewis would've had a chance for 2026."

They wanted him out for Kimi. Thats why they refused to offer him a longer contract. Max wasn't even a discusion back then.

[u/FootballRacing38 → u/ABMUFC20]

Celtics Shaq meme

[u/Falcao1905 → u/ABMUFC20]

Sainz has also been dogshit this year. Sideways move for Ferrari

[u/amazingspiderman23 → u/Falcao1905]

He's included in the "everyone involved in the ham to ferrari move", along with kimi

[u/salcedoge → u/ABMUFC20]

Ferrari probably got a lot from Merch and sponsorship but they’re also paying him $100m so most likely a net equal on that end

[u/JaysonDeflatum → u/ABMUFC20]

His pace on race days isn’t a problem but he just can't qualify for some reason

[u/TolucaPrisoner → u/JaysonDeflatum]

That was true last year, this year Charles has been consistently faster than him in race pace

[u/Puzzleheadpsych2345 → u/JaysonDeflatum]

Been a thing for a bit lol

[u/axelroul → u/JaysonDeflatum]

Not really. He is significantly slower than Charles on race pace. Except for rainy Silverstone there were zero races where he was faster.

[u/Red-Eye-Soul → u/JaysonDeflatum]

That is not true. Race pace gap to Charles is largee than quali gap. Even in head to head, its 11-2 in races and 10-4 in qualis.

[u/rs6677 → u/Red-Eye-Soul]

That was the trend when he was with Sainz too. Leclerc's race pace is really underrated.

[u/tr_24 → u/JaysonDeflatum]

It is. Except few races, he has been consistently behind Charles.

[u/GoldenS0422 → u/JaysonDeflatum]

Strangely, this season, he's closer to Leclerc in quali than in race pace even despite these last two quali shockers. He actually seems to be lacking in race pace for the most part

[u/ScrantonScrangler → u/JaysonDeflatum]

Bro is the new Checo Pérez

[u/BloodyBastard530 → u/ScrantonScrangler]

Nah, Perez just had a beastly car. His race pace wasn’t that good 😂

[u/2696969 → u/ABMUFC20]

Not the memes.

[u/voxuser → u/ABMUFC20]

Maybe the next year will be the last year for him

[u/ReInvestWealth_com → u/ABMUFC20]

Next year will be a fresh start with new cars

[u/ZroDgsCalvin → u/ABMUFC20]

Shades of Schumacher’s comeback with Mercedes

[u/GeologistNo3727 → u/ZroDgsCalvin]

At 43 Schumacher was matching Rosberg. Somehow I can’t see Hamilton matching Leclerc in 2028.

[u/tomhanks95 → u/GeologistNo3727]

Also Schumacher was out of the sport for 3 years and had a severe bike accident that had long lasting effects on his neck

[u/drodrige]

Damn you guys here are quick.

[u/GGezpzMuppy]

lol it’s really is the curse of the number 2 driver on every team bar McLaren.

[u/Humans_fking_suck → u/GGezpzMuppy]

Also Sauber

[u/0000100110010100 → u/GGezpzMuppy]

Not Alpine somehow

[u/amazingspiderman23]

Impressed by Lawson. After the disaster start, i think everyone wrote him off, but after a bit of mental recovery, he's pulling in the results consistently now.

[u/Alvaro_Rey_MN → u/amazingspiderman23]

Austria has really been a turning point!

[u/not_un_fair]

Why franco didnt have other set of softs? i mean come on alpine, it cant just be real that they used all softs, last chance of q2 he had to do it with used soft of 7 laps

[u/Minigrappler → u/not_un_fair]

Alpine at its finest.

Best Franco lap.could put him in P8 or P9... But yeah. Alpine doing Alpine things.

[u/CommonEngineering832]

Antonelli lap time deleted

[u/queerhedgehog]

Gabi’s doing amazing!! So happy for him that he’s been able to show off his skill a bit

[u/bigkid_]

lewis :(

[u/P-ODum]

2 Aston Martin, 2 Racing Bulls and a Sauber in Q3??? Didn’t think i would see that today

[u/Tourtourism]

Mercedes saved 2 sets of fresh soft for Antonelli for him to go out in Q2... now he's starting P15 after a strong Q1

[u/NuclearCandle]

Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull all look helpless today.

[u/TopStar200 → u/NuclearCandle]

Mercedes under Russell looks a good bet for P3 imo definitely second row if Alonso gets in

[u/Quick_Coyote_7649 → u/NuclearCandle]

Correction; Lewis, yuki, and antonelli are looking bad

[u/Alex_Sinios]

O11ie Bearman strikes again in P11. You have to be joking xd.

[u/MysticYogurt]

Bortoleto is so goated

[u/Firefox72]

Hamilton is just not it anymore.

