Formula 1
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They could have died.
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Great win for Lando Norris in Mexico who know leads the Championship by one point with four races to go: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/clyg2wxppy8o
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Decent race to watch with plenty of action if you take out the battle for victory which was non existent.
Russel losing his shit at his race engineer was intriguing. I'm not a large fan of Russel has he came across as a prize dick on Drive To Survive, but I've warmed to him a bit as he's been pretty good for Mercedes. Think every argument he made with this RE I totally agreed with him.
Verstappen nailed the strategy bang on for his start. He was never likely to challenge Norris but he would have had second without a fortunate safety car. He was remarkably sanguine about it (with the safety car sometimes you win, sometimes you lose).
No idea what happened to Lawson, it didn't get any coverage other than the front wing broke. He had a superb Q1, but then seems to shit the bed in Q2. Complaining of no grip, which made little sense given how far ahead he was of Hadjar in Q1.
Bearman, the man. Getting the Haas to 4th is a huge achievement. He ersiously belongs in F1.
As for Yuki ... hard to see where he'll get a drive in 2026. Had a good race last week so I thought he might have finally turned the corner ... but he was abysmal again today.
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@MajorRage said in Formula 1:
Decent race to watch with plenty of action if you take out the battle for victory which was non existent.
Russel losing his shit at his race engineer was intriguing. I'm not a large fan of Russel has he came across as a prize dick on Drive To Survive, but I've warmed to him a bit as he's been pretty good for Mercedes. Think every argument he made with this RE I totally agreed with him.
Verstappen nailed the strategy bang on for his start. He was never likely to challenge Norris but he would have had second without a fortunate safety car. He was remarkably sanguine about it (with the safety car sometimes you win, sometimes you lose).
No idea what happened to Lawson, it didn't get any coverage other than the front wing broke. He had a superb Q1, but then seems to shit the bed in Q2. Complaining of no grip, which made little sense given how far ahead he was of Hadjar in Q1.
Bearman, the man. Getting the Haas to 4th is a huge achievement. He ersiously belongs in F1.
As for Yuki ... hard to see where he'll get a drive in 2026. Had a good race last week so I thought he might have finally turned the corner ... but he was abysmal again today.
Apparently they sent him out with old tyres, but who knows? More often than not Q2 seems his limit right now.
He made a great start to the race, but Sainz swerved (apparently to avoid a snarl up ahead of him, did he lose control?) presumably on cold tyres, or worst case to push Liam way off the track, and collided with his front wing and damaged the car making it unable to continue
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Liam Lawson finished 7th at the São Paulo Grand Prix, delivering a superb drive that boosts his chances of securing a seat next season, especially considering Yuki finished 17th, the last of the drivers to finish the race.
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@Canes4life said in Formula 1:
Liam Lawson finished 7th at the São Paulo Grand Prix, delivering a superb drive that boosts his chances of securing a seat next season, especially considering Yuki finished 17th, the last of the drivers to finish the race.
What a drive. Took the risk of staying out on old tires, defended well against the field including his team mate over the final laps
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New engine and superb strategy sorted him. Willingness to ditch the hard tyres during the safety car too was superb.
I think at the end I would have left him out. He woujd have been difficult to pass and Norris tyres would be past the sweet spot when he caught him. Think he def would have held Antonelli off.
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Is a seat about to become available at McLaren?
Oscar Piastri sets off F1 storm with bombshell Instagram post slamming his own team
The Aussie led the F1 drivers' standings for most of the season before an awful run of form saw him fall behind his teammate Lando Norris.
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Is a seat about to become available at McLaren?
The Aussie led the F1 drivers' standings for most of the season before an awful run of form saw him fall behind his teammate Lando Norris.
Where would Oscar go?
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“ McLaren prefers the English driver Norris.
'He has more star quality and marketing appeal for them, has more camera presence and publicity. That's probably why he's better for McLaren.'
Um, seems about right.
Piastri is pretty damn boring. Nothing wrong with that for driving / winning, but the other traits do make Lando much more marketable.
As for favouring … I remember McLaren telling Norris to give places back on more than one occasion.
But now, they want the winner, no question, and Lando is within touching distance. Seems fair.
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Is a seat about to become available at McLaren?
The Aussie led the F1 drivers' standings for most of the season before an awful run of form saw him fall behind his teammate Lando Norris.
Where would Oscar go?
If they decide to dump him then maybe a straight swap for whoever they bring in if it is from another F1 Team. McLaren do have a couple of highly rated junior drivers in their stable that they are closely mentoring so they might promote one of them if Piastri gets the archer.
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Piastri is pretty damn boring
This is why I like him, I find it one of the funniest things to watch how flat and devoid of human emotion he is. Also fun making sure he doesn't exceed his regulation 2 mild smiles a year.
And also what makes it hard for me to buy he's so incensed and provoked to action that he would genuinely have a go at his team in such a public and erratic manner.
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Is a seat about to become available at McLaren?
The Aussie led the F1 drivers' standings for most of the season before an awful run of form saw him fall behind his teammate Lando Norris.
Where would Oscar go?
If they decide to dump him then maybe a straight swap for whoever they bring in if it is from another F1 Team. McLaren do have a couple of highly rated junior drivers in their stable that they are closely mentoring so they might promote one of them if Piastri gets the archer.
Oscar is a good driver. If he left McLaren I'm not sure he'll be as productive as he's been this year with the best car in the field
