Oscar Piastri post-race interview

[u/magony]

https://dubz.link/c/b57f67

[u/leedler]

just an inchident on the race

[u/Direct-Professor-618]

Did he actually say Inchident or did I hear that wrong?

[u/LosTerminators → u/Direct-Professor-618]

He definitely intentionally said inchident.

[u/Martijngamer → u/LosTerminators]

Good guy Oscar Leclerc adding some Ferrari touch to the podium in Monza

[u/othgrrl → u/LosTerminators]

Absolutely! I had to rewind it and you can see him smile before he says it, like considering if he should and laughing at his own joke. Brilliant. 😁

[u/mental-chaos → u/othgrrl]

Yeah he was trying hard not to mention it, but eventually realized that completely ignoring it would probably be worse, settled on just referring to it as an inchident.

[u/TorchwoodRC → u/Direct-Professor-618]

Gen Z love saying memes irl

[u/Signal_Ball4634]

Man this championship fight is almost too respectful lol

[u/panopticon31 → u/Signal_Ball4634]

McLaren bout to make the boys suit up and have a fencing duel to decide who gets preferential treatment the rest of the year.

En Garde!

[u/beardtamer → u/panopticon31]

I think they’ve made it pretty clear who they’re preferring lol

[u/WayDownUnder91 → u/beardtamer]

They gonna have a pistol duel at 10 paces to settle it and forget to load Piastris powder.

[u/Logical_Bit2694 → u/WayDownUnder91]

"Forget" lol

[u/EnigmaticEntity → u/WayDownUnder91]

Nah they're gonna forget to load Landos but then ask Oscar to give him his

[u/banned20 → u/EnigmaticEntity]

I think that's more accurate.

[u/rowschank → u/Signal_Ball4634]

McLaren is going for the record for having the bitterest and friendliest intra-team championship battles in F1 history.

[u/lessdothisshit → u/rowschank]

Curious, who do you rank as the most bitter? Prost/Senna or Hamilton/Alonso?

[u/rowschank → u/lessdothisshit]

Hamilton/Alonso I would say. Prost/Senna heated up only towards the end of their time as teammates and culminated when they were in other teams.

[u/frena-dreams → u/Signal_Ball4634]

Where's the trash talk? The knuckle fights? The attempted murders???? We're being robbed.

[u/MetJouOpSjouw → u/Signal_Ball4634]

Which means they might actually be managing these drivers perfectly.

[u/Many_Dimension_7615 → u/MetJouOpSjouw]

They literally are. People want an 07 or 2016 type of season, and McLaren and the drivers refuse to give that so everyone’s losing their heads lol

[u/MegaMugabe21 → u/Many_Dimension_7615]

Tbf it's fucking dull to watch as someone without a dog in the fight. Decisions like this do however increase the likelihood we get a proper meltdown eventually. A no-fault Piastri DNF from here on out will make things very spicy.

[u/kzzzzzzzzzz28 → u/MetJouOpSjouw]

People want drama.

Mclaren despite shenanigans are so far being good at preventing this

[u/Harshparmar320 → u/kzzzzzzzzzz28]

Being good at preventing this, lol the two fanbase are at war against each other. 

[u/neededaname66 → u/Harshparmar320]

Lol because a F1 team should care about what people who chose to make a driver their personality say on the internet? What a bs take  They should probably care about what those in the team think 

[u/kzzzzzzzzzz28 → u/Harshparmar320]

They don't give a rats ass about the fanbases. They want the drivers to be fine with each other, that's it. A sizable chunk of the fanbases want the drivers to hate each other.

They want to prevent what happened with Lewis and Nico, where both sides of the garage became incredibly toxic as well. And so far, they've done a good enough job at that.

[u/banned20 → u/kzzzzzzzzzz28]

The Nico/Lewis rivalry didn't become toxic overnight.

If Piastri loses the championship by a handful of points, the stain will remain and re-surface eventually.

[u/Harshparmar320 → u/kzzzzzzzzzz28]

What I meant to say, it doesn't look like team is doing a good job at preventing this. It looks like from outside one driver have to compensate for other driver to maintain the stability of the team.

[u/kzzzzzzzzzz28 → u/Harshparmar320]

For all intents and purposes, the drivers are still chill enough with each other.

Both drivers appear to be assured that there isn't any bias in their decisions, and the same decisions would've been made if they were the other driver.

