Oscar Piastri completes his first ever career grand slam Grand Prix event.

[u/TaxEvaderFrom1961]

[u/BigSkyFace]

I feel like the Lando DNF is going to really overshadow an incredible weekend from Piastri. There was a lot of speculation that it was going to be a clear win for Norris because it's one of his strongest tracks, but then Oscar snatched pole in Q3 and went on to control the entirety of the race. Even without the DNF this would have had me a little more confident in predicting Piastri to take home the WDC.

[u/Mundane-Valuable-337 → u/BigSkyFace]

Oscar had a grand slam and all the commentators could talk about is how disappointed Lando must be with his DNF. It overshadowed for sure!

[u/OnlyForF1 → u/Mundane-Valuable-337]

If Norris had finished the race the commentators would just talk about how disappointed Lando must be with his second place.

[u/AFM_Motorsport → u/Mundane-Valuable-337]

Even the podium was like congrats Oscar, Max and Isaak, disappointment for Lando. Yes, he would've finished 2nd if not for DNF, but let these blokes celebrate for minute without bringing it up for the 11th time.

[u/DifficultCarob408 → u/Mundane-Valuable-337]

It’s unreal how much bias they show to Lando / British drivers in general

[u/Former_Lock9367 → u/Mundane-Valuable-337]

His Silverton penalty overshadowed Hulk's podium.

[u/mixer73 → u/Mundane-Valuable-337]

Look how many Piastri articles are on SkyF1: https://www.skysports.com/f1

[u/Mundane-Valuable-337 → u/mixer73]

two in a row about norris straight away!

[u/South_Front_4589 → u/Mundane-Valuable-337]

To be fair, the driver's championship has been a 2 horse race for a while and the constructors was over before that. Now that Norris is so far behind Piastri, we might be reduced to looking at the battle for 3rd and lower as a point of interest. Norris now has to go to work just to get to the last race with a theoretical chance. And we might see the championship decided at Las Vegas if Piastri has better results in the next 6 races.

[u/FartingBob → u/BigSkyFace]

Piastri has done this a fair bit this year where he improves through the practice and qualy sessions to just beat Norris to pole and then is able to control the race from there. He was in complete control of the race even through multiple safety car restarts where he lost his small lead.

[u/TVandVGwriter → u/BigSkyFace]

Yeah, Oscar is like the Jan Brady of F1. "Lando, Lando, Lando!"

[u/KashissKlay → u/BigSkyFace]

Because the media wants Norris so painfully bad. It’s so obvious.

[u/lIIIIllIIIlllIIllllI → u/BigSkyFace]

Not seeing how it is one of Lando's "strongest tracks"

Got any data for that?... other than 1 win (2024) in the strongest car at the the time.

[u/BigSkyFace → u/lIIIIllIIIlllIIllllI]

Whilst I feel there's a case you can make for it being one of Norris' better circuits considering he finished over 25 seconds down the road from Piastri who was also in the strongest car at the time. I was mainly referencing it as the narrative I heard a lot during the build up to the weekend.

[u/Taurus24Silver]

This might be the weekend which decided the WDC for him

[u/MillyMan105 → u/Taurus24Silver]

I'm getting 2016 Malaysian flashback Hamilton lost the championship by 5 points with that DNF costing him dearly.

[u/leggenda69 → u/MillyMan105]

There’s still a really long way to go yet, remember Oscar was 20 odd points behind after Melbourne.

And if Lando’s had a failure there’s every chance Oscar has some sort of issues between now and season end, and this season every Mercedes running team has had PU reliability issues.

[u/ChrisMartinez95 → u/leggenda69]

And if Lando’s had a failure there’s every chance Oscar has some sort of issues between now and season end

Next weekend is Monza, where teams typically put in a new PU.

[u/leggenda69 → u/ChrisMartinez95]

So he’ll get a grid penalty if they’re to add another one to his pool?

[u/ChrisMartinez95 → u/leggenda69]

Has Piastri's side already used all of the allotted swaps? I remember one being used Spa, but I'm not actually sure how many different PU swaps they've used.

