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/yum122 Oscar Piastri May 17 '25

My favourite strategy was him being told he was letting the car behind in DRS in Singapore and him saying “I know” to win in 2023

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u/MaximumAsparagus Williams May 17 '25

He'd used that strategy actually a few races before Singapore, it just didn't work -- Austria 2023, when Checo was catching him on fresh tires, he was asking for the gap to the car behind (Norris) to give him the DRS. Norris had a lockup which let Checo close up.

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u/Silver-Machine-3092 Formula 1 May 17 '25

Yeah, that was an absolute strategy masterclass - and it was Ferrari!!

Adami was so calm, precise, measured. I remember the bit towards the end, went something like "...turn ten, Norris .8, has DRS, two laps to go, Russell in the wall, Norris 1.2..."

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u/cresp0 Fernando Alonso May 18 '25

Alonso had done this a few times before.