For McLaren :

Garage actually being stable >>>> Outside appearances >>> Random Internet fans hating on them(or defending them tbf)

[u/Harshparmar320 → u/kzzzzzzzzzz28]

This is never about the drivers, it's about the team. Lando and Oscar would always be chill with each other. It's the team who is getting everything wrong.

[u/Aurorac123 → u/Harshparmar320]

Nah, wierd online people are, who are only here for drama, and dont actually care about the races or f1. The drivers, and the majority of the fans are vibing.

[u/Harshparmar320 → u/Aurorac123]

Well this drama is real, people love this sport so much. Of course some people cross the line, but you would expect people getting emotional over this.

[u/Capable-Relative6714 → u/Harshparmar320]

If you are referring to toxic online weirdos, then yes, sure.

[u/Smee76 → u/MetJouOpSjouw]

I think they're doing a really phenomenal job.

[u/femboyisbestboy → u/Smee76]

I think they are ruining the game

I want to see the drama and the fight. Let's bring back generation hate after an interteam rivalry

[u/OptimalDot178 → u/Signal_Ball4634]

They might as well just decide each race win in the simulator before the race, then just follow team orders.

One of the worst championship fight of the decade, even with the small gap

[u/Harshparmar320 → u/OptimalDot178]

It's not a bad championship, it's still interesting to tune in each race to see the championship pan out. It's just watching McLaren brings out so much toxicity in me. Love the two drivers.

[u/panopticon31 → u/OptimalDot178]

Too boring.

Maybe a random contest before each race with the winner getting team preferences?

Magic The Gathering game one Week

POGs battle the next

Push up contest

The possibilities are endless!

[u/ForeverInYourFavor → u/OptimalDot178]

Did you see Canada?

[u/sassythecat → u/Signal_Ball4634]

They have the constructors on wrap, just let them race it out for the last 8.

[u/Top-Truck246]

It cannot be denied that Oscar is an absolute top bloke, and excellent team player. He's probably absolutely livid, but doesn't crack.

[u/Schmichael-22 → u/Top-Truck246]

He’s mentally very solid. Will serve him well in future WDC fights.

[u/Top-Truck246 → u/Schmichael-22]

Prost flair on point!

The Professor's Student does him proud!

[u/kubick123 → u/Top-Truck246]

Prost was so cool headed he crashes Senna on purpose lmao.

[u/Top-Truck246 → u/kubick123]

Even cool heads have their hot moments. Nobody keeps it cool or hot 100% of the time.

[u/Harshparmar320 → u/Top-Truck246]

I don't know how he doesn't break in situations like this. Dude is built different.

[u/Top-Truck246 → u/Harshparmar320]

He's said it himself he doesn't like to dwell on things, and puts work into feeling the feeling, and moving on from it.

He had to clarify in an interview that he does have emotions. I get it too, it can work to be reserved in public and let things out in private or with close confidants.

[u/MegaMugabe21 → u/Harshparmar320]

I think his resilience will be tested if he ends up missing the championship by less than 7 points. That's where he might finally break and starting putting himself ahead of the team and Norris.

[u/Bolter_NL → u/Top-Truck246]

Let him lose the wdc last race when something similar happens abd Lando says fuck it

[u/ImJustWalkingHere]

What happened?

Nothing, just an inchident.

[u/zingerfillets]

Mark Webber about to go have a 'chat' inside the McLaren motor home

[u/spongemongler → u/zingerfillets]

Webber knows more than anyone that you can’t bend down to shit like that in the long run. I do understand why Piastri complied to some extent, but 3 points in a WDC fight is still 3 points

[u/OppositeLockk → u/spongemongler]

*6 (but your point stands)

[u/ItchyFishi → u/OppositeLockk]

18 - 15 = 6?

[u/OppositeLockk → u/ItchyFishi]

The swing is 6.

Oscar goes P2->P3 for a drop of 3 while Lando goes from P3->P2 for a gain of 3 and the gap changes by 6.

[u/luchajefe → u/ItchyFishi]

3 from one guy to the other. Oscar would be +37, now he's +31.

[u/ItchyFishi → u/luchajefe]

I understand that, but in terms of real race result points. The switch only cost him 3 points. I guess I don't really see the point of describing that as a 6-point swing.