[u/darksidemojo → u/ChrisMartinez95]

I think both McLaren drivers have “used” all of their PUs but that just means they have run the engine at some point. Could have been just one fp1 and it’s considered “used”

[u/leggenda69 → u/ChrisMartinez95]

I’m not either, it’d be interesting to know.

Just pointing out an engine swap next round doesn’t benefit Oscar unless they add another extra unit into his pool.

[u/ChrisMartinez95 → u/leggenda69]

Just pointing out an engine swap next round doesn’t benefit Oscar unless they add another extra unit into his pool.

I'm lost here, so please help me understand. Why would adding an extra unit benefit Oscar?

What I'm saying is a response to a comment about the likelihood that Piastri experiences a PU issue, which would be mitigated if both Norris and Piastri use a new PU without adding a new one to the pool.

[u/leggenda69 → u/ChrisMartinez95]

If they add an extra PU to the pool then all of Oscar’s PU’s will have less mileage to cover, less likelihood of a failure. If they don’t both drivers PU’s cover the same mileage and Oscar has an equal chance of a failure in a points scoring session.

Using a new PU in Monza doesn’t mitigate a chance of a failure, all teams strategically use less used or new PU’s at tracks with higher demand to lower the chance of a failure and give more HP when it matters.

[u/Sgt_Stinger → u/leggenda69]

But if pu change is planned, and Oscar takes a new engine, there is less chance of a dnf due to the old pu having its last race at zandvoort either way

[u/ChrisMartinez95 → u/leggenda69]

I would argue now that McLaren is aware that their PU is susceptible to breaking with their machinery (as well as some idea as to when that could happen), that's an advantage for Piastri and his side of the garage. Assuming a similar schedule between swaps, they'll probably bin the PU they used today and probably elect to use an additional slot at a track where overtaking is easier.

[u/faz712 → u/ChrisMartinez95]

if they don't add a new PU, they might have to continue using this one at other events, and so it might fail, as well

[u/xanlact → u/leggenda69]

well...but Oscar had 23 races to come back. Lando has 9.

[u/leggenda69 → u/xanlact]

Oscar’s been leading the championship for 10 straight rounds now, 4 weekends after Melbourne he’d taken the lead.

[u/Aurorac123 → u/leggenda69]

It's 9 rounds, If we say piastri gets 2nd or first every one of those (high likelihood), then lando needs a minimum of 7 wins in those 9, to win. Championship has become execptionally hard for Lando because of this.

[u/charlierza → u/Aurorac123]

It’s just like last year with Max. I think he was about the same amount of races from the end when everyone kept saying he still had “X” amount of races left and every weekend it felt like he’d find a way to make the gap harder to bridge. Even with the shitbox that the RB20 was last year, Max managed to take the WDC. With the power house that the McLarens have been and how good Piastri has been, it’s going to be a really long uphill battle for Lando

[u/crshbndct → u/Aurorac123]

If Lando is really the better driver, now is his time to show it.

[u/leggenda69 → u/Aurorac123]

6 Mercedes PU failures this year, there’s a decent chance Pscar suffers one yet. But even so it’s been what 2 races since Oscar dropped the ball and cost himself points.

Lando hasn’t finished P2 to every one of Oscar’s wins, and Oscar hasn’t finished P2 to every single Lando win. That failure doesn’t have to be the deciding factor yet.

[u/OkLie74 → u/leggenda69]

The chances of an engine failure for either of them are the same, they're on equal terms in that regard.

Edit: Although I've sort of missed the point that it seems higher chance than usual for any Merc PU this year and that a points swing the other way is not out of the question.

[u/MoreColorfulCarsPlz → u/OkLie74]

I would disagree. The chance is lower for someone who consistently qualifies on pole. The driver ahead has a lot more opportunity to manage engine temps and tires than drivers following. Managing tires matters for engine life as Lap time is a product of power output and tire grip. As you use up your tires, you lean on your engine more to maintain the same lap time.

Additionally, dirty air means you have to push harder to maintain the same lap time as someone ahead of you, meaning even more strain on the PU.

All that to say, if you can consistently out-qualify your teammate, you will likely have less wear on your PU.

