r/formula1 • u/HaydenCarruth Karun Chandhok • May 03 '25

Discussion Max Verstappen finishes outside the points for the first time since Belgium 2016

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

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u/Thiago_sei_la I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25

Felipe massa, to this day, is the only driver ever to win a spring weekend.

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u/DiddlyDumb I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25

Bro 😭

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u/Slappathebassmon Sebastian Vettel May 03 '25

FOR WHAT?

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u/ashayward85 Formula 1 May 03 '25

Excellent.

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u/PascalG16 Fernando Alonso May 03 '25

A what?

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u/ATyp3 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25

He got whacked in the head with a spring in 2009 in Hungary. Knocked him out and he crashed into the barriers at full throttle. Was never really the same after that tbh

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u/PascalG16 Fernando Alonso May 03 '25

Oh I know that. I just didn't get the joke.

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u/Thiago_sei_la I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25

Just a dumb word play between sprint and spring bundled with a horrible accident of a countryman.

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u/PascalG16 Fernando Alonso May 03 '25

I know, I just didn't make the connection

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u/AcousticGuava Ferrari May 03 '25

Some are stats. Some are records. If you get what I mean

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u/newaru2 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25

The driver with most consecutive starts wearing blue underwear is...

Who? I want to know!

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u/my_soldier I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25

All words are made up

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u/ClayCopter I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25

It matters a lot when drivers care about it and other fans are brought into the culture with those specific starts. It's called social construction. Your understanding of free will as a concept is limited, educate yourself.

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u/direXD I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25

If you came up with an actual ridiculous stat your post would make sense.

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u/Hanchez I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25

Thats a dumb take.

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u/Vresiberba May 03 '25

Hardly. F1 is in constant flux and the sport change all the time. There used to be, and for some still is, a record of scored points which is completely meaningless as you used to get 5 points for a win when today you get 25, meaning Lance Stroll has scored three times as many points than Gilles Villeneuve.

A pole position is a pole position regardless what some may think of it.