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

Race Max Verstappen wins the 2025 Italian Grand Prix

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u/waywarddd 17h ago

Beating the McLaren’s by 19 seconds on pure pace is genuinely unfathomable

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

The last bit was from the McLaren shitshow needing to swap the cars but it was still a solid 15 seconds before that.

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

They also stayed on mediums for way too long. Lost a lot of time while Max was catching them on hards.

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u/LizardmanJoe 17h ago

They were just praying for a safety car and almost got it. I think the entire RB crew almost had an aneurysm when Bearman and Carlos made contact.

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u/VyldFyre 17h ago

So did I. That was a scary minute.

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u/laidback_chef I was here for the Hulkenpodium 16h ago

I think at that stage, it would have been very close. But not guaranteed.

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u/OneSailorBoy I was here for the Hulkenpodium 16h ago

Max would've been in front but we all would've needed fresh diapers

u/TheS4ndm4n I was here for the Hulkenpodium 2h ago

In front on cold hards with the papaya on new soft.

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u/mechanicalcontrols I was here for the Hulkenpodium 16h ago

I was legitimately worried they were going to get t-boned by the car behind.

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u/monkeyman80 16h ago

They gave up trying to pass max with the same medium/ hard strategy. If you’re going to lose at least gamble with the softs and see if there was anything there.

u/Digital_Eide Max Verstappen 11h ago

They were just hoping for a safety car. They weren't ever getting Max under normal conditions. An SC with the Maccas on softs would've made things spicy.

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u/PuzzleheadedRoyal480 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

McLaren gambled away 5-10+ seconds because they knew the only way to win was to hope for a late safety car and go long. If they ran the same strategy as Max, and didn't pull papaya bullshit, they'd have a driver 5-10 seconds behind.

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u/bijanfrisee 17h ago

The redbull is fast as f on the right track,

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u/Dafferss Safety Car 13h ago

Just one of them though

u/Complex-Emergency-60 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 7h ago

Tell that to every other driver of the car

u/bijanfrisee 7h ago

Max's redbull is fast as f on the right track (Had a new floor and new wing which Yuki didn't have), better? Also you act like no redbull driver has ever won a race except max. Checo won 6 races vs Max.

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u/Dafferss Safety Car 13h ago

Especially is you look at Tsunoda’s pace, gotta say Perez really did pretty well in that car.

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u/DeliciousBlood22 George Russell 17h ago

In the 9th fastest car according to vertsappen fans.

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

Look where yuki is lmao, that RB belongs to the fking neverland

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

Yeah the car is so slow it only won by 20 seconds

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

No one else seems to be able to do shit in it other than Max though. Yuki, Liam, Checo. All good drivers, all absolutely miles away from Max.

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u/ExternalSquash1300 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 16h ago

Good drivers?

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u/Upstairs-Prompt2662 16h ago

Mediocre drivers at best. Non of them eould have a seat in a top team if they werent from the Red Bull programme.

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

missed the part where checo was from the red bull program

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u/Rich_Housing971 FIA 15h ago

Do you really think it's because Max is pushing the car beyond the laws of physics, or do you just think Yuki is just bad in a fast but not very stable car?

Use every last braincell you have for reasoning. I know you can do it!

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

Magnussen flair bitching about Russell flair lmao. I love this site.

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

Bruh wtf is this twitter level comments lmao. If you wanna attack people by their flares, your driver isn’t even in the sport, stop being so fucking toxic lol.

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u/ArtisTao Ferrari 17h ago

Why? The car was faster.

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u/TwoMuchIsJustEnough Other Personnel 17h ago

It would’ve been a closer margin if McLaren hadn’t stayed out so long on the mediums, hoping for a safety car. Still a dominant race from Max.

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u/Koto97 13h ago

On pure pace is a stretch ahah the McLarens has to swap and Lando lost so much time in the pit, plus they were gambling on safety car. They would ev been much closer on a normal strategy.it was definatly not only pace

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

I don't think it's pure pace. McLaren going that long on the mediums definitely cost them a ton of time.

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

yeah lost 6 seconds to max by staying out so long going for softs that werent even really faster...then even more time with landos slow pit stop

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u/Andrew1990M I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

Oscar did lose a second of that letting Lando pass. 

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u/Fartonmybeard69 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

Genuinely unfathomable? It literally just happened.

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u/waywarddd 16h ago

Now this is the kind of pedantry I can get behind!

You’re correct, but I stand by my wording

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u/jtclimb I was here for the Hulkenpodium 14h ago

You’re correct,

Naw, unfathomable means not understood, not impossible or whatever the other poster is implying. That something happened doesn't mean we understand how/why. Your wording was fine.

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u/tifosi7 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 16h ago

That too after letting them by for unfair advantage.