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[Stephan]

What a car!

[keshav]

Mc_Silver, on 22 Mar 2025 - 07:34, said:

Strong lap from Lando in Q2. I don't think he will use another set of soft tyres.

They shouldn't waste a set.

[Outsider]

f1rules, on 22 Mar 2025 - 07:16, said:

Im sorry but until this point, Norris has been nothing but horible this weekend. Lets hope he somehow manage to deliver the rest of the weekend

nothing but horrible.. that's pretty constructive

[Mc_Silver]

Everybody is struggling with hooking a lap together. That's refreshing to see.

[keshav]

This session is an unknown. Not sure who is getting pole here.

[f1rules]

Well horible would be Lawson i quess. But he didnt perform very well. But atleast seem he is getting it together now

Outsider, on 22 Mar 2025 - 07:36, said:

nothing but horrible.. that's pretty constructive

[RPM40]

Awesome result! First lap was enough but Piastri goes even faster

[miso]

Woohoo!!!!!!

 

I'll be on a plane during the race. 

[Button4life]

Congrats Piastri

[miso]

RPM40, on 22 Mar 2025 - 08:01, said:

Awesome result! First lap was enough but Piastri goes even faster

 

Epic third sector. 

[gowebber]

Stonking lap from Oscar. Pole woohoo! Geez Russell nearly upset the party! Lando in a good spot in 3rd. Lets go!

[AlexPrime]

Oscar!!!!       

[Quickshifter]

Bravo Oscar. Good job by Norris as well.

[f1rules]

Piastri: 👌
Lando: ok

[Quickshifter]

Pastri with his maiden pole. Always threatend to do but today it materialized. Really happy for him.

[BertoC]

Oscaaar! Lets go boy! Great final effort! 2 races 2 poles. Lando is a bit off this weekend, this is the proof we nees two good drivers.

[Ben1980]

1 and 3 isn't bad. George came out of nowhere though.

The car is good, but others aren't far behind.

[frosty125]

Go Oscar great job. Crazy number of mistakes by Lando this weekend, needs to sort it out if he wants to be WDC.

[Button4life]

frosty125, on 22 Mar 2025 - 08:07, said:

Go Oscar great job. Crazy number of mistakes by Lando this weekend, needs to sort it out if he wants to be WDC.

I’d say Lando did pretty well considering he’s clearly uncomfortable in the car and is having an off-weekend.

[RPM40]

Oscar said he was struggling in Q1 and Q2 and it all came together in Q3.

 

It often looks like the outside that he holds back until Q3, but potentially he just continues to learn and improve.

[loki0420]

Solid result! Anyway better to have George in second than Max. Now lets have a great start and see a tyre deg race.

ps congrats Oscar on first of many poles!

Edited by loki0420, 22 March 2025 - 08:15.

[1player]

Not to underrate Oscar, which has been brilliant the entire weekend, I think Lando abandoned when he saw the McLaren 1-2 was locked in, but didn't expect Russell to steal P2 out of nowhere.

 

In any case, congrats to Oscar for his first pole on merit.

[Button4life]

RPM40, on 22 Mar 2025 - 08:09, said:

Oscar said he was struggling in Q1 and Q2 and it all came together in Q3.

It often looks like the outside that he holds back until Q3, but potentially he just continues to learn and improve.

He wasn’t holding back. He was struggling…

He had a mega 3rd sector.

[Ben1980]

If, they have changed setup, which they surely have. Hopefully a clean race will see a 1 and 2
.

[Button4life]

1player, on 22 Mar 2025 - 08:10, said:

Not to underrate Oscar, which has been brilliant the entire weekend, I think Lando abandoned when he saw the McLaren 1-2 was locked in, but didn't expect Russell to steal P2 out of nowhere.

In any case, congrats to Oscar for his first pole on merit.

Norris was 2 tenths slower after the 2nd sector. No way he would’ve improved.

[CPR]

Great pole by Oscar!

 

Lando's been struggling with sector 2 all weekend - only time he really nailed it was in Q2.

 

Fingers crossed for a 1-2 tomorrow.

[AlcidioG]

1player, on 22 Mar 2025 - 08:10, said:

Not to underrate Oscar, which has been brilliant the entire weekend, I think Lando abandoned when he saw the McLaren 1-2 was locked in, but didn't expect Russell to steal P2 out of nowhere.

 

In any case, congrats to Oscar for his first pole on merit.

 

No.. Lando abandoned because he was down on his fastest lap

[RPM40]

Piastri lost pole in Australia by 0.84 tenths

 

He won pole here by 0.82 tenths.

Edited by RPM40, 22 March 2025 - 08:15.

[Mc_Silver]

Great job from the team, Oscar and Lando. They have learned their lessons and fixed the set-up a little bit to eek out more performance out of the car and deliver 1-3. I hope drivers will have a good start and look after their tyres

[AlexPrime]

RPM40, on 22 Mar 2025 - 08:14, said:

Piastri lost pole in Australia by 0.84 tenths

 

He won pole here by 0.82 tenths.

Really close between them, McLaren have a great team 

[chhatra]

Happy with pole, clean air is going to be crucial tomorrow. 

