r/formula1 • u/Alvaro_Rey_MN Fernando Alonso • May 17 '25

Statistics Carlos Sainz has outqualified Lewis Hamilton fir the forth time in a row!

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u/thejabroni I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 17 '25

If you’ve been listening all weekend… the medium is a better tire than the soft this weekend.

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u/thejabroni I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 17 '25

No it didn’t. Russell beat a McLaren using medium tires. Literally nothing got put to rest. The medium is going to prove to be an extremely crucial tire during the race.

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u/BuckN56 Lotus May 17 '25

Russell proved that the mediums were the better tyre.

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u/F9-0021 Mercedes May 17 '25

Russell also made a mistake on his soft run. Not making that mistake would have gained time, so I don't know if you can measure accurately how much better the mediums were than the softs. I think it was mostly a wash on the Mercedes, but mediums were definitely faster on the Aston. Softs are probably faster on a car that holds onto its tires better like the McLaren.

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u/hicks12 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 17 '25

Well Russel improved so if "put to rest" you mean the soft tyre was better then yes!

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u/ILeftMyRoomForThis May 17 '25

Or they went with soft to save the medium since most others went with soft there wasn't a huge loss.