Very! And I feel like that was also a pivotal moment for Oscar. That was turn 16, so from there it is flat out for 2km. If Charles had gotten better drive, he would've had a really good chance to retake the lead. Ifs, buts, and maybes.
Oscar put in a proper champion's drive. Won a race where he didn't even have the fastest car. Leclerc didn't really make a mistake - but Oscar nailed with that insane overtake
Not just nailing the overtake on the first attempt, but then successfully defending lap after lap, and still managing his tyres better than anyone around him.
@@TommoMcCluskeyI think it was Ferrari faster through the middle sector, while the Mercedes engine proves to be the top dog. So overall mclaren but Ferraris pace thru the middle sector was able to secure the p1 in quali
Thank you Tommo for your chinwags! It is always very nice to be live :) Just want to give a small inside about the yellow flag in Q, because the stewards have nothing to do with that. The light panels are operated by the light operators, that are standing behind the barriers like the flag marshals. But race control can take control of them, if they feel the need to do so. The signal of the light panel is directly going to race control, on to the drivers steering wheels (Lando mentioned that) and to the TV feed as well (the "Yellow in Sector 3" graphic). So for all the light operators quali is a high pressure situation as well, because you dont want to destroy laps by pressing yellow "overcautiously", but still you dont want to be blamed for a big crash either by not warning early enough. So I think everything just worked fine and at this highspeed blind corners it was ok to show yellow instead of white. Lando was just unlucky. But in general it is good, that these systems are working so well, because it is a big safety gain compared to "just flags". Just as a small inside :) Keep up your great content :)
I hear you, thanks for the insight Kira! I still feel like it was the right call ultimately, just unlucky timing on Norris' side. It was the perfect storm, and like you say, they have to be a bit overcautious in that situation - because the potential outcome at that part of the traffic is pretty horrific. See you on the next one!
@@TommoMcCluskey I completely agree with you :) Just wanted to explain it, because even people inside the paddock dont know how the panels actually work. Normally that isnt important, but there are always a lot of wrong suggestions, if "they" affect something (like a quali lap). F1 should really do an explanation video about them, because the whole system is fascinating and improves safety a lot. Last year I explained to Jolyon Palmer in person how to activate the "rain drop function". That was really funny, because it was even new to him :D
Oscar showing his talent. Perez was actually ahead of max wow. Ferrari brings new front wing in Austin too😉. If the Ferrari and McLaren boys finish ahead of max consistently, things will get tight.
If you still doubt Oscar after this race, you’re crazy. It was a great race, even after Oscar passed Charles, he defended like a champ. Sainz and Checo, imo, is a racing incident, I think just from the way Sainz came out of T2, he was angled ever so slightly, yet his steering stays straight, so it was just an unfortunate coming together, I’d be disappointed if either of them get a penalty from it. Well done Baku.
The best example I can think of for the flex wing rule test you were trying to make is the double diffuser from the '09 Brawn. The rules were made, Brawn found a loop hole that complied with the rules, but was clearly not in the way the FIA had intended the rules to be interpreted. But that's genius engineering! It's legal, and they've found a way to pass the checks and gain an advantage. It's up to the other teams to find a way to maximise those loop holes this season before the FIA are able to change the rules for the next. McLaren aren't getting the same momumental benifit of the double diffuser but if it's giving them marginal gain, that's what F1 is all about and I love it. Engineering innovation and enginuity is just as much as, if not more, a part of the sport than how fast someone can drive the car.
I reckon he'll win Mexico and have every person in the entire largest city on earth booing at him. World boo record. Probably use up all the oxygen they have.
I too have been saying it since the season started that Lando's biggest threat was his own teammate. We cannot forget this guy won EVERYTHING in the junior series. You don't do that if you aren't just that good. This was shots fired, and it was certainly shots fired in Monza where he just dove in on Lando. So much focus on Max this and Max that, he needs to be looking over his own shoulder.
Leclerc and Piastri-Leclerc. This is the rivalry now. First father-son title fight ever. 🤘🏼 I don’t believe anyone but the most unbearable Lando fan gives a toss about Max’s fourth WDC anymore. That P2 is in reach for all three now. “Not bad for a number two driver.“ 😛🇦🇺 And Franco is a revelation. James Vowles is a steely-eyed missile man. #iykyk Love Bortoleto, but I reckon Binotto is barmy if he’s not keeping a watchful eye on the Argentinian. ADVANCE AUSTRALIA, FAKKIN BEAUTY!
@@RichardJohnson-nq9ys he is referencing the meme where Oscar kept trying to find his ancestral roots in countries where he is going to race to call them his home race, and when it was time for Monaco Charles jokingly asked Oscar if he wanted to adopt him. Even the official F1 account on Instagram changed Oscar's name in a FP race from Piastri to Piastri-Leclerc.
Merc changed Lewis' supension, PU, and made some other setup changes under Parc Ferme. I'm glad he managed to make it as far as he did. He was having a hard time driving that thing. Congrats to Oscar! Mega drive! Horrible ending for Checo and Carlos, but I'm glad both are ok.
@@ChuyR. But not as much as it should've. This race honestly could've CEMENTED his victory. Instead, Lando got a better position and fastest lap. It's not as many points as Lando needs to be on pace, but it's still awful for Red Bull.
Lando's good, but him catching and passing Max from halfway between Baku and Monza is gonna be a very rude awakening, and I don't think Max is being complacent, but he just had nothing.
Interesting to see the good results from Ollie and Franco. I know it's still little data, but if you compare their results in F2 to the likes of Mick or Logan, it does raise some concerns about the reliability of F2 as a proving ground...
Perez had the ability to react to Sainz moving across, while Sainz isn't able to see where Perez was. Is it unreasonable to expect another F1 driver to be able to react to a move across? A racing incident, but one that Perez should have avoided and help save his career.
For all the talk about Perez this season, which is correct and unsustainable for RB in constructors. If Max had Lewis, George, Charles, Carlos, Lando, Oscar or Fernando in the second car I feel both RB cars would be overtaken by the end of year, but they may have still won constructors
Piastri is still the new talent coming in, he could have been easily trapped at Alpine without a seat. Kudo's to McLaren! Look at what is happening to Lawson, Red Bull should be using Ricciardo as a reserve driver so that Lawson could have had his rookie year. It's about the new talent.
good characterisation of King Oscar Jack Piastri. he was brilliant! good teamwork from Lando as well holding up Pérez so Piastri could pit and return in front of SP. the crash I see as racing incident, could have been avoided by both. It may be so that SP had better overview but we should nog forget that visibility was getting tough with the low sun, tyres being black (just try it yourself). all n all "should have, could have" for both parties. the result was dramatic and very unfortunate for both drivers and certainly also for Red Bull, but... touch of luck for some others ao Russell. Has anyone heard anything of the rumour that I picked up about Liam Lawson in the VCarb in Singapore instead of Danny Ric?
