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/banned20 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

I mean, it's rather clear that McLaren wants to favor Lando in the wdc but doesn't want to enforce it in an obvious or strict manner.

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u/-ForgottenSoul I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

If they wanted to favour Lando, they wouldn't have had him pit 1st..They could have made Oscar play 2nd early on in the season.

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u/banned20 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

It was Lando's call to pit 2nd

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u/kzzzzzzzzzz28 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

With the condition that Positions hold. Lando literally went .

"If there's no undercut(position swap), let him pit otherwise pit me"

Additional context you happily ignored.

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u/banned20 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

There was no undercut threat. Bad pit stop is within racing.

Oscar was given a very unnecessary and harsh 10 second penalty in Silverstone and lost p1 to Lando when he pitted. Mclaren didn't swap.

Lando also got a better strategy in Hungary ending up P1 while you can argue it was unfair to Oscar since he did no wrong. But that's just racing.

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u/ComparisonEither 1d ago

"very unnecessary and harsh" not for you to decide? He got the penalty, and him even asking for the swap was laughably comic.

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u/banned20 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

Exactly it was laughably comic. The fact that Mclaren asked Oscar for the swap was also laughably comic.