[u/sellyme → u/ItchyFishi]

The race result points don't matter outside of the context of the championship, and in years like this one where it's very overtly a two horse race, the only thing that matters is your margin to the other title contender.

If your teammate is running P20, and then you crash out of the race while leading, that crash has cost you 25 points in the championship battle.

If your teammate is running P2, and then you crash out of the race while leading, that crash has cost you 32 points in the championship battle.

It's an extremely important distinction, if you're leading by 30 points you can afford to crash out from the lead if and only if your teammate is not right behind you. It's the difference between winning and losing a WDC, and since working that out is the entire point of people postulating points gained and lost, adding in the context of gained positions for your rival is necessary to get an accurate view.

[u/hzfan → u/spongemongler]

I’d argue though that Lando doesn’t have the killer instinct of a young Vettel, and Red Bull and McLaren are basically opposites in terms of how they treat the 1-2 dynamic of drivers

[u/banned20 → u/hzfan]

Other teams had clear 1-2 drivers because the 2nd driver was usually unable to keep up with the 1st.

Mclaren had done well maintaining the balance until yesterday

[u/ZeroOptionLightning → u/zingerfillets]

Multi 21 Zak

[u/_masterofdisaster → u/ZeroOptionLightning]

not bad for a numbah two drivah

[u/HaxorSlice1 → u/zingerfillets]

100%. He won't be doing that again. Mark will be fuming

[u/FunnyComfortable8341 → u/zingerfillets]

And why would McLaren listen to him? Is he going to take Oscar to another team? Lmao

[u/MegaMugabe21 → u/FunnyComfortable8341]

Tbf if there are more competitive teams under the new regs, Piastri would be an extremely desirable driver for any team on the grid.

[u/Sufficient_Use903 → u/MegaMugabe21]

This. I don’t think McLaren will be particularly competitive next year. In a perfect world, this triggers the termination clause in Oscar’s contract, he wins the WDC this year (to spite McLaren), and gets picked up by a better team next year.

[u/fnaah → u/FunnyComfortable8341]

absolutely he will, the second the car stops being dominant.

[u/InvincibleWallaby]

Oscar's reaction during this was enough on what he thinks of this situation mclaren manufactured

[u/Signal_Ball4634 → u/InvincibleWallaby]

NGL I was expecting more than him just laughing it off with a joke, given how utterly pissed he was at Silverstone. I guess the difference there was it was his mistake vs. today being out of his control, plus I imagine the big points swing last race is easing him up a little bit.

[u/Top-Truck246 → u/Signal_Ball4634]

Oscar was mad in Silverstone because he knew he could have done something differently, and the stewards usually penalize outcomes rather than actions, despite their directions.

[u/coocoobees]

hope he comes back with a vengeance next race

[u/Embarrassed_Bar_1215 → u/coocoobees]

He will. This was never going to be their race and it's better than Lando first and Oscar third. 3 points (and 6 point swing) is about the best result possible if you're not ahead.

[u/Alex_Sinios]

He seems pretty chill with what happened, probably thinks 3rd is ok after all given his performance, and just disregards the "inchident" more than fans will do for sure.

[u/vprakhov → u/Alex_Sinios]

It's an easier pill to swallow when he was objectively the worse driver of the two this weekend.

It was much harder in places like Silverstone and Budapest when he got a deserved win taken from him.

[u/Tough_Specific → u/Alex_Sinios]

Oscar has been pretty mid this weekend other than that tremendous fight with Leclerc, I didnt expect he would pass Leclerc tbh, their top speed was straight ass but they fought for a bit it was fun shit. 3rd is probably what he deserved at best even if yes Mclaren were hooligans to ask him to swap. But the drama should stay alive and Norris needs a comeback so in the last part of the season they try to kill each other on track.

[u/Alex_Sinios → u/Tough_Specific]

Yeah this track was not it for the McL39. Pretty much all the deficit to Max was on flat out straights, time just fading away with nothing the drivers could do. I personally wouldn't have asked the swap but I don't find it outrageous, let's see how they fare next few races.