For the Perez/Sainz thing, I don't see how Sainz can take much blame. Squeezing the driver behind over to the line happens EVERY race. Usually at the start, but on many a straightaway has the defending car lazily drifted over. It's called racing, you leave room but you force the attacker off the ideal line. It is on the passing car to safely overtake, barring any erratic behavior from the defender.
Just waiting for “Lando’s still the better driver because he took more positions” or “Oscar would never have won without Lando” (or being salty about them making Lando play the team game because he’s meant to be the leader) in someone’s comment section. 2 x Grands Prix and a sprint. 🎉 Piastri v. Leclerc for the 2025 title?
@@arthurarthur6083 I've been seeing the same for a long time, but he's been in the mix all year and he's a completely new man in many ways. He used to be like Lando but he seems to have cracked his head-game - he looks like he did at the start of 2022 but without the underlying nervous "oh shit when's it going to end what if I fuck up oh god kill me" energy he had back then. It's the mental fortitude that's going to make the difference between Piastri being a bloody good F1 driver and an absolute Jack Brabham-beating legend. Whoever you are, Leclerc is just objectively not mid. Next year will be a baptism of fire though - there's almost certain to be high expectations on him fighting for the championship, and he has to do it knowing he's got LEWIS MOTHAFUDGING HAMILTON in the equal machinery, best qualifier in history, only guy over 100 wins or poles, etc. If that pressure doesn't make him fold, he's mustard as f.
@@arthurarthur6083 For real. If it cooks anywhere close to what this season has and then 2026 is a total anti-climax they're gonna have to re-evaluate the regulation freezing policy...
@@arthurarthur60831. he was definitely a contender in 2022 for the first half 2. calling leclerc mid is honestly baffling its almost as bad as calling stroll a dependable and consistent driver
If you add in the 25 points that Lando lost when max crashed into him, he's still behind. Today oscar was able to do so well because Lando was taken out due to no fault of his own. Imo, looking at Lando's tyre management and race pace, if he's up there, he's winning by 10 seconds today.
@@ashleypribyl5647 fuck off Lando only got crashed into cuz he has no idea how to manage risk in a championship position. No other driver would’ve been there.
Look I love Charles, but why is no one talking about him bottling ANOTHER pole position?? He messed up his in-lap and out-lap and he barely defended against piastry, same way Lando didn’t defend against him in monza. This is his 4 Baku pole he’s bottled and he should have won this one easily with the gap he pulled in the first stint. But apparently only Lando bottles win lmao
sometimes i wonder if tommo actually pays attention lol. ricciardo didnt have a good race he says... the man pitted lap 50....he did 50 laps on his starting set (hards). RB botched the strat once again hoping for an early SC. He had massive deg and they kept slowing him down to manage the deg instead of bringing him in for his pit stop. he basically ran the entire race on one set.
@@TommoMcCluskey all good bruv. Just bringing it to your attention. Though I guess I could have worded it better. Came off aggressive for no reason lol. Even in the media pen afterwards he said it was the worse graining he’s ever experienced. RB of course had no answer as to why but the car is a dog so it doesn’t matter anyway. They’re lucky they are still in p7.
Worse than this those hards were actually already a used set at the start too! His race weekend was over when rb decided to send him out for a final run in q1 on a rapidly evolving track with 4 mins to go! Then with about 12 laps to go he had a nice 24 second gap to pit into. It’s like rb forgot about him even though they were running one bloody car! 😩
When you say "it's Max finishing 3rd and Lando winning every race, that's not really likely is it" Max isn't finishing 3rd. He should've got 7th today, and I doubt he'll be better in Singapore. If the Austin upgrades don't put them on the same level as Mclaren and Ferrari then any one of Norris, Leclerc, or Piastri could still win. Because they will podium every race and Max won't.
My prediction is that the Austin upgrades will help enough to get Max across the line. When you look at the tracks from then onwards, I think Max will be fine. But you're right - if the upgrades don't get them up to the McLari level, then they've got a problem.
Not really, he pit on lap 50 while RB were flailing about trying to focus on 1 car presumably waiting for a safety car. Can hardly race properly if your team makes you manage 1 set of used hards all race
Whoever’s fault it is, Sainz is safe with his F1 future. Perez has everything to lose. Also doesn’t hurt Ferrari much for constructors versus devastating for Red Bull. I lean Perez, if it’s not a racing incident. He had plenty of track space, was the trailing car and had better visibility to avoid the contact. It’s very common on the main straight with DRS for the lead defending car to push the attacking car out wide, while leaving track space. Front car dictates line. Imagine saying in that example “the front car was turning while the attacking cars wheel was straight - defending cars fault”. Happens every race.
39:11 how has Albon gotten a higher vote for banger than Alonso? that Williams was a rocketship all weekend and Alonso still out qualified both Williams and was within a tenth of Hamilton in a merc,finished P6 while his teammate qualified 14th and although he had to make an extra stop from the contact with Yuki early he still had no pace the whole time. Albon barely beat his rookie teammate who just had his 2nd race and was in a faster car than Alonso and finished behind him
Fantastic live stream as always. I was really looking forward to this after the race because so much happened. We shall reunite for Singapore sir~ Lukas, quit yo whining and stop trying to grandstand after making a FOOLISH statement.
Oscar had a great race, but looking at Lando's pace and management, i wonder if he would have beaten him today. We'll never know, but great race from oscar
@@ChrisStoneinator You didn’t even watch it lmao, the team put them out late in q1 and lando gets a yellow flag because ocon was going 20mph on the fast corners before the pit straight.
