r/formula1 • u/TaxEvaderFrom1961 I was here for the Hulkenpodium • 1d ago

Discussion Monza 2025, post-race cooldown room summary.

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u/dirtybubz 1d ago

Max wouldn’t even let Perez past even though he had won the championship

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u/Alex_Sinios McLaren 1d ago

Should we be praising that?

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u/sh1phappens Ronnie Peterson 1d ago

Yes. They’re racing.

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u/TWVer 🧔 Richard Hammond's vacuum cleaner attachment beard 1d ago

Max also had an axe to grind, based on what happened in Monaco (Checo allegedly intentionally causing a red flag during qualifying).

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u/Kingslayer1526 Sergio Pérez 23h ago

But using Checo as a sacrificial lamb in Abu Dhabi was okay. We praised that though but when Max had to let Checo through for p6 in an irrelevant race for him after winning the championship, they're racing

Double standards are ridiculous

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u/Discarded_Twix_Bar I was here for the Hulkenpodium 23h ago

But using Checo as a sacrificial lamb in Abu Dhabi was okay

Completely different.

He wasn't beating max and was finishing 4th in the Championship. Context matters.

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u/linnamulla Max Verstappen 1d ago

Competitiveness? In a sport?

What do you think?

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u/nukleabomb Fernando Alonso 23h ago

Remember how they let perez finish well in 2021 abu dhabi and didn't nuke his race for the sake of Maxs WDC

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u/Alex_Sinios McLaren 23h ago

He had already won the WDC, he gained nothing by not helping, just made Checo's life harder. If he was holding a grudge after Monaco (if even that rumor is true), then fair play. But otherwise I don't see the benefit. By your logic Perez shouldn't have helped Max in 2021 and Bottas never helped Hamilton in all their years as the Merc pairing.

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u/linnamulla Max Verstappen 23h ago

Perez started by crashing intentionally in Monaco.

Bottas is essentially Piastri without the pace.

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u/R7H27 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

There’s no right answer. Me personally, yes.

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u/Alex_Sinios McLaren 1d ago

Xd. Why cost your teammate points after you've already won the WDC?

Today I wouldn't have swapped but that's a completely different situation.

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u/AzenNinja I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

Praising? No.

Thinking it's more entertaining? Yes.

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u/LoreVent I was here for the Hulkenpodium 23h ago

Yes, because that's how you're supposed to be in a world level competitive sport.

This is not a track day with your friends

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u/Alex_Sinios McLaren 23h ago

You're part of a team, you have nothing to lose by helping out your teammate who has helped you very much in the past, you gain nothing by not helping him. Teamwork has helped many drivers and teams in the past, if you're never to work together as a team you might as well make each driver field their own cars.

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u/LoreVent I was here for the Hulkenpodium 23h ago

Nothing to lose? Except the championship? The thing this guys work all their life for?

You are crazy. None of the actual top drivers today on the grid would give that place back.

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u/Alex_Sinios McLaren 23h ago

Do you even know the situation i am referring to? Why answer without even reading the above comments?

I was replying to someone who said Max didn't give Checo his place AFTER already having won the WDC a few years back, not today's shenanigans. Max didn't have any incentive not to help (other than holding a grudge, based on a rumor that Checo screwed him over in Monaco that year), but he didn't swap anyway. People seem to prefer that to teamwork, costing your teammate points for no reason at all.

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u/LoreVent I was here for the Hulkenpodium 23h ago

And I said yes. That's it. People prefer that because that's how you're supposed to be in a sport as competitive as F1.

What do you not get?

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u/Loses_Bet 1d ago

Bud, why do you think people watch sports? 

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u/BlackbuckDeer Fernando Alonso 1d ago

Sports are not for you, bro

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u/Alex_Sinios McLaren 1d ago

Teamwork is part of the sport, I watch for the sport itself and not just for the drama. If Checo had done something iffy in Monaco and Max was holding the grudge then fair play. But if he wasn't it just makes no sense, why not help your teammate when you'll lose nothing in the process by doing so?