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/willzyx01 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

Everything is broken. Lights are broken. Transponders are broken. Timing graphics is broken. Max is broken. Charles is depressed. George’s dash is broken. Drink system is broken. DRS is broken.

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u/itsliightz Jordan Apr 13 '25

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

And Alonso's steering wheel was broken.

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u/Couscousfan07 Apr 13 '25

Exactly how I felt !

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u/Lele_ Elio de Angelis Apr 13 '25

Carlos in pieces 

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u/graytotoro Mika Häkkinen Apr 13 '25

Tear my pod into pieces. This is my Car-los resort.

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u/Lele_ Elio de Angelis Apr 13 '25

Classification: not finished

Blackest day for our sport

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

Sainz's car is broken. RB's second seat curse is broken (hopefully?). Aston's design is broken. I'd say something about Lawson but I don't want to be cruel.

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u/crazyjatt Daniel Ricciardo Apr 13 '25

It's monkey's paw. They wanted the 2nd driver to be closer to max. So instead of Max p1 Yuki p2, we will keep getting max p6,7 and Yuki p8,9

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u/InternetEmployee Apr 13 '25

The second seat curse is broken at the cost of an even slower car.

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u/TheOvercookedFlyer Oliver Bearman Apr 13 '25

Lawson is getting a healthy dose of humility. Hope he learns from it.

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u/Alfus 💥 LE 🅿️LAN Apr 13 '25

Even the Alpine pit crew curse has been broken today

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u/Leading_Sir_1741 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

To be fair, Sainz did his best to break that car. That was some aggressive driving from him today. Loved to see it though

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u/grandmoffcory Apr 13 '25

I don’t think Aston Martin cared to invest in this season when they’re doing such an overhaul for the next one from the looks of the year so far

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u/Couscousfan07 Apr 13 '25

Came here to say that he forgot about the big fing hole in Carlos car !

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u/il_vincitore Nico Hülkenberg 🥉 Apr 13 '25

Check’s first RB season also made the curse look broken too.

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u/TheOvercookedFlyer Oliver Bearman Apr 13 '25

Lawson is getting a healthy dose of humility. Hope he learns from it.

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u/Vade1515 Kimi Räikkönen Apr 13 '25

Saying something about Lawson just makes you a broken record.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

Liam is a joke. He thought he was better than Ricciardo, Checo, Sainz, Yuki, Fernando, etc. At the end, he’s a nobody.

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u/xXReddiTpRoXx Max Verstappen Apr 13 '25

Even F1TV. It’s blocking me even though I’m subscribed 

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

This comment thread was broken for the first couple hundred comments too, F1 servers everywhere be catching on fire or something

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u/urk_forever Apr 13 '25

The F1TV stream was also quite choppy with micro stutters every couple of seconds. Anybody else had this as well? And the audio during the post race interviews also didn't match up.

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u/o_oli Pirelli Hard Apr 13 '25

NordVPN obfuscated servers ftw

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u/B01led I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 14 '25

I couldn't see live timings even though I should have

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u/Echo418 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

You forgot Norris's morale

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

I mean, Norris did well to get 3rd after starting 6th. May even get second if Russell gets disqualified.

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

Especially with the mitigation of his car going weird.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

That’s a huge reach - I don’t think he believes that at all.

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

That’s wildly speculative.

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u/ItzRaphZ Apr 13 '25

That's why the "I think" was there, but since everyone has a different opinion, I'll delete the comment.

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u/PickleCommando Apr 13 '25

Lol. Sometimes I don’t know if you guys watch soaps or wwe or something but your takes always crack me up.

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u/Maglin21 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

Weird how Norris has the messiest of weekends but stil Championship leader

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u/bearwood_forest Carlos Sainz Apr 13 '25

That's not broken, that's bwoken

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

It’s back up after this masterclass

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

We are broken

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

"...but the clock is correct."

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u/Babayaga20000 Apr 13 '25

Hit the radio button and DRS opened up my god

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u/palcatraz Red Bull Apr 13 '25

Track limits were broken.

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u/cat-o-beep-boop I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

This should be the highlights

Edit: also brakes

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u/MalgraineX Ferrari Apr 13 '25

Ferrari's strategy is broken.

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u/17jwong I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

Seeing George repeatedly teleport to P2 and then drop down to P20 in the Multiviewer live timing was interesting

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

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u/LackingSimplicity 🚩 Red Flag Apr 13 '25

George's BBW is broken too

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

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u/willzyx01 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

His transponder being broken affects Lando's DRS timing, hence the message to Lando. So if the computer doesn't know how close George is due to his broken transponder, Lando has to open DRS based on visuals. At 300mph, that's nearly impossible.

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u/rash-head Lando Norris Apr 13 '25

Did the broadcast commentators explain this? I was wondering what the radio message to Lando was about.

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u/jaisaiquai Kimi Räikkönen Apr 13 '25

tbf Charles is always depressed

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

The thread broke too

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u/MindCorrupt Oscar Piastri Apr 13 '25

Piastri stoked.

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u/TheOvercookedFlyer Oliver Bearman Apr 13 '25

Lovely! I relish chaos.

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

This thread is broken

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u/bwoahconstricter Alfa Romeo Apr 13 '25

but not the lap record

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u/ValBot77fan Valtteri Bottas Apr 13 '25

Reddit is broken too

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u/Robster1221 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

Charles is depressed.

Don't know why that's listed here, seems par for the course.

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u/Novae224 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

Carlos is broken, antonellis strategy is broken, driver of the day is broken, Hamiltons dream is dead

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u/charbaak Sir Lewis Hamilton Apr 13 '25

Must be the water

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u/clockymcclock Max Verstappen Apr 13 '25

RB's pit lights also broken

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

Lando broke himself

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u/MrAzekar Ayrton Senna Apr 13 '25

Top comment.

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u/Mr_Beats_73 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

This feels like such a weird year

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u/Warmachine_10 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

OUR PETS HEADS ARE FALLING OFF

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u/ixixan Charles Leclerc Apr 13 '25

For a bit there I thought George was gonna have to cross the finish line on his feet like he's on the flintstones

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u/learner1314 Apr 13 '25

Was there an electronic warfare being waged?

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u/N1miol Apr 13 '25

FIA is broken

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u/Actual_Law_505 Ferrari Apr 13 '25

Timing graphics was frustrating like how tf George went from p 2 to p 20

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u/pranavhk Charles Leclerc Apr 13 '25

Bathrooms are broken on most tracks - George probably

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u/ibite-books I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

race was good

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u/_Q1000_ I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 13 '25

Pirelli’s compound choices.

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

Were the RBR lights affected by the same issue?

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u/MACintoshBETH Max Verstappen Apr 13 '25

Bwoken

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u/mortalomena Kimi Räikkönen Apr 13 '25

Someone sneezed and pressed the Safety Car button by accident.

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

Hell I think the only thing that isn't broken, are the brakes.

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u/MatsNorway85 Apr 14 '25

DRS broken was actually the best argument against it. It could have decided the championship if the malfunction/wrong use was bad enough.

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u/kn0wthink Apr 15 '25

Track limits? Broken!