Oscar's haters are so pissed off about how wrong they are that they're somehow doubling down: he's even crapper and more doomed to failure after a historic race victory in full control with the two drivers who are the best ever at that quite exceptionally challenging and testicular fortitude-requiring circuit nibbling at his heels than he was after the performance at Monza which was the biggest flop ever and showed that McLaren were a fraudulent joke of a team despite P2 and 33 points for the team. I can't wait for his first pole and lights to flag victory, they'll be demanding the FIA strip him of his superlicence for bringing the sport into disrepute and being the worst driver since Yuji Ide. 😆😆😆 I love that the biggest threat to Oscar's win may have been Carlos... that tyre-saving run he went on when Checo started chasing down Leclerc was pure Sainz brain-racing. Charles was cooked without that crash, and Carlos probably had fresher tyres than Oscar too... we missed a hell of a fight. Even if I wasn't as much of a Sainz fan as I am a Piastri fan I wouldn't even have been mad, that would have been Carlos best win, even better than Singapore.
Cooked his mediums early and would of been undercut by Perez without lando blocking him in the castle section. Then was still slower than lando in clear air on new tires, he’s a great driver but man it’s like y’all are blind to reality sometimes. Without that yellow flag things go much differently
@@walover165 Watch her become the next Adrian Newey out of thin air. ;D I bet the brainy girls were tearing each other to bits over this geek icon of a bloke who's gonna look 20 when he's 35. ^^
Hadjar has some of the worst luck of any pilot this season. This time, he got to the back of the grid for no fault of his own (brake failed because of wrong suspension setup) They penalized him anyways because of the new rules Before that in monza the winners got a safety car just in time. Bortoleto hasn't been nearly as affected by F2 shenanigans as Hadjar has been.
people constantly nit picking cars, of its red bull winning they are cheating if its mclaren winning they are cheating, really? have people got nothing better to do then bullshitting the whole time
Danny Ric and Oscar are very calm on the radio. You see the trauma the race engineers of Max, Yukon, Lando , it must be hard for the engineers to even talk sometimes. Maxs stratgist, Hannah smit has won Max many races and the way max abused her was terrible. It’s the biggest team sport in the world so human error will always happen
[Comment 1] You are reading too much into Oscar's performance today. Don't get me wrong he did an amazing job and was my DoTD. But after Dutch GP you said all of that about Norris. Today was Oscar's day, but who's to say what would have happened when Norris had in the fight. Also, before the pitstop, I was 100% sure that Lec will drive away with the victory. So just because Oscar outdrove Lec doesn't mean he would have done the same to Norris.
[Comment 2] About the "illegality" of McLaren's rear wing. I 100% agree with you, if it passes the test it's legal. Now that doesn't mean FIA can't introduce a new test. If I remember correctly in 2010 RB's front wing flexed too much at high speeds, but that wing also passed all of the tests. Horner said that their front wing had passed all of the tests, but because the test only measured flexing in 1 direction at once (bow type of flexing) RB had designed their front wing to flex at twisting loads. So FIA introduced a new test after it was found out. RB kept their results and everything was fine. But this raises an interesting problem. If FIA devises a new test, and if McLaren's rear wing (or that component) fails that test, we are about 3/4 done with the season. What if McLaren doesn't have in their budget to redesign the rear wing (or that component that failed the new test)? This is literally changing the rules at the end of the game. Also, a few years ago (if I remember correctly) 2 teams got 2 months (during which 5 races took place) to bring their car into compliance after FIA had implemented a new test on rear or front wings (can't remember which). Also, was it last year when Alpine's rear wing looked like it was falling off the car and FIA did nothing. They said, "It passed our test so it's legal".
I hear you, but also I am now fully convinced. Oscar has been impressive as of late, but for me this performance has proven to be the final box ticked. That move Oscar was straight out of Charles own textbook. Given his relative inexperience, and the car underneath him, this is so so so impressive. He doesn't seem to make the mistakes Lando does, and keeps his composure more than any other driver on the grid.
[Comment 3] Let's not pretend that McLaren has just as good of a car as RB did last year or even the year before. Past 2 years it has been: 1. RB [GGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPP] 2.-4. Merc, McLaren, Ferrari (at different times they all have been 2nd best). This year: 1. McLaren 2. RB (falling, but I can't ignore the 7 out of 10 wins from the start) 3. Ferrari [gap] 4. Merc (with some great performances where they were the NR 1 or at very least NR 2 team on the grid).
@@TommoMcCluskeywe shall see, I still believe it's far too early to tell. Oscar gets a little bit of extra credit because it's his second year, but I think by next year there's no "he's new to F1" excuse anymore. Lando made a step up in his performances this year so I think the notion that he has peaked and Oscar will just continue to improve past him is a bit presumptive. I think it also completely depends on whether McLaren stay at the sharp end come '26 or fall back more. Lando and Oscar have the same experience fighting at the front, but Lando has much more fighting in the midfield, and midfield fighting is where Oscar still seems to struggle more than anything.
@@TommoMcCluskeyThis. Charles was brilliant, good as he ever was, but Oscar has the knack for pushing the limits without going over them as readily as George or Charles, though both have improved. But considering the levels in F1 these days, this speed of development is Hamilton levels. And better in the headspace department.
Lets not forget that Piastri cooked his tires in the first stint. The only reason he didn't in the second stint is because he made the pass and got out of the dirty air. Piastri has yet to show he can manage tires. Norris was also in dirty air yet did way better than Piastri managing tires, and that's according to McLaren. Piastri is fast, but he won't win a world championship unless he drastically improves his tire management.
Neither will Leclerc (cooked em in dirty air) or Verstappen (cooked em in both). I think the dirty air is just horrific for tire life, so your best bet is to not follow within DRS for more than a couple of laps at a time, but then how do you pressure an error out of someone? The hard thing is that each team wants to maximise dirty air (it's defensive gold), but it ruins racing.
Yes mate and did you notice when he won the race and attempted to stand on top of his car he lost balance for a millisecond. How is he ever going to become champion if he can’t do that.
You just know that Sainz would’ve overtaken Leclerc if he hadn’t crashed and then that’d be Leclerc dropped to 4th. McLaren get flack for how they handle their two lead drivers but Ferrari can’t even handle a clear number 1 and number 2 dynamic. This is why Merc and Redbull don’t want Sainz, you can’t be slow and selfish, so that’s why he’s dropping right down to Williams. Deserved
Loved the ballsy move by Sainz, he really took a shot to capitalise on Charles’ only real “mistake” of the race. I’m a “Checo doesn’t warrant a top team drive” guy, but I was hyped for him, even if he never scored another point a triple Baku win would’ve been vibesAF - I’m team Oscar, but I would’ve loved an opportunistic P2 from my other little brother from another mother. 🌶️🌶️🌶️
I mean if Leclerc had won, and both Max & Lando went pointless - he'd be 2nd, 61 behind Max. I do get your point, but also in that context where Charles has completely cooked his rear tyres, Carlos was always going to get past.
