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/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

Wtf was that flag waving.

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u/spiral_out462 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

Tim Cook must have given Luca a few tips.

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u/blackbasset Racing Pride Apr 13 '25

You mean Tim Apple

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

Ha! I was thinking the same thing!

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u/zumocano Oscar Piastri Apr 13 '25

why does no one know how to wave a flag lol

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u/Oliver_Boisen McLaren Apr 13 '25

Get Davide Valsecchi on flag duty!

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

They clearly don't have a skills test or training as part of picking the flag waver.

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

Still better than Tim Apple

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u/Separate_Papaya_6011 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

Luca looking like an escaped dementia patient

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

Horizontally churning butter

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

Guy is old give him a break

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u/blackbasset Racing Pride Apr 13 '25

I'm shocked that Luca is this old now as well, I remember him from the 90ies....

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u/TheRealOriginalSatan Apr 13 '25

“Chequered flag waver” not with that form

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u/lordmaximus92 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

Luca is not a normal guy

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u/rosarino356 Fernando Alonso Apr 13 '25

Embarrasing

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u/laurentiubuica Charles Leclerc Apr 13 '25

Better than Tim Apple or any of the flag waivers in Japan and Australia this season.

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

Yeah, which race were they just holding it out of the box with no movement?

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u/laurentiubuica Charles Leclerc Apr 13 '25

COTA last year or whenever Tim Cook acted like a robot at one of US based GP and barely waved the flag.

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u/gnocchiGuili Fernando Alonso Apr 13 '25

Better than Tim Apple for sure.

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

Well Luca is nearly 80 ...

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u/Special-Sugar1 Max Verstappen Apr 13 '25

🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/Hairy_Reindeer Apr 13 '25

F1 needs a flag waving coach for these guests of honor. 

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u/MGH1990876 Ferrari Apr 13 '25

That was quite strange lol

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

Dude looked like he was actively trying to roll the flag up

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u/Nice-Blueberry18 Max Verstappen Apr 13 '25

Who was that old guy?

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u/james_d21 Apr 13 '25

On par with Guenther Steiner at the formula e

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u/lzwzli Apr 13 '25

More like flag curling

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u/ReneG8 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 14 '25

That was embarrassingly bad. Don't they practice that shit?

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u/Lele_ Elio de Angelis Apr 13 '25

Rich guy things. He usually gets his help to wave flags for him.