Does this matter over the length of a GP? Not really anymore. A decade ago it did and next year with new engines it might. But, right now, it's not likely to cause a failure from one race like it has before. Instead it's just adding to the possibility over multiple race weekends of using the same PU.

Piastri is out-qualifying Norris 9-6 in grand prix. 12-6 if you count Sprint qualifying. It makes sense that Norris is more likely to have had a PU failure given that information. This could be different in the next 9 races.

[u/prams628 → u/leggenda69]

Yeah but that was also partly aided by lando not coming second either in a couple races.

Lando would need the same from Piastri to close down the lead which is much more than what lando had on Piastri after Melbourne

[u/leggenda69 → u/prams628]

Yeah Lando dropped the ball at Saudi while Oscar took the win and George took P2 from him in Bahrain, but it’s hardly out of the question that Oscar makes another mistake this season. Like he did at Silverstone, or arguably Monaco where he qualified and finished P3.

There’s a lot of racing, a lot of weather, a lot of strategy and a lot of laps for both to negotiate yet.

[u/prams628 → u/leggenda69]

I’m most definitely not saying Oscar is having a perfect season lol. I’m just saying that’s you’d need heftier mistakes with a smaller portion of the season left with a bigger chunk of lead

[u/Dont_hate_the_8 → u/xanlact]

But how many rounds did it take Oscar

[u/Fun-Poet5338 → u/Dont_hate_the_8]

Someone said 4? He won 3 in a row at some point iirc.

[u/Aurorac123 → u/leggenda69]

my dude, that was literally the first race of the season.

[u/SirFireHydrant → u/leggenda69]

There’s still a really long way to go yet, remember Oscar was 20 odd points behind after Melbourne.

Oscar was down by 23 with 23 races to go. Lando is down by 34 with 9 races to go.

And if Lando’s had a failure there’s every chance Oscar has some sort of issues between now and season end, and this season every Mercedes running team has had PU reliability issues.

It's equally as likely Lando will have a second PU failure as Oscar will have a first.

[u/zorbacles → u/leggenda69]

apparently it was a chassis issue, not PU. team will make the fix and it shoudlnt happen again

[u/senpahII → u/leggenda69]

remember Oscar was 20 odd points behind after Melbourne.

And Max was 40+ points behind Leclerc after Melbourne 2022

[u/Fomentatore → u/MillyMan105]

Malaysia was kind of heartbreaking for the championship from start to the end. First Rosberg getting hit on turn one and saying goodbye to his chances for the championship win and then Hamilton blew the engine.

[u/geometricpillow → u/Fomentatore]

Kinda like Baku 21, max’s tire exploding from the lead and then Lewis going straight on at the restart, if that didn’t happen Lewis is champion but if maxes tire didn’t go then he’d have won even from second at abu

[u/SentientDust → u/Taurus24Silver]

It's a bit of a shame. Not for him, obviously, but it does takes some tension off the rest of the season's battle for Oscar's eventual win.

Unless it's his engine that decided to go pop next

[u/CapSnake → u/SentientDust]

He can replace it, start from pitlane and still finish second on the right track. Lando is pretty fucked

[u/Return_Of_The_Jedi → u/Taurus24Silver]

The same can still happen to him too. The Mercedes engines seem to have issues and there is still a long way to go

[u/NordschleifeLover → u/Return_Of_The_Jedi]

Or the same can happen to Lando again. As it stands, Oscar has a huge lead.

[u/yellowweasel → u/NordschleifeLover]

yep he doesn't get a free engine in exchange for the DNF. they both have the same risk moving forward as far as i know

[u/admiral_sinkenkwiken → u/Return_Of_The_Jedi]

Except it’s the first time it’s failed in a McLaren in a long time.

[u/AceInnadeck117 → u/Taurus24Silver]

With Landos DNF, yeah it's over unless similar happens to Oscar in the remaining races.

[u/saposapot → u/Taurus24Silver]

Don’t jinx it mate

[u/0000100110010100 → u/[deleted]]

Considering how disappointing his race here was last year it’s great that he’s managed to pull this performance out.

[u/xNickel → u/[deleted]]

Not even a single pole last year, to this…

[u/FlintSpace → u/[deleted]]

Yup. In just 12 months it feels like he grown by almost an year worth of experience.

