Poll: Official 2025 Qatar Grand Prix Race Thread - Lusail International Circuit - Race 23/24

[muon]

I don't think they will do that, also can you imagine the level of hate they and Norris would get if they did ?

Piastri would ignore it as well

The hate would mainly be from Max fans.

 

[el_dazza]

Hard tyres for max.. interesting!

 

[Flibster]

If Piastri finishes behind Max, then surely Mclaren will have to make the difficult choice to swap the drivers?

They cant. They say they're fair to both drivers, doing that would not be great for that image. As true as it is...

 

[Terminal_Boy]

TV director needs to be sacked.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Amazed how cleanly that went. Looked like a definite unsafe release for Russell though.

 

[muon]

Hard tyres for max.. interesting!

Everyone will be on hards, other than those who started on softs.

 

[Flibster]

Interesting mix of tyres now. Many onto the hards, Bortoleto onto the softs.

 

[UTmaniac]

Hard tyres for max.. interesting!

Dilemma for Mc now, do they pit earlier for softs to try and catch and then try to cleanly overtake Max?

Or try and get benefit of their older mediums vs new Max hards?

 

[Flibster]

Race control - Incident involving Bearman noted - Unsafe release

 

[Tejstar]

What's the delta on Hard vs Mediums. Could make the end very interesting

 

[Mesai]

They cant. They say they're fair to both drivers, doing that would not be great for that image. As true as it is...

The team vibe for Oscar usually says otherwise. Unfortunately Oscar would probably roll over.

 

[Flibster]

FIA Stewards - Incident involving Bearman under investigation - Unsafe release

Race control - Incident involving Tsunoda noted - Unsafe release

 

[imtoooldforthis]

Not much to look forward to now, a bungled mclaren pit stop maybe

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

A race to forget for Haas.

 

[Flibster]

Sorry Piastri? Trying to get as safety car?

Hopefully not in the Renault fashion?

 

[muon]

The team vibe for Oscar usually says otherwise. Unfortunately Oscar would probably roll over.

1 race to go, if you don't prioritise the WDC leader ahead of 3rd place would be crazy.

3rd place needs luck to win in final race.

edit: Piastri is going hard though, he could do it. He knows he must win.

 

[Flibster]

FIA Stewards - Incident involving Tsunoda reviewed - No further investigation - Unsafe relase

 

[Flibster]

Race control - Russell time 1:25.297 deleted - track limits turn 10 lap 36

 

[Terminal_Boy]

McLaren on the LiCo before Ferrari?

 

[KiNgPiN83]

1 race to go, if you don't prioritise the WDC leader ahead of 3rd place would be crazy.

True, but they've not looked even remotely like prioritising anyone this year.