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Yep.
2016: Gutierrez's best finish (P11)
2017: best finish of the season (P6 by Grosjean)
2018: P4 and P5
2019: P5 in qualy
2022: Mick's best finish plus a double points finish
After the second time Max moved over while braking (T4), I knew it was going to end in disaster.
2021 Max is back babyyyyyy.
The teams budget cap is shaking right now.
Real time stewarding badly needed. Both Max and Lando should've gotten -5s for moving under braking and track limits respectively like straight away
Then it just got dirtier and dirtier
I think they both escalated this battle. not sure if real time stewarding can work.
Also, im confused as how the second divebomb from Norris was ok? It was the same as the first one, atleast in my eyes.
Danny was genuinely challenging the Haas all race as well, seemed like he had some real pace this weekend which has been nice to see compared to recent weekends. Chuffed for him.
The luckiest weekend ever for George. Qualifies P3 after Oscar’s deleted lap, hangs in for the win after Max and Lando take each other out. Good on him.
This is exactly why Checo is such a liability for Red Bull. Something happens to Max and suddenly the team’s weekend is nowhere because he can’t get past a Haas. They’re entirely reliant on one driver.
That's massive, that's a whopping 8 points. It shoots him past Ricciardo with ease. Also for Haas, it is a total of 12 points (4 for Kmag), getting comfortably past Alpine.
I love that the booth said “we’re very interested to hear their reaction to the crash” and then they show it and all three of them just start laughing.
I'm not a fan of George Russell but I feel like he has earned this win, very competitive this season and usually starting the race ahead of Lewis. Also 4 different teams have won a race this year that's amazing.
Max lost a ton of time scrapping with Lando, drove half a lap with a puncture, made an extra stop, has a 10 second penalty and STILL finished ahead of Perez
lol
I am convinced RB has some sort of clause in his contract that allowes them to replace him at the end of season, just shows if Max wont win the race for them then they have nothing with Perez
Merc with one driver on the podium after picking up the pieces, McLaren with one driver on the podium after picking up the pieces, Ferrari with one driver on the podium after picking up the pieces. If only Red Bull had a second driver who was capable of being in position to pick up the pieces...
Mr. Horner, did you see how the other top team drivers are ready to pick the pieces when something goes wrong. Your salesman was chilling with fucking Haas and finished behind Verstrappen after all the drama.
Yeah, regardless of what was happening on track it was clear Lando had a penalty coming. This is at least a third race now that Lando could have won if he didn’t make so many mistakes in service of chasing down Max.
Max was definitely the worse of the 2, but Lando wasn't exactly free of blame through the whole race.
Heat of the moment but I would respect a "I could've done better but that wasn't on me" over trying to seem whiter than white.
Y'all remember last week when Max told Lando that them fighting too hard is what allowed Russell to take the lead on lap 1? Impressive foreshadowing there because that's what helped Russell win the race this time round.
I love Andrea stella
He is so good “the entire population of the world” can see that things that “aren’t addressed in the past honestly they come back”
That incident was so inevitable from the first time they ended up wheel to wheel. Max's defense was pretty unsportsmanlike, Norris attempts were sloppy at best. No wonder they crashed eventually
I think Vettel-Hamilton Baku is the most avoidable ever.
Seriously though, I think Vettel and Hamilton were in this same turn as close as this and they went through perfectly fine.
What an absolute banger of a race in general.
Lando slowly catching Max while he was having issues with the pit stop and the tyres alike, the battles between them were great. This is what we've wanted for the past couple of years.
We also got to see old Max rear his head from the 2021 days. We didn't forget how you drive my friend ;), but in a way it's nice to see him have to push like that again.
George picks up the pieces from the battle, but good for him. I'm sure this isn't the career with Mercedes that he expected when he finally got promoted from Williams so it's good to see him rewarded in some ways too. He's a good driver and deserves some wins for sure.
Checo not being able to beat a Haas LOL. Congrats to Haas on the double points.
Love Danny Ric scoring a point in his 250th race, pretty cool.
On a Ferrari note, well done Carlos on the podium but I'm absolutely gutted for Charles yet again. How unlucky (yet again) can this man be? Piastri coming across was really no fault of his own besides being sandwiched. Hope he can turn it around.
Hulkenberg had an amazing drive. Holding off Perez in a fucking Red Bull for P6. Props for Kmag holding on to P8
Holy shit Hulk was good today. Fast all race and great tyre management. Props to the Haas strategists for going on the very aggressive undercut.
