Why do we know about this, if he said off record. Very nice journo ethic from the commentator then.Sergej wrote: ↑25 May 2025, 17:20now regarding the Spain TD
Sky Italy commentator said they spoke with Andrea Stella who told them off records "I'm looking forward to Barcelona to show we will demolish them" they are confident it won't change a thing
I think there's more hope coming from the work Red Bull is doing around the rear corner, rather than this TD
An oxymoron.Paa wrote: ↑25 May 2025, 17:25Why do we know about this, if he said off record. Very nice journo ethic from the commentator then.Sergej wrote: ↑25 May 2025, 17:20now regarding the Spain TD
Sky Italy commentator said they spoke with Andrea Stella who told them off records "I'm looking forward to Barcelona to show we will demolish them" they are confident it won't change a thing
I think there's more hope coming from the work Red Bull is doing around the rear corner, rather than this TD
meaning he said it chatting in the paddock outside TV interview, like most of info we get from journos I'd sayPaa wrote: ↑25 May 2025, 17:25Why do we know about this, if he said off record. Very nice journo ethic from the commentator then.Sergej wrote: ↑25 May 2025, 17:20now regarding the Spain TD
Sky Italy commentator said they spoke with Andrea Stella who told them off records "I'm looking forward to Barcelona to show we will demolish them" they are confident it won't change a thing
I think there's more hope coming from the work Red Bull is doing around the rear corner, rather than this TD
which is 6 in direct championship fight. but is there really a fight? were red bull really considered piastri their rival today? all I saw today was a bunch of gamblers trying to hit the jackpot, instead of beating their direct rival on merit, having plenty of opportunities to do so.
the track is ass how do you beat your opponent on meritavantman wrote: ↑25 May 2025, 17:53which is 6 in direct championship fight. but is there really a fight? were red bull really considered piastri their rival today? all I saw today was a bunch of gamblers trying to hit the jackpot, instead of beating their direct rival on merit, having plenty of opportunities to do so.
just like they used to on multiple occasions in the past - by executing under/overcut. they had the pace on piastri.Bill wrote: ↑25 May 2025, 18:06the track is ass how do you beat your opponent on meritavantman wrote: ↑25 May 2025, 17:53which is 6 in direct championship fight. but is there really a fight? were red bull really considered piastri their rival today? all I saw today was a bunch of gamblers trying to hit the jackpot, instead of beating their direct rival on merit, having plenty of opportunities to do so.
Why wouldn't Mclaren do well? They've always had a fast car and say the TD won't change anything. Red Bull still beat them in Imola, pre-TD. So they need to carry that form to Barcelona and win the race.FittingMechanics wrote: ↑25 May 2025, 19:01If McLaren does well, the amount of disappointment will be incredible.
If there was a mistake, it was about tyre allocation. Having only 1 hard and 1 medium for the race really limited their options.avantman wrote: ↑25 May 2025, 17:47Another pathetic performance from the strategy group. Just pathetic. Got extremely lucky once in Brazil now they are they doing the same thing time after time again hoping to get lucky once again. Wasted opportunity in Australia, wasted opportunity to try at least undercut Piastri twice.
nothing to do with their tire allocation. they had pretty much guaranteed chance to OVERcut piastri on first occasion, unless they made a very bad pitstop, but decided to go for the win hoping for 1 out of 100 chance of safety car in the following few laps. Mclaren made a big mistake on a pitstop - worth 1.5s loss, what other presents do hyped up hannah schmitz need from their rivals? just gift them the win by retiring both cars? you are being gifted a golden opportunity at monaco - you take it and get a race position in order to close the gap in the wdc. do something....instead they just passively wait wait and wait...I frankly do not understand what happened to that team, If australia was already bad enough, this one was just horrible.Paa wrote: ↑25 May 2025, 19:23If there was a mistake, it was about tyre allocation. Having only 1 hard and 1 medium for the race really limited their options.avantman wrote: ↑25 May 2025, 17:47Another pathetic performance from the strategy group. Just pathetic. Got extremely lucky once in Brazil now they are they doing the same thing time after time again hoping to get lucky once again. Wasted opportunity in Australia, wasted opportunity to try at least undercut Piastri twice.
There was a slight chance undercutting Piastri at some point, but then there would have been like ~30 or so laps on used softs. That could have ended in a disaster.
Going for an early stop was not going to work either, we could see it with Tsunoda. As Lawson and the Williams created a snail train.
But I agree, having 1 more hard or medium would have made podium possible I think, which is indeed 6 points vs Piastri and 3 vs Norris.
Honestly I think they maximized the chances they had. Gambling on a red flag was a good idea and could have given them a massive +20 points swing.avantman wrote: ↑25 May 2025, 17:47Another pathetic performance from the strategy group. Just pathetic. Got extremely lucky once in Brazil now they are they doing the same thing time after time again hoping to get lucky once again. Wasted opportunity in Australia, wasted opportunity to try at least undercut Piastri twice.
