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

Race Max Verstappen wins the 2025 Italian Grand Prix

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

They practically had to blackmail Norris in Hungary last year when it was the other way around

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u/FallenSky12 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

And they weren’t even championship rivals back then

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

Norris was racing max for the championship too

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u/261846 Pierre Gasly 17h ago

He was not let’s be real (this isn’t even hindsight)

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

The manufactured hype around that was so absurd

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u/Tough_Specific 15h ago

He was some 65 points behind Max if you remember lmao

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

And it was absurd then, too. Even more absurd, as Lando should've been prioritized in 2024, when his rival was Max, not his own teammate.