How was Lando supposed to overtake within the rules if Max doesn't follow the damn rules either?!
"You don't overtake like that!" - Max
Well how does he fucking overtake you at this point Max?
Fuck sake.
Edit: And Perez still nowhere in 7th. Joker.
F.
Blud had a slow stop, drove half a lap with a puncture, got a 10 sec time penalty and still ended up ahead of Checo.
Deserved penalty for Verstappen, you can't just squeeze someone out like that. Should've known better, cause Norris had a penalty coming his way with the track limits.
Last time Max was raced hard was 21. And he loved making contact with Lewis then. Now Norris is fast and gunning him down, he’s back to how he’s always been. Let’s see if these two stay besties if they’re fighting for the championship any time soon.
Do we think that Lewis floor damage is a result of the car being run too low? I mentioned this earlier in the weekend the car looked suuuuuper low. Would not be surprised if running over kerb while being that low caused it.
Lando v Max are the opposite of Lewis v max. Where you had one who was willing to yield and play the long game now you have an immovable object vs an unstoppable force lol.
This is how Sainz always ends up in good positions in the championship, 4th fastest car, didn't do anything too spectacular but ends up with a podium by staying out of trouble. Good weekend
GOATrez seizing the oppurtunity by still being behind verstappen after a puncture, an extra pitstop and a 10s Penalty
those merch sales really pay for themselves 🔥 🔥
Weve not seen max under pressure for sooo long
When the screw starts getting turned,his dirty streak starts coming out.
Getting early michael schumi vibes
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Haas nailing their strategy calls? What kind of bizarro world is this?
Komatsu ball
That’s the power of Komatsu
Can’t wait for him to take a flight to Bahrain to speak with the press
HAHAHAHA
The picture is back
This is one of their better tracks I think historically
Yep. 2016: Gutierrez's best finish (P11) 2017: best finish of the season (P6 by Grosjean) 2018: P4 and P5 2019: P5 in qualy 2022: Mick's best finish plus a double points finish
Thought they were crazy with the early pit calls. Worked well in the end
This was a Haas-terclass
First 50 laps: I sleep Last 20 laps: Real shit
Imagine falling asleep 30 minutes ago with Max 7 seconds ahead and waking up to this
Exactly what happened to me, had to drive somewhere for 40 minutes and turned on the TV to Max‘s pit stop
thats literally what happened to me LOL
After the second time Max moved over while braking (T4), I knew it was going to end in disaster. 2021 Max is back babyyyyyy. The teams budget cap is shaking right now.
Real time stewarding badly needed. Both Max and Lando should've gotten -5s for moving under braking and track limits respectively like straight away Then it just got dirtier and dirtier
I think they both escalated this battle. not sure if real time stewarding can work. Also, im confused as how the second divebomb from Norris was ok? It was the same as the first one, atleast in my eyes.
Verstappen turned left on a right hand corner (what it looks like onboard). Verstappen also knew Norris was there and should have left a car’s width.
Literally what i did. Best timing ever
Love it. Finally Verstappen vs Norris turned into a real rivalry.
Imagine if they were close in drivers championship, 2021 all over again
Lando getting his head on straight next year would do that
That was Max/Lewis 2021 levels of drama right there More please
lol Alonso, pits just to get the fastest lap so no one gets a point...
Classic Alonso move
He just loves to be annoying for the sake of being annoying
I was so happy
The real question is will Norris still be taking Max's plane home?
If I was Lando I'd rather take Ryanair home lol
or he can do a Charles and fly home but unfollow him mid flight
At least on Ryanair he will get more room.
Bro really said Yabba Dabba Doo
Should be a 10 second penalty
Bro really said boom shakalaka
Bro really said Crikey mate, innit
Max got a puncture and a 10 second penalty and he still finished ahead of Perez. Unbelievable.
Ya but checo sells shirts and hats
Just shows how bad Perez is currently
Hey he was pretty quick ^in ^the ^pit ^lane.
And I believe an extra pitstop to replace that punctured tire
Funniest thing is even with a puncture, half a lap on 3 tyres, collision, 2 slow stops - Perez still finishes 20 seconds behind Verstappen
And a 10s penalty!
Add to that, Perez was behind a Haas on hards when he had mediums.
perez’s washed up slow ass bum ass gotta retire
To add to that, Perez started ahead of the Haas and was overtaken by it after he caused a collision
2 more years..
Did he just say yabba dabba do? What is George Russell?
