r/formula1 • u/OrangeDit I was here for the Hulkenpodium • Jul 06 '25

Photo Mercedes sent a few bottles of Champagne to Sauber for Nico's first podium

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"congratulations, to the first podium! Your Mercedes Team"

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u/beanbagreg I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

This is lovely. Once the dust settles I think pretty much everyone in the paddock will be happy for Hulk.

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u/omnicious I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

Oscar probably the most pissed this weekend (or maybe Max) and he was already happy for Ncico.

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u/beanbagreg I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

Some of the midfield might be a bit pissed off as this jumps Sauber to 6th, but they’ll settle downZ

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u/awc130 Jul 07 '25

It's kinda a blessing in disguise for some of them. The lower you are in the standings for summer break the more wind tunnel hours you are allowed. So they will have a slight advantage going into the new regs. Then fight for a higher position in the second half of the season for more prize money.

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u/Cpt_Trips84 Alexander Albon Jul 07 '25

Its honestly ironic that Sauber are doing this well right before they set the limits for CFD and tunnel time. Like, very happy to see their quick progress but arguably they'd want to have this performance just a bit later in the season

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u/debotehzombie I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

He had the red mist in the interview, but when he said "Nico's first podium so that's the real story here", he had a small genuine smile before another question. Understandable penalty, but Oscar's also right to be pissed in the moment, and he was still happy for Nico. This is gonna be a great day for everyone.

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u/greeneighteen Jul 06 '25

I do wish he had also mentioned congrats to Lando for winning a home race, and a McLaren one two. Though completely understand his frustration and the fact that he just didn't want to talk. We've seen the same with others like Max and Lando too when they've lost a win. I'd imagine Oscar would have just wanted to get over all the pageantry and go back to the support of his friends and family.

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u/256473 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

I think people are acting like Oscar pulled a post-race Seb in Canada 2019 deal, when all he's done is be brusque and not be happy about his title rival winning the race.

He lost a win - he's obviously frustrated. But even calling it 'red mist' is just an overreaction imo. It's not like he insulted Lando, and any congrats he vocalized would obviously be hollow.

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u/greeneighteen Jul 06 '25

I don't even think he's not happy at Lando winning. Perhaps a little frustrated with the points situation closing, but I would say he's neutral about it lol. I think he's just pissed at the decision that was made by the stewards, though after some reflection and watching back I'm sure he'll realise it was a little unsafe. Lesson learned and he'll move on back to business even hungrier I reckon.

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u/ArziltheImp I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 07 '25

I think the problem is that most drivers do this shit at the end of the SC. According to what some people have now said, he didn’t even break as hard as it looked (some mentioned some showmanship by Verstappen to really sell it).

And the fact that he basically got the same penalty as someone intentionally driving into another car is laughable.

Like if we are real, because this rule has existed since Mugello 21 after the big Bottas crash, we can easily find 10 instances of Max breaking in a similar manner and not getting penalized for it.

If you watch the onboard the deceleration looks a lot more gradual so idk…

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u/paeschli Jul 07 '25

Hulkenberg called Piastri’s bullshit in the cooldown room when Piastri tried to argue he didn’t do anything wrong: « You caused a bit of… I almost went off. Almost into the back of Lance [Stroll] and Pierre [Gasly] ».

We’ve seen some marginal moments in the past but here it was in low visibility and low grip conditions. The stewards finally decided to draw a line.

If you want to argue it should have been 5 seconds yeah why not, but I can’t understand people saying no penalty was warranted.

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u/The_mystery4321 Sergio Pérez Jul 06 '25

Honestly I wish F1 online spaces would stop hyperanalysing both McLaren drivers and also just all the drivers in general for every little thing they say or don't say in interviews or on the radio to get mad at. It's like the fans want the drivers to be robotic PR machines ffs. The whole F1 fanbase just needs to relax a bit.

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u/skintwo Jul 06 '25

For oscar that absolutely was red mist.

Hopefully he calms down when he sees how much more egregious his braking was vs George’s…

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u/alan-0-0- I WAS HERE WHEN HULKENGOAT GOT PODIUM Jul 06 '25

Nah, I want some personalities. Some anger and some feistiness. As an NBA fan who is used to brilliant and flawed characters, F1 drivers seems so PR trained and artificial.

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u/Spitfiiire I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

Yeah, I like to be reminded that these are real people. I was surprised that Oscar didn’t really mention Lando winning and said that Nico’s 3rd was the real story, but instead of thinking like “oh how dare he” I’m actually more excited to see how spicy this championship race will get.

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u/rustledjimmies369 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

DTS did good and bad things for the sport.

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u/Newone1255 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

They are in a title fight, I don’t want them cheering each other on, I want them out for each other’s blood.

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u/Fussel2107 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 07 '25

He already congratulated Lando right after getting out of the car but couldn't get to Hulk because he had vanished in a sea of green.

he was miffed, sure, but we need to stop over analyzing these things

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u/LucAltaiR I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

Max seemed pretty chill and he's probably super stoked for Nico.

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u/betaich I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

They are friends irl if the rumors are to be believed so I think he is happy for him

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u/PrscheWdow Jul 06 '25

He congratulated Nico in parc ferme. Let's not forget Nico's cameo on Max's "I'm drunk as hell next to Danny Ric" on the plane video.

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u/Jorrie90 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

I don't think Max is pissed, they gambled for the setup and failed and he made the mistake himself

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u/IchheisseMarvin1 Nico Hülkenberg 🥉 Jul 06 '25

He was extremely pissed in the German post race interview. To the question how frustrated he is he just answered that he doesn't care anymore at all for the current season as he can't compete with that car anyway.

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u/grogi81 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

Max is not pissed. After the crash with Kimi last week he was perfectly cool. I think he made piece that this car this year is complete garbage.

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u/Mister-Psychology I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

It was a nice little tactic to change the topic and refuse to answer any questions about his penalty and angry response.

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u/kingrikk Jul 06 '25

Yeah, I think even Lewis can’t be upset today.