Carlos is neither slow nor selfish, and he went along with being chained to Charles’ rear wing for many races, showing exactly that. He’s a racing driver and a better strategist than most teams have on their pit walls, and if he sees a gap, he’s taking it. Does he owe Ferrari any loyalty at this point? He’s probably locked out of development already. Toto has his Verstappen boner blocking every other braincell - if he becomes available I think it’s back to F2 for Kimi or bye-bye George. And Red Bull are afraid of losing Max as well as Checo’s sponsorship and ten trillion gallon Red Bull sales to Latin America. Mercedes are the strong card on the engine side, 2026 is top priority, Williams are a Merc team, Carlos can contribute to Williams development of a car that works with the engine. Unless he somehow has his childhood hero’s aptitude for picking teams, he wouldn’t be going there unless it was his best option. Basically, both teams pick Verstappen over Carlos, because his prick father will burn the whole team down before letting the Carloses in again and Toto is just waiting with popcorn in hand for the whole thing to come crashing down - and if Checo somehow outperforms Max a few more times I reckon daddy’s making Christian Horner disappear down a Mexico City backalley. Sorry, but being one lower on someone’s “to hire” (or keep) list than a basically 4xWDC is objectively not proof of being “slow” any more than being two seconds behind the lead with 3 laps to go on a track that you don’t like behind three guys having one of their strongest races all season. Max will be in a silver or green car in 2026, and if Stroll wins that fight, Toto is kicking himself for not taking Sainz unless either George or Antonelli are cooking hard. But I’m willing to bet there’s a seat at McLaren too. Vowles will be building the entire team around Carlos because he’s a leader, not a “clear number 2” - it’s what Checo could’ve had… maybe would’ve had if not for the nepobaby Stroll. He’ll just be doing what everyone was so certain he’d be doing for Audi. Interesting rivalry between him and Hulk in that way. Williams will have the brainiest lineup on the grid, there’s no doubting that. Carlos will be in demand even if the team don’t make it. He’s been a strong match every season for Ferrari’s golden child in a car not built for him and a team that often treated him as an afterthought. If he doesn’t get punished for almost dying in Las Vegas and doesn’t not even get to drive a lap because of a leak in his car in Qatar, he beats Alonso, Norris AND Leclerc to P4 behind Lewis last year, nailed on. When he gets the combination of a resourced team, his kind of car and full faith in his speed and abilities and strategic and technical mind, he’s gonna be dangerous as hell. He’s a long game player, and there’ll always be a place for his kind of driver in this sport.
Mcl should be disqualified for rear wing flap infringement, period! They deemed floorboard of Ferrari as illegal when they reintroduced different way of testing floorboard flexing
Leclerc and Piastri-Leclerc. This is the rivalry now. First father-son title fight ever. 🤘🏼 I don’t believe anyone but the most unbearable Lando fan gives a toss about Max’s fourth WDC anymore. That P2 is in reach for all three now. “Not bad for a number two driver.“ 😛🇦🇺 And Franco is a revelation. James Vowles is a steely-eyed missile man. #iykyk Love Bortoleto, but I reckon Binotto is barmy if he’s not keeping a watchful eye on the Argentinian. ADVANCE AUSTRALIA, FAKKIN BEAUTY!
That shot of both Oscar and Charles dirfting round the final corner was beautiful.
Very! And I feel like that was also a pivotal moment for Oscar. That was turn 16, so from there it is flat out for 2km. If Charles had gotten better drive, he would've had a really good chance to retake the lead. Ifs, buts, and maybes.
Piastri was on the edge just like Leclerc, but beat him hands down, Norris will be worried
Aesthetic af
yesss!!! made a screenshot and going to put that up as pc screensaver this week
Anyone have a link to a high quality image of that? I know in the video Tom said he has a paid portal with official imagery. Is it on there?
Oscar put in a proper champion's drive. Won a race where he didn't even have the fastest car. Leclerc didn't really make a mistake - but Oscar nailed with that insane overtake
Not just nailing the overtake on the first attempt, but then successfully defending lap after lap, and still managing his tyres better than anyone around him.
The McLaren was faster
Too hard to call on the "fastest car" debate imo. Ferrari stronger on the mediums, McLaren stronger on the hards? That's my best guess.
@@TommoMcCluskeyI think it was Ferrari faster through the middle sector, while the Mercedes engine proves to be the top dog. So overall mclaren but Ferraris pace thru the middle sector was able to secure the p1 in quali
Definitely a proper champions drive. Year 2 and driving like a vet
Thank you Tommo for your chinwags! It is always very nice to be live :)
Just want to give a small inside about the yellow flag in Q, because the stewards have nothing to do with that.
The light panels are operated by the light operators, that are standing behind the barriers like the flag marshals. But race control can take control of them, if they feel the need to do so.
The signal of the light panel is directly going to race control, on to the drivers steering wheels (Lando mentioned that) and to the TV feed as well (the "Yellow in Sector 3" graphic).
So for all the light operators quali is a high pressure situation as well, because you dont want to destroy laps by pressing yellow "overcautiously", but still you dont want to be blamed for a big crash either by not warning early enough.
So I think everything just worked fine and at this highspeed blind corners it was ok to show yellow instead of white. Lando was just unlucky.
But in general it is good, that these systems are working so well, because it is a big safety gain compared to "just flags".
Just as a small inside :)
Keep up your great content :)
I hear you, thanks for the insight Kira! I still feel like it was the right call ultimately, just unlucky timing on Norris' side. It was the perfect storm, and like you say, they have to be a bit overcautious in that situation - because the potential outcome at that part of the traffic is pretty horrific. See you on the next one!
@@TommoMcCluskey I completely agree with you :)
Just wanted to explain it, because even people inside the paddock dont know how the panels actually work.
Normally that isnt important, but there are always a lot of wrong suggestions, if "they" affect something (like a quali lap).
F1 should really do an explanation video about them, because the whole system is fascinating and improves safety a lot.
Last year I explained to Jolyon Palmer in person how to activate the "rain drop function". That was really funny, because it was even new to him :D
I tuned into the race in the background but once Oscar made that move I was GLUED
One mistake, and Charles would've had him. Top tier entertainment. 💪
Oscar's race craft is off the charts. Was really interesting that Lando actually got a decent start.
