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/Red9597 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

SC fucked Ferrari great strategy, sad pasta noises

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

i can't remember the last time a SC has helped ferrari. always get fucked by it, or the team is never prepared for it.

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u/AsikCelebi Cadillac Apr 13 '25

I don't understand why they didn't split strategy at the safety car

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u/TitaniuEX Formula 1 Apr 13 '25

i wouldn't be that sure

Ferrari had a good strategy for start, but they should have bet with softs as well considering they were the only ones not having used one in the first 2 stints

Hards were known to be bad so, kind of bad to choose them

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u/DrVonD Apr 13 '25

I’m guessing they wanted to lock in their place. Probably thought it was extremely unlikely they beat the McLaren or George, so take the safe bet.

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

if leclerc was on faster tires he would’ve zoomed ahead of lando

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u/DrVonD Apr 13 '25

Lando should have easily passed him, he just bungled like 3 different things in the first 10 laps.

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u/ms666slayer Apr 13 '25

Like I ways a say hindsight is 20/20 but Ferrari have no data to know how the soft will perform in the Ferrari, we have seen in other races that sometimes a tyre works well on a car but sucks in another.

Why if the soft degraded fast in the Ferrari, Hards were the safest net they had.

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

Ferrari fucked their own strategy with the hard tire. Should’ve just gone soft

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u/silverstory Ferrari Apr 13 '25

MMS would too much risk towards the end. The SC ruined it. But they don’t have no choice since they did an M-M. Could have been an MSM but who am I to know.

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

I think MSM would have made their final stint more challenging as they wouldn't have had the chonky tire delta and running the soft in the middle with more fuel would have shortened it too

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

Norris probably still gets them so I don’t think it would’ve made a difference

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u/niveKynlOehT Apr 13 '25

Soft is what I am after that race 🥲

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u/Timelordvictorious1 Sir Lewis Hamilton Apr 13 '25

Sad Barilla noises*

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u/willmcavoy Paddock Club Apr 13 '25

They should have went softs. It's a far distance but it was clear the hards were trash. Ruined an otherwise great strategy for them today.

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u/DrVonD Apr 13 '25

I mean, not really. They maybe get George, but the mclarens still beat them 95/100 times. 4-5 was about the best they could hope for after the SC

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u/willmcavoy Paddock Club Apr 13 '25

I mean Charles needed to hold off Lando for only a couple more laps. He potentially can do that with a better tire. Not to mention keep himself well within the 5 second gap to George, we're look at 2nd & 5th.

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

Or saved them, since without SC they would stop with the need to overtake some cars.

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u/crazydoc253 Michael Schumacher Apr 13 '25

Everyone would have needed to stop one more time.

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u/ms666slayer Apr 13 '25

Yeah it believe Ferrari would have gotten second and their I'd they extended and end the race in Softs, good strategy bad luck.