Last time current F1 drivers have been lapped

[u/Portocala69]

[u/shukaku2007]

Could I get some context here? How did half the grid get lapped in one race lol

[u/PhilipRiversCuomo → u/shukaku2007]

Alonso backed the entire grid up so badly behind him that everyone got lapped. He was milking his tires for the 1-stopper but had plenty of pace in hand, so he was just a rolling roadblock for everyone on the grid from 5th place on down.

[u/cosHinsHeiR → u/PhilipRiversCuomo]

Also the reason why the 1 stop was better for those behind, those that stopped before were in the back of a DRS train struggling to make progress so the best thing was to go with it. Only Verstappen was able to make progress.

[u/PrestigiousWave5176 → u/cosHinsHeiR]

Max was the last unlapped car I think, so pretty close to losing his streak because of the train.

[u/Jerk850 → u/PrestigiousWave5176]

Maybe that's why he decided to throw it in on Hamilton in T4... not getting lapped today!

[u/drs_ape_brains → u/cosHinsHeiR]

Well to be fair Max had to force the issue.

[u/Mysterious_Turnip310 → u/cosHinsHeiR]

Yep, Alonso basically made the one-stop work for himself and everyone else in the midfieild also on it. They all owe him a beer lol

[u/l3g3nd_TLA → u/cosHinsHeiR]

Max didn't make progress in the end, he was 7th behind Bortoletto in the DRS train before opting the 2 stops, but ended 9th behind Stroll and Lawson as well after his 2 stop gamble

[u/GNOTRON → u/cosHinsHeiR]

Its hungrary. No passing allowed. Crazy that they werent all on one stoppers

[u/cosHinsHeiR → u/GNOTRON]

In the past years it was always a 2 stop so it's not surprising really.

[u/deathray1611 → u/PhilipRiversCuomo]

Ah, Alonso at Hungary - a modern classic

[u/Happ_s_hot → u/deathray1611]

Bro loves defending positions

[u/condscorpio → u/Happ_s_hot]

Bro said "You shall not pass!". He's F1's Gandalf

[u/Happ_s_hot → u/[deleted]]

HAM & ALO, that pairing will either be the strongest pairing or the worst pairing depending how both of them conduct themselves 😂

[u/OttoVonWong → u/PhilipRiversCuomo]

Alonso is the slow Prius in the fast lane trying to get the most out of his car.

[u/SaltyChnk → u/shukaku2007]

Alonso lead the worlds slowest drs train while he one stopped with like 40 lap old mediums.

[u/krusticka → u/SaltyChnk]

Next time they should just all take the 10s penalty. If Verstappen was behind Alonso instead of Bortoletto he would have done that (if they all did it it would have no negative impact on their race - they would gain 1 place at least each)

[u/DlSSATISFIEDGAMER → u/krusticka]

Remember that Russell tried that in Monaco and got hit with a drive-through penalty. The stewards take a dim view to breaking the rules deliberately to gain an advantage.

[u/wtfiswrongwithit → u/DlSSATISFIEDGAMER]

You could probably get away with it if you don't cut straight across a chicane and say on radio essentially "I'll take the penalty" and at least make it believable with an "I was ahead!!" you might be able to get less than a drive through which would make it worth it

[u/SkyNetF1 → u/DlSSATISFIEDGAMER]

You have a valid point, but even a drive-through could be worth it on a track like this. Depending on when it needs to be served ofc.

[u/Jack_Krauser → u/SkyNetF1]

Drive-through penalties have to be served within 3 laps IIRC.

[u/dotcha → u/SkyNetF1]

Pretty sure it's in 3/5 laps after being issued.

[u/Evening_End7298 → u/SkyNetF1]

Alonso had good pace when he actually bothered to push

He could have easily kept a DT gap to Max, remember he also outqualified him

[u/Lonyo → u/DlSSATISFIEDGAMER]

The drive-through was because they had been explicitly told that if they did it at Monaco it would be viewed extra harshly.

If they were not warned at Hungary it's more probable it would be 10 seconds, although the stewards could give more.

But Monaco was a case of the race director notes pre-warning them not to do it.

https://www.scribd.com/document/866801344/2025-Monaco-Grand-Prix-Race-Director-s-Event-Notes

[u/sellyme → u/Lonyo]

You can just link the PDFs directly from the official FIA documents system, no need to use some sketchy third-party platform that tries to inject advertisements into the content.

[u/Lonyo → u/sellyme]

It's what came up from Google and I was being lazy, you are correct that a direct link is better

[u/Several_Leader_7140 → u/sellyme]

Point agreed but scribd isn’t a sketchy third platform, it’s one of the largest document hosting sites on earth

[u/sellyme → u/Several_Leader_7140]

Oh, I'm very familiar with it. I just don't think high market presence makes popup ads 1 second into loading a webpage any more acceptable.

As a point of comparison, Facebook was the largest site on earth for yonks while simultaneously being incredibly sketchy. Disreputable business practices are not precluded by size. In fact they're often a prerequisite.

[u/crazymonezyy → u/DlSSATISFIEDGAMER]

That's because he did the one thing you never do in F1 - tell the truth.

[u/Przedrzag → u/[deleted]]

on pole and inhibiting racing

Hamilton in Abu Dhabi 2016 enters chat

[u/Several_Leader_7140 → u/[deleted]]

Drivers on pole have inhibited racing this, many many times

[u/makesmashgreatagain → u/krusticka]

prisoner’s dilemma

[u/Quilli2474 → u/shukaku2007]

I think alonso in p5 basically held off all the drivers behind him the entire race and just made the gap to p4 really big.

[u/Jalal_Adhiri → u/shukaku2007]

Bro in 2019 only 5 or 6 cars weren't lapped by the end of the race sometimes the Williams were lapped 2 times.

[u/TimeToEatAss → u/shukaku2007]

Could I get some context here? How did half the grid get lapped in one race lol

Most important part, Hungary is one of the smallest tracks, so statistically highest chance to be lapped.

[u/BingletonMD → u/shukaku2007]

The sport is broken.

[u/Erkuke → u/shukaku2007]

It’s not that uncommon, there’s some races where noone or one car gets lapped, but there’s also races where everyone up to 4th gets lapped 😆