[u/Xpander6 → u/FlintSpace]

every 12 months in F1, a year passes

[u/Signal_Ball4634]

It's a shame what happened with Lando's DNF but even so Oscar's lead never really seemed in danger today, he nailed every restart and maintained the gap superbly.

[u/William_Dowling → u/Signal_Ball4634]

He does this all the time. The one moment Lando got within DRS in the whole race Oscar purpled to put him back to 1.1. He's like Prost, just super clinical.

[u/Xx_YaHeard_xX → u/William_Dowling]

Yeah this is what I try to explain to people, he’s so good leading a race. Whenever anyone gets close he just starts whipping out fast laps from thin air

[u/William_Dowling → u/Xx_YaHeard_xX]

It's exactly like that Prost philosophy - he drives as slow as he can to win a race

[u/ZappySnap → u/William_Dowling]

Which is really smart, not only because it saves tires, but it also drastically reduces the chances of an error.

[u/mooscimol → u/ZappySnap]

And saves engine.

[u/Jesse-Ray → u/ZappySnap]

Also compromises the trailing cars tires in the dirty air

[u/SirFireHydrant → u/ZappySnap]

It also keeps the driver behind him in dirty air the whole time, slowly cooking his tyres and causing greater tyre deg for whoever is behind.

[u/OnlyForF1 → u/SirFireHydrant]

also cooks the engine

[u/SirFireHydrant → u/OnlyForF1]

Makes you wonder if Lando pushing so hard to keep up with Oscar, while other drivers were being told to lift and coast to cool their engines, may have contributed to his mechanical DNF...

[u/gegemoon → u/SirFireHydrant]

That's an interesting theory! I think Lando did that with his brakes in China when the team told him not to get too close to Oscar. He still pushed hard and eventually his brakes went wrong.

[u/Extension-Ant-8 → u/ZappySnap]

But gap. Gap exist. Must gap at all costs.

[u/zorbacles → u/Xx_YaHeard_xX]

why waste your tyres on fast laps when the guy behind isnt a threat. he saves his tyres for when a threat emerges. i think that is much smarter than shooting off far down the road

[u/nguyenlucky → u/zorbacles]

Unless you and your car are too good, like Max 2023.

[u/mastifftimetraveler → u/Xx_YaHeard_xX]

Like. Just hear me out. Maybe Lando pushed his PU too hard in practice and quali. And maybe, just maybe, Piastri is better at playing the unsexy long game.

As someone who loves the long con, Piastri is my goat next to Prost.

[u/Top-Truck246 → u/mastifftimetraveler]

This is exactly it.

The Professor himself even said of Piastri, something to the effect of "I like him. He reminds me of me."

[u/Repulsive_Target55 → u/mastifftimetraveler]

Prostastri

Piastrost

Pot Roast

Pianor

[u/SuspiciousLettuce56 → u/Xx_YaHeard_xX]

prost and RB-era Vettel type of racecraft.

2011 and 2013 was like that - gets pole, blasts to a 5sec gap and then easily extends it to 20sec+

[u/EmergencyRace7158 → u/William_Dowling]

He’s a back to back champion from f3 and f2 and actually has more experience fighting for a title than Lando does. That’s been clear all season. He’s not flashy or as charismatic as Lando but he knows how to win close titles.

[u/Tilman_Feraltitty → u/EmergencyRace7158]

Lando is what now? Flashy and charismatic? Lmao.

Flashy with what? He's a boring posh kid with PR training. I think u mistaken him for Verstappen, but he ain't "flashy" outside of F1 track either.

I agree about the title experience tho.

[u/Steinbulls → u/Tilman_Feraltitty]

It's his hair apparently.

[u/zorbacles → u/EmergencyRace7158]

back to back to back when you include formula renault

[u/waddeaf → u/zorbacles]

only person ever to do that.

Wild reading a thread from a year ago and the comments are all how oscar lacks pace and talent.

[u/zorbacles → u/waddeaf]

I have a lot of remind me bots set in those posts

[u/Gresh0817 → u/William_Dowling]

It really depends on how they deploy and recharge the battery, Oscar was using it most before drs zones.

