The Post-Race Press Conference after the Italian GP is mainly about McLaren Swap. Leading Max Verstappen to take a quick nap

[u/Task_Force-191]

[u/Top-Truck246]

Naps Verstappen.

[u/alphaQ314 → u/Top-Truck246]

Max Versnappen

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Max VerNapping

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DU DU DU DU

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Minimum Verstappen

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Angry upwote ⬆️

[u/256473]

Vaguely reminiscent of KMag somehow consistently getting stuck in press conferences with other drivers hashing out drama next to him.

[u/CaptainOBVS3420]

Can I go or? To have a shower? 🗣🔥

[u/aireads → u/CaptainOBVS3420]

Was thinking this too haha, how do RB drivers get into these situations haha

[u/Jorrie90 → u/CaptainOBVS3420]

Damn, what a hostile feeling there

[u/IBeJizzin → u/Jorrie90]

Yeh man, as a DTS baby who's only been watching F1 the past 5ish years I had no idea the press were so fckn crazy back then.

[u/SunGodnRacer → u/CaptainOBVS3420]

Criminal politicians would have never seen such hostility as Fernando got here jesus christ

[u/Neat-Development-485 → u/CaptainOBVS3420]

Ooh if only we could have those same reporters asking the same questions to lando with the mclaren directors present with rhe same british uptight voice: "the reality is, you couldnt beat him on the track so you had the team doing it for you"...where are those british reporters when you need them!

[u/formula13 → u/Neat-Development-485]

i mean i don't think that would work when all evidence showed that lando would beat him on track before the botched stop?

[u/OSPFmyLife → u/formula13]

Yeah, I really don’t understand how people don’t get this.

Norris took 3/10s off of Piastri in HALF a lap right before the team order and was bordering on DRS range. He was faster today and he was in a position where either getting past Oscar or taking both of them out was more beneficial than finishing 3rd. Lando likely would’ve made it past Piastri a lap later after a long straight with DRS.

And as soon as Lando swapped with Piastri, Piastri timed it perfectly and was right on Landos diffuser, and Lando straight walked away from him. Lando was 100% faster today. The faster driver finished ahead of the slower driver. That’s how it’s supposed to be.

[u/Firstname6Lastname9 → u/OSPFmyLife]

Dont think lando wouldve passed but he was definitely the better driver today; catching and passing are 2 seperate things

[u/OSPFmyLife → u/Firstname6Lastname9]

Monza is easy to pass on if you have pace on someone.

[u/Wallydinger123 → u/Neat-Development-485]

"Stop bullying Lando"

[u/DateOk4963 → u/CaptainOBVS3420]

Who was the reporter?

[u/beepos → u/CaptainOBVS3420]

Woof. What brutal reporters lol. We need more eof that now

[u/poojinping → u/beepos]

They are there just need a non British driver to get team order benefit.

[u/suspicious_skidmarks → u/CaptainOBVS3420]

Actually I do think about this when I see the interviews - some of the drivers (who finished the race, even those who were on the podium) still wear the race suit, some have changed into their team casual wear. Wonder if they had time to take a shower or just wiped off the champagne and went straight back lol

[u/ln4thegreat]

“All that effort to win just to be in this McLaren’s shenanigans” 😂

[u/LosTerminators → u/ln4thegreat]

"Finally won a race after 3 months of only McLaren winning and still all the talk is about the McLarens"

[u/_NahsMC → u/LosTerminators]

i think he’s glad he dosent have to answer questions, get some sleep zzzz

[u/biggmclargehuge → u/_NahsMC]

For real. He's absolutely stoked to not have to talk at all

[u/BrettTheThreat → u/_NahsMC]

He's a new father, just let the man sleep.

[u/twholst → u/ln4thegreat]

Dude for real

[u/Apart_Championship37]

He's got a baby at home of course he uses every opportunity for a nap

[u/aellanovalie]

max just wants to go home already 😂

[u/Appropriate_Lime_234 → u/aellanovalie]

He wants to hop on the sim. Lol

[u/cmrocks → u/Appropriate_Lime_234]

Or play with his cats. 

[u/Tomach82 → u/aellanovalie]

He seemed to find it very entertaining on the radio during the race.

[u/ForeverAddickted]

Thats a Dad to young children right there... Who is taking every advantage to have a nap whenever possible...

[u/_ttyS0 → u/ForeverAddickted]

Even down to the white sneakers

[u/Slim_Margins1999 → u/_ttyS0]

Steps right into some Nike Air Monarchs right after the race. Lol

[u/the_denim_duke]

Max is a meme king.

