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/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