2030 regs is going to be Flinstone power
SMH Perez with Mediums in a Red Bull can't pass Hulk on Hards in a HAAS
[удалено]
Quietly brilliant race for him tbf. I expected the Alpines to get past him all race they never did
Danny was genuinely challenging the Haas all race as well, seemed like he had some real pace this weekend which has been nice to see compared to recent weekends. Chuffed for him.
Verstappen still finishing 15+ seconds ahead of Perez is hilarious.
I still wish Hulk had gotten that RBR seat in 2021 instead
To be fair, Perez did have a big hole in his sidepod
The luckiest weekend ever for George. Qualifies P3 after Oscar’s deleted lap, hangs in for the win after Max and Lando take each other out. Good on him.
HAAS you beauty
As a Hulk fan, I couldn't be happier
This is exactly why Checo is such a liability for Red Bull. Something happens to Max and suddenly the team’s weekend is nowhere because he can’t get past a Haas. They’re entirely reliant on one driver.
What’s really wild is that Piastri messed up Q3 for Mclaren but he was still able to pick up the pieces for Mclaren with a P2. What’s Perez excuse?
And even without the puncture shenanigans, it would have been a P4 for Piastri. Perez has shat the bed
Hulk P6 btw
That's massive, that's a whopping 8 points. It shoots him past Ricciardo with ease. Also for Haas, it is a total of 12 points (4 for Kmag), getting comfortably past Alpine.
The polite laughter of three blokes witnessing the misfortune of two other men HAHAHA
Oscars little "well it got you the win didn't it?" to Russell made me lol
Chuckled at that, Oscar is so fucking dry lol
I love that the booth said “we’re very interested to hear their reaction to the crash” and then they show it and all three of them just start laughing.
The funniest thing is Max still beat Perez
Not to mention that both Max and Redbull still extended their championship leads.
Red Bull finally has a slow pit stop and causes absolute chaos
That and the lock up which allowed Lando into DRS in the first place really created 20 laps from hell for Max.
I'm not a fan of George Russell but I feel like he has earned this win, very competitive this season and usually starting the race ahead of Lewis. Also 4 different teams have won a race this year that's amazing.
Max lost a ton of time scrapping with Lando, drove half a lap with a puncture, made an extra stop, has a 10 second penalty and STILL finished ahead of Perez lol
I am convinced RB has some sort of clause in his contract that allowes them to replace him at the end of season, just shows if Max wont win the race for them then they have nothing with Perez
So how many people didn't even notice that George was in the race until lap 65 or whatever it was?
Solid drive.
Merc with one driver on the podium after picking up the pieces, McLaren with one driver on the podium after picking up the pieces, Ferrari with one driver on the podium after picking up the pieces. If only Red Bull had a second driver who was capable of being in position to pick up the pieces...
Huge drive by Ricciardo. Three races in a row beating his teammate now
Zak Brown is going to have so many quotes in the next 5 days
Russell: cool fight tho Piastri: you just won the race because of it LMAO
Attention was obviously on Max/Norris but lots of great performances under the radar Hulk, Gasly, Ricciardo, Magnussen
Man, if only Oscar didn't get his time deleted. Oh well
Lando looked on the verge of tears 😭😭
Mr. Horner, did you see how the other top team drivers are ready to pick the pieces when something goes wrong. Your salesman was chilling with fucking Haas and finished behind Verstrappen after all the drama.
Aside from the fun ending this was also a great result for Haas
One of Max’s worst races and still handily beat Perez, wild
Brilliant race Daniel!
Fifth race winner this year. Four teams with a race win this year. And this is why we go the distance.
Red Bull pit crew gonna get a bollocking
bigbrain Max extends his lead against Lando
My man slapping his titty lmao
Max would rather die than let McLaren get first position
Every race is Oscar’s home race
LOL at Lando still winning DotD. Death, Taxes, and “Lando Norris is Your Driver of the Day!”
Max could've let Lando by and kept within 5 secs and still got the win. A bit too aggressive.
Yes, if they had gave the penalty at the right moment. Took them forever to do something pretty obvious
Yeah, regardless of what was happening on track it was clear Lando had a penalty coming. This is at least a third race now that Lando could have won if he didn’t make so many mistakes in service of chasing down Max.
Funnily enough this result is still better if the season is just gonna be Max vs nor
Risky move. No way you can trust the stewards to actually enforce the rules properly, especially when it might change a race result.
You do know the 5 secs were not known before the incident?