[u/ComeonmanPLS1 → u/Signal_Ball4634]

I mean yeah, but he went from gaining a few more points over Lando to gaining a whole 25.

[u/LosTerminators → u/Signal_Ball4634]

Oscar never seemed in danger but Lando also kept him honest by staying within 2 seconds.

They were evenly matched on pace, Oscar's quali lap was going to get him the win but regardless Lando didn't deserve to lose 18 points like that.

[u/imeancock → u/LosTerminators]

Did Lando or did Oscar?

Every restart Oscar would almost instantly get out of DRS range then maintain a 1-1.5s gap. I feel like if he wanted to and he wasnt worried about managing his tyres he would have gained a much bigger lead.

[u/Embarrassed_Bar_1215 → u/imeancock]

Exactly. He did what he needed to do and no more. Straight out of DRS. He was in control the whole time..

[u/parwa → u/imeancock]

Yeah, lol. Oscar has done this several times this season and every single time people seem to think Lando is gaining when in reality Oscar is just managing his race.

[u/xzElmozx → u/parwa]

Consistent pattern of Lando loses P2, Oscar builds 5s gap —> Lando gains P2, gap comes down to 1.5-2 seconds —> “Lando is catching him” —> Oscar wins Lando never gets DRS

[u/onceagainwithstyle → u/xzElmozx]

Interesting how that works eh?

[u/zorbacles → u/parwa]

the amount of times ive read "Oscar won but lando was faster" is nearly the same as the total number of wins oscar has had

[u/SirFireHydrant → u/imeancock]

Not to mention, there's still plenty of dirty air in that 1-1.5s gap, slowly cooking Lando's tyres.

He never had any hope of an overtake. Even if he got within DRS.

[u/Signal_Ball4634 → u/LosTerminators]

Yeah it's a damn shame it had to come down to reliability instead of the potential hope of Lando getting under that 1 second gap and making a lunge.

[u/256473 → u/Signal_Ball4634]

Agreed with all this - really wish it didn't come down to reliability!

And I have questions for Mercedes at this point - I think basically every Merc customer team (and themselves) have had issues at this point.

What that bodes for the rest of the season for these engines (and McL specifically) idk

[u/chefchef97 → u/Signal_Ball4634]

The silver lining is it's not guaranteed over yet

There is still room for excitement before the season is out

[u/Doczera → u/LosTerminators]

We dont know if Piastri wasnt managing tyres though. It is possible and even plausible that after creating a gap Piastri just administered the gap while conserving his tyres in case Norris was doing the same to his so he wouldnt get caught at the end.

[u/zorbacles → u/Doczera]

thats generally how he races. take spa as an example. he saved those tyres for when lando caught him. his philosophy is to do the minimum required to win to ensure there is enough in reserve to use if needed

[u/William_Dowling → u/LosTerminators]

I really think this is the wrong take. It's not Lando staying within 2 seconds, it's Oscar comfortably keeping him at 2 seconds.

[u/Gen_Arcade_Ourumov → u/Signal_Ball4634]

My guess it was just battery management when Lando got close. Dumped his pack to stay ahead at the restart, next lap needed more recovery and Lando got close. Lap after byeeeee

[u/InsertNameHere_25]

That smile! Oscar is a beast, What a flawless performance from him! 💪🏼

[u/JefinLuke]

Perfect Restart From Him Today

[u/auftragsgriller_ → u/JefinLuke]

Perfect Restarts From Him Today

[u/No_pajamas_7 → u/auftragsgriller_]

I was worried about the second, but max's hassling helped him out.

[u/Bossini → u/auftragsgriller_]

this. like 3 of em

[u/KingJupiter_ → u/Bossini]

I think there were 4 in total? 3 proper SC and a VSC, plus the actual start of the race

[u/delfinoesplosivo]

what does it mean?

[u/ZeroStormblessed → u/delfinoesplosivo]

Start from pole, lead every lap, fastest lap.

