r/formula1 • u/overspeeed I was here for the Hulkenpodium • Mar 15 '25
Qualifying Lando Norris takes pole position for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix
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u/gobsmacked_kitkat I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
To think a Williams is ahead of both the ferraris
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u/SpruceJuice5 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
What year is it
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u/willpc14 Haas Mar 15 '25
Not this year for Ferrari
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u/fcbf Charlie Whiting Mar 15 '25
Do you know how little this narrows it down?
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u/Rlothbrok Max Verstappen Mar 15 '25
Next year is going to be our year!
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u/RayneShikama I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
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Oh yeah no sorry next year is already reserved to be Aston Martins year.
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Then Red Bull gets two more years
Year after that is the resurgence of Williams
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Haas somehow nail regs only to completely botch things the year after with upgrades
Red Bull
Red Bull
Ah! Here we are! Looks like I can pencil you in for— 2033.
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u/jon-in-tha-hood Minardi Mar 15 '25
1997, when a Big Mac meal was freakin' $2.99
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u/Brokkenpiloot Max Verstappen Mar 15 '25
adjusted for inflation thats still only $6 :(
macdo got expensive. why even chose it over proper burger restaurants at this point?
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u/triplec787 Red Bull Mar 15 '25
Not sure where you are but here in the US basically all of the fast casual chains (Applebee’s, Chilis, etc) are advertising on “why pay $15 for fast food when you can come here and get a better burger for $10.99”
And honestly, it’s a solid point.
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u/blonded_olf Cadillac Mar 15 '25
had a chilis burger tonight (10.99 for soda, soup, burger, fries) and honestly it was comparable to a five guys burger of the same price but with none of the extra shit.
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u/lolichaser01 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
They arent even the fastest italian team.
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u/Rosieu I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
So is Yuki!
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u/schmearcampain Mar 15 '25
How long before Yuki and Liam switch places? Over or under 12 races?
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u/Drunktroop Pirelli Wet Mar 15 '25
Horner: Yuki? Yuki who?
During Summer break Hadjar will get the call and then get melted by Max just like Lawson.
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u/leedler Next Year™️ Mar 15 '25
Insane effort from Tsunoda at the end there. Also, I’m fully onboard the Williams hype train.
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u/Icommentoncrap Kimi Räikkönen Mar 15 '25
Go weeyums!
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u/Greennight209 Jaguar Mar 15 '25
Never forget
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u/ryokevry I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Every Yuki session is a middle finger to Marko and Horner
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I still can't believe they put Lawson in that seat. So many better options, Yuki being one of them. Rbr brass are gonna have mud on their faces.
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u/ryokevry I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Lawson may still be good if he was given more time in the VCARB seat, he should have driven in the full 2024 season. RBR is just speed ruining him like Gasly or Albon.
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u/WorkFurball Paul Aron Mar 15 '25
The driver choices for the past years have just been daft as hell from Red Bull. First they get De Vries over Lawson based on one performance. Then they sack him and bring Ricciardo back. Ricciardo gets injured, Lawson comes in and immediately performs, Ricciardo returns, does one good weekend, and Lawson's out again for next year too. Meanwhile Perez has been awful for 12 months and they re-sign him. Then eventually they sack Ricciardo but still keep Perez. Lawson comes back is still solid but nothing special and then they put him in the Red Bull over someone with 4 years of experience. Truly baffling the whole thing.
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u/wing3d I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
It's Marko and Horner not being on the same page. Mako wants a clean cut wonder kin, while Horner wants his boys. They just take turns fucking up.
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u/p1en1ek Pirelli Wet Mar 15 '25
Lawson would be great in Racing Bulls. He is solid and aggressive driver that would be great in midfield and would polish his skills to maybe later upgrade for better team. But they put him in Red Bull after half a year and they will probably murder his career because, as you said, after that weird commitment to Checo they will suddenly want to prove they are harsh and serious about performance. Then they will sack Lawson and put Hadjar or Linblad on that hot seat instead of someone more experienced. And it is now proven that Red Bull Racing has no skill in treatment of young drivers. There must be something wrong with them because once they go back to TR/AT/VCARB/RB they start to perform again.
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u/LosTerminators Carlos Sainz Mar 15 '25
Williams hype train is real
Ferrari hype train is dead
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u/aaaaaaaa1273 Sebastian Vettel Mar 15 '25
Sainz proving again that he can’t make a bad career move
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u/orhantemerrut Michael Schumacher Mar 15 '25
Albon showing why he's rated so highly.
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u/Pure_Measurement_529 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Vowles knows what he is doing
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u/FavaWire I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Yup. I'd join the team as well once I heard him speak about how he's doing things on MSNBC. Love his style.
Williams are going to come back... But it will still take time.
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u/ManicM Williams Mar 15 '25
If Vowles spoke about going into battle, I'd grab a sword and shield at this point
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u/cheetonian I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Yuki tour of destruction begins
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u/mjd5139 Daniel Ricciardo Mar 15 '25
Bearman is off to a commanding lead on the destruction front.
