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[Viryfan]

Is the car supposed to be closer to last year's Red Bull than in previous seasons? That big step forward seems pretty sudden.

Yes since Las Vegas last year.

[Disgrace]

Excellent recovery from Hadjar. I hope he puts it together tomorrow and puts Marko in his place.

[Clrnc]

It always helps to have a good car. The jury is still out on these two. Remember the Gasly/Tsunoda team? They had a car that could get close to the podium which of course makes the drivers look better than when they are fighting for P14.

I'm mostly talking about how much they try to help each other and the team. Very in sync

[Laster]

Hadjar has looked quick all weekend, he made an error in the sprint qualifying, but in the SQ1 he was very quick. This time he put it altogether across the session. A really good performance from him, now he needs to keep those tyres alive tomorrow, and Racing Bull need to give both drivers a half decent strategy to capitalize on having both cars in the top 10 to make up for the loss of points in Australia.

[billm99uk]

Isack? Funnily enough I was watching an anime a few weeks ago where a junior driver becomes a star after after a photographer catches him crying after crashing out…remember thinking “Well, file that under ‘things that don’t happen in real life….’. 

Edited by billm99uk, 22 March 2025 - 13:11.

[renzmann]

Yuki is doing his talking on track. It's incredible Helmet doesn't care about him.

He has looked mediocre for what, four years now? His good start of 2025 certainly doesn't make Marko look foolish.

[KWSN - DSM]

He has looked mediocre for what, four years now? His good start of 2025 certainly doesn't make Marko look foolish.

 

I would say last 2 seasons he has been solidly better than all his team mates, which for an end of the grid team mean a lot (as it does for a front of the grid team - Lex Lawson).

[kumo7]

I would say last 2 seasons he has been solidly better than all his team mates, which for an end of the grid team mean a lot (as it does for a front of the grid team - Lex Lawson).

It’s clear to me that since Lawson joint the grid Yuki had always up at home and finishing order. And I will say well Lawson finished last year is higher than what he did the last year. when 2025 Racing Bull is of 2024 RedBull, you know it.

[Skett]

Isack? Funnily enough I was watching an anime a few weeks ago where a junior driver becomes a star after after a photographer catches him crying after crashing out…remember thinking “Well, file that under ‘things that don’t happen in real life….’.

Overtake! ? Good anime but it really made me cry more than I should be willing to admit.

Regardless, Hadjar has looked strong so far this weekend and the car looks awesome. I may be a Williams fan but love to see new names up there.

[Kao18]

Excellent recovery from Hadjar. I hope he puts it together tomorrow and puts Marko in his place.

Puts Marko in his place? You mean the guy that gave him a chance in F1?

https://www.gpblog.c...ance-in-f1.html

[Laster]

Another one for the strategists down at Racing Bulls. Lead car in the midfield, throw it all away by being the only one not to adapt to what the tyres were doing. Even saw how long Stroll survived on those tyres and the pace they kept.

Of course the wing failure didn't help matters either. They have a good car, the drivers are performing. Team needs to wake up.

[flingsofdeon]

Agreed

[Ncedi]

This team is strategically inept...I have no words

[jonklug]

Need to send this car to the main team or send Hannah and the strategy team over to Racing Bulls. Thst strategy today was shocking, should have been double points.

[Laster]

They have at minimum thrown away 16 points in two races, possibly more. Just as well the sprint didn't require a strategy.

[cyclist]

OMG, that was the worst strategy ever! Were their tires so much worse than the rest? If not, why did they not split strategy? They could have gotten points here but threw it in the bin. Weird wing failure by Tsunoda.

[KWSN - DSM]

They went for the undercut, first driver to pit gained, they clearly missed that everyone would stay out.

[STRFerrari4Ever]

OMG, that was the worst strategy ever! Were their tires so much worse than the rest? If not, why did they not split strategy? They could have gotten points here but threw it in the bin. Weird wing failure by Tsunoda.

Racing Bulls always do this, stop when their tyres are still good, put their drivers into traffic and today when it was clear as day that a one stopper was what everyone was switching too, they gave up a double points finish. They would’ve finished P9/10 at worst and P7 and P10 at best with how things were.

I’ve blacklisted them from my future F1 bet builder’s even if they start on pole position. I just needed Tsunoda to score points as my final selection but they had other ideas.

[Ncedi]

So after the updates that's two 5th places Yuki has lost in two GPs due to terrible strategic decisions...

Ridiculous

Edited by Ncedi, 23 March 2025 - 11:35.

[Viryfan]

Looking at Yuki's team radio, he should share some of the blame.

If you compare with Ocon's team radio, you understand why one is a grand prix winner and a multiple podium finisher while the other has been missing some good results sometimes no fault of his own but not creating the condition of success.