Oscar showing his talent. Perez was actually ahead of max wow. Ferrari brings new front wing in Austin too😉. If the Ferrari and McLaren boys finish ahead of max consistently, things will get tight.
Chaos.
Christian Horner needs to start subtly sabotaging Ferrari and McLaren in alternating races to ensure thee biggest points spread. ;D
Keyword "was" in perez being ahead of max
This is the sort of drive Norris needs to be doing constantly
Lando was on fire
Piastri is the real deal, a stone-cold killer.
If you still doubt Oscar after this race, you’re crazy. It was a great race, even after Oscar passed Charles, he defended like a champ. Sainz and Checo, imo, is a racing incident, I think just from the way Sainz came out of T2, he was angled ever so slightly, yet his steering stays straight, so it was just an unfortunate coming together, I’d be disappointed if either of them get a penalty from it.
Well done Baku.
Well done Baku
The best example I can think of for the flex wing rule test you were trying to make is the double diffuser from the '09 Brawn.
The rules were made, Brawn found a loop hole that complied with the rules, but was clearly not in the way the FIA had intended the rules to be interpreted. But that's genius engineering! It's legal, and they've found a way to pass the checks and gain an advantage.
It's up to the other teams to find a way to maximise those loop holes this season before the FIA are able to change the rules for the next.
McLaren aren't getting the same momumental benifit of the double diffuser but if it's giving them marginal gain, that's what F1 is all about and I love it. Engineering innovation and enginuity is just as much as, if not more, a part of the sport than how fast someone can drive the car.
No mention of the new F2 goat? Koolen is something special for sure
Yikes.
Lord Koolen was trained by Lord Mahaveer to show all of his dynasty's might 👑
Not Koolen, because he is so slow
I don't see Max wining another race this year, but he'll hold on to win the title. Norris taking 4 points off him won't cut it.
I reckon he'll win Mexico and have every person in the entire largest city on earth booing at him. World boo record. Probably use up all the oxygen they have.
@@TheFinalMeowntdown That is not the largest city on Earth, what!?
That Austin upgrade is pivotal
I too have been saying it since the season started that Lando's biggest threat was his own teammate. We cannot forget this guy won EVERYTHING in the junior series. You don't do that if you aren't just that good. This was shots fired, and it was certainly shots fired in Monza where he just dove in on Lando. So much focus on Max this and Max that, he needs to be looking over his own shoulder.
Fresh cut, Tommo?
Looks really good!
VCARB will be unable to replace Danny Ric with Liam because they still haven't called him into the pits
Leclerc and Piastri-Leclerc. This is the rivalry now. First father-son title fight ever. 🤘🏼 I don’t believe anyone but the most unbearable Lando fan gives a toss about Max’s fourth WDC anymore. That P2 is in reach for all three now.
“Not bad for a number two driver.“ 😛🇦🇺 And Franco is a revelation. James Vowles is a steely-eyed missile man. #iykyk
Love Bortoleto, but I reckon Binotto is barmy if he’s not keeping a watchful eye on the Argentinian.
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You are being a little harsh there . Charles is not that much older than Oscar more like a sibling rivalry.
@@RichardJohnson-nq9ys he is referencing the meme where Oscar kept trying to find his ancestral roots in countries where he is going to race to call them his home race, and when it was time for Monaco Charles jokingly asked Oscar if he wanted to adopt him. Even the official F1 account on Instagram changed Oscar's name in a FP race from Piastri to Piastri-Leclerc.
@@RichardJohnson-nq9ys It’s the silly adoption meme from Monaco weekend. 😆🥲
As a dutchie and obvious max supporter im all for this Piastri success
Merc changed Lewis' supension, PU, and made some other setup changes under Parc Ferme. I'm glad he managed to make it as far as he did. He was having a hard time driving that thing.
Congrats to Oscar! Mega drive!
Horrible ending for Checo and Carlos, but I'm glad both are ok.
Red Bull is DEFINITELY the clanger team this weekend
Tbf the result helped Verstappen in his championship fight
@@ChuyR. But not as much as it should've. This race honestly could've CEMENTED his victory. Instead, Lando got a better position and fastest lap. It's not as many points as Lando needs to be on pace, but it's still awful for Red Bull.
Lando's good, but him catching and passing Max from halfway between Baku and Monza is gonna be a very rude awakening, and I don't think Max is being complacent, but he just had nothing.
Interesting to see the good results from Ollie and Franco. I know it's still little data, but if you compare their results in F2 to the likes of Mick or Logan, it does raise some concerns about the reliability of F2 as a proving ground...
I couldn't find this in your channel videos list, had go into past livestreams
Perez had the ability to react to Sainz moving across, while Sainz isn't able to see where Perez was. Is it unreasonable to expect another F1 driver to be able to react to a move across? A racing incident, but one that Perez should have avoided and help save his career.
For all the talk about Perez this season, which is correct and unsustainable for RB in constructors. If Max had Lewis, George, Charles, Carlos, Lando, Oscar or Fernando in the second car I feel both RB cars would be overtaken by the end of year, but they may have still won constructors
Charles made one mistake and Oscar made him pay. Oscar's defense was outstanding.
Oscar seems to get better every race. He still has areas to improve but for me he will be the next new WC
Piastri is still the new talent coming in, he could have been easily trapped at Alpine without a seat. Kudo's to McLaren! Look at what is happening to Lawson, Red Bull should be using Ricciardo as a reserve driver so that Lawson could have had his rookie year. It's about the new talent.
F1 getting better and better, what a season it's turned into!
2025 is gonna COOK.
F1 finally has great competition and we have new car regulations coming in…..why are the FIA and F1 management so impatient.
good characterisation of King Oscar Jack Piastri. he was brilliant! good teamwork from Lando as well holding up Pérez so Piastri could pit and return in front of SP. the crash I see as racing incident, could have been avoided by both. It may be so that SP had better overview but we should nog forget that visibility was getting tough with the low sun, tyres being black (just try it yourself). all n all "should have, could have" for both parties. the result was dramatic and very unfortunate for both drivers and certainly also for Red Bull, but... touch of luck for some others ao Russell. Has anyone heard anything of the rumour that I picked up about Liam Lawson in the VCarb in Singapore instead of Danny Ric?
My dad says he reminds him of Hakkinen who I just missed
For the Perez/Sainz thing, I don't see how Sainz can take much blame. Squeezing the driver behind over to the line happens EVERY race. Usually at the start, but on many a straightaway has the defending car lazily drifted over. It's called racing, you leave room but you force the attacker off the ideal line. It is on the passing car to safely overtake, barring any erratic behavior from the defender.
