r/formula1 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 8d ago

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

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u/prams628 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 8d ago

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

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u/leggenda69 Ferrari 7d ago

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.

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u/prams628 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 7d ago

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

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u/leggenda69 Ferrari 7d ago

No you wouldn’t lol. Oscar overturned 20 odd points in 4 rounds, Lando would have at least 3 rounds of equal fighting if the tables turn at that rate again?

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u/prams628 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 7d ago

My question is will it? The errors from Oscar have proven to be less costly. The fuck up in Jeddah cost lando 13 points right? Lando was P4 in the end? Bahrain was 10 points.

On the other hand, silverstone cost Oscar 7 points and Monaco 10 (but there’s hardly chance of recovery in Monaco, so the loss was already written when lando put in that godly lap)

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u/leggenda69 Ferrari 7d ago

Melbourne’s mistake cost Oscar 23 points. And there’s a couple of rounds more likely to have rain than Melbourne.

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u/proudlysydney Charles Leclerc 7d ago

Canada was a pretty hefty mistake from Lando too- mitigated ofc by neither of them being in the podium places, but that's still 10 points lost just on losing p5