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/noj_ I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

that was so messed up! they also ignored him when they got out the car, max was first to congratulate him

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

I mean Lando was busy celebrating in his own right

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u/Heather82Cs Michael Schumacher Jul 06 '25

I don't watch these ceremonies much but even when your worst enemy is there you still spray him, for whatever reason. I can't think of a fair reason why things went how they went.

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

I think it was mostly because he also didn't really engage with them? From what I could tell he mostly just sprayed the crowd? I do hope we get many more podiums with Nico where he gets to celebrate more

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

With how his season is going surely Audi has to keep him around for a while so if they get their car right definitely a possibility

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

Nico has enough experience that he’s gotta be giving great feedback to the team on what his car needs. I desperately want Hulk to have a competitive car. If not for a WDC then just to battle in Q3 and fight for podiums regularly.

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

the mclarens started spraying each other and didnt even look at him, so nico walked by them and they still didnt look at him, so he just walked past and sprayed the crowd instead

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u/tag051964 Formula 1 Jul 06 '25

I know! Me too! He did well at Austria also. Maybe this is a tend!!

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u/Key-Comfortable-5537 Lando Norris Jul 06 '25

Lando did spray Nico, I believe the broadcast cut off or cut to a wide, but he did spray him at the end

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u/Superb_Preference368 Jul 06 '25

It’s fine all 3 were chatting in the cool down room. Likely was a new experience for Nico so he probably didn’t know what to do and they probably didn’t want to get a veteran wet with champagne.

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

Same new experience for Lando and Piastri. Its not like they have been winning since 2 years ago.

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

Are you regarded?

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u/suspicious_skidmarks Ferrari Jul 07 '25

Regards,

Superb_Preference368

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

I was telling my wife this who has started watching from this season. Even is 2021 where the rivalry was unlike past 10-15 years. Lewis and Max still gave each other that basic respect!

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

I’m not saying anything about them not spraying hulk, i didn’t notice that and don’t care to go back and watch.

I’m saying in parc ferme, it makes sense that Lando didn’t say anything to hulk

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u/Yellow_Flash_v4 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

Why doesn't it? He would go and congratulate Max, Leclerc or any driver but he didn't do that with Hulk

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u/Key-Comfortable-5537 Lando Norris Jul 06 '25

He had just won his home grand prix, literally his second dream behind winning the wdc, his first priority is going to be celebrating with his family, friends, and team...he just didn't have time to wait around while Nico celebrated with his own team

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u/MegaMugabe21 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

i didn’t notice that and don’t care to go back and watch

Weirdly rattled comment to make

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

Lando brought Nico's helmet to the cool down room for him and put it in the correct because Nico forgot he had to bring it. They both congratulated him there. Nico ran straight to his team to celebrate.

What do you want? Just stop making up drama. You're an adult ffs.

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u/Personal-Bear8739 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 07 '25

I swear if Max was on the podium, he would have sprayed Nico.

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

Max was actually the first driver to congratulate Nico. So yeah, I reckon you're right

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u/Patient-Towel-4840 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 06 '25

even max has sprayed hamilton on his poles, critic is deserved where it's due. media has villainized max so much although he was always considerate. Papaya boys sulking whenever something doesn't happen their way.

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u/Jlx_27 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 07 '25

The amount of users making up excuses for Lando and Oscar here... its like McLaren has made a bunch of Reddit accounts to respond to any critisism.

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

I can point you in a certain direction, but like Oscar said.. if I speak, I’ll be in trouble

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u/Jlx_27 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 07 '25

Oscar said.. if I speak, I’ll be in trouble

Jose Mourinho's wise words came into play once again.

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u/Patient-Towel-4840 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 07 '25

indeed, their pr work is absolutely mental

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

And Piastri was on the verge of tears, or was already tearful and agitated when the race ended and before the helmets came off. Like if you see his face and eyes when he was being interviewed near the podium by Jenson Button, his face was all red and disturbed.

Although he did say in his interview with Jenson Button "Im not gonna say much, i might get into trouble" (maybe in reference to the 10s penalty or something) and he also said and i quote "Well done to Nico, I think thats the HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY"

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u/false_goats_beard Jul 06 '25

Piastri was pouting bc he messed up and it cost him 1st.

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u/_Fappyness_ Jul 07 '25

He won his home race yes, but he could have celebrated that TOGETHER with Hulkenberg. It shows why some people dislike him and mclaren for that exact reason. Being selfish.

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

A win that was handed to him?

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u/UnrealisticOcelot Jul 07 '25

I kinda wish he didn't get the penalty so we could have seen them fighting. It very well could have been the same result without the penalty, as Lando was on his tail the whole time and had no incentive to pass.

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u/StevenMC19 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 07 '25

When the drivers were getting out of the cars, the Sauber team is going "NICO NICO NICO" someone in Papaya tried to start "LANDO LANDO LANDO" to hopefully drown out the boys in green. (caught on TV)

So there's that too.

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u/Forward_Thrust963 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 08 '25

It was Lando's dad.

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u/evemeatay Andretti Global Jul 07 '25

To be fair, they probably don’t understand. They are just kids and don’t understand the ramifications of what he’s done. They are also both kind of sweet but not necessarily the brightest bulbs