That's not necessarily the wing itself flexing that much but the DRS mechanism opening a bit
Tommo is just a genuinely good guy.
Just waiting for “Lando’s still the better driver because he took more positions” or “Oscar would never have won without Lando” (or being salty about them making Lando play the team game because he’s meant to be the leader) in someone’s comment section.
2 x Grands Prix and a sprint. 🎉 Piastri v. Leclerc for the 2025 title?
Leclerc is mid. He'll never be WDC contender.
@@arthurarthur6083 I've been seeing the same for a long time, but he's been in the mix all year and he's a completely new man in many ways. He used to be like Lando but he seems to have cracked his head-game - he looks like he did at the start of 2022 but without the underlying nervous "oh shit when's it going to end what if I fuck up oh god kill me" energy he had back then. It's the mental fortitude that's going to make the difference between Piastri being a bloody good F1 driver and an absolute Jack Brabham-beating legend. Whoever you are, Leclerc is just objectively not mid. Next year will be a baptism of fire though - there's almost certain to be high expectations on him fighting for the championship, and he has to do it knowing he's got LEWIS MOTHAFUDGING HAMILTON in the equal machinery, best qualifier in history, only guy over 100 wins or poles, etc. If that pressure doesn't make him fold, he's mustard as f.
@@TheFinalMeowntdown Sure I am also looking forward to next season. Gotta be a crazy year.
@@arthurarthur6083 For real. If it cooks anywhere close to what this season has and then 2026 is a total anti-climax they're gonna have to re-evaluate the regulation freezing policy...
@@arthurarthur60831. he was definitely a contender in 2022 for the first half 2. calling leclerc mid is honestly baffling its almost as bad as calling stroll a dependable and consistent driver
Tommo saying “Checo Verstappened Max” is about to become a drinking game 😂
Trying to make fetch a thing…
Tommo made a fool out of Lucas 😂
Oscar has outscored Lando 181 to 171 since Oscar received the major upgrade in Imola
If you add in the 25 points that Lando lost when max crashed into him, he's still behind. Today oscar was able to do so well because Lando was taken out due to no fault of his own. Imo, looking at Lando's tyre management and race pace, if he's up there, he's winning by 10 seconds today.
@@ashleypribyl5647 fuck off Lando only got crashed into cuz he has no idea how to manage risk in a championship position. No other driver would’ve been there.
Look I love Charles, but why is no one talking about him bottling ANOTHER pole position?? He messed up his in-lap and out-lap and he barely defended against piastry, same way Lando didn’t defend against him in monza. This is his 4 Baku pole he’s bottled and he should have won this one easily with the gap he pulled in the first stint. But apparently only Lando bottles win lmao
JACK BRABHAM was the one Aussie you missed
Put this in Apple Podcasts bruh I’m your biggest Apple podcast supporter
sometimes i wonder if tommo actually pays attention lol. ricciardo didnt have a good race he says... the man pitted lap 50....he did 50 laps on his starting set (hards). RB botched the strat once again hoping for an early SC. He had massive deg and they kept slowing him down to manage the deg instead of bringing him in for his pit stop. he basically ran the entire race on one set.
I did say that I didn't have much insight on Ricciardo tbf.
@@TommoMcCluskey all good bruv. Just bringing it to your attention. Though I guess I could have worded it better. Came off aggressive for no reason lol.
Even in the media pen afterwards he said it was the worse graining he’s ever experienced. RB of course had no answer as to why but the car is a dog so it doesn’t matter anyway. They’re lucky they are still in p7.
Worse than this those hards were actually already a used set at the start too! His race weekend was over when rb decided to send him out for a final run in q1 on a rapidly evolving track with 4 mins to go! Then with about 12 laps to go he had a nice 24 second gap to pit into. It’s like rb forgot about him even though they were running one bloody car! 😩
When you say "it's Max finishing 3rd and Lando winning every race, that's not really likely is it" Max isn't finishing 3rd. He should've got 7th today, and I doubt he'll be better in Singapore. If the Austin upgrades don't put them on the same level as Mclaren and Ferrari then any one of Norris, Leclerc, or Piastri could still win. Because they will podium every race and Max won't.
My prediction is that the Austin upgrades will help enough to get Max across the line. When you look at the tracks from then onwards, I think Max will be fine. But you're right - if the upgrades don't get them up to the McLari level, then they've got a problem.
@@TommoMcCluskey I just hope it's close - and that it stays close next year
@@billhoult3262I think even if Max can't hang on, Leclerc and Piastri will keep the fight interesting.
Glad Oscar won though I hope Lando and Oscar can keep the team feeling alive
Didn’t Ricciardo go for the same 1 stop strat Gasly went for?
Yes
Not really, he pit on lap 50 while RB were flailing about trying to focus on 1 car presumably waiting for a safety car. Can hardly race properly if your team makes you manage 1 set of used hards all race
still not on apple pod😬
I can’t find the chinwag on spotify. Have you released it yet?
Sainz goes well in Singapore.
Oscar realises you have to attack very early
tommo, vcarb didn't pit danny till vcc for some reason
Whoever’s fault it is, Sainz is safe with his F1 future. Perez has everything to lose.
Also doesn’t hurt Ferrari much for constructors versus devastating for Red Bull.
I lean Perez, if it’s not a racing incident. He had plenty of track space, was the trailing car and had better visibility to avoid the contact.
It’s very common on the main straight with DRS for the lead defending car to push the attacking car out wide, while leaving track space. Front car dictates line.
Imagine saying in that example “the front car was turning while the attacking cars wheel was straight - defending cars fault”. Happens every race.
I think Haas and Williams might run Racing Bulls down and fight for 6th
39:11 how has Albon gotten a higher vote for banger than Alonso? that Williams was a rocketship all weekend and Alonso still out qualified both Williams and was within a tenth of Hamilton in a merc,finished P6 while his teammate qualified 14th and although he had to make an extra stop from the contact with Yuki early he still had no pace the whole time. Albon barely beat his rookie teammate who just had his 2nd race and was in a faster car than Alonso and finished behind him
Fantastic live stream as always. I was really looking forward to this after the race because so much happened. We shall reunite for Singapore sir~
Lukas, quit yo whining and stop trying to grandstand after making a FOOLISH statement.
Sainz and Perez to me seemed like to was a racing incident.
