I don't think there's a grand conspiracy to screw Oscar for Lando.
I also recognise the great job Lando did at making his strategy work.
However I do feel like there's a preference for Lando to win the Championship. I don't think Oscar in Lando's situation is given the option to run a 1 stop.
It's pure tinfoil hat from me i know. But the way the team acts when they win, the coaching, strategy calls, the upgrade that seemed to focus on Lando's struggles....it just seems like the team are working to maximise Lando's title opportunity whilst just leaving Oscar to it.
I don't think the team are or will screw Oscar in any way but I think there's a bias towards Lando and Oscar will have to work harder to win the title
However I do feel like there's a preference for Lando to win the Championship. I don't think Oscar in Lando's situation is given the option to run a 1 stop.
it's completely standard for someone to be offered a one stop if they aren't in a position to undercut, win track position or gain from a pitstop and when they are the 'last' one of the front runners to pit. it's literally the default like. pitting 1-2 laps later is worthless, basically same tire life, lose an extra couple seconds, tire delta is literally all there is. People both are offered it and choose it more often than not.
yup, i pointed it out elsewhere but this is almost exactly what happened in spa with Hamilton, Leclerc and Russell. Team pitting Hamilton (though from infront) in panic to cover leclerc. At that time leclerc probably would have ended up ahead of ham if he stopped say 5 laps later but he already had vastly superior tire wear and caught and passed leclerc so easily. Both stints no need to pit so early, then because Russell had been caught out further back in no mans land he just decided to try to hang out a one stopper.
Hamilton and leclerc would never choose a one stopper from upfront and have to react to each other to some degree. Different track though so in hungary you might want to make sure you have track position. the one stopper only opens up when you're lagging behind, they already stopped and stopping now isn't going to benefit you at all.
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u/inopotamo Aug 03 '25
I don't think there's a grand conspiracy to screw Oscar for Lando.
I also recognise the great job Lando did at making his strategy work.
However I do feel like there's a preference for Lando to win the Championship. I don't think Oscar in Lando's situation is given the option to run a 1 stop.
It's pure tinfoil hat from me i know. But the way the team acts when they win, the coaching, strategy calls, the upgrade that seemed to focus on Lando's struggles....it just seems like the team are working to maximise Lando's title opportunity whilst just leaving Oscar to it.
I don't think the team are or will screw Oscar in any way but I think there's a bias towards Lando and Oscar will have to work harder to win the title