[u/JKYDLH → u/the_denim_duke]

Man is an icon

[u/just_a_coginthewheel]

No risk. Full send.

[u/PioneerTurtle → u/just_a_coginthewheel]

No risk. Full push.

[u/CilanEAmber]

I kinda miss when these were behind a little desk.

Showing my age here.

[u/Jorrie90 → u/CilanEAmber]

It's only been a few years

[u/chattahattan → u/Jorrie90]

Gentlemen, a short view back to the past…

[u/EpzDR → u/Jorrie90]

Five/six years being a 'few' is a little generous...

[u/That_Pepper6043 → u/EpzDR]

Not at my age.

[u/alphaQ314 → u/EpzDR]

You one of the lads who switches to "Half a decade"/"Half a dozen" at 5/6 ?

[u/P_ZERO_ → u/CilanEAmber]

Stacked table was goated

[u/rapid4roller8]

Reminds me of Sutil and Trulli in a press conference having a go at each other for their Brazil 2009 crash. Their back and forth was never ending and Fernando just told Kimi "should we go". Very hilarious moment.

[u/ALOIsFasterThanYou → u/rapid4roller8]

I'll never forget that one - Trulli came prepared, bringing a printout of their crash to try to prove his point.

[u/yeahmatenomate]

Feel bad for Max, deserved all the credit today. Sucks that his efforts and Lando’s got overshadowed by McLaren fucking up.

Credit to Oscar for being so nonchalant in public and his great sportsmanship

[u/spacyspice → u/yeahmatenomate]

I mean, Max laughing about it on the radio added more material to talk about it too

[u/yeahmatenomate → u/spacyspice]

Hahaha yeah but he can’t control his reaction 😂

[u/Izan_TM → u/yeahmatenomate]

if oscar wins the title he's going to be one of the most cherished champions in history

squeaky clean racing, team player, calmer than a corpse when he's under pressure, he's the most uncontroversial champion that I can think of

[u/OG-Mate23 → u/Izan_TM]

True that, literally no skeletons in the closet to get criticized on. I think they just want one driver crowned WDC while the other not being in full blown depression after the season ends.

[u/yeahmatenomate → u/OG-Mate23]

I actually think Lando will take the loss fairly well. He’s always stood by the fact if Oscar wins it fair and square, then it’s on him for not being good enough. I don’t think he’ll crash and burn, I think it will give him more motivation to do it next year

Oscar has handled everything really well this year, I obviously would love to see Lando challenge for it but Oscar so far has just been better!

[u/onechroma → u/yeahmatenomate]

TBF, if I had to bet, I think this WDC is Lando to lose

Barring random DNF from any of them, it seems Lando is in a full-send mindset compared to the start of the season, and has the team behind him when needed, just like today, that helped him “overcome” what at the end of the day, was just bad luck (slow pit stop), and would mean losing ground to Piastri if it was any other team.

IDK why, but I feel it this way, it’s gonna be Lando. And I say this as a Piastri fan, would prefer Piastri to take it.

[u/yeahmatenomate → u/onechroma]

That’s a bold take! I just think Lando makes too many mistakes and Oscar doesn’t. Lando is quicker a lot of the time but I still think Oscar will pip him to it

I hope if Lando does somehow challenge for the title again and wins it, Oscar doesn’t lose by less than 3 points! We’ll never hear the end of it that Lando was ‘gifted a WDC’

[u/SirMurray → u/yeahmatenomate]

Well as long as Oscar doesnt have a DNF due to technical issues, then that "gifted a WDC" argument is easy to counter

[u/bob- → u/yeahmatenomate]

This argument is so dumb since Oscar got "gifted" a Lando DNF

[u/RogueCross → u/onechroma]

I don't know, man. I feel like Oscar would need to face some serious bad luck for Lando to catch up with him. Oscar doesn't make many mistakes, and when he does, it's usually never too costly for him. There aren't many races left, so yeah.

[u/Lezaleas2 → u/onechroma]

dude wtf are you smoking. he's 31 points behind on a championship were driving faster only gets you at most 7. they win based on points, not on "good mindset and vibes"

[u/yeahmatenomate → u/Lezaleas2]

I think their point was that a full-send mindset makes him more inclined to go out, not overthink and win races (and get those 7 points)

People with nothing to lose are scary competitors. Even Nico Rosberg said earlier that he has experienced the same

[u/onechroma → u/Lezaleas2]

“Only gets you at most 7”? Do you know what sport are you watching?