Oscar had a great race, but looking at Lando's pace and management, i wonder if he would have beaten him today. We'll never know, but great race from oscar
Yea, lando is pulling away from Charles, was consistently faster than piastri in clear air on tires that were 15 laps older.
He would’ve done, if he didn’t fuck up quali in the most rookie way possible.
@@ChrisStoneinator You didn’t even watch it lmao, the team put them out late in q1 and lando gets a yellow flag because ocon was going 20mph on the fast corners before the pit straight.
@@oIZemiixo there's time for more than one lap in quali though isn't there pal. Bright spark you are
@@ChrisStoneinator do you know what track evolution is? That Oscar and max were behind lando when they headed out at the end of q1?
Wait, how the hell is Checo ahead of Sainz?
When the crossed the line to start the lap they crashed, checo was ahead I think
1:22:07 fine but then dont crash the car!!!! Blame the delta on the diff in spec. Dont say i crashed because the car is not as good.
Oscar's haters are so pissed off about how wrong they are that they're somehow doubling down: he's even crapper and more doomed to failure after a historic race victory in full control with the two drivers who are the best ever at that quite exceptionally challenging and testicular fortitude-requiring circuit nibbling at his heels than he was after the performance at Monza which was the biggest flop ever and showed that McLaren were a fraudulent joke of a team despite P2 and 33 points for the team. I can't wait for his first pole and lights to flag victory, they'll be demanding the FIA strip him of his superlicence for bringing the sport into disrepute and being the worst driver since Yuji Ide. 😆😆😆
I love that the biggest threat to Oscar's win may have been Carlos... that tyre-saving run he went on when Checo started chasing down Leclerc was pure Sainz brain-racing. Charles was cooked without that crash, and Carlos probably had fresher tyres than Oscar too... we missed a hell of a fight. Even if I wasn't as much of a Sainz fan as I am a Piastri fan I wouldn't even have been mad, that would have been Carlos best win, even better than Singapore.
Cooked his mediums early and would of been undercut by Perez without lando blocking him in the castle section. Then was still slower than lando in clear air on new tires, he’s a great driver but man it’s like y’all are blind to reality sometimes. Without that yellow flag things go much differently
@@oIZemiixo Thanks for proving my point. 😘
My predicton: Piastri is the most likely to win 25 if things stay this way. He's up there with Verstappen, good car Alonso and championship car Lewis
I like your videos but you have so many adverts all the time it’s annoying
If the only woman in Oscar’s life is his mom. Future WC no drama in his life lmao
He has a gf lmao
@@Qlappedyute he really is cold then
Report misogynistic muppets
He has a girlfriend he's been with nearly six years, who is studying aeronautical engineering. He's good.
@@walover165 Watch her become the next Adrian Newey out of thin air. ;D I bet the brainy girls were tearing each other to bits over this geek icon of a bloke who's gonna look 20 when he's 35. ^^
Hadjar has some of the worst luck of any pilot this season.
This time, he got to the back of the grid for no fault of his own (brake failed because of wrong suspension setup)
They penalized him anyways because of the new rules
Before that in monza the winners got a safety car just in time.
Bortoleto hasn't been nearly as affected by F2 shenanigans as Hadjar has been.
If there wasnt any team orders in the next 7 races, i think piastri would get more race wins then norris
You mean how he can only win when getting help from his teammate?
You 31:04 wouldn’t call tommo Tom
Yes Jones was our last world champ oscar is the real deal aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi
Zhou got 14th, in a race with 16 finishers. Not all that of a great finish really.
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people constantly nit picking cars, of its red bull winning they are cheating
if its mclaren winning they are cheating, really? have people got nothing better to do then bullshitting the whole time
Is it too soon to state:
Colapinto > Albon
?
Petition to call your colour 'Tommo F1 Salmon'
Go away Ross. 😂🙃
Best Baku race ever.
Nah, 2017 was a special brand of chaos that you'd have to work REALLY hard to beat.
@@walover165two of these Baku races won by Australians
Danny Ric and Oscar are very calm on the radio. You see the trauma the race engineers of Max, Yukon, Lando , it must be hard for the engineers to even talk sometimes. Maxs stratgist, Hannah smit has won Max many races and the way max abused her was terrible. It’s the biggest team sport in the world so human error will always happen
Lando playing his new role as a number 2
[Comment 1] You are reading too much into Oscar's performance today. Don't get me wrong he did an amazing job and was my DoTD. But after Dutch GP you said all of that about Norris. Today was Oscar's day, but who's to say what would have happened when Norris had in the fight. Also, before the pitstop, I was 100% sure that Lec will drive away with the victory. So just because Oscar outdrove Lec doesn't mean he would have done the same to Norris.
[Comment 2] About the "illegality" of McLaren's rear wing. I 100% agree with you, if it passes the test it's legal. Now that doesn't mean FIA can't introduce a new test. If I remember correctly in 2010 RB's front wing flexed too much at high speeds, but that wing also passed all of the tests. Horner said that their front wing had passed all of the tests, but because the test only measured flexing in 1 direction at once (bow type of flexing) RB had designed their front wing to flex at twisting loads. So FIA introduced a new test after it was found out. RB kept their results and everything was fine. But this raises an interesting problem. If FIA devises a new test, and if McLaren's rear wing (or that component) fails that test, we are about 3/4 done with the season. What if McLaren doesn't have in their budget to redesign the rear wing (or that component that failed the new test)? This is literally changing the rules at the end of the game. Also, a few years ago (if I remember correctly) 2 teams got 2 months (during which 5 races took place) to bring their car into compliance after FIA had implemented a new test on rear or front wings (can't remember which). Also, was it last year when Alpine's rear wing looked like it was falling off the car and FIA did nothing. They said, "It passed our test so it's legal".
I hear you, but also I am now fully convinced. Oscar has been impressive as of late, but for me this performance has proven to be the final box ticked. That move Oscar was straight out of Charles own textbook. Given his relative inexperience, and the car underneath him, this is so so so impressive. He doesn't seem to make the mistakes Lando does, and keeps his composure more than any other driver on the grid.
[Comment 3] Let's not pretend that McLaren has just as good of a car as RB did last year or even the year before. Past 2 years it has been: 1. RB [GGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPP] 2.-4. Merc, McLaren, Ferrari (at different times they all have been 2nd best). This year: 1. McLaren 2. RB (falling, but I can't ignore the 7 out of 10 wins from the start) 3. Ferrari [gap] 4. Merc (with some great performances where they were the NR 1 or at very least NR 2 team on the grid).
