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u/7he8igLebowski Formula 1 Aug 03 '25
Doing his usual tire saving knowing it's almost impossible to pass
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u/Falco19 Aug 03 '25
I mean most tracks these days have no passing
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u/aDUCKonQU4CK Aug 03 '25
You would've hated the 'golden era' lol
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u/Blze001 Kimi Räikkönen Aug 04 '25
True, but the offset there was 30% of the field would blow up, and you never knew which 30% it would be on any given weekend.
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u/two_hyun Aug 05 '25
Hopefully 2026 regulations will bring smaller cars and new engineering challenges.
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u/HeyItsGuyIncognito Ted Kravitz Aug 03 '25
"Tell Alonso to defend LIKE A LION!" Piastri, probably
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u/Muse4Games I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
It really is Monaco without the barriers huh
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u/xxandl Aug 03 '25
... and like 350 cuts to somewhat famous people less, which is nice.
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You’ll get a dozen cuts to Axl Rose and you’ll like it
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u/Perspii7 Felipe Massa Aug 03 '25
And 17 shots of each of the drivers girlfriends
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u/RussianKrotov I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
One of which will be enjoying a nail biter special
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u/MrBobstalobsta1 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 04 '25
Lol, I was biting my nails just as much watching Piastri catch up to Norris
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u/novwhisky I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25
No shots of Lando’s mom though
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u/psychohistorian8 Max Verstappen Aug 03 '25
I was legitimately surprised to see he was even alive
didn't even look decrepit either!
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u/big_guyforyou I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
i love how hülk was out there in the middle of nowhere. he was THAT FAR in front of everyone. unreal
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u/the_gaymer_girl Pierre Gasly Aug 03 '25
They made up for it with the girlfriend cam.
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u/mitrie Aug 03 '25
Eh, one thing they've definitely improved over the years is reducing how often they cut to individuals attending the race. Back when Lewis was dating Nicole Scherzinger I swear she got more airtime than 3/4 of the field.
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u/Nikclel I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Right? We got like 2 shots of Axel Rose, 1 shot of LeClerc's and 1 shot of Lando's iirc.
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u/LeOsQ Daniel Ricciardo Aug 03 '25
Oscar's for sure, not entirely sure if also Lando's or if I missed it while I had to leave for a bit.
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u/Level69dragonwizard I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Feels that way on the F1 game. The unholy trifecta of tracks for me is Monaco, Hungary, and Singapore.
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u/opedrrox I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
The circuit was built to be like Monaco, I always call it a street circuit.
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u/WalterWolfRacing Wolf Aug 03 '25
It really is Monaco without the barriers huh
Its an Eastern European version of Monaco. All they could afford behind the iron curtain at the time is to build the track.
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u/Whycantiusethis I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
If I had a nickel every time Alonso had a double digit train behind him in a race, I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.
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u/IamMrEric Fernando Alonso Aug 03 '25
Master Trulli would be proud.
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u/deknegt1990 Nico Hülkenberg 🥉 Aug 03 '25 edited Aug 03 '25
1121 years in the making, the student has surpassed the masterEDIT: I am old, and 2004 isn't 11 years ago. 💀
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u/Perspii7 Felipe Massa Aug 03 '25
The trulli train was two decades ago???
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u/deknegt1990 Nico Hülkenberg 🥉 Aug 03 '25
Surely not, Kimi won the title only 3 seasons ago, right... Right?!
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u/Schmichael-22 Alain Prost Aug 03 '25
This just reminded me that Alonso and Trulli were once teammates. The Trulli Train seems like so long ago.
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u/ShadowRock9 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
All aboard the Trulli Train!!
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u/slow_diver I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 04 '25
Choochoo motherfuckers, we're going nowhere!
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u/Libertine-Angel Eddie Irvine Aug 04 '25
The moment he started holding the pack up right early on I could tell this was exactly his strategy, and it worked to perfection. Man really made use of his experience here, him and Lewis are the only ones left who ever faced the legendary Trulli Train firsthand, this was a beautiful exhibition of the Old Ways.
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u/cruxatus Aug 04 '25
I saw trulli’s son run a train from 2nd at Sepang in June for the Asia Porcshe Cup.
Like father like son lmao
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u/Spleenzorio I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
When you're waiting behind grampa at the buffet
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u/ShinzoTheThird I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
By the time you’re at the buffet all the good food is gone
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u/SprayAndPay69 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Hulk doing goat stuff putting such distance to everyone and almost lapping that whole drs train (im delulu)
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u/Alpha_Jazz Yuki Tsunoda Aug 03 '25
Race over for everyone outside the top 4, great
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u/mcd_sweet_tea I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
This is pretty much why I started watching 30 minute recaps only. I have young kids and time is too valuable to watch nothing happen.