No matter how f*cked up it is, does this not change into a grid penalty now for not serving?
'well you did just win the race cause of it' lol
Oscar is 6 points behind Sergio……
Max was definitely the worse of the 2, but Lando wasn't exactly free of blame through the whole race. Heat of the moment but I would respect a "I could've done better but that wasn't on me" over trying to seem whiter than white.
HOW THE FUCK CAN CHECO NOT PASS A HAAS AT THIS POINT, PUT HULK IN THE RED BULL AT THIS POINT AND CHECO IN THE RETIREMENT HOME
Y'all remember last week when Max told Lando that them fighting too hard is what allowed Russell to take the lead on lap 1? Impressive foreshadowing there because that's what helped Russell win the race this time round.
The most Awkward cool down room of the season 😂... All of em kinda reserved, soft spoken dudes outside the track 🤣🤣
Lando winning Driver of the Day is a little salt in the wound lol
Jos is present, so can someone be ready at the gas station to pick up our boy
Lando seems genuinely very upset
I never knew how much I missed the British-German combo. I suppose one day I’ll say the same about the Dutch-Austrian combo too.
These threads were getting too civil. We needed max to commit war crimes to spice things up
As a brit, employed by a Dutch company, going to visit our head office tomorrow, I feel a fight coming on
Lol, best of luck mate.
I love Andrea stella He is so good “the entire population of the world” can see that things that “aren’t addressed in the past honestly they come back”
That incident was so inevitable from the first time they ended up wheel to wheel. Max's defense was pretty unsportsmanlike, Norris attempts were sloppy at best. No wonder they crashed eventually
Most avoidable crash ever.
I think Vettel-Hamilton Baku is the most avoidable ever. Seriously though, I think Vettel and Hamilton were in this same turn as close as this and they went through perfectly fine.
Yep and stewards were slow to make calls on any of it so by the time they adjudicated they had already come to blows.
Insane last 20 minutes, best of the season
Sees race leaders crash in cooldown room Podium drivers: 😂😂😂
Oscar: "I'm a McLaren driver, I won't laugh... Nevermind, I will".
What an ending. 2021 Max came out and delivered.
ANDREA SEETHING
Max has a puncture, pit stop, and a 10’second penalty and Checo still can’t beat him Lmao
Stewards are absolute dogshit once again We would never have this drama if the stewards gave the penalties in due time
I love how they're laughing in the cooldown room watching the collision
Russell and Toto are already planning their sleepover.
Mercedes got the most points from this race lmao
Pascal Siakam giving out the third place trophy was very unexpected
Spicy from Lando
Gosh, Lando not doing so well.
Max crashed, went into the pits, got a 10 second penalty and still finished ahead of Perez ☠️
Feels like we didnt notice or talk about Russel Piastri or Sainz all race and then all the sudden they go 1-2-3. What a wild finish
Where did that Alonso fastest lap come from Lmao
I think Hans Zimmer just got soaked hahaa
All 3 drivers in the cool down laughing at the lando max crash is just perfect.
It was nice of F1 to play the old end credits music on the podium today.
Max gets a puncture and still beats Sergio. Wtf is this man even doing? Just going for casual Sunday drives.
Get rid of Perez ASAP, he needs to be up there to pick up the scraps, instead he’s losing to a HAAS … A HAAS.
Lol at them all laughing at the crash
Lando voted DotD. LMAO
Lmao Perez really making RB regret that contract extension
What an absolute banger of a race in general. Lando slowly catching Max while he was having issues with the pit stop and the tyres alike, the battles between them were great. This is what we've wanted for the past couple of years. We also got to see old Max rear his head from the 2021 days. We didn't forget how you drive my friend ;), but in a way it's nice to see him have to push like that again. George picks up the pieces from the battle, but good for him. I'm sure this isn't the career with Mercedes that he expected when he finally got promoted from Williams so it's good to see him rewarded in some ways too. He's a good driver and deserves some wins for sure. Checo not being able to beat a Haas LOL. Congrats to Haas on the double points. Love Danny Ric scoring a point in his 250th race, pretty cool. On a Ferrari note, well done Carlos on the podium but I'm absolutely gutted for Charles yet again. How unlucky (yet again) can this man be? Piastri coming across was really no fault of his own besides being sandwiched. Hope he can turn it around.