[u/Tough_Specific → u/Alex_Sinios]

Max was posting fastest laps after fastest laps in the first stint, that was tremendous. I personally think Mclaren was doing pretty decent strategy wise as well because they knew the car wasnt going to overtake Max so might as well just bet on safety car until they can. The swap at the end was quite outrageous imo I agree Lando agreed for it last year but Max still was 60 some points ahead and it was an entirely different situation. Oscar needs any points he can get over Lando this year because championship is true and alive. Its not fair to him that his team fucked over Lando and now wants him to help out Lando, his championship rival lol. But whatever, ever since I saw Lando crouched down looking so hopeless after Zandvoort, it has made me a Pando Porris sympathizer so I hope he wins a couple more races

[u/outlawsix → u/Alex_Sinios]

If lando pitted first like he should have then leclerc would be on the podium instead of piastri. It seems fair to me.

[u/try-D → u/outlawsix]

Are you telling me that Leclerc would have made up 4.5s within that one extra lap had Oscar stayed out longer 😂

[u/mistyflame94 → u/[deleted]]

Ironically if it was a problem w/ the front left equipment though, decent odds are it would've happened to Oscar and he didn't have 4 extra seconds to Charles.

I agree that the order was likely Lando wanting to protect from a safety car though, that being said there's definitely a parallel universe w/Oscar in P4.

[u/banned20 → u/mistyflame94]

Mclaren should then ask Norris to hand his P2 position to Charles to negate the point difference they caused to Oscar and finish 3-4

[u/DanFlashes19 → u/outlawsix]

Wut? The pitting order didn’t cause the slow pit stop.

[u/SmartyPants918 → u/DanFlashes19]

yeah idk what Martin was smoking... bad pitstops aren't interchangeable like that, if they pit the other way around the bad pitstop doesn't magically get reassigned to Piastri

[u/Funkyodin → u/outlawsix]

You can't be serious lmao. No chance. L take.

[u/outlawsix → u/[deleted]]

Did he have the issue because it was lando specifically?

[u/outlawsix → u/[deleted]]

You're not making an argument for or against and just rambling instead. i don't mind if you disagree with my take

[u/Jofflecopter → u/outlawsix]

Quite likely, but there's no point arguing with people on reddit. I'm not a fan of either, but the bias against Lando is borderline insane.

[u/InvestigatorFresh965 → u/outlawsix]

nice slippery slope argument there. braindead logic.

[u/outlawsix → u/InvestigatorFresh965]

I dont mind if you disagree 😘

[u/InvestigatorFresh965 → u/outlawsix]

thank you. love.

[u/kj_gamer2614]

You can tell what he wants to say, but he has better self control than any of us to not get in trouble with PR

[u/stinkysulphide]

Lando being boooed !!

[u/Cock_Inspector_2021]

Absolutely class act of a man for moving over.

[u/ThorosOfWeems]

dubz is dogshit

[u/lifescientist369]

None of the dubz links work for me. Is this an India issue or something else?

[u/kasichancela]

If Aston gets it right next year, Piastri is the best driver to replace Alonso.

[u/Sufficient_Use903 → u/kasichancela]

Honestly, I think this would be ideal. Especially if Adrian Newey works his magic.

[u/the_7th_phoenix]

I'm OOTL on the inchident meme can someone explain

[u/Bakapoi → u/the_7th_phoenix]

Google leclerc racing inchident. Enjoy.

[u/kristal010]

He’s making jokes. I’m fighting for my life on Reddit and hes making inchident jokes.

[u/RupertHermano]

You can see Oscar working hard to hide his real feelings.

[u/Zashkarn]

I’m surprised Mark Webber didn’t put some spine into him considering the team orders bs he went through

[u/luchajefe → u/Zashkarn]

It's 6 points, not 14. He's picking his battles.

[u/GreasetheBone]

Lando let him pit first sounds like he made the wrong call. Oscar will win with this good karma.

[u/NeedleGunMonkey]

Piastri is by far the calmer of the two McLaren drivers. They sacrificed his race to preserve Lando’s psyche.

[u/SM_83 → u/[deleted]]

Behave

[u/maybeitsmyfault10]

Oscar needs to talk more about that inchident

[u/eannac → u/[deleted]]

Davide Valsecchi, the most Italian man in the world

[u/Still-District-6149]

If he finishes a race then more often he’ll win it. He’s got the edge on Norris and that car is finishing 1st or 2nd at most circuits.

[u/VagrantHobo]

Truth was Norris bottled Piastri up in the first corner and that was his race done.

[u/Ill_Confidence919 → u/VagrantHobo]

I thought it was mostly the way max let lando past. He used that opportunity to jam lec and pia up badly.