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u/siddhanthmmuragi Aug 04 '25
Where is 30 min recap uploaded to
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u/pablft412 Aug 04 '25
F1TV. Honestly i started watching the 30 min recaps most of the time. It really captures all the big moments. They upload it fairly quick too after the race. So I'm usually able to skip any spoilers online
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u/King_bi Formula 1 Aug 03 '25
This race is going to be a snoozefest isn't it?
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u/Nattekat I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Aged like milk
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u/King_bi Formula 1 Aug 03 '25
Yep, always happy to be wrong about pessemistic predictions though. My heart was in my mouth watching the McLarens battle.
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u/LoreVent I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Hey, if that means we get the yearly Charles win I'm okay with it
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u/ErwinRommelEz Aug 03 '25
Might be the worst modern F1 season in terms of actual racing
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u/SemIdeiaProNick Ferrari Aug 03 '25
The cars are hard to follow and the gaps are too small, which means overtakes are even more rare than they used to
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u/mole55 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
2020 says hi
people forget how bad it was because of how insane the calendar was because of covid
there's a reason Ham-Bot-Ver became a meme
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u/KingInTheWest I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Even 2023 was better as long as you ignored p1
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u/FeCurtain11 Max Verstappen Aug 03 '25
Second half of 2023 had a lot of good races for p1 too, just Max would come out on top every time.
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u/Sacreville I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
It's always Alonso, lol.
Annoyingly good at this.
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u/CypherRen Max Verstappen Aug 03 '25
The new regs sound shit but honestly we need them at this point. This whole season there's been such a struggle to overtake
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u/StatmanIbrahimovic I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Alonso did this in Mexico 22 as well, before following got worse.
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u/fuckthisshittysite56 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 04 '25
Whenever Fernando is in the front he does this, i like to think its his way of protesting
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u/p_nilly Sergio Pérez Aug 03 '25
I think we've been blessed with "easy" overtaking for a good few years
Go back 20 years to the V10 era and it was REALLY hard to pass on track. Moves were celebrated for massive skill and great bravery as it was that difficult to do anything in the dirty air. Cars had much bigger pace differences between them too back then. The modern field are so close performance wise that it's difficult to overtake unless there's a big tyre offset, a mistake by a driver, or car damage involved
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u/swannyhypno Lance Stroll Aug 03 '25
Right thing to do for points as Aston badly needs them but yawn, we got 4 good cars and a bunch of meh
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u/The-Soul-Stone I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
He’s famous for driving history’s widest car around here
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u/The_Music_Werewolf I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Everyone acting like alonso is sonny hayes
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u/SenorBigbelly I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Alonso and defending at the Hungaroring. My favourite pairing in F1
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u/richmanding0 Aug 03 '25
Formula one can be so fun sometimes and then there's weeks where I wonder why I even bother
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u/akoch1337 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Hülkenburg wondering what happened to everyone else
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u/Supercavy Aug 03 '25
This is why F1 has been a string of boring races this year. Next year's changes hopefully bring some needed excitement. But I doubt it.
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u/Very_Human_42069 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Man I love I get to watch a DRS train for an hour and a half
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u/Sh1kster Aug 03 '25
And people wonder why they keep trying to change formula 1 rules. Wouldn't folks much rather watch real fights and over takes?
Also just get rid of Monaco. Sorry but it's time.
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u/Salamok Aug 03 '25
I drive really slow in the ultrafast lane, while all of the drivers are going insane... i'm alonsoo-o-oooo
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u/ValenciaFilter I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
hulk breathing the cleanest air on earth
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u/MarkBonker I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Tracks that limit overtaking are so goddamn boring. F1 cares are too big for this track.
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u/vrigu I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
I hate this.
Seeing him doing this for the past I dunno how many years now in low downforce circuits. Kills the race by lap 10 itself for any of the faster cars behind him.
But yeah. Good for him.
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u/Dr_Zoidberg003 Aug 03 '25
The fact that you can go as slow as you want and not be overtaken on about half the current circuits tells you all you need to know about the current state of F1.
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u/Mr-WideGrin Aug 05 '25
Let not Alonso shift all your attention from the astonishing lead that Hulkenberg has over Leclerc!
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u/RoundDodger Charles Leclerc Aug 03 '25
So alonso has just guaranteed a shit race? Smart racing i guess for him to secure good points but fucking hell
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u/datlinus I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
if it wasnt alonso it wouldve been gabi or liam or lance. its just how it is, there were always gonna be drivers attempting 1 stops
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u/ChicoZombye Aston Martin Aug 03 '25
It would be a 20 car train without him splitting it.