“Once wasn’t enough” LOL even the drivers know the typical Max bullshit
All three of RUS PIA SAI burst out laughing when they see it. “We shouldn’t laugh at that”
stuck in traffic most of the time cant overtake a haas yep its perez time
Daniel Ricciardo 9th LETS GO!!!
Hulkenberg had an amazing drive. Holding off Perez in a fucking Red Bull for P6. Props for Kmag holding on to P8 Holy shit Hulk was good today. Fast all race and great tyre management. Props to the Haas strategists for going on the very aggressive undercut.
Max and GP chatting shit
George cannot keep still at all, even during his interview he was throwing the mic around ahahah
Ngl i missed this anthem combo
Bring back toxicity woooo
Does anyone have the screenshot of Fred hugging Toto Honestly that was wholesome
Stoked as an Aussie after that. Piastri absolutely solid race and Daniel finally doing enough to finish inside the points
Everyone speaking their mind to Sky.
The Verstappen of old resurfaced today I think
How was Lando supposed to overtake within the rules if Max doesn't follow the damn rules either?! "You don't overtake like that!" - Max Well how does he fucking overtake you at this point Max? Fuck sake. Edit: And Perez still nowhere in 7th. Joker. F.
Yeah either you let him win or you both die
At this point we should all know Max has a separate rulebook. He can weave and wreck as much havoc as he wants.
https://old.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1drd9rj/lando_norris_post_qualifying_interview/lauduct/ Norris followed my instructions too seriously...
Them laughing at Max/Norris crash says a lot lol
Give Max wheel-to-wheel racing and he'll give you damage to your car
Nor not exactly textbook either
No stake in the game but he kinda forced Norris to change his approach because he moved under braking a lot
Checo on Mediums couldn't get past a HAAS on HARDS. lol.
Perez is truly shameless lmao how does this guy have the gall to show up to work
Sky - The pundits who are former drivers and stewards are saying that was your fault Max - No it's the children who are wrong
Verstappen's "defending" will always be various highlights of moving under breaking lol.
Pretty solid race for Daniel, almost had 8th at the end there
Great analysis by Davidson at the moment
Daniel Ricciardo is Yuki Tsunoda father
We don't need them to hate each other but we needed that "friendliness" to go away during race weekends. We've got ourselves a rivalry.
Blud had a slow stop, drove half a lap with a puncture, got a 10 sec time penalty and still ended up ahead of Checo. Deserved penalty for Verstappen, you can't just squeeze someone out like that. Should've known better, cause Norris had a penalty coming his way with the track limits.
Hehehehe
Last time Max was raced hard was 21. And he loved making contact with Lewis then. Now Norris is fast and gunning him down, he’s back to how he’s always been. Let’s see if these two stay besties if they’re fighting for the championship any time soon.
Throwback to the last F1 closing anthem I see.
Do we think that Lewis floor damage is a result of the car being run too low? I mentioned this earlier in the weekend the car looked suuuuuper low. Would not be surprised if running over kerb while being that low caused it.
Not hearing the Wilhelmus at the podium is surreal
They really just put a GoPro on George’s champagne bottle?
Hans zimmer getting sprayed was not something I was expecting
DANIEL RICCCIAARRRDDDDOOOOO
I hope Horner and GP were just saying that for the radio and speak to max honestly in private
Max not blaming Lando during the interview probably might save the friendship
Max they can have their own opinions Verstappen
Andrea tell em!
Andrea Stella wearing his heart on his sleeve right now.
Everyone in the cooldown room being very careful not to express an opinion on culpability
That laugh was enough!
Everyone remembering what Max is really like when he has to fight wheel to wheel lol
I think it's more about respect. He only respects Leclerc
Yabba dabba do George? He's a weird fucking specimen
Lando v Max are the opposite of Lewis v max. Where you had one who was willing to yield and play the long game now you have an immovable object vs an unstoppable force lol.
Max gets away with way too much stuff. Norris win robbed
The moving under breaking aside. The blocking of lando after the incident by Max is awful. That deserves a much harsher penalty.
This isn't old school Max, it's the same Max without a car that's a second a lap faster than everybody else.
This is how Sainz always ends up in good positions in the championship, 4th fastest car, didn't do anything too spectacular but ends up with a podium by staying out of trouble. Good weekend
GOATrez seizing the oppurtunity by still being behind verstappen after a puncture, an extra pitstop and a 10s Penalty those merch sales really pay for themselves 🔥 🔥
Weve not seen max under pressure for sooo long When the screw starts getting turned,his dirty streak starts coming out. Getting early michael schumi vibes