FORMULA 1 ARAMCO GRAN PREMIO DE ESPANA 2025 - Barcelona....Race...............▄▀▄▀▄▀ SPOILERS ▄▀▄▀▄▀

Imagine if Ferrari had two great drivers...

 

Piastri #1 at Mac. Not just because of this race but the way he drove all weekend vs his teammate.

Pretty good race by Charlie given the car is a dog.

 

I think he's been that way for a while (at least Hungary last year?)

 

Charlie is darn good. Ferrari still has yet to give him either the car or the correct strategy. He was sooooooooooooooo close to taking pole at Monaco again. Most likely would have won again if he did. But the car just doesn't have it.

 

The difference is McLaren now has to admit it internally. Strategically its to Piastri's advantage for the rest of the season.

 

Has to be said, that Max showed incredible throttle control letting George past then flooring it and ramming into him with the 2 cars' wheels perfectly aligned

Reminded me of a karting incident about 20 years ago in Germany. Some local dude (that I had about 50lbs on) couldn't make a clean pass so entirely neglected to brake for a hairpin. He hit me so hard my neck snapped back, luckily only some soreness the next day.
After the race I pushed him up against wall and told him next time he pulled that **** with me I'd put him through the wall.
The next week's track had karts with equalizing weights, and he never got close to me

I was also wondering why they told him to give the position back to George. Was that entirely RB's decision?
If anything their contact through T1 seemed like a racing incident.

 

Nice podium day for Ferrari with P3 and P6
Surprise of the day with the Hulk at P5
Powered by Honda was a mess with Max leading the dummy drill P7, P10 (Max, way to blow points), P11 and P13

 

The more reliable, consistent and mostly faster driver, making fewer mistakes is Oscar. The decision matrix is falling his way it appears.

 

Oh, that's going to pizz him off.

I don't know why his engineer didn't explain that Max hit Leclerc and not the other way around. If you have a lit match its not great to try to extinguish it with gasoline.

 

Wow,Max self destructing at the end there. RB took a risky strategy that looked like it was going to work until that late safety car. Max got shafted but had the worst people response to it, he could have finished 4th or 5th.

Charles drove great again. Lewis really struggling, if he doesn't turn it around soon he may have to just retire at the end of the season. I don't see Ferrari tolerating that kind of performance in the 2nd car for another season. He's had enough time to adjust at this point.

 

Way to go Chuck Leclreck!

Hamilton is mentally defeated with a bad car. Reality sets in

 

Who got Driver of the Day?

 

Lewish of Hamiltons probably. He the saint

 

Because he didn't.

 

It's better than the Merc, Charles making lemonade with his lemons, Lewis just sucking on them. Honestly the Ferrari is currently looking like the 2nd fastest car. RB might be the 4th or 5th fastest car.

 

The FIA need to define "give the place back". the place was technically given back (russell was a nose ahead), then max floors it....

 

Lance Stroll, kept his nose clean during the whole race, didn't get in anybody's way, behaved like a true gentleman.

 

Franz Hermann

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What a relief! Turns out I’m not the only one on Ferrarichat who actually gives a damn about a ridiculously talented young guy who — shocker! — didn’t buy his way in, but clawed his way to the top of Formula 1 with nothing but hard work, talent, and sacrifices.

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@tifosi12: brilliant post, really!