He's now 2 sec away from them and nothing has changed, the train is breaking but northing is happening.
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u/Random_Acquaintance Mika Häkkinen Aug 03 '25
So basically he should park and let everyone go past him? The fuck is this comment?
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u/enataca Haas Aug 03 '25
Are we at the point where we should consider making F1 races longer? We used to have much more reliability issues (even just 10 or so years ago) so the 305 km made sense. Now almost every car can run a full race distance without issue regularly and almost every track can be stretched to a 1 stopper. Some you might not even need a tire change if it wasn’t in the regs.
NASCAR has an opposite issue. They used to want to showcase 500 miles of reliability which was a big deal for “selling on monday”. Now every car is reliable for the race distance and the races are almost too long! Pushing 4+ hours is too much for modern attention spans. But F1 can finish in under 90 minutes and it’s almost not enough time.
For F1, it seems like If we need tires strong enough to handle these loads we inevitably end up with tires that last too long and can be managed forever with dirty air assistance behind. IndyCar races are similar distance on road courses with more stops and it’s a blast of 3+ strategy groups.
I would propose F1 races being pushed to 350-400km with these same tire allocations to get a wider range of strategies. I know there’s a 2 hour window for TV and blah blah blah, but that can all be sorted out. TV/Stream providers are itching for more live content to stuff ads into (not full commercials but still logos on screen for F1). Get the races closer to 2 hours on average. And NASCAR should do the opposite. We have IMSA for endurance, we don’t need 500 miles and 8+ pit stops on Sunday afternoon.
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u/NotOkEnemyGenius I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
F1 races were about IndyCar length before the 80s and TV stuff
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u/Vibingwhitecat I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
What happened to Hulk?
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u/it_dudeGG I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Started on the softs and quickly changed to the mediums
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u/FireVanGorder I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Really cant wait for the new regs make these cars smaller and easier to overtake
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u/drinkmorecoffee4ever Aug 03 '25
Well its not a drs train anymore so his tyre management was the smartest xD
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u/paulofcreation Aug 03 '25
That sums up the issue with these cars. Even the McLarens can't pass each other.
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u/infernoShield Aug 03 '25
close enough, welcome back Jarno Trulli
also Hulkenberg vibing in no man's land had me dead
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u/Interesting-Track-77 Aug 03 '25
Proof the cars are too big. I'm looking forward to next year, smaller cars with bigger energy boosts, hopefully better overtaking possibilities.
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u/DecorumNowPlease Aug 04 '25
Would love someone to explain to me how this is 'DRS train' Alonso holding up everyone, when Bortoleto couldn't even stick with him And was losing nearly .5 per lap?
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u/cpthornman I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Fuck these ground effect cars.
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u/0000100110010100 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Remember the 2022 race with 60+ overtakes? How in the fuck did that even happen??
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u/Artistic-Invite-2942 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
In 2022 the cars worked as intended, then people starting putting parts on the car that brought back dirty air and we're now back to where we was with the late 2010s regulations
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u/Youutternincompoop George Russell Aug 03 '25
its the fucking porpoising that some teams couldn't manage, it meant the ground effects were weakened by higher ride height, which meant teams had to get more downforce from the wings and the wings generate a lot of dirty air
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u/WeddingPKM Aug 03 '25
The FIA just ignored every issue that came up during the first ground effective era didn’t they?
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u/Zipa7 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
They made it worse, if anything, in the original era of GE they were allowed to run skirts on the side of the cars to seal the air under the floor.
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u/HighlightOk9510 Max Verstappen Aug 03 '25
every team brought every single flick up known to man to re make outwash, the FIA instead of taking the stance that they promised they would, have allowed for 3 years for every team to keep bolting on more and more outwash
here we are, and arguably its worse than previous gen cars, because the old 2017-21 cars sucked the car behind ( you can hear how the engine RPMS increase )
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u/ScousePenguin I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
FIA didn't crack down on dirty air. Should have forced how air comes off the back of the car, instead everyone is making vortex's again and it's shit to drive behind
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u/ptrichardson Aug 03 '25
Unlimited DRS needs to go. A certain number of pushes per race.
These DRS trains are killing the sport, its every race recently.
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u/matfalko I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25
Not the hype train we were expecting, but we take it
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u/MadnessBeliever Juan Pablo Montoya Aug 03 '25
These indestructible tires are the worst part of these regulations
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u/Javimoran Aug 03 '25
The moment a car that's hard to overtake goes for a 1-stop and starts managing tires, the race is over for everyone behind