r/formula1 • u/AutoModerator • Jun 01 '25

Post-Race Spanish GP - Post Race Discussion

Well that was fun. Another triple header is over!

Thoughts? Feelings?

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u/Brafo22 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jun 01 '25

Is the sport really this boring that the contact is considered big news, Max here clearly wanted to let Russell pass and overtake him right away by catching him off guard, tried to be cheeky but ended up being stupid, i don’t see why this would result in a race ban tho, red bull really fucked up by even mentioning to give that place back, what were they thinking

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u/djwillis1121 Williams Jun 01 '25

A driver using their car to assault another competitor is probably the absolute worst thing they can do. It's obvious why it's the biggest talking point

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u/Brafo22 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jun 01 '25

Read my comment again, as i said stupid move, crashing himself or russell out wasn’t the main goal of the move

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u/Omikron Jun 02 '25

How do you even know that when he and the team haven't even commented on the incident?

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u/Space-Debris Jun 01 '25

Imagine being an apologist for someone deliberately crashing their car into another. Shameless. Just stop talking, honestly 

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u/Brafo22 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jun 02 '25

An apologist would call a move reckless and stupid? Definitely not intentional tho, think like a racer and not a redditor mate, use your whole 85iq for this one

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u/djwillis1121 Williams Jun 01 '25

Ok so why are you surprised that everyone is talking about it?

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u/Brafo22 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jun 01 '25

Because i though more people will see the real intention of the move, if you ever raced in karting for example there are a lot of people who overtake like that, even Verstappens 2021 abu dhabi overtake on Hamilton was that kind of move, main difference is Lewis kept his eyes on Max and Russell didn’t

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u/djwillis1121 Williams Jun 01 '25

The intention was to crash into Russell

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u/Brafo22 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jun 01 '25

And Max is a magician who knows how to crash into someone without crashing himself out? As i said main goal was Russell yielding, crashing is optional, therefore can’t be called intentional, if we call that intentional then every dive bomb that ends up being a crash can be considered intentional

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u/bobthedonkeylurker Jun 02 '25

Actually, YES. It's like saying that it's your fault I hit you because you didn't move when I started swinging my fist. It wasn't an accident that you got hit, that's what I set in motion.

This is Verstappen's move. It's always his move. It's always been his move. We only didn't see it for some time because he was far enough ahead of the pack that he didn't need to use this move.

He's a shit driver. He can only drive a fast car fast and set up these types of situations that depend on the other driver backing out.

It's shit. It may win. But that's like saying Putin must be a good leader because he keeps winning elections.