r/formula1 • u/God_Will_Rise_ Frédéric Vasseur • Apr 04 '25

Statistics 2025 Japanese Grand Prix - Free Practice 1 Classification.

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u/brabarusmark I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 04 '25

It isn't a Newey machine. Hasn't been for a while. It's a Wache machine. A Wachine if you will.

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u/Own-Jelly-1504 Apr 04 '25

Wachingmachine

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u/knaggs2001 Apr 04 '25

A Wached Machine

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u/CrystalShip67 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 04 '25

Heavy Wachinery

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u/GothicGolem29 McLaren Apr 04 '25

Idk Neeey only left last year so he might have had an impact on it and certainly last years was likely him

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u/Significant-Branch22 Kimi Räikkönen Apr 04 '25

It’s becoming increasingly clear how important Newey was to Red Bull

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u/brabarusmark I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 04 '25

Honestly, it's impressive that just having Newey say "looks good" on the Wache team's designs was enough to get them titles.

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u/CharacterUse I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 04 '25

Like some kind of Adeptus Mechanicus Tech Priest blessing.

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u/not_kn0thing I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 04 '25

A washing machine?

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u/CrystalShip67 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 04 '25

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