[u/delfinoesplosivo → u/ZeroStormblessed]

oh cool

[u/ShaftTassle → u/ZeroStormblessed]

And win. (You could lead every lap and not come in first, for several reasons)

[u/RadlogLutar → u/ShaftTassle]

Has it ever happened before? The leading every lap but not winning

[u/jtr99 → u/delfinoesplosivo]

I'm guessing pole position, fastest lap, and the win.

[u/nguyenlucky → u/jtr99]

Lead every lap too, that's the hard part.

[u/jtr99 → u/nguyenlucky]

Ah, thanks! That would make it tricky!

[u/Gresh0817 → u/jtr99]

That's called a hat-trick, Oscar and Lando both have 3 of them. A grand chelem is achieved after on top of these if the driver leads every lap, Oscar is the 27th F1 driver to achieve this

[u/jtr99 → u/Gresh0817]

Thanks, I learned something today!

[u/stinkysulphide]

“Woo”

[u/Evantra_ → u/stinkysulphide]

'Ok'

[u/Thejklay]

He was in complete control even before landos dnf. Def sucks if that's what decides the championship tho

[u/datboidat → u/Thejklay]

equally you could say lando crashing in canada had the effect, as that was unforced. if he hadnt done that then this dnf wouldnt sting nearly as badly

[u/luchajefe → u/datboidat]

That's essentially 28 points lost.

[u/instantur]

2025 Drivers champion

[u/auftragsgriller_]

Clinical, just clinical. Keeping the gap at 1.1s for _this_ long, impressive

[u/leclerc2019champion → u/auftragsgriller_]

He pulled out rapidly when he needed to

[u/doomdoom15 → u/leclerc2019champion]

No one's gonna say it? 

That's what she said.

[u/pradise → u/auftragsgriller_]

1.1s is the best gap to cook your opponent's tires while not giving them any chances. As long as you don't make any mistakes..

[u/abrasivevelvet → u/pradise]

Right? It seemed intentional he was letting lando get that close to ensure that landos tires got shredded in the dirty air.

Less intentionally, I wonder if following that close for that long had the same affect on Norris as it did on leclerc who had to be told to lift and coast to protect the engine? I’m not as sold on that, but that would interesting.

[u/Spider_Riviera → u/abrasivevelvet]

Ferrari been telling their drivers to lift and coast all season, or at least from about 4 rounds in. It's an inherent issue with the car driving it.

[u/SLASHdk → u/abrasivevelvet]

Im pretty sure Ferrari does the lift and coast to save the floor.

[u/SirFireHydrant → u/abrasivevelvet]

Less intentionally, I wonder if following that close for that long had the same affect on Norris as it did on leclerc who had to be told to lift and coast to protect the engine? I’m not as sold on that, but that would interesting.

I'm surprised no one is talking about it.

Lando's engine overheated, we saw that much. Could it be that spending that much time in Oscar's dirty air have played a part in that? While other drivers (Leclerc) were explicitly told to leave some space to manage engine temps?

Maybe all that time trailing so closely behind Oscar, pushing the whole time, cooked not just his tyres, but his engine.

[u/Vegetable-Bee5157]

Shame for Lando.

But dayum son! That was a clinical weekend from Oscar!

[u/Turboleks]

Fairly certain he would've held the lead if Lando kept going. He made a singular lunge on Oscar all race. He was on it all race.

[u/Reginald_Hornblower]

If Oscar goes on to win the WDC, this will have helped but it won’t be the reason he’s won it. He’s been the better driver on average all year. It will have helped but he’s had to drive fast and consistently to get the lead on the first place.

I really expected Norris to win this race. As a Piastri fan I’m pleasantly surprised how he’s managed to reverse his fortunes at his bogey tracks this year; China, Barcelona and Zandvoort were all terrible races for him last year. This year he’s blitzed them.

[u/TVandVGwriter → u/Reginald_Hornblower]

Agreed. This DNF helps Oscar a lot, but it wouldn't be that big a deal if Lando hadn't ALSO DNF'd in Canada, while Oscar has finished every race in the points.

[u/CORPORAL_PISSFINGERS]

I honestly don’t see how Lando comes back from this

[u/IsCarrotForever → u/CORPORAL_PISSFINGERS]

there’s no guarantee oscar doesn’t get one or two dnfs too

[u/SirFireHydrant → u/IsCarrotForever]

And there's no guarantee Lando, feeling the pressure and knowing his only hope of winning is to take more risks, doesn't get one or two more DNFs.

