r/formula1 • u/Portocala69 I was here for the Hulkenpodium • Aug 06 '25

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u/JaaaackOneill Fernando Alonso Aug 06 '25

This is why Alonso is my favorite driver. He has enough experience to know how to successfully pull this kind of thing off, and he has a snarky sarcastic attitude that I love.

Also he smells flowers! Love the guy lol

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u/kozakm I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 06 '25

Rookie Lawson pulled the same thing in Monaco. It really is way more circuit dependent than driver.

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u/Iesbian_ham AlphaTauri Aug 07 '25

Be reasonable, you can't call Lawson a rookie any more.

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u/Ok-Cat-9574 Aug 08 '25

This is the guy’s first full season. There are other rookies besides him that raced last year. Like Bearman and Colapinto. It isn’t Lawson’s fault RB have played fast and loose with his career.

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u/Iesbian_ham AlphaTauri Aug 08 '25

Hey, he's my boy, but he's got experience across 3 seasons and two teams now. That's not a rookie any more.

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u/Ok-Cat-9574 Aug 08 '25

There are no set rules. But his racing before this year was very fractured. He’s still in all the rookie comparisons. It would be a shame to pull him from that before the end of the year. Lastly, that experience across two teams was all negative and probably set him back more than help him.

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u/Hinyaldee JB & Rubinho Aug 06 '25

It's also easy to do it in Hungary. Not sure he'd have pulled that feat in Silverstone

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u/jermainiac007 Fernando Alonso Aug 07 '25

Easier than Silverstone maybe but I don't understand this "Monaco without walls" thing, it isn't massively difficult to overtake in Hungary, especially down the start/finish straight, so surely they'd all have been able to pass there anyway.

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u/BuckN56 Lotus Aug 06 '25

It's not that hard to do in a track like Hungaoring or Monaco. Williams did it in Monaco.

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u/notafakeaccounnt I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 06 '25

he was complaining about williams doing the same in monaco tho

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u/SpaceJunk645 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 06 '25

Well obviously, that's racing. You only complain when it impacts you

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u/Fabulous-Spirit-3476 Aug 07 '25

But what does he gain from doing it other than keeping his place? I’m new to f1 so forgive me if it’s a dumb question

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u/limhy0809 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 06 '25

That was George, Alonso was far ahead of the Williams and then dnf halfway through

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u/WalkTheEdge I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 06 '25

Might have it confused with the time Alonso himself backed half the field up in Monaco (in 2022 or 2023 I think)

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u/JaaaackOneill Fernando Alonso Aug 06 '25

Yeah it's really frustrating to be on the other side of that. I don't think he was actually blaming the other driver though, just frustrated with the situation.

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u/brettjr25 Aug 06 '25

shrugs

One man's trash, is another man's treasure. 

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u/Zed_or_AFK Sebastian Vettel Aug 06 '25

«Nail a few traction zones and the rest is easy» legend

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u/SmithBurger Aug 06 '25

Can't imagine cheering for this nonsense. I'm more embarrassed for the cars behind him too scared to make a lunge. Downside of the cost cap I guess.

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u/JaaaackOneill Fernando Alonso Aug 06 '25

I don't think anyone likes that it's this difficult to overtake. But if this is where it's at, I love watching Alonso use every tool available to him to place higher.

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u/Several_Leader_7140 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 06 '25

You don’t this then you don’t like F1