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I was expecting RBR to be much faster. I think Max has made the difference again just like Suzuka and Saudi. Bearman and Gasly in Q3 did much better than expected. Ferrari as well looked impressive all weekend.

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I think RBR has an upgrade at least for Max, fast corner, long straight low temps. Max needs a win here to keeps his hopes alive for WC. In normal conditions I think both Mclaren and Max will be on podium. Mercedes also performs well in lower temperature. Hamilton will do well to beat Leclerc. I am...

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I think RBR has an upgrade at least for Max, fast corner, long straight low temps. Max needs a win here to keeps his hopes alive for WC. In normal conditions I think both Mclaren and Max will be on podium. Mercedes also performs well in lower temperature. Hamilton will do well to beat Leclerc. I am ...

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I think Yuki hit a new low in Austria and he has no idea what is wrong https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/red-bulls-tsunoda-baffled-by-lack-of-pace-as-he-issues-apology-after-austria-crash/10737752/ Lawson had his best weekend in comparison in Austria and I do not think he would want to go back to ...

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Bortoleto had a good weekend. He was consistently top10 all weekend and Lawson first good race this year. He did well in Moncao qualifying as well but there also he was couple of tenths down. This weekend he has looked good. I would like to see Max leave the RBR next year to Mercedes and wonder how...

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I think Yuki hit a new low in Austria and he has no idea what is wrong https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/red-bulls-tsunoda-baffled-by-lack-of-pace-as-he-issues-apology-after-austria-crash/10737752/ Lawson had his best weekend in comparison in Austria and I do not think he would want to go back to R...

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Bortoleto had a good weekend. He was consistently top10 all weekend and Lawson first good race this year. He did well in Moncao qualifying as well but there also he was couple of tenths down. This weekend he has looked good. I would like to see Max leave the RBR next year to Mercedes and wonder how ...

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Kimi was impressive. Did not expect him to be on podium. He was 4 tenths off Russell in qualifying. So this was I thought very impressive performance. Norris was definitely faster than Piastri but that crash could cost him.

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Norris is a big loser today. Two bad laps in Q3. Leclerc was fastest on sector1 so shame he could not complete that lap . Max and Alonso I think did better than expected.

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I stand corrected. You can polish a turd but no-one will ever be able to make Lance Stroll a good Formula One driver. I am sure he is the worst driver in F1. Colapinto sadly looks the slowest since his return on pure pace but I am sure he will get better. He has beat Albon last year couple of times...

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Lawson only finished the 1 race as Max's teammate and was 12th - same as Tsunodas first result as Max's teammate. So Lawson would immediately to the left of Tsunodas line Lawson was only ahead of Saubers in China on merit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hml6MaRRkn8&t=366s If I remember correctly n...

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Well Horner's explanation at the time was that they felt Lawson temperament would be more suited to dealing with being Max's teammate and the pressure of being in the A team. Doubt that's the whole story and the timing/location of the switch lends weight to idea that there was more to it. Either wa...

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Yes, he is doing better. I think it is similar to Perez in second half. He is fighting for P9-P10 and on par with best midfield teams. Lawson even on FP was always at bottom 5 if I remember correctly. Marko has also said he has shown promise but I am not sure he will be there if he does not improve....

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Mon Jun 02, 2025 12:19 pm
This is finally what was missing. Verstappen's onboard of the deliberate clash with Russell. Keep an eye on Verstappen's head before the hit....

https://streamable.com/s6176b

Wow, nice. He exactly knows what he is doing and he is really good at it

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He destroyed the car in Imola qualifying. Since then he missing the floor that Max has. https://racingnews365.com/yuki-tsunoda-facing-red-bull-analysis-after-latest-disappointing-display SC definitely compromised both drivers who already took their 3stops. So he probably would have got P10. But I am...

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Leclerc, Hulk and Hadjar

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Alonso finally got a point but this race he was lucky with the SC. Sauber had good pace in the midfield and Williams first bad race. Mclaren just have to make sure they do not have reliability issues. Mercedes engine failing again will be a concern for them.

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Not sure what happened to Leclerc. Mclaren 1-2 was expected. Max did well. I thought Russell, Leclerc would beat him. Hadjar is doing great job, I think he is going to be in RBR soon which probably is not good for him. lol. Leclerc only had 1 new set of softs for Q3 which he used for his first run ...

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Not sure what happened to Leclerc. Mclaren 1-2 was expected. Max did well. I thought Russell, Leclerc would beat him. Hadjar is doing great job, I think he is going to be in RBR soon which probably is not good for him. lol.