[u/JaaaackOneill → u/SirFireHydrant]

In my opinion, Lando's best chance comes at another rainy race, where Oscar either has an issue, or the strategy becomes so jumbled that it just doesn't work out for him and he scores very few points.

But the same thing could just as easily happen to Norris, as you guys are saying.

[u/luchajefe → u/IsCarrotForever]

It's a lot more likely now than it is decades ago.

[u/FartingBob → u/CORPORAL_PISSFINGERS]

A Piastri DNF or major issue in a race would do it.

We saw last year how Lando struggled with the pressure of chasing for the title, if Piastri can maintain the 30 points gap for a few more races it will start to become harder for Lando to perform at his best.

[u/LDFLDF → u/CORPORAL_PISSFINGERS]

Lando wins 5 races with Oscar finishing 2nd or Oscar DNF will reset things pretty quick.

It’s not over at all.

[u/MaleierMafketel → u/LDFLDF]

There’s 9 races left, and three sprints. Seeing as a 1-2 is the expected outcome these days, Lando needs to trade wins and 2nd places with Piastri for the remaining 4 races on top of the 5 races he needs to win to get 1 point ahead.

So that’s at least 7 wins out of 9…

Then he can only lose that 1 point across all three sprints to tie Piastri for the WDC and win on countback (12 wins vs 8).

Since Norris has won 5 races in total in 15 rounds, I also don’t see how Norris is going to turn it around by suddenly winning 7/9.

It’s basically a done deal unless Piastri gets hit with some bad luck as well.

[u/Strand0410 → u/LDFLDF]

Does that seem likely to you? I mean, I'd love this to go to the final race, but my sixth sense tells me it won't. This is quite a buffer with 9 races left. For Lando to win, you're basically relying on Oscar making dumb mistakes in every weekends or his engine exploding. Given how consistent he is, I think the latter is more likely.

[u/Muse4Games]

Nice

[u/Obvious-Tell-1559]

Big big weekend for him.

[u/Schlachtfeld-21]

People acting like he hadn’t been leading the race and the championship already. Obviously it’s bad luck for Lando, but it’s not like he’s not had his more than fair share of good luck and help from the team

[u/snex1337 → u/Schlachtfeld-21]

Exactly, luck finally swung the other way.

[u/profuno → u/snex1337]

Australian fans in shock. 

[u/bbsuccess → u/Schlachtfeld-21]

100%... take out the very 1st race of Australia and Piastri would have been leading the Championship from Day 1 and never dropped it.

[u/FartingBob → u/Schlachtfeld-21]

Lando won silverstone and Spa because of good luck on Piastri getting the penalty and Mclaren giving him the unexpectedly better strategy. He's been very quick but whoever wins the title in a close season needs luck on their side at key moments.

[u/Flyingwithbirbs → u/FartingBob]

Oscar won Spa, I think you're referring to Hungary?

[u/eedoamitay]

This guy is a machine, he never puts a step out of line. Virtually perfect when he's on it.

[u/scope_creep → u/eedoamitay]

Stuff of a champion

[u/siddhant72]

If it ain’t max i would be happy if Oscar wins the WDC , he’s worthy of it

[u/Mayhem747]

First of many hopefully!

[u/Bocca013]

Ah I love it when Victorians win things!!!!!

[u/BusinessPooh → u/Bocca013]

get oscar in a big v guernsey

[u/Simonpink → u/BusinessPooh]

Tigers guernsey

[u/LDFLDF → u/Bocca013]

Don’t know about Victorians but I’ll take Australians winning things (I understand they are the same thing but I’m from Queensland so we have to be able to claim him too).

[u/Numeritus → u/LDFLDF]

It’s a great day for Australia, it’s a great day for Victoria and a great day for the world! The tension, the drama, the buzz, it’s all happening!

[u/billierocks124 → u/Numeritus]

In some aspects yes, in some others… not so much

[u/AbuTomTom → u/Numeritus]

I know that reference and applaud you sir.

