Motor Sport

[Giles]

Atta boy Lance…….

“Lance Stroll now holds the record for the most Q1 exits in F1 history! ”

[louisbosco]

@Giles

[Danimal506]

@Giles He’s just handing his championship opportunity to Oscar.

[WhiskeySandwich]

Man, Lando messed up my bet.

After the race edit: good comeback tho! That first corner swap should’ve been let go. That was just racing. Lunged force-off and a stolen recovery. Both moves were unclean and should’ve cancelled each other out. Without the penalty the second half would’ve been a lot more interesting too. Glad to see Charl back on the podium.

[Giles]

@Danimal506 said in Motor Sport:

@Giles He’s just handing his championship opportunity to Oscar.

Some of this will be with the benefit of hindsight, but Oscar was alwa=ys going to be Lando's primary threat........

[mclaincausey]

@Giles I’d rather Lando hand it to Oscar than Lando + the team’s strategy do so as last year.

[Danimal506]

Oscar is ready

[mclaincausey]

@Danimal506 yeah it feels like last year was Lando’s chance and they screwed him out of it. But he made mistakes too. Just frustrating for him.

[Giles]

Yeah, the team should have supported him earlier, let Lando have his day and then ditto Oscar....

[Bridger]

@Danimal506 said in Motor Sport:

Oscar is ready

More than ready. And I think he has the minerals to take on Max in a way that I don't think Lando does.

[Giles]

And in any other amazingly surprising news....

"McLaren back Max Verstappen penalty"

[Go For Chill]

My 2030 prediction: The next few years will be a historic time where we saw teammates constantly battle for Championships. The Lando/Oscar battle will be a story for the textbooks about team strategy vs letting drivers drive.

[Rococo]

@Go-For-Chill I just hope the racing improves instead of quali being the best part of the weekend so far.

[Go For Chill]

@Rococo 2025 for me is already a 50% write off. Hamilton won’t do anything in the SF-25. Stroll’s existence means one less “top team” driver to watch. Redbull without Newey looks like an anthill that’s just been kicked over…

I can’t wait for the 2026 active aero and car size changes. I really hope it’s a total shakeup.

[mclaincausey]

2026 is when Newey’s influence on Aston Martin will be really visible.

[Giles]

And if he is still a driver, 2026 will be yet another year when Lances influence amounts to more familial embarrassment......

[mclaincausey]

@Giles “I’m going to put my son in a Newey. That’s the ticket! He’ll finally be good enough!”

[Tago Mago]

@mclaincausey said in Motor Sport:

He’ll finally be good enough!

to reach Q2...

[mclaincausey]

@Tago-Mago maybe, like if they have to red flag a session before F1 drivers put up hot laps.

[Giles]