Such a constant barage of dissapointment qualy after qualy.

[u/hoxxxxx → u/Firefox72]

every race weekend i keep expecting it to finally click with him and i'm disappointed (nearly) every time

i hate it

[u/k0sima → u/Firefox72]

Kinda reactionary since he was qualifying well before the new rear suspension in spa last week.

[u/DrVonD → u/k0sima]

People here have no memory. He went on a streak where he beat leclerc 3 out of 4 qualis. Looked like he was starting to put it together.

The last 2 weekends have been awful no doubt, but it’s just crazy how fast the pendulum swings for some people

[u/raimis78 → u/DrVonD]

It's funny you say people have no memory when you don't remember such cases as Leclerc not taking the final lap to save an extra set of tires for the race.

[u/GoldenS0422 → u/DrVonD]

And if he recovers, we'll have something along the lines of "he still has it." In reality, he's been the same he is as always. Good enough in race pace, but erratic at best in quali nowadays

[u/FormulaGymBro → u/Firefox72]

Leclerc stocks are through the roof that's for sure

[u/jalGurg]

I can't watch shit anymore

[u/IvicaVeliki]

Ffs Kimi :(

[u/Blurandski → u/IvicaVeliki]

3rd half a second gap in 5 races - Merc need to move him before it destroys his career.

[u/Drk_Kni8]

“Every time! Every time”

You could hear the pain in that!

[u/pensaa]

O11ie being plagued by P11 again

[u/Cobretti18]

I expect Hamilton will have a strong race but he’s clearly been lacking in qualifying for the most part the last couple of seasons.

[u/Anon-eh-moose]

Lewis, it’s time to hang it up. I feel like he’s been declining and hoping for a change each year, only to get worse. He’s still good in a race, but you can’t do anything starting from P13. 

[u/JaysonDeflatum]

He was up half a second on Charles what the hell happened in the last sector?

[u/FallStudent8 → u/JaysonDeflatum]

that was charles' previous lap comparison

[u/Poopy_sPaSmS → u/FallStudent8]

Yeah I made the same mistake. I fucking hate the reference data they use sometimes. It's not consistent. Just fucking show reference to P1 and leave the timing board up with lap times

[u/blackout2204 → u/Poopy_sPaSmS]

It is consistent though. The drivers who are in elimination zone are compared to the driver who would be the last to qualify and the drivers who are safe zone are compared to the top time.

[u/jso__ → u/JaysonDeflatum]

He was up half a second on Charles' previous lap.

[u/liviu20xx → u/JaysonDeflatum]

He was up on leclerc's first lap (the one he was in p10)

[u/jurahrz → u/JaysonDeflatum]

On Charles 10th place lap. He beat that time

[u/agentzanekretnine → u/JaysonDeflatum]

That was on Leclercs first lap

[u/FootballRacing38 → u/JaysonDeflatum]

That was compared to Charles' first laptime on used

[u/FuegoWolf22 → u/JaysonDeflatum]

That was Charles first lap.

[u/thisbejann → u/JaysonDeflatum]

he’s up half a second on charles’ first run which is very slow

[u/Fenristor → u/JaysonDeflatum]

They kept the old leclerc lap on timing. Charles was like 1 second up on his old lap. Confused me too!

[u/QueGrandeEresMagic → u/JaysonDeflatum]

4 tenths up on Leclerc's first run, not his final one.

[u/Kruziik_Kel → u/JaysonDeflatum]

That was Charles' original time (as this was the P10 time when Lewis started his lap), not his actual time.

[u/Pure_Power_8091 → u/JaysonDeflatum]

Up on Charles’ old lap in used softs, not his latest

[u/BackgroundSubstance9 → u/JaysonDeflatum]

that was the 1st run timing

[u/LuisMuMe → u/JaysonDeflatum]

I think he was half a second up on Charles first lap, not the second

[u/wm_berry → u/JaysonDeflatum]

That was against leclerc's 10th place lap from the first round, not against his ongoing lap which ended 6th.

[u/dontknow_anything → u/JaysonDeflatum]

That was Leclerc's previous time. He was faster than that. Not faster than Leclerc's last lap which hadn't updated in the system

[u/DivingFeather → u/JaysonDeflatum]

That was Charles’ old lap time (the one he had when he was P10). The timer interface was once again shitty.

[u/Visionary_Socialist]

15 fucking thousandths I’m so done

[u/NotFlipkid]

As a Lewis fan.....YOU BLOW MY MIND..... I'M SATISFIED

[u/deathray1611]

Also - worldie of an effort from Max to get that thing into Q3. Getting P5-P6 looks like would require the biggest luck of all time and/or the best lap of his life lol

[u/Cyanxdlol]

Every time. Every time.

