Formula 1
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Much as I don’t like him O for awesome for Verstappen. But Lawson great finishing 9 holding off Hamilton and most importantly Perez for 15 odd laps. Insane race.
@Billy-Tell 17th to a fifth of a lap faster than anyone else. Ridiculous.
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Yeah, much as I hate the way he drives, rain really evens out the differences in car performance, leaving driver talent to shine.
He reminds me of Schumacher a bit. The best driver, but also a total psychopath who will do anything to win. Sometimes I wonder if Senna and Schumacher's legacies actually do more damage to F1 by encouraging drivers to think anything is okay to get the win.
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Yeah, much as I hate the way he drives, rain really evens out the differences in car performance, leaving driver talent to shine.
He reminds me of Schumacher a bit. The best driver, but also a total psychopath who will do anything to win. Sometimes I wonder if Senna and Schumacher's legacies actually do more damage to F1 by encouraging drivers to think anything is okay to get the win.
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Perez goneburgers in Q1. Lawson thru by the skin of his teeth.
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Tsunoda is making Lawson sweat. They might promote him instead.
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Tsunoda is making Lawson sweat. They might promote him instead.
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Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
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Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
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Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
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Reckon that’s sealed his fate. Best he can hope for is to keep his red bull seat. Yuki should get promoted and Perez fired
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
I have no idea what they were doing with his stops. Why tf did they wait until lap 39 of 50 to give him fresh rubber? He finished the race with perfectly good tyres on it. Might have been understandable if they had put another set of mediums on that would have been gone in 12 or so. Was like they forgot about it. Just weird.
Anyone explain that?
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
I have no idea what they were doing with his stops. Why tf did they wait until lap 39 of 50 to give him fresh rubber? He finished the race with perfectly good tyres on it. Might have been understandable if they had put another set of mediums on that would have been gone in 12 or so. Was like they forgot about it. Just weird.
Anyone explain that?
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
I have no idea what they were doing with his stops. Why tf did they wait until lap 39 of 50 to give him fresh rubber? He finished the race with perfectly good tyres on it. Might have been understandable if they had put another set of mediums on that would have been gone in 12 or so. Was like they forgot about it. Just weird.
Anyone explain that?
Think they planned a one stop race but then he started getting overtaken easily by every man and his dog so they realised he needed new tires. Don’t know why they didn’t put mediums on though.
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
I have no idea what they were doing with his stops. Why tf did they wait until lap 39 of 50 to give him fresh rubber? He finished the race with perfectly good tyres on it. Might have been understandable if they had put another set of mediums on that would have been gone in 12 or so. Was like they forgot about it. Just weird.
Anyone explain that?
Think they planned a one stop race but then he started getting overtaken easily by every man and his dog so they realised he needed new tires. Don’t know why they didn’t put mediums on though.
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
I have no idea what they were doing with his stops. Why tf did they wait until lap 39 of 50 to give him fresh rubber? He finished the race with perfectly good tyres on it. Might have been understandable if they had put another set of mediums on that would have been gone in 12 or so. Was like they forgot about it. Just weird.
Anyone explain that?
Think they planned a one stop race but then he started getting overtaken easily by every man and his dog so they realised he needed new tires. Don’t know why they didn’t put mediums on though.
You have limited sets of tyres, could be something to do with that
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https://www.espn.com.au/f1/story/_/id/42605948/formula-1-approves-gm-11th-team-grid-2026-season
Obviously business in the US is going well
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
I have no idea what they were doing with his stops. Why tf did they wait until lap 39 of 50 to give him fresh rubber? He finished the race with perfectly good tyres on it. Might have been understandable if they had put another set of mediums on that would have been gone in 12 or so. Was like they forgot about it. Just weird.
Anyone explain that?
Think they planned a one stop race but then he started getting overtaken easily by every man and his dog so they realised he needed new tires. Don’t know why they didn’t put mediums on though.
You have limited sets of tyres, could be something to do with that
@Machpants said in Formula 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
I have no idea what they were doing with his stops. Why tf did they wait until lap 39 of 50 to give him fresh rubber? He finished the race with perfectly good tyres on it. Might have been understandable if they had put another set of mediums on that would have been gone in 12 or so. Was like they forgot about it. Just weird.
Anyone explain that?
Think they planned a one stop race but then he started getting overtaken easily by every man and his dog so they realised he needed new tires. Don’t know why they didn’t put mediums on though.
You have limited sets of tyres, could be something to do with that
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360498764/how-las-vegas-gamble-turned-dud-bet-liam-lawson
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@Machpants said in Formula 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
I have no idea what they were doing with his stops. Why tf did they wait until lap 39 of 50 to give him fresh rubber? He finished the race with perfectly good tyres on it. Might have been understandable if they had put another set of mediums on that would have been gone in 12 or so. Was like they forgot about it. Just weird.
Anyone explain that?
Think they planned a one stop race but then he started getting overtaken easily by every man and his dog so they realised he needed new tires. Don’t know why they didn’t put mediums on though.
You have limited sets of tyres, could be something to do with that
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360498764/how-las-vegas-gamble-turned-dud-bet-liam-lawson
@Machpants said in Formula 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Rotten race from Lawson. Easily overtaken and poor race strategy. Yuki showing how it’s done.
He didn't even fight. Are his tires fucked?
I have no idea what they were doing with his stops. Why tf did they wait until lap 39 of 50 to give him fresh rubber? He finished the race with perfectly good tyres on it. Might have been understandable if they had put another set of mediums on that would have been gone in 12 or so. Was like they forgot about it. Just weird.
Anyone explain that?
Think they planned a one stop race but then he started getting overtaken easily by every man and his dog so they realised he needed new tires. Don’t know why they didn’t put mediums on though.
You have limited sets of tyres, could be something to do with that
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360498764/how-las-vegas-gamble-turned-dud-bet-liam-lawson
Thanks guys. Calling it a "low percentage play" is polite, it was a complete cock up. Obvious after the first stint that a one stop was never going to work and they a had a clue about the medium's longevity when Perez (I think) chewed them out after the first dozen or so laps.
I thought that the coms had said he had a medium set left? Even that would have made more sense for the last stint but maybe they had it wrong (or I did) and as you say @Machpants, all they had left was the hards. That actually makes the planning even worse though, doing 27ish of the 39ish they had to do on one set, and 11 on the other is just plain dumb. Sure, a few laps either way of half for an under or over cut, or some clear air / track position, but finishing with really good rubber is a real waste. Hope it doesn't cost Lawson too dearly...not that he was going that well anyway.