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Not sure why this track is going away instead of Madrid track. But it has been a good track to benchmarks the cars as it has variety for corners. In fast corners RBR should be right up there overall I still think Mclaren should be the best and will have tyre wear advantage in the race. I will be su...

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Not sure why this track is going away instead of Madrid track. But it has been a good track to benchmarks the cars as it has variety for corners. In fast corners RBR should be right up there overall I still think Mclaren should be the best and will have tyre wear advantage in the race. I will be sur...

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Interesting statistic: Lawson has scored as many points today as Tsunoda has at over every race at Red Bull on Sundays. I think Palmer was totally right that Tsonoda would no longer look good if he went to Red Bull. I'm unconvinced he's doing any better than what Lawson would have done if he had re...

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Russell interview after the race was spot on. Just have two qualifying sessions and give points for that. He is also right for people that come to this event. 95% are not even interested in the race. He cut the chicane and did the drive through penalty and still got much better result. Alonso said h...

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RB and Williams were clever with the strategy. I think next year if both team mate are behind each other they are going to play the same game. One driver will block the rest while first drivers takes the stops and then he will do the same for his team mate. They cannot have race here if you can driv...

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Wow, one of the worst races ever.

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Norris and Leclerc were clearly the best drivers. Q1 Leclerc was fraction faster than Norris but in Q2 and Q3 Norris was better both times. RB were great too. Hadjar only some 0.2secs from Max. Basically confirm RBR even with Max upgrades is still not good in slow corners. RB were very close in the ...

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Leclerc has been very unlucky this year and has not really got the results that his performance shows. He is looking great since yesterday so I hope things works out for him this weekend. They have to do something about the traffic. No point in waiting last few minutes in creating traffic jam and wa...

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All drivers that came to pits early lost. Due to different strategies and tyre difference it was definitely much better race and we had quite a lot of overtaking as well which is usually rare on this track.

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I only voted for Max by mistake but Leclerc IMO was the faster of two Ferrari but he was unlucky with the strategy again, just like others who pitted earlier

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There is no way Piastri should have lost that position after having a decent start. If that was Norris I think media would go crazy how soft and weak Norris is. Max has done it Piastri as well and very easily. It seems Piastri did not even see this coming. Mclaren splitting strategy was not bad idea...

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Wow, amazing to see how close it is in qualifying. I am really surprised by AM upgrade and Williams again were very competitive. Russell also back, I think in Miami he was off but here he had the normal some 0.4secs advantage. I am not sure there is going to much overtake, this is really a qualifyin...

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I think this was Albon best race. He was P5 and only 8.1secs behind Max on merit and they both pitted on same lap as well. Max also had upgraded floor this race for RBR. In hot condition in Bahrain Max got ahead of Gasly in the last lap. Midfield team like Alpine and Williams are able to compete wit...

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Russell and Hamilton got some 10secs advantage due pitting on VSC. So Max and Sainz lost 1 position due to it. But Sainz again behind Albon. Probably Albon best performance, he was on merit P5

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Well, so much for kicking out Perez at Red Bull. 6 races have gone by (including the sprint) so if you include that, that is a 6th of the season gone by. The 2nd drivers at this team have scored an impressive 2 whole points! Compared to 87 for Verstappen. This is going to seriously hurt the team in...

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Leclerc, Norris, Max. I think Norris would have won by bigger margin had he started ahead. He did well driving with traffic and only 9secs from Piastri. The gap between Norris and Piastri isn't very reflective though. After Piastri pitted, he was effectively leading the race by several seconds and ...

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Well, so much for kicking out Perez at Red Bull. 6 races have gone by (including the sprint) so if you include that, that is a 6th of the season gone by. The 2nd drivers at this team have scored an impressive 2 whole points! Compared to 87 for Verstappen. This is going to seriously hurt the team in...

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Leclerc, Norris, Max. I think Norris would have won by bigger margin had he started ahead. He did well driving with traffic and only 9secs from Piastri. I think Piastri was controlling his race pace throughout. Judging by his last lap i'd suggest he had a bit in hand. Max was faster than Piastri IM...

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Leclerc, Norris, Max. I think Norris would have won by bigger margin had he started ahead. He did well driving with traffic and only 9secs from Piastri.

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Disappointing qualifying. Norris made a big mistake. Not sure you can do much here with pretty much all the fast corner and 1 stop. There might be a SC that could benefit some but this will be more like Suzuka. There will be some DRS train and dirty air. Moreover I think Mclaren are little down on s...

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I like him, he is very direct and says what is his in mind. I think he is also right and agree with him most times But doing race commentary is probably not best suited to him. He was the first one I think who immediately said that Yuki going with high downforce in Japan was wrong and safer option i...

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