Poll: Official 2025 Austrian Grand Prix Race Thread - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg - Race 11/24

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If anyone wants a good laugh, have a look/read through the Ferrari radio transcripts between Hamilton & Leclerc with their respective engineers. At one point Hamilton asks if Russell is close enough to be concened by and the response is 'we have a pit stop advantage over him'. Leclerc is told '5 laps to go' and his response is 'Good'.
 
Emlyn_Dewar said:
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He's said all weekend the car feels good and they've made great strides. Then you get out of the car at the end and realise you're 1m30 behind the McLarens (?) :p Ouch.

Great job by Lando. Faultless defending, and performance overall. Nice for him to shut up the naysayers.
 
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I bet he wanted to try and stretch out that 2nd stint and see if he could have 1 stopped to pinch the 3rd place on the podium.

He asked, but was overuled by the team. Lawson and Alonso did it and jumped up ahead of Bortoleto.
 
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Mad_Jay said:
I bet he wanted to try and stretch out that 2nd stint and see if he could have 1 stopped to pinch the 3rd place on the podium.

He asked, but was overuled by the team. Lawson and Alonso did it and jumped up ahead of Bortoleto.
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That radio conversation was crazy. Lewis asking about pace and saying he can push more, Ferrari totally ignoring his request and pitting him into nothing.

Ferrari should swap their WEC support team with the F1 team for a weekend. Charles would probably win by 2 laps given how incompetent the current structure is.
 
Mesai said:
That radio conversation was crazy. Lewis asking about pace and saying he can push more, Ferrari totally ignoring his request and pitting him into nothing.
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From Ferrari's point of view there was no upside and a considerable downside. He might have stood a chance of beating Charles, making no difference to the team result for the weekend, but more likely not - at the cost of losing the chance to pit into clear air and the risk of bringing Russell into play if it went badly enough.
 
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From Ferrari's point of view there was no upside and a considerable downside. He might have stood a chance of beating Charles, making no difference to the team result for the weekend, but more likely not - at the cost of losing the chance to pit into clear air and the risk of bringing Russell into play if it went badly enough.
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Na, I didn't expect the outcome to change, especially since Lewis was pretty slow all race, but the way Ferrari communicate is weird. Was the less risky option but just imagining if they have a competitive car next year and this is still the level their strat team performs at.
 
Reasonable race. Battles up and down the grid that were actually shown by the director. Lando dealt well with the pressure. Fingers crossed he finds consistency. Ferrari just seemed to want to finish the race in once piece today. A step up from the usual self inflicted punch in the face they usually do but no real drive to do something outside the norm.
 
It's a shame for Kimi, he'd been strong in Practice and in Q1/2 then missed out in Q3 through no fault of his own and finally makes a real rookie howler on lap 1. Needs to pick himself up for Silverstone.
 
Yeh, couple of big rookie mistakes today with Antonelli and bortoletto.


Ferrari seemed solid, but miles of McLaren unfortunately. Weird that Mercedes were miles of them likewise though.

Ferrari should have 2nd in the constructors in the bag really. Red Bull is a one man team, and Mercedes also have a rookie who will likely make a few more silly mistakes like today.

Charles and Lewis will consistently take home the points in comparison, making it difficult for Red Bull and Mercedes to keep up in the long run.
 
Bit farcical with Sainz - not his fault of course but someone needed to do something quicker
Then of course he caught fire!
Gutted for Williams Albon also DNF’ed
What caused that?

Not gonna lie Kimi wiping out Max did put bit of a smile on my face, considering it’s Red Bulls home race, and Kimis teammate is closest to Max in the championship

And someone have a word with Colapinto running Oscar off the track!
 
I still don't want to make a prediction as to who will win the title out of Norris and Piastri (it will be one of these two though).

I think it's going to be really close.
 
Really enjoyed that race. Best in ages for a dry.

Shame piastri didn't get norris.

Mid field was good.
Red bull are in a mess. All 3 of the drivers who've tried to be the second driver have been worse than they are.

Alpine at the back where they deserve to be
 
Mesai said:
That radio conversation was crazy. Lewis asking about pace and saying he can push more, Ferrari totally ignoring his request and pitting him into nothing.

Ferrari should swap their WEC support team with the F1 team for a weekend. Charles would probably win by 2 laps given how incompetent the current structure is.
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Ferrari strategy is often robotic.
Stick to the script no matter what.

If Hamilton did want to risk a one stop... I think that was worth a go
 
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