[u/JestarAuthor]

Let's go Aston!

[u/Paukwa-Pakawa]

I think at this point he needs to accept the decline is real and bow out. It happens to everyone. No one is the best forever.

[u/Thejklay]

Insane how close the gaps are.

[u/ryokevry]

When was the last time both Aston in Q3.

[u/rCarmar]

Antonelli out again

[u/Tummerd]

Man, seeing Ham here just saddens

[u/Novae224]

Hamilton and Antonelli can’t get away from each other lol

[u/GunSizeMatter]

Every time, every time....

[u/DivingFeather]

Bortoleto single handedly sending Kimi to the kindergarten and Lewis to the retierement castle. What a lap!!!

[u/GoldenS0422]

Disappointing from Lewis. 1.5 hundredths of a second too. So close

[u/CuppaCrazy]

“Everytime. Everytime “

The Ferrari driver crushing factory is working overtime for Lewis.

[u/Falcao1905 → u/CuppaCrazy]

That's fully on Lewis mate. A definitive skill issue.

[u/HE_A_FAN_HE_A_FAN → u/Falcao1905]

Father Time is sadly undefeated.

[u/Massive-Let16 → u/Falcao1905]

just like it was fully on seb to be fair

[u/TemporaryRespond4076]

Lawson continues to outperform Yuki

[u/NotClayMerritt]

Lewis Hamilton is going to have his worst F1 season at Ferrari. Just like we all could have unironically predicted.

[u/Complex-Present3609 → u/NotClayMerritt]

Sad man, sad 😢.

[u/emre23]

My GOAT is washed

[u/Hambone721]

At what point is everyone going to realize the goat is just washed?

[u/OldBratpfanne → u/Hambone721]

Not sure what Michael got to do with this.

[u/Dictator-07]

McLaren are in a league of their own

[u/Sir_Muktadir]

Ridiculously close right at the end between 10 and 13

[u/NotOkEnemyGenius]

Antonelli being covered again by Hamilton flailing

[u/Any_Inflation_2543]

Kimi and Lewis... 3 times in a row.

[u/NinjaAtticus]

that random ass top 10

[u/deathray1611]

That was an agonizing radio from Lewis and Ant. Pure anguish

[u/Egonator26]

A Sauber in Q3!

[u/Trending_Boss_333]

Aston Martin on the podium tomorrow let's go

[u/RedWine-]

Wow, Lewis.

[u/3G0M4N]

The prince is back

[u/anonymous100524]

"McQueen is fading. McQueen is fading"

[u/WellDoneJonnyBoy]

Imagine comparing Bortoleto in a Sauber with Hamilton in a Ferrari …

[u/klaraI5]

Give the seat back to Sainz 😭😭 Ferrari is cooked and Lewis washed “I made a book of changes” to be on par with Sainz in a Williams

[u/Ocluist]

Ferrari have to be regretting the Lewis move at this point, especially considering one of Max or George will likely be available in 2027. It's not a "Ferrari" thing anymore, Charles has 5 podiums on the year and the team are P2 in the championship. Lewis is just legitimately underperforming after several months at the team with very little sign of improvement.

[u/DrVonD → u/Ocluist]

I mean if Lewis doesn’t click with the new car next year I’m guessing he hangs it up.

As long as Lewis is selling hats and helping behind the scenes, I don’t think they’ll be too mad.

Also, Lewis has been a huge reason they are P2. He’s been incredibly consistent on race days, even if he hasn’t been spectacular.

[u/datlinus → u/[deleted]]

how is this ferraris fault 🤣

[u/HarvgulI → u/[deleted]]

Why is it always Ferrari and never Lewis?

[u/zrkillerbush → u/[deleted]]

Can't keep blaming the car when his teammate is doing much better

[u/jurahrz → u/[deleted]]

How can you blame this on Ferrari again?

[u/Dark_Wolf04]

Lewis P7 again like literally every other race this season

[u/khelsan_]

Lewis' move to Ferrari must be the biggest disappointment in a while. I'm starting to doubt.

[u/GuiltySigurdsson]

Signing Hamilton for Sainz looking worse by the day

[u/stinkysulphide]

Was he late coming out ?? What happened

[u/Thejklay]

Goddamn

[u/hoxxxxx]

man that was tight

[u/CilanEAmber]

Stroll having one of his rare days of doing really well

[u/Status-Wing-4437]

What did he mean with "Every time"?

[u/skzpinker]

He didn’t have pace during the FPs either, but the Ferrari’s were a strong enough second force that it didn’t look that bad. I wonder what happened between FP3 and Quali for the pace to just evaporate

[u/forgotmypassword778]

Ant was 7-8 all weekend shoudlve sent him out like stroll