 

Not as confident, but hopefully the team made enough changes to fix the tire deg issues for the race.

[Button4life]

I’m expecting a 1-2 tomorrow if there’s a normal start. My bets are on Norris unless Piastri has improved his race pace. Norris and Verstappen starting next to each other will be interesting…

[keshav]

Wonderful by Oscar. Lando too! Russell had a mammoth lap.

[RPM40]

AlexPrime, on 22 Mar 2025 - 08:19, said:

Really close between them, McLaren have a great team

Well the gap here is to Russel, it was 1.5 tenths to Norris but they are very close in qualifying.

Piastri looks like he may have made a qualifying step so far this season but it’s a long year.

[frosty125]

Button4life, on 22 Mar 2025 - 08:09, said:

I’d say Lando did pretty well considering he’s clearly uncomfortable in the car and is having an off-weekend.

Nah, he needs not to have them.

[Button4life]

frosty125, on 22 Mar 2025 - 08:24, said:

Nah, he needs not to have them.

No driver doesn’t have off-weekends. But the best drivers still finish 2nd or 3rd when they do. I’d say Lando did well today considering the field is bunched up and he had a terrible sprint race and qualifying.

Having no confidence in the car and still putting it 3rd is pretty okay.

[Mc_Silver]

We have been struggling with finding the optimal set-up this week. In sprint weekends, when you start in the back foot, it is pretty difficult to sort it out. We need good and clean start and control the race from there. I would prefer George to swap positions with Lando but still there's everything to play for. Oscar has it in the bag if he gets a clean start.

[Button4life]

Mc_Silver, on 22 Mar 2025 - 08:36, said:

We have been struggling with finding the optimal set-up this week. In sprint weekends, when you start in the back foot, it is pretty difficult to sort it out. We need good and clean start and control the race from there. I would prefer George to swap positions with Lando but still there's everything to play for. Oscar has it in the bag if he gets a clean start.

3rd generally is a better place to start here because you can carry a lot of speed round the outside of turn 1.

[kumo7]

Fantastic pole from Oscar. Great. Lando is not on this weekend. Well the race is tomorrow.

[Mc_Silver]

kumo7, on 22 Mar 2025 - 08:41, said:

Fantastic pole from Oscar. Great. Lando is not on this weekend. Well the race is tomorrow.

If he could replicate his Q2 lap, he would have done around 1.30.5 considering track evolution. Race is gonna be different story. Strategy will be key.

[AlcidioG]

Button4life, on 22 Mar 2025 - 08:37, said:

3rd generally is a better place to start here because you can carry a lot of speed round the outside of turn 1.

 

Or you can put a tyre outside the track and loose a few places

[Colbul1]

Excellent qualifying, super pole and 1-3 is looking good. Great recovery from the Sprint. Start will be crucial as it'll be a strategy race by the looks of it.

[BertoC]

Amazing lap by Russel, he's such a good qualifier. But you just know he will take P1 at the start and try to spoil the party 😀

[frosty125]

Button4life, on 22 Mar 2025 - 08:28, said:

No driver doesn’t have off-weekends. But the best drivers still finish 2nd or 3rd when they do. I’d say Lando did well today considering the field is bunched up and he had a terrible sprint race and qualifying.

Having no confidence in the car and still putting it 3rd is pretty okay.

He finished 8th in the sprint, simply not good enough. The car is fast so he needs to make the most of it and he didn’t this weekend. Hopefully he turns it around tomorrow.

[Button4life]

frosty125, on 22 Mar 2025 - 09:00, said:

He finished 8th in the sprint, simply not good enough. The car is fast so he needs to make the most of it and he didn’t this weekend. Hopefully he turns it around tomorrow.

It’s only a sprint race. Calm down. Qualifying and the race matter a lot more.

[keshav]

BertoC, on 22 Mar 2025 - 08:51, said:

Amazing lap by Russel, he's such a good qualifier. But you just know he will take P1 at the start and try to spoil the party 😀

Nah. He will be P2. Piastri is on pole, remember!

[Ben1980]

frosty125, on 22 Mar 2025 - 09:00, said:

He finished 8th in the sprint, simply not good enough. The car is fast so he needs to make the most of it and he didn’t this weekend. Hopefully he turns it around tomorrow.

No one really cares for the sprint.

As shown by the noise made about Oscar's first pole position. The sprint poles are meaningless.

[lewislorenzo]

Oscars race to lose tomorrow

[AlcidioG]

Ben1980, on 22 Mar 2025 - 09:17, said:

No one really cares for the sprint.

As shown by the noise made about Oscar's first pole position. The sprint poles are meaningless.

 

Maybe the sprint pole is meaningless, but last time I checked the points from the sprint race still count towards the WDC and WCC

[Button4life]

AlcidioG, on 22 Mar 2025 - 09:39, said:

Maybe the sprint pole is meaningless, but last time I checked the points from the sprint race still count towards the WDC and WCC

Unless you have a stinker like Norris had. You likely gain/lose 1 or 2 points compared to your main competitor. Thats nothing over a whole season.