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This is setting up for Lando to do the funniest thing possible and fumble this in a way we've never seen before...like it was written by Larry David 

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...Or he's just going to dust the whole field, have a Max type race a few years ago and we see him like twice after the first three laps

 

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6 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Chances the McLaren's wreck each other is real high.

For the sake of the rest of the season, I kind of hope they do. If not, today probably ends all chances of a non-McLaren driver keeping the chase for the championship interesting.

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Credit to Lando, bouncing back from his fuck up last weekend with a flawless Austrian GP, leading every session. Previous seasons (and maybe earlier in this one) he’d have made a mistake when Oscar was piling on the pressure early. 

WDC gap is 16 heading to Silverstone, should be a fun one.

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16 minutes ago, Dutch said:

Credit to Lando, bouncing back from his fuck up last weekend with a flawless Austrian GP, leading every session. Previous seasons (and maybe earlier in this one) he’d have made a mistake when Oscar was piling on the pressure early. 

WDC gap is 16 heading to Silverstone, should be a fun one.

I think McLaren is three points from doubling up on second-place Ferrari, 417-210 in the constructors standings.

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7 hours ago, kevwun said:

Antonelli out there driving like a 17 year old.

Feel like that move should have garnered Kimi some driver of the day votes.

Some poetic justice in a young, overly aggressive driver wrecking out Max.  

Interesting stat, Red Bull is closer to Williams in points than they are to McLaren.

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1 hour ago, aggie08 said:

At minimum, that's the third time a Mercedes' driver has taken out Max by Leeroy Jenkins'ing it on lap 1 in the past 4 years.

It was a terrible move.  That said, Max has a history of dive bombing into corners, albeit with more control, initiating contact so:

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JFC, someone please, please, please put a muzzle on Karun, FFS.

I'm diggin' Bernie's makeover.

Helluva nice race for Alonso. Much better outcome than I expected after FP. For once, strategy and the race worked in his favor.

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2 minutes ago, blacklab said:

Toto to Max: "and we're going to keep doing it till you sign with us"

Man, someone won't like that one bit. I'm not naming names, but it starts with George.

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53 minutes ago, wood said:

Man, someone won't like that one bit. I'm not naming names, but it starts with George.

Mercedes slow-playing Russell's contact because there's a 1% chance that Max will be available really solidifies the pecking order on the grid.

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9 hours ago, wood said:

JFC, someone please, please, please put a muzzle on Karun, FFS.

I'm diggin' Bernie's makeover.

Helluva nice race for Alonso. Much better outcome than I expected after FP. For once, strategy and the race work in his favor.

I am trying to decided is Doris Burke the Karun of college football announcers or is Karun the Doris Burke of racing commentators or are both complete dogshit and wish we would never hear from either.  

Agree on Bernie,  wish she would have gotten some of that air time Karun filled with his rambling nonsense.  

 

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8 hours ago, aggie08 said:

That's a lot when you don't have Lance Stroll on your payroll. Obviously coincidental, but still interesting.

Lance?  Yuiki is doing more damage in the back of the pack than Lance.  There is a bit of karma for Max's dive bombing days and putting the divine wind in the second car.  

 

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13 minutes ago, faps said:

Alonso giving Bortoleto props after the race was pretty heartwarming.

That was some fun racing.  I have a feeling Bortoleto woulda had him if they hadn't had to maneuver around Lando and Oscar at just the wrong time.

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3 hours ago, PGFrog said:

Agree on Bernie,  wish she would have gotten some of that air time Karun filled with his rambling nonsense.  

Yeah, one Bernie is worth about eleventy-bazillion Karuns. And once Martin is gone, Bernie should be on every single pit walk, with Ted, Naomi, or Simon, etc. I said a long time ago that the best grid walk would be Bernie & Ted. That went pretty well yesterday.

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20 minutes ago, utee94 said:

That was some fun racing.  I have a feeling Bortoleto woulda had him if they hadn't had to maneuver around Lando and Oscar at just the wrong time.

Probably. Alonso's tires were absolutely gone. A lot of people are saying that was one of Alonso's best drives ...  ever.

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4 minutes ago, wood said:

Yeah, one Bernie is worth about eleventy-bazillion Karuns. And once Martin is gone, Bernie should be on every single pit walk, with Ted, Naomi, or Simon, etc. I said a long time ago that the best grid walk would be Bernie & Ted. That went pretty well yesterday.

Wasn't nearly cringey enough.  My wife loves watching the races, but the only part of any of the pregame she'll ever watch, is a Brundle grid walk.  Because she loves the cringe. :)

 

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As usual, Fernando knows exactly what's happening out there. The tactical awareness is off the charts ...

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“I never wanted to pass Liam at any point,” Alonso said. “I did a race as if it were a time trial on a bicycle. I just had to stay tucked in behind, take advantage of the three DRS straights, and then in the four corners in between push like it was qualifying to get back into the DRS.

“I think I was about half a second behind Lawson and by staying close to him I was gaining half a second per lap.

“In fact, they asked me: ‘When do we stop?’ and I replied: ‘When he stops!’ because I didn’t have that kind of pace.“I was basically an extension of Lawson and thanks to that, I finished in the points. We didn’t have the pace or strength to go ahead and overtake him.”

... and we all saw what happened as soon as he lost DRS with Lawson. 

https://www.planetf1.com/news/fernando-alonso-avoided-an-incident-in-untelevised-lewis-hamilton-battle-austria

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On 6/29/2025 at 11:46 PM, aggie08 said:

Mercedes slow-playing Russell's contact because there's a 1% chance that Max will be available really solidifies the pecking order on the grid.

1% only ? hmmmm...

 

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It wouldn't shock me.  He just needs a decent car to be in contention.  It's pretty clear based on Laswson and Yuki's results that the Red Bull is in the bottom 3rd this year and the points finishes he gets are all because he's just that good.

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2 hours ago, Lidig8r said:

1% only ? hmmmm...

 

Makes perfect sense that if you are Max,  do you trust Red Bull to put you in a competitive car next season?

They lost serious brain power in Rob Marshall and Adrian Newey (who is a freaking design savant) and while Red Bull is making their PU's now, those are basically the Honda engine that they are manufacturing. 

How confident would any driver be if you are going into a phase of a new PU where the design now must pull 50% of the power from the battery side,  one manufacturer has never truly designed a PU and their manufacturing partner is a company that hasn't been in F1 if 4 decades and hasn't exactly crushed battery design on their production cars. 

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That doesn't even take in to account the shitshow of Horner vs Marko.  If he's going to make a move, this would be a good time to do it.

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If I'm Max, I would sign a one year deal with either Merc or Aston, depending on what he knows about the Honda engine for next year. That way he can see who has the best engine/car in 26 and flip to that team the following year. He's hands down the best driver, so almost any team would jump to have him in 27.  If he goes to AM, I bet he tries to get Toto to only sign George for one more year, so the Merc seat will be open in 27. 

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