@@TommoMcCluskeywe shall see, I still believe it's far too early to tell. Oscar gets a little bit of extra credit because it's his second year, but I think by next year there's no "he's new to F1" excuse anymore. Lando made a step up in his performances this year so I think the notion that he has peaked and Oscar will just continue to improve past him is a bit presumptive. I think it also completely depends on whether McLaren stay at the sharp end come '26 or fall back more. Lando and Oscar have the same experience fighting at the front, but Lando has much more fighting in the midfield, and midfield fighting is where Oscar still seems to struggle more than anything.
@@TommoMcCluskeyThis. Charles was brilliant, good as he ever was, but Oscar has the knack for pushing the limits without going over them as readily as George or Charles, though both have improved. But considering the levels in F1 these days, this speed of development is Hamilton levels. And better in the headspace department.
32:08 like Verstappen on Hamilton to win first championship
Lets not forget that Piastri cooked his tires in the first stint. The only reason he didn't in the second stint is because he made the pass and got out of the dirty air. Piastri has yet to show he can manage tires. Norris was also in dirty air yet did way better than Piastri managing tires, and that's according to McLaren. Piastri is fast, but he won't win a world championship unless he drastically improves his tire management.
Neither will Leclerc (cooked em in dirty air) or Verstappen (cooked em in both).
I think the dirty air is just horrific for tire life, so your best bet is to not follow within DRS for more than a couple of laps at a time, but then how do you pressure an error out of someone?
The hard thing is that each team wants to maximise dirty air (it's defensive gold), but it ruins racing.
Yes mate and did you notice when he won the race and attempted to stand on top of his car he lost balance for a millisecond. How is he ever going to become champion if he can’t do that.
When was Lando behind a driver in dirty air for 20 laps? Oscar is the best driver at McLaren.
@@RichardJohnson-nq9yshow will Lando be a world champion when he keeps bottling his starts.
That’s Ricciardo’s career done and thank god for that
Based on what? RB is a shit car and a worse strategy team what’s he meant to do? 🤡🤡
He did 50 laps on hard tyres and finished the race that 2 other rb drivers couldn't manage......
Tommo sorry but your british bias is showing more and more through your advocacy & arrogancy when talking about and for british drivers & teams.
You just know that Sainz would’ve overtaken Leclerc if he hadn’t crashed and then that’d be Leclerc dropped to 4th. McLaren get flack for how they handle their two lead drivers but Ferrari can’t even handle a clear number 1 and number 2 dynamic. This is why Merc and Redbull don’t want Sainz, you can’t be slow and selfish, so that’s why he’s dropping right down to Williams. Deserved
This doesn't make sense
The blind hate is crazy yknow😂
Loved the ballsy move by Sainz, he really took a shot to capitalise on Charles’ only real “mistake” of the race. I’m a “Checo doesn’t warrant a top team drive” guy, but I was hyped for him, even if he never scored another point a triple Baku win would’ve been vibesAF - I’m team Oscar, but I would’ve loved an opportunistic P2 from my other little brother from another mother. 🌶️🌶️🌶️
I mean if Leclerc had won, and both Max & Lando went pointless - he'd be 2nd, 61 behind Max. I do get your point, but also in that context where Charles has completely cooked his rear tyres, Carlos was always going to get past.
Carlos is neither slow nor selfish, and he went along with being chained to Charles’ rear wing for many races, showing exactly that. He’s a racing driver and a better strategist than most teams have on their pit walls, and if he sees a gap, he’s taking it. Does he owe Ferrari any loyalty at this point? He’s probably locked out of development already. Toto has his Verstappen boner blocking every other braincell - if he becomes available I think it’s back to F2 for Kimi or bye-bye George. And Red Bull are afraid of losing Max as well as Checo’s sponsorship and ten trillion gallon Red Bull sales to Latin America. Mercedes are the strong card on the engine side, 2026 is top priority, Williams are a Merc team, Carlos can contribute to Williams development of a car that works with the engine. Unless he somehow has his childhood hero’s aptitude for picking teams, he wouldn’t be going there unless it was his best option. Basically, both teams pick Verstappen over Carlos, because his prick father will burn the whole team down before letting the Carloses in again and Toto is just waiting with popcorn in hand for the whole thing to come crashing down - and if Checo somehow outperforms Max a few more times I reckon daddy’s making Christian Horner disappear down a Mexico City backalley.
Sorry, but being one lower on someone’s “to hire” (or keep) list than a basically 4xWDC is objectively not proof of being “slow” any more than being two seconds behind the lead with 3 laps to go on a track that you don’t like behind three guys having one of their strongest races all season. Max will be in a silver or green car in 2026, and if Stroll wins that fight, Toto is kicking himself for not taking Sainz unless either George or Antonelli are cooking hard. But I’m willing to bet there’s a seat at McLaren too. Vowles will be building the entire team around Carlos because he’s a leader, not a “clear number 2” - it’s what Checo could’ve had… maybe would’ve had if not for the nepobaby Stroll. He’ll just be doing what everyone was so certain he’d be doing for Audi. Interesting rivalry between him and Hulk in that way. Williams will have the brainiest lineup on the grid, there’s no doubting that. Carlos will be in demand even if the team don’t make it. He’s been a strong match every season for Ferrari’s golden child in a car not built for him and a team that often treated him as an afterthought. If he doesn’t get punished for almost dying in Las Vegas and doesn’t not even get to drive a lap because of a leak in his car in Qatar, he beats Alonso, Norris AND Leclerc to P4 behind Lewis last year, nailed on. When he gets the combination of a resourced team, his kind of car and full faith in his speed and abilities and strategic and technical mind, he’s gonna be dangerous as hell. He’s a long game player, and there’ll always be a place for his kind of driver in this sport.
Mcl should be disqualified for rear wing flap infringement, period! They deemed floorboard of Ferrari as illegal when they reintroduced different way of testing floorboard flexing
where has this been said?
Leclerc and Piastri-Leclerc. This is the rivalry now. First father-son title fight ever. 🤘🏼 I don’t believe anyone but the most unbearable Lando fan gives a toss about Max’s fourth WDC anymore. That P2 is in reach for all three now.
“Not bad for a number two driver.“ 😛🇦🇺 And Franco is a revelation. James Vowles is a steely-eyed missile man. #iykyk
Love Bortoleto, but I reckon Binotto is barmy if he’s not keeping a watchful eye on the Argentinian.
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