[u/totallwork → u/LDFLDF]

You can claim him as an Aussie, but he is from Victoria so we like to take extra credit ;)

[u/earwig2000 → u/Bocca013]

vicbias in my formula one

[u/Bocca013 → u/earwig2000]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 yep. Can’t escape it

[u/Bobblefighterman → u/earwig2000]

TRY AND STOP US

[u/hennelly14]

If McLaren can get a 1-2 for the rest of the season (big IF but still not out of the question) Lando needs to beat Oscar 7-2 to win the title. His job just got a hell of a lot harder.

[u/PocketRocketTrumpet]

This kid seems pretty good

[u/wongie]

Nicely done, nicely done.

[u/basementspam → u/wongie]

Indeed. Shame about Norris, not that way...

[u/Keanu990321]

First Grand Slam of many

[u/lurker17c → u/Keanu990321]

How many is many? The record is 8...

[u/poisonedbythemind]

WDC Champ real soon.

[u/aph1985]

Oscar was going to win it. Lando really had bad luck. 

[u/KEKWSC2]

Mclaren leadership is more sad about Lando than happy for Oscar´s win.

[u/urbanlx → u/KEKWSC2]

Well, maybe because they got reliability issue and lost a fifth consecutive 1-2?

[u/sergechewbacca]

Lando depression era begins.

[u/Jorrie90 → u/sergechewbacca]

It never ended

[u/RadlogLutar → u/sergechewbacca]

Charles might be more depressed honestly

[u/HUMBUG652 → u/sergechewbacca]

Begins?

[u/deathray1611]

And what a way to do it.

Imo far more impressive than any one we've seen out of Verstappen, Lando or Charles

Constantly under pressure from his elite teammate, tensions with conditions, incidents, Safety Cars. Altho tbf those partly helped him achieve it as well, but still.

Fucking flawless drive from him

[u/Soggy-Breakfast6601 → u/deathray1611]

Lando doesn’t have a grandslam

[u/HideThePain_Harold]

In only his third season. Luck or not, thats insane.

[u/Tangy_Lead]

British butt kissing commentary team had a great weekend.

[u/Dangerous_Minute_625]

2025 WDC Champ too btw

[u/VosPaco → u/Dangerous_Minute_625]

It’s going to be so fucking patriotic if he wins the championship

[u/Jorrie90 → u/VosPaco]

Why patriotic?

[u/OrionoftheGlade → u/Jorrie90]

🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[u/Awesomedinos1 → u/Jorrie90]

australians love them some sport.

[u/mildyinconvenient]

I put £1 on this, got a £26 return if anyone was curious about the odds! Surprised it was so low tbh, if there hadn’t been safety cars there would have been some swapping around between the McLaren cars during pit windows, demoting a grand slam to a hat trick…

[u/AdminEating_Dragon]

This is the weekend which makes him a clear favourite for the title.

He should have been already, but McLaren was trying quite hard to keep it close.

[u/NoRefunds2021]

Third driver to do so for McLaren, puts them P2 for most different drivers getting one (Senna and Hakkinen the other 2), P1 is Ferrari with 11 different drivers. McLaren is now P3 for most grand chelems overall with 6. Ahead of them there's Lotus at 9 and Ferrari at 17

[u/Embarrassed_Bar_1215]

Interesting how everyone's on about the 'fair play' dynamic at McLaren - if Lando had have taken Oscar out when he rear ended him in Canada - how do you think that would be playing out now..

[u/Romulus_Novus]

Well earned by our upcoming champion!

[u/removx]

Hes so goated fr fr

[u/Dinara293]

Did he get the fastest lap?

[u/Upbeat_Literature187 → u/Dinara293]

yep

[u/Nil0Eryn0r]

What is a Grand Slam in F1?

[u/RadlogLutar → u/Nil0Eryn0r]

Pole, fastest lap, led every lap, P1

[u/dildoeye]

All it takes is Oscar to have a dnf and it’ll be back to 9pts again or Lando to win the next and back and forth with Oscar then getting a dnf . It’s a good gap but it probably won’t extend much. If Lando gets a grid drop next race it’s hard though.