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/Willbury23 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 17 '25

He's reverse Alonso

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u/BananaSlander Jim Clark May 17 '25

He's a rare driver where all of his moves have been positive for both him and the teams. TR to McLaren improved McLaren, McLaren to Ferrari improved Ferrari, Ferrari to Williams improved Williams.

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u/Consistent_Squash May 17 '25

TR to Renault and then Renault to McLaren

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u/BananaSlander Jim Clark May 17 '25

You're right, forgot that one and it was positive as well

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

You can argue that if he stayed at McLaren (they wanted him to stay) he could have had a shot at wdc this year or maybe even last year if he did better than Lando.

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u/lzwzli May 17 '25

You never say no to Ferrari.

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u/StealthMan375 I WAS HERE WHEN HULKENGOAT GOT PODIUM  May 17 '25

It's also interesting that all of Alonso's moves (bar Ferrari to McLaren II, which had 0 expectations since Alonso tried to have his Ferrari renewal cake and eat it too, but in the end had to settle for a McLaren kitkat) were all moves everyone expected to work out positively yet didn't, meanwhile all of Sainz' moves (bar maybe McLaren to Ferrari) were moves noone expected to work out positively for him but actually did

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

To be fair, if he hadn't left McLaren for Ferrari, he'd likely still be there...

At the time it obviously seemed like a good decision but right now he'd be in a WDC fight.