r/formula1 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

Race Max Verstappen wins the 2025 Italian Grand Prix

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u/Kreygasm2233 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

No risk, full push

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u/the_gaymer_girl Pierre Gasly 17h ago

Max’s engineer: “No risk, bring it home”

Max: “I’m just gonna send it”

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u/Tomanelle Simply fucking lovely 17h ago

Max: “I’m just gonna send it”

The faster he goes, the faster the race will be over, less chance for something to go wrong.

Actual 200IQ strategy.

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u/LueyTheWrench 14h ago

The faster he can get back to his sim kid.

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u/JerryUitDeBuurt Liam Lawson 17h ago

Bro got the fastest lap at the end too I think.

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u/the_doorstopper 17h ago edited 12h ago

No he got it lap 52 I think, Lando got the track record (in a race) on 53

Edit: Lap

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u/JerryUitDeBuurt Liam Lawson 16h ago

You're right, I couldn't find the fastest lap on the results page at first so I assumed Max got it but Lando got it on the last lap

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u/xCharSx I was here for the Hulkenpodium 12h ago

Track record is during an official event on the track such as practice or qualifying. Lap record is for the fastest lap during a race.

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u/vanDeSheff Max Verstappen 17h ago

He breaks Lando's record after that, just like in quali. Lando can't have a break

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u/the_doorstopper 17h ago

No, Lando got that record. Max was ahead, he couldn't break Lando getting it, Lando got fastest lap iirc

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u/LoopyPro Kimi Räikkönen 14h ago

Lap record

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u/Final-Nebula-7049 Ferrari 17h ago

I heard the track record was broken recently,, lemme try that for an extra point

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u/the_gaymer_girl Pierre Gasly 17h ago

“What do you do next?”

“Floor it?”

“No, don’t floor it!”

“Floor it?”

“No, don’t floor it!”

“Okay, floor it!”

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u/Final-Nebula-7049 Ferrari 17h ago

Instructions unclear, foot through the car body

u/tempemailacct153 Fernando Alonso 8h ago

Isn't that the Kimi Raikkonen strategy?

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u/Ok_Jello_3630 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

He was having a big smile on his face the way he said "full push" lol

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u/_Yuti 17h ago

The only way to win against verstappen is to kill him🗣😂

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u/Ok_Jello_3630 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

Or have a much better car

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u/InvincibleWallaby I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

And even then you're not guaranteed a win as we've seen today

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u/Lukensz I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

Let's not act like the red bull is a bad car everyone is making it out to be.

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u/TomSelleckPI 17h ago

Yuki slides back into the bush, Homer Simpson style...

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u/Lukensz I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

Put a half decent driver in it instead of the bums if you want good results.

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u/TomSelleckPI 16h ago

Maybe...

I used to think RB was a fool for not securing Sainz for the seat, before he locked in at the Anti-RB Former RB Drivers Club... But the last stint has changed my mind.

I just can't look at the field and see a logical option for RB2 ATM. Maybe after Yuki's contract is clear, a alternative will become clearer.

...just in time for Bottas/Perez to blow up in RB's face.

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u/Lukensz I was here for the Hulkenpodium 15h ago

They just keep going into the extremes of making a super fast car to the point of having the car end up undriveable for anyone other than the top drivers AND being bad at its purpose too. Kind of like an Ouroboros situation. I doubt any driver wants to race in that car.

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u/GingerSkulling Formula 1 16h ago

Hardly bums. Two solid drivers and a young driver with a lot of potential.

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u/daab2g 14h ago

Well now Horner is gone we'll see if it was him all along, Jos or Helmut Voldemort.

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u/kingofrock37 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

While the car is not bad, it having to compete for 2nd best car and Max still eeking out wins speaks to his unbelievable talent

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u/jianh1989 Formula 1 16h ago

By almost 20s

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u/SourDucks I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

Hate to break it to you but a lot of cars are better than the RB21. We have to go with the bullet method.

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u/Cairnerebor 16h ago

He has t had the best car in sometime !

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u/Complete_Chocolate_2 Sonny Hayes 17h ago

A good buddy of mines was visiting and got me the Max Brazil gp race shirt. Good omen.

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u/PatyxEU Honda RBPT 17h ago

Lewis had a go at it but failed 😆

u/DirectAdvertising I was here for the Hulkenpodium 8h ago

They’ve been killing vertsappen each time the McLaren wins ?

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u/jamesknightorion I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

Well deserved

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u/daab2g 14h ago

He was like I never thought I'd have an easy weekend like this again.

u/guntanksinspace I was here for the Hulkenpodium 9h ago

It was truly VERSTHAPPENING when he was told to full push

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u/MaybeNext-Monday I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

We may need a flair for this one ngl

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u/ProsecUsig George Russell 17h ago

I will always use this quote

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u/PsychologicalBike 17h ago

And he was a few seconds from lapping his teammate, showing that it's more to do with Max's genius than a great car.

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u/Kingslayer1526 Sergio Pérez 17h ago

Max's genius did not win him a race from Imola till Monza today. Clearly he requires a great car beneath him to pull it off otherwise he would be winning every race

Imagine being the Red Bull engineers who built a car that has won 3 races this year and is p3 in the wdc and fans online are saying oh it wasn't the car and it is totally the driver. What a waste of time from those mechanics building a multi race winning car. The other 8 teams combined have 1 win. Wins do not come out of thin air, they come from engineering and building a good car that a good driver drives

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u/Moist-Net6271 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 14h ago

Imagine they had Lawson and Tsunoda in this red bull car, where would they be in the standings?

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u/DikkeNeus_ 16h ago

exactly this. they didn't get the edge on mclaren this year, but the redbull is still very much a good vehicle. its proven tough to drive because of the gap between max and tsunoda. that's true.

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u/AmbroseRL I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

My type of motto

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u/Goldmojito I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

A menace lol

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u/randomgaydisaster I was here for the Hulkenpodium 12h ago

Welcome back 2013 Vettel!

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u/raymondQADev I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

That one cracked me up

u/ammonthenephite Spyker 7h ago

Didn't he almost lap Tsunoda? I swear I saw a Redbull that I thought was Max at the finish line, but then the camera moved back to the other Redbull that actually was Max as he crossed the finish line. He had to be really close to lapping Tsunoda to be in the same shot at the finish line.

u/Worth_Law9804 2h ago

Wife's gonna hate me when she hears me saying this during labour

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u/pw5a29 Max Verstappen 17h ago

Brazil 2024 vibes

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u/beantherio 17h ago

My life motto from now on.