[krea]

With the DSQs this could have been another race with big points for Tsunoda

Looking at Yuki's team radio, he should share some of the blame.

If you compare with Ocon's team radio, you understand why one is a grand prix winner and a multiple podium finisher while the other has been missing some good results sometimes no fault of his own but not creating the condition of success.

So he isn’t to blame but he is somehow. What a massive contrast to his non Asian team mates.

Edited by krea, 23 March 2025 - 12:08.

[Viryfan]

With the DSQs this could have been another race with big points for Tsunoda

So he isn’t to blame but he is somehow. What a massive contrast to his non Asian team mates.

Well when you ignore adivce to not over use your front tyre when you know the race will be decided by the front limitation of the tyre you have to question Yuki's attitude and understanding of the engineering from his car.

[Laster]

Would you say the same of Leclerc refusing the team advice not to use the kerb mid race? He ended up losing a place to Verstappen in the end after all.

[krea]

Well when you ignore adivce to not over use your front tyre when you know the race will be decided by the front limitation of the tyre you have to question Yuki's attitude and understanding of the engineering from his car.

He didn’t agree with this engineer… would have never happened with any other drivers.

[Ncedi]

Well when you ignore adivce to not over use your front tyre when you know the race will be decided by the front limitation of the tyre you have to question Yuki's attitude and understanding of the engineering from his car.

Are you referring to the first stint? He was behind Antonelli at that stage and then jumped him and others in the stop...

[FLB]

So after the updates that's two 5th places Yuki has lost in two GPs due to terrible strategic decisions...

Ridiculous

As I posted elsewhere: The answer is named Laurent Mekies...

 

(Who showed by comments he made about a risky Haas strategy that paid off last year at Djedda, that he wouldn't understand what's a good strategy even if it bit him in the backside)

[Secretariat]

I guess we will see what happens for Whatchamacallit F1 team for good, bad or indifferent. However when any organization is run by puppets, the success or progress that occurs is likely to also be superficial in my opinion. There is always a chance they become sentient, but that is more likely to be the case for their AI tools than for the team's management.

 

Everything seems to be going according to plan for RB at the moment. Let us hope they don't ruin it by capitalizing on favorable circumstances, performance or strategy.  

Edited by Secretariat, 23 March 2025 - 14:10.

[PitViperRacing]

With the DSQs this could have been another race with big points for Tsunoda

So he isn’t to blame but he is somehow. What a massive contrast to his non Asian team mates.

Why bring race into it? Honestly.

[STRFerrari4Ever]

As I posted elsewhere: The answer is named Laurent Mekies...

(Who showed by comments he made about a risky Haas strategy that paid off last year at Djedda, that he wouldn't understand what's a good strategy even if it bit him in the backside)

How he still has a place on an F1 pit wall is beyond me, he was hopeless at Ferrari and even more so at Racing Bulls. I’ll always have a soft spot for the team because it was Minardi and then Toro Rosso but at least in those days if the opportunity arose they were strategically okay to capitalise. Now they have more opportunities to haul big points but they throw it away all by themselves.

[Clrnc]

Looking at Yuki's team radio, he should share some of the blame.

If you compare with Ocon's team radio, you understand why one is a grand prix winner and a multiple podium finisher while the other has been missing some good results sometimes no fault of his own but not creating the condition of success.

The radio was for his first stint though? He undercut some drivers by pitting.

Tsunoda should have been comfortably 5th in the standings, yet he just have 3 points for all his brilliant driving lol. Vcarb take a bow

[jonklug]

Insane job by the team, that car is definitely fast! Maybe Pierre Wache could learn a thing or two from this team's design group. 

[RedRabbit]

Insane job by the team, that car is definitely fast! Maybe Pierre Wache could learn a thing or two from this team's design group.

Luckily for him the leader of that group moved to his very team earlier this year.

[thermonuclear]

Another great quali for Hadjar despite sounding like he's had the crown jewels caught in the belts for a fair part of it. Lawson probably did as well as could be expected in the circumstances, something to build on but he will need to get parity with Hadjar sooner than later or the shadow of Lindblad will start to loom ever larger in his mirrors.

[#99]

Another great quali for Hadjar despite sounding like he's had the crown jewels caught in the belts for a fair part of it. Lawson probably did as well as could be expected in the circumstances, something to build on but he will need to get parity with Hadjar sooner than later or the shadow of Lindblad will start to loom ever larger in his mirrors.

I'm starting to become a big fan of Hadjar - comes across as very happy and grateful to be in F1 when he's interviewed.

[billm99uk]

Obviously RB have found out the secret to getting speed out of Hadjar "OK Isaak, I want another .5 off that time on this lap, or we tighten the seatbelts again!" 

[STRFerrari4Ever]

A good showing once more by Hadjar but we know the team will give a nonsensical strategy to throw away a solid points finish.