Poll: Official Chinese Grand Prix 2025 Thread - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai- Race 2/24

[Flibster]

Normally we'd be looking at Stroll for bringing out the safety car.

I'm looking at Lawson instead now.

 

[Flibster]

Norris pit radio - How can we help? Do you have any pace?

Norris - No. I'm flat out.

 

[Flibster]

They tyres may be utterly banjaxed, but everyones are banjaxed to pretty much the same degree.

 

[Flibster]

Verstappen radio - Both of my front tyres are dead

 

[Feek]

C’mon Lewis.

 

[imtoooldforthis]

Yeh, tyre deg seems pretty even, i imagine McLaren is superior in clean air though.

 

[imtoooldforthis]

He's going to do it isn't he, what a champ

 

[Junglist]

Ok, so did Lewis intentionally phone it in last year?

 

[Flibster]

I wonder if certain people at Red Bull are now looking at Tsunoda in P6, and Lawson in P15....

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

It’s wild how fast Sainz can catch the pack on fresh tyres. I just don’t really like the sprint format.

It’s hardly the drive of Hamilton’s life? Clean air, easier to manage the tyres.

 

[Flibster]

Hamilton almost 5 second clear now.

 

[Feek]

Lewis: “Tyres are shot”

*pulls away from Oscar*

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

I wonder if certain people at Red Bull are now looking at Tsunoda in P6, and Lawson in P15....

I’m not saying don’t have Lawson in F1, as he’s shown he can be decent. I just don’t understand why it wasn’t Tsunoda who was the main candidate for the 2nd Red Bull seat. I guess that’s why he fired his manager? This season, Red Bull need both cars scoring. Lawson could use a year in the RB team.

 

[Flibster]

Last lap, Piastri was 1.3s slower than Hamilton

0.7s in S2 alone.

 

[imtoooldforthis]

What a result, considerably better tyre deg on this tyre as well !!

 

[Flibster]

Mixed feelings right now.

WOOO Hamilton...

Ugh Ferrari...

 

[Flibster]

6.889s gap to P2

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Last lap, Piastri was 1.3s slower than Hamilton

0.7s in S2 alone.

The difference of Piastri running in dirty air, and working tyres more to pass Verstappen, I’d say.

Edit: I must not have been paying attention for the Norris pass on Stroll. What lap was that on?

 

[Trusty]

Nice one Lewis. Same again for quali and the race

 

[Flibster]

Doohan contact and spun Bortoleto and then Hulkenberg drove into Doohan.

Clumsy all round.