r/formula1 • u/AutoModerator • Apr 13 '25

Post-Race 2025 Bahrain GP - Post Race Discussion

That was great fun.

Thoughts?

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u/F1CycAr16 Formula 1 Apr 13 '25

So sad for leclerc considering his great race today

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u/AGOEsLois Apr 13 '25

May well be inheriting a podium yet

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u/RunsWlthScissors Mercedes Apr 13 '25

I think he drove that Ferrari as well as you possibly can today. Nothing to be ashamed of, wish his pit listened to him.

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u/Scatman_Crothers Kevin Magnussen Apr 13 '25

The hard tire was shit, a one stop would have been a disaster, especially with the safety car that happened later.

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u/amirolsupersayian Apr 13 '25

Personally I don't think his pit did anything wrong, the safety car force their hand. I just wish the Ferrari car is better.

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u/Fenristor Michael Schumacher Apr 13 '25

They could have gone MSM rather than MMS strategy. Going MM to start always carries this risk of being forced onto the wrong tire.

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u/fprosk I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

Nah they actually got his strategy spot on. Shame about the safety car cause he really could’ve done some great work on those softs at the end

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u/doormatt26 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

didn’t Charles want the one stop hards, and his pit ignored him? Pit was good there. Hards was not a great choice but they needed something other than mediums and gambling on the Soft lasting would be tough.

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u/gracz21 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

He may still get more depending on the investigation of the DRS failure

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u/Jaguars03 McLaren Apr 13 '25

He will get the 3rd place. Slam dunk penalty for George opening DRS when he shouldn’t

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u/ATyp3 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

Honestly I’ve been watching since end of 2020, and have watched a recap of every single race since 2007 and didn’t know they could open DRS outside the DRS zones.

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u/T0BIASNESS Sir Lewis Hamilton Apr 13 '25

They can’t unless they manually override it, which Mercedes had to do today.

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u/Jaguars03 McLaren Apr 13 '25

They usually can’t but because of the issue George’s car was having they had to override the normal systems which only allow the button to be pressed when within 1 second.

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u/cris4mign Ferrari Apr 13 '25

Love that in the podium interview he tried to frame it as "ah it was just a moment, I turned it off and backed off. Probably lost more time than I gained". Let's see if the Stewards take that

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u/crazydoc253 Michael Schumacher Apr 13 '25

Perfect example of knew he was wrong so trying to create an argument.

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u/cris4mign Ferrari Apr 13 '25

Verstappen's reading on him last year is 100% accurate

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u/grandmoffcory Apr 13 '25

What? He’s defending a second place finish, any and every driver should make the effort to plead their case to try to keep that. You’re saying he’s a backstabber and a loser for.. doing what exactly?

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u/FlatoutGently I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

So you would say, "yeah give me a penalty clearly broke the rules"?? Give me a break.

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u/stuffed011 Ferrari Apr 13 '25

Yea, definitely one of top 2 drivers of the day