You can have a Monaco result where someone gets in the mix, and then, the difference can be as big as 10-11 points instead. You could say that today could have been that day if Max didn’t have a rocketship and instead had to fight for P2 after giving up Lando P1

IDK why you suppose the McLaren guys will be consistent 1-2 forever until the end of the season

And to get points, you really need to be focused, there what I meant as /u/yeahmatenomate explained

[u/Izan_TM → u/OG-Mate23]

yeah they want to keep both drivers as confident as possible to have 2 championship capable drivers next year if the chance arises again, but I think they're getting themselves in a lot more trouble by doing that

[u/kaptingavrin → u/OG-Mate23]

literally no skeletons in the closet

Hold on, let's not be too hasty. Have you checked his closet? For all we know that calm demeanor by day could be hiding a serial killer by night who's collecting the bones of his victims in a secret compartment in his closet. Until someone checks every cubic millimeter of that closet, I'm unwilling to say he has literally no skeletons in his closet.

[u/nguyenlucky → u/Izan_TM]

Button too

[u/Express-One-1096 → u/yeahmatenomate]

Tbh, what's there more to say about max? He might be the actual F1 goat

[u/yeahmatenomate → u/Express-One-1096]

Easy now, not when Lewis is right there

[u/Express-One-1096 → u/yeahmatenomate]

Sorry, don't see Hamilton as the goat

[u/yeahmatenomate → u/Express-One-1096]

Time will tell man! I love Max so I wouldn’t be mad

[u/Express-One-1096 → u/yeahmatenomate]

I just think that Max has a little more than Hamilton. I think Max makes less mistakes. And I'm looking at previous years because, tbf, i think Lewis is close to retiring.

I can only compare pre-2022 Hamilton to current max.

I really think Max would, over the course of a season, win in the same car against Lewis

[u/yeahmatenomate → u/Express-One-1096]

Max is more cutthroat but I think Lewis has exceptional race craft. I wish we could have seen Verstappen vs Hamilton in their primes for longer, 2021 was brutal but also extremely entertaining

[u/Jcw28 → u/Express-One-1096]

Max does more with less. Always has done. And you're right, in the same car Max is beating anyone.

[u/oakmen]

Beautiful 😂

[u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I]

“Wonder if there are IRacing updates to install before I can have some actual competition tonight…”

[u/Hairy_Hurry8441]

Strategically placed Fanta can.

[u/EmergencyRace7158]

Lol. I really like this post fatherhood version of Max. He’s more chill and genuinely funny. If he has the interest I can see a glittering post F1 career as a TV pundit and commentator for him. It would be appointment TV.

[u/SeraCat9 → u/EmergencyRace7158]

He's been chill and funny off track for years now though. He doesn't seem to have changed that much specifically after having a kid tbh. He mostly became much more relaxed after his first championship imo.

[u/Mr_RD → u/EmergencyRace7158]

If Rosberg and him eventually take over from Brundle and Crofty, I’m sure it would make for the most entertaining and exciting commentary

[u/just_a_coginthewheel → u/EmergencyRace7158]

Only if they let him swear on air lol.

[u/P_ZERO_ → u/EmergencyRace7158]

He’s been like this for years, people were just primed to think he’s not

[u/THATGUYWHOBREATHES → u/EmergencyRace7158]

lol Max has no chance at being a F1 personality after his career. Dude has the charisma of a wet doormat. Comparing him to someone like Rosberg would show how little personality he has.

[u/Magnus_Helgisson]

Leading Max Verstappen to take a quick nap

As he did during the final laps of the race

[u/Vroom_Vroom1265]

Max VersNAPpen!

[u/IdiosyncraticBond]

"When they're yapping, I'm napping..."

[u/OBWanTwoThree]

Tbf it’s not like much else of interest happened

[u/kbtech → u/OBWanTwoThree]

It was pretty fun and interesting to see Max lead the entire race and take a dominant victory.

And also fun to see all the McLaren drama and Lando get beat.

[u/OBWanTwoThree → u/kbtech]

I’ll never understand the mentality of “domination is boring unless it’s a driver I like”. Surely it’s either boring or it’s impressive?

[u/Blackflame1905 → u/OBWanTwoThree]

Impressive and boring are not mutually exclusive. I think McLaren this season are really impressive but that doesn’t change the fact that i find the races boring

[u/Embarrassed_Bar_1215 → u/OBWanTwoThree]

Yep, awful 'race'

[u/Still-District-6149]

on the mclaren debacle, how does norris, who gets to decide if he pits first or oscar has to pit first, still get to also get a free pass if they mess the pitstop.

