Alpine having a nightmare.
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Zhou bowling! Strike!
Piastri is so impressive. One to watch out for. McLaren can let Lando go and still have a top driver now
What happened regarding the first pit stop though? Piastri's stop was faster than Norris', but this Norris managed to undercut him. Are they on different strategies?
Undercutting your own teammate is bound to raise questions. Hopefully we get answers after the race.
Also a slow stop for Piastri. He's being robbed of a podium for a second time.
Afterwards he was pretty off the pace He was consistently slower than Noris. At first I thought he just had slow targets, maybe he had tire management issues, I have no idea.
Does piastri have some sort of damage. His pace has dropped like a stone in the 2nd and 3rd stint
Emotional damage from his teammate getting the preferred pitstop?
Update: Apparently there was a broken floor issue. Don’t know how, didn’t see him make any contacts. PIA better hope he does not inherit HUL luck.
Yeah he went from matching Lando to becoming 7 tenths slower. Only damage can explain that.
Don’t know how, didn’t see him make any contacts
Must have been like Hamilton in austria in 2021 where the his wing was damaged due to a kerb. Considering how low the floors are, he must hit the kerb at the chicane
Very big gains and losses on lap 1. Good for Ferrari and McLaren, mixed bag for Merc, Alfa and Alpine the big losers.
How much damage is RIC carrying? Been at the bottom since the lap 1 incident.
It's also his first race back in a car that has done poorly all season
True
Alpine... sheesh.
Fucking Ferrari! The car is shit, the strategists are shittier and now the drivers are fucking up.
Why am I supporting this team?
Well, masochism is a thing. So, whatever floats your boat. ;-)
SAI getting ahead of LEC in the most Ferrari way possible.
NOR undercutting PIA is going to raise some eyebrows.
Ferrari strategists having another brain fart. Car with potentially faster tyres is stuck behind his teammate:
I just laughed because I noticed Verstappen could pit again and still get back on track in first position.
33 seconds ahead. 33 seconds. Scary.
He's missing his old number
Ferrari's resident strategist Sainz at it again.
RB 1.9s pit stop?
Leclerc, c'mon. You don't have to make it even harder
Oh wow both Alpines out in the first lap. Yikes.
Zhou into Riccardo and then Riccardo into an Alpine, and then into another Alpine.
I missed the first 5 laps, wtf happened?
Zhou got a late start and went bowling instead.
I just watched the clip... Crazy. Alpine has the worst fucking luck this season.
They swapped straight to the podium positions and started the circular procession.
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Zhou had the worst start possible, ending 4 promising races. Lewis also got caught out.
What a quick end to a lot of potential fun :(
Hoping to see a clean first lap. Would be great to see Norris get a good start even for a few laps.
Ooh how long has there been a sort by new / chat button?
Max and Lewis take each other out and then McLaren 1-2.
Did HAM get wheelspin? Yesterday they were saying the side Max was on would be dusty and would have relatively worse start.
Wow potential fireworks at McLaren
Thats rough going for them
Nooo Lewis!
TSU looks like he will be best of the rest again today. Most of it was keeping it clean while others stumbled.
What an oddly slow start for the front group.
If a race ever needed a safety car to spice things up, it’s this one. Where are you Maldonado?
Zhou tried his best.
Max v Lewis still spicy as ever
That mercedes looked like it was carrying at least 10 kg more fuel in the beginning than the rest. Was slow to get to the pace, was slow in turning. Looked a hefty beast rather than a nimble car.
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