2025 McLaren F1 Team

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FittingMechanics wrote:
15 Jun 2025, 21:34
But regardless of the mistake, Lando was the better driver today. If he qualified in P3 he would have probably won this race.

Piastri makes less mistakes but still struggles in certain tire durability situatiions.
He had more race pace. But being the better driver is more than having good race pace, as Lando demonstrates time and again.
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Watto wrote:
15 Jun 2025, 21:34
Was that George trying to get Max a penalty point for over taking under SC
It probably was but he’ll end up getting a penalty himself for erratic driving…

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Tvetovnato wrote:
15 Jun 2025, 21:36
FittingMechanics wrote:
15 Jun 2025, 21:34
But regardless of the mistake, Lando was the better driver today. If he qualified in P3 he would have probably won this race.

Piastri makes less mistakes but still struggles in certain tire durability situatiions.
Let’s not forget they were on two different strategies though. Lando’s was in hindsight much better.
Last stint was comparable - Norris was much faster.

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FittingMechanics wrote:
15 Jun 2025, 21:34
But regardless of the mistake, Lando was the better driver today. If he qualified in P3 he would have probably won this race.

Piastri makes less mistakes but still struggles in certain tire durability situatiions.
He really needs to get his quali in order, there isn't much use in being the fastest driver on track when you start P7.

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Lando ran into the back of Piastri.

Lando needs to sort out his quali because he’s more often than not quickest man in the race.

Majorly disappoint with a DNF
Just a fan's point of view

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I enjoyed that. It was great to watch them race.

The car wasn't anything special out there though.

Still don't need number 1 or 2 drivers.

But..I dont mind Lando trying, even with the outcome.

If Lando can nail the qualifying it will still be tight.

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Ben1980 wrote:
15 Jun 2025, 21:38
I enjoyed that. It was great to watch them race.

The car wasn't anything special out there though.

Still don't need number 1 or 2 drivers.

But..I dont mind Lando trying, even with the outcome.

If Lando can nail the qualifying it will still be tight.
Yeah, I'm fine with the result (and DNF). Better it happens like this and a double DNF while 1-2. Hopefully they will learn from this, it was very close. Lando made a mistake, but Oscar also defended super hard.

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The strategist must make more aggressive undercuts like Red Bull does. Then the driver not get into such situations. The car has the pace.

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Nice job Oscar, brake checking your team-mate is exactly what we want from our drivers.

What a joke of a driver, Lando needs to sort himself out, why on earth is accepting blame for accidents that clearly aren’t his fault

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McLarenHonda wrote:
15 Jun 2025, 21:37
Watto wrote:
15 Jun 2025, 21:34
Was that George trying to get Max a penalty point for over taking under SC
It probably was but he’ll end up getting a penalty himself for erratic driving…
it looked like Max passed him when Russell slowed.

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will be a long 2 weeks time till Austria, among this "strange" lack of pace and Norris' embarrassing move

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FittingMechanics wrote:
15 Jun 2025, 21:40

Yeah, I'm fine with the result (and DNF). Better it happens like this and a double DNF while 1-2. Hopefully they will learn from this, it was very close. Lando made a mistake, but Oscar also defended super hard.
Lando's original move was a "stay out of the way because i'm coming" divebomb.

You seem like Norris fan, but you can't have both.

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I understand why they don't do it, but I really wish they would have let Lando through to have a crack at getting Antonelli and Verstappen. He was significantly faster, and Oscar wasn't making any impression on them.

Anyway, better to DNF from a race where they both were off the podium than from a 1-2.

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FittingMechanics wrote:
15 Jun 2025, 21:40
Ben1980 wrote:
15 Jun 2025, 21:38
I enjoyed that. It was great to watch them race.

The car wasn't anything special out there though.

Still don't need number 1 or 2 drivers.

But..I dont mind Lando trying, even with the outcome.

If Lando can nail the qualifying it will still be tight.
Yeah, I'm fine with the result (and DNF). Better it happens like this and a double DNF while 1-2. Hopefully they will learn from this, it was very close. Lando made a mistake, but Oscar also defended super hard.
Define super hard in this case? Oscar did absolutely nothing wrong, not even close to a grey zone. He showed extremely early where he was going, and didn’t change his line in an erratic way. It was all on Lando.

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Swed3121 wrote:
15 Jun 2025, 21:41
Nice job Oscar, brake checking your team-mate is exactly what we want from our drivers.

What a joke of a driver, Lando needs to sort himself out, why on earth is accepting blame for accidents that clearly aren’t his fault
Telemetry will show it if that was the case, I fear it was just another example of Lando making mistakes under pressure.