After qualifying that wasn't a complete disaster for Oscar, gaining a place while Lando lost one. Kudos for once to his side of the garage on strategy enabling him to undercut Leclerc and Sainz.
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That means it's a really, really good tyre. It's kinda the point of F1.
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Personally I think his team ****ing him over killed his confidence
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Once again the stewards are full of $hit
You can T-bone a bloke and "nothing to see here"?
Get to the prancing horse and Christian Horner Oscar! F*** those British wangers!
You can T-bone a bloke and "nothing to see here"?
Get to the prancing horse and Christian Horner Oscar! F*** those British wangers!
That was an impressive drive from Kimi. Should’ve been DOTD for mine.
Still baffled that Lawson escaped a penalty for that first corner incident, and even more amazed that Bortoleto wasn’t even investigated after going bowling. Far too much leniency afforded to race starts.
Still baffled that Lawson escaped a penalty for that first corner incident, and even more amazed that Bortoleto wasn’t even investigated after going bowling. Far too much leniency afforded to race starts.
Depends what you mean. The development of the car moved towards Landos driving style but Oscar has made mistake after mistake since Vandvoort and would still be contending if he didn’t and could at least drive the car at a reasonable pace.
Bortoleto got a grid penalty for Qatar
There's a few comments on this board that I disagree with. Most I let slide because I cbf arguing. Some I don't because it pinched the nerve just a little harder that the counter point had to be made.
But then there's this. A comment so bad I don't know how to react.
A guy somewhere on the planet looks at Oscar Piastri, as Australia's third best all time driver, a championship contender in his career, and been the one who made it a championship fight, and says he's a step below the best and compared him to NZ best potato SVG!
******* hell.
Oh he did? Was that post race? Hadn’t checked
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Nice to watch a race LIVE, instead of "live" the next day. Pity about the result. Oscar sure is 'unlucky' an awful lot.
Q3: Leclerc spins - double yellow and Oscar misses his last lap of Q3. He may not have gotten Lando, but was only 0.3 behind so likely on the second row, probably 2nd to Max after T1. Worse, Oscar reacts and lifts down the straight, but then under braking Hadjar (Lawson?) dives down the inside - maybe they didn't see the yellow flags as they gained 2-3 seconds in that straight - and Oscar has to take avoiding action, ruining his exit and any chance to reach the line for a desperate last second attempt (being double-push lap unlikely to approve).
On to the race:
Lawson loses control and crashes into Oscar - which lets Hadjar (and LAWSON!) ahead of him, but Lawson has damage and loses 4 seconds on track quickly before Oscar is able to get passed the damaged RB.
Regarding the (non) penalty, it's happened four times to him this year - SURELY Oscar understands it soon. The ONLY thing that matters is being in front. Being in control of the car doesn't matter in Stewardland.
You can lose control of your car, careen across the track and slam into another car on the outside (Lawson, Norris at Singapore) and that's perfectly fine - so long as you were in front at the apex. (even if you only got there by being out of control in the first place!) If you take evasive action (Oscar slowing down to avoid/minimise contact like Brazil) - you are behind at the apex = you are at fault.
Oscar was the heir apparent to the wheel-to-wheel racing throne last season - but has been on the wrong side of the equation constantly this year. He's either getting pushed wide or even punted off by others out of control; taking avoiding action and still copping penalties; or (especially against Lando) 'leaving the space' and compromising his corner exits, giving up position. At some point it is more than bad luck.
Q3: Leclerc spins - double yellow and Oscar misses his last lap of Q3. He may not have gotten Lando, but was only 0.3 behind so likely on the second row, probably 2nd to Max after T1. Worse, Oscar reacts and lifts down the straight, but then under braking Hadjar (Lawson?) dives down the inside - maybe they didn't see the yellow flags as they gained 2-3 seconds in that straight - and Oscar has to take avoiding action, ruining his exit and any chance to reach the line for a desperate last second attempt (being double-push lap unlikely to approve).
On to the race:
Lawson loses control and crashes into Oscar - which lets Hadjar (and LAWSON!) ahead of him, but Lawson has damage and loses 4 seconds on track quickly before Oscar is able to get passed the damaged RB.
Regarding the (non) penalty, it's happened four times to him this year - SURELY Oscar understands it soon. The ONLY thing that matters is being in front. Being in control of the car doesn't matter in Stewardland.
You can lose control of your car, careen across the track and slam into another car on the outside (Lawson, Norris at Singapore) and that's perfectly fine - so long as you were in front at the apex. (even if you only got there by being out of control in the first place!) If you take evasive action (Oscar slowing down to avoid/minimise contact like Brazil) - you are behind at the apex = you are at fault.
Oscar was the heir apparent to the wheel-to-wheel racing throne last season - but has been on the wrong side of the equation constantly this year. He's either getting pushed wide or even punted off by others out of control; taking avoiding action and still copping penalties; or (especially against Lando) 'leaving the space' and compromising his corner exits, giving up position. At some point it is more than bad luck.
Also - GREAT drive by Kimi.
Successfully held off Oscar allowing George to limp home. (Fortuitously also worked in Lando's favour with his late fuel issues). His tyres were 20 laps older, but driving defensively at the 1-2 overtaking spots allowed him to keep Oscar in his dirty air for the longest time - then a last lap sprint to outrun the 5s penalty to beat Leclerc. (Did Charles know about the penalty?)
Successfully held off Oscar allowing George to limp home. (Fortuitously also worked in Lando's favour with his late fuel issues). His tyres were 20 laps older, but driving defensively at the 1-2 overtaking spots allowed him to keep Oscar in his dirty air for the longest time - then a last lap sprint to outrun the 5s penalty to beat Leclerc. (Did Charles know about the penalty?)
No point punishing him during the race considering he retired a lap after turning into a ballistic missile
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Just my opinion but his mistakes probably have come from the killing of his confidence when McLaren asked him to swap positions those time for Lando, then not swapping him when he asked and then doing nothing when Lando rammed him
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Ridiculous to ping Kimi for that off the line. Zero advantage.
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For the utterly shit year that Lewis has had, I didn't expect him to be 6th in the WDC
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To go where? Very few options at the top.
Leaving could be cutting off his nose to spite his face. He's currently in the best car, in what is clearly the best team. And yes I'm aware of the changes next year.
He only needs to look at Danny's horrible decisions..
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Probably depends on what happens with Hamilton at Ferrari.
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Highly unlikely he leaves after just 1 year.
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Lando's car now under investigation by stewards!
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It makes for shit racing and takes strategy out of the race.
No one who follows F1 thinks a tyre lasting the entire race is a good thing.
The point of F1 is good entertaining racing, with the tyres and the current cars too many times we just get boring shit races.