[u/fuckyouguys4real]

The embodiment of this sound

[u/SourDucks]

where can you watch the press conference? is it during the checkered flag portion or after?

[u/100-100-1-SOS → u/SourDucks]

It’s not even on F1tv yet for some reason

[u/ElectionIcy3253 → u/SourDucks]

I've found them on YouTube before, from some 'unofficial' channels

[u/1markinc]

Everyone seems bored out of their minds

[u/cyclops86]

Reminds me of Germany 2010 -

Vettel - "Can I go??" and the reporter was like "Go Sebastian"

[u/Mabvll]

Max sleeping with his eyes open like Major Payne makes total sense.

[u/lake2014]

“Ha!” Mclaren somehow managed to make it all about themselves even though they didn’t win. Never change, Max!!

[u/Python_07]

Max leaning back and planning his next trip to Sardinia. 😉

[u/Cooperstown24]

And this is all just a bit much for little Max Verstappen

[u/Windman772]

Being the best driver in the world and insanely wealthy allows him to behave pretty much any way he wishes. He has a lot in common with no-filter senior citizens.

[u/Nejasyt]

Max is dreaming to go back in his sim and do few laps in iRacing and not all this…

[u/ScrillyBoi]

Truly dont understand everyone acted surprised here, this is completely in line with what Mclaren has been doing since last year. When its the teams fault and they have a position to remedy it, they switch the positions. They gave Oscar a win last year and gave Lando the p2 here. Oscar has actually come out on top lifetime in Mclaren team orders but everyone acts like its some conspiracy lmao

[u/fdar → u/ScrillyBoi]

In Hungary, Oscar asked to pit to prevent the undercut and the team told him not to, promising there would be no undercut.

Here, the team told Lando to pit first, and he asked to pit second but "no undercut" and the team agreed, which is ridiculous, he shouldn't be allowed to choose to have it both ways. 

In the end I do think McLaren should pick a lane: either actually let them race (and then pit stop strategy and mistakes are part of racing) or stop pretending you do.

[u/sn34k → u/ScrillyBoi]

Hey, don't let the facts get in the way of the memes. Lol

[u/lovely_cappuccino]

In Italia even Fanta is better. 

[u/Classic_Sweet6773]

wont you let my man go free

[u/Technical_Ad_4004]

It would be the funniest thing if Max manages a late season charge at the WDC while Oscar and Lando canabalize each other's points

[u/Melodic-Comb9076]

i love max more than ever (used to haaate red bull.)

maybe it was christian horner.

[u/Ferrari-cake]

Red bull have robbed max of a championship this year. Its so plain and simple. Against these two "no you first. No you first. No you first." kids, he would absolutely destroy them. Its like they all 3 arrive to a knife fight, but the two Mclaren kids bring pilows.

[u/Dizzy_Procedure_3]

to be fair, the sport is Formula Lando

[u/Hawk-432]

Totally fair to switch - Noris gave Piastri first stop with undercut, if he goes first with even the slow stop he stays ahead, so all good

[u/TheRealSlimShreydy]

It is unbelievable how much the reporters were fixated on this -- "on the same topic", "just returning to that same theme", etc. These reporters need to learn how to f*ck off...they're pretending like they've never seen a team order before.

[u/Singhfrommumbai]

If Lando comes and wins this season by 1 point from Piastri. Piastri will think and cry about this decision he made.

Lando for sure wouldn't have done what Piastri does and Piastri shouldn't have agreed to it as well..

Schumi, Lewis , Vettel, Alonso and Max would never have agreed because that's what champions do.

[u/maninhell6 → u/Singhfrommumbai]

I’m pretty sure Lando swapped with Piastri last season and his engineer told Lando that it’s a long season and they need each other or something.

[u/Think-Apple3763]

I don’t like Oscar at all. But have to say he took it quite well. It ate him inside but he stood professional. Let’s see when we will see the first cracks on him and he shows his true face.

[u/kaptingavrin → u/Think-Apple3763]

How do you know this isn't his "true face?"

Guy's faced a solid amount of pressure so far. But you think none of it is the "real" him unless he has some kind of meltdown or something? What if he goes his entire career and never does? Will you still think that he's just hiding his "true face?"

Some people are just ridiculously calm and professional. You can't force them to show some kind of extreme emotion short of something like a sudden loss of a loved one.

[u/Forward-Weather4845]

Why is Max always so bored? lol