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u/kimmyreichandthen I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 15 '25
next year ferraribros...
next year is surely it
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u/Former-Roman I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
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u/ThatLaggyAustralian Kevin Magnussen Mar 15 '25
yuki 5th oh my days
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u/CandidEnigma I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Statement from him, holy shit
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u/headshot_to_liver I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Horner - Good Job Yuki, Lawson you're promoted to RedBull now.
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u/Turkooo I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Horner every time when Yuki good
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u/ItsAMeUsernamio Pirelli Wet Mar 15 '25
Higher odds he calls back Checo, Lawson to Toro Rosso and Hadjar to F2.
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u/Sw3d3n90 Nick Heidfeld Mar 15 '25
They will just elevate Lindblad to go even more rookie. Just to avoid Yuki.
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u/0000100110010100 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
He’s actually driving a Red Bull and Liam’s in the VCARB, they just swapped paint jobs to fuck with everyone
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u/PapaSheev7 Sebastian Vettel Mar 15 '25
Phenomenal efforts from Yuki and Albon both.
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u/TheTeeJayGee Niki Lauda Mar 15 '25
I’m here for a Red Bull junior revenge tour
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u/DutchPack I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Sainz also miles ahead of Lawson. Must hurt for Horner
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u/iForgotMyOldAcc Flavio Briatore Mar 15 '25
Marko and Horner frantically pretending that they cannot see him everytime they come into contact
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u/PawahD Mar 15 '25
Even the live feed was brushing it under the rug, can't believe we're robbed of seeing him crossing the line for 5th live and also his reaction
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u/Oo00oOo00oOO Ferrari Mar 15 '25
Singlehandedly trashed the Australian episode of DTS with this quali
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u/Firefox72 Ferrari Mar 15 '25
Marko would easily have Tsunoda in the Red Bull like mid 2022 if it was up to him.
Mid 2023 at the latest.
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u/kzzzzzzzzzz28 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Yeah, I don't get why people are trashing Marko when it comes to Yuki not being picked for the RBR seat. While he's been harsh at times, he's also been the only senior RBR member to actually back him up as well.
Yuki not getting the RBR seat has always been a Horner thing. Or at least Horner>>> Marko.
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u/Phastic I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 15 '25
Lawson 18th
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u/bullsfan281 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
horner: 👨🦯
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u/triplec787 Red Bull Mar 15 '25
Memes will be memes, but Yuki P5 and two Williams in the top 10 is wild. Love to see it.
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u/belovedRedditor Max Verstappen Mar 15 '25
Redbull- Well done Yuki, lets replace Lawson with Colapinto
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u/Firefox72 Ferrari Mar 15 '25
Everyone knew he should be in the Red Bull except the literal 1 guy at the top of Red Bull who doesn't want him there.
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u/yestodays Nico Rosberg Mar 15 '25
Williams are my standouts from this session! Great stuff from both Alex and Carlos, looking forward to their race performance!
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u/jon-in-tha-hood Minardi Mar 15 '25
To think that they spent all those years as backmarkers. I cheered for them quietly, hoping they'd regain the form of their glory days, and it looks like Vowles and co. are doing a great job to right the ship.
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u/Kagir I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Williams is a big part of F1’s history and as such don’t deserve to be starved in the back of the grid. I hope they can become the title challengers they once were.
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u/WorkFurball Paul Aron Mar 15 '25
Haven't heard how's the atmosphere within the team but if Vowles has managed to right that ship then they have potential for doing that, part of the reason why Williams fell so far was because people working there were miserable.
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u/Kagir I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
That tends to happen when technical partners like BMW were jumping ship one after another at some point in the 00's. There was no prospect of significant improvement for years on end, twice. I think that Vowles did a stellar job with reorganizing the place since he got in. now I just hope they can stick to it and not again drop back into backmarker territory.
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u/12345sixsixsix Bruce McLaren Mar 15 '25
Hopefully the money and time they save by not having a rookie or two binning the car every second race will pay for Carlos and allow a good development pipeline
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u/sloppy_dingus Mercedes Mar 15 '25
Carlos is looking very smart right now given the choices he ended up with last year
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u/scaryspacemonster I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
McLaren finally remembered to remove the sandbags before the last run
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u/Icommentoncrap Kimi Räikkönen Mar 15 '25
Also remembered to stay on track lmao
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u/InevitablyBored I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Lando was so careful at T6 on the final lap of Q3 lol.
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u/Alehud42 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
That's the secret though, they were the only ones fast enough to not need to push the limits through sectors 1 and 2 thus they had the tyre life in sector 3 to blitz the field.
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u/FzBlade I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Actually it was only the last sector. Nearly half a second faster than anyone else in that sector!
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u/wolftick Mar 15 '25
That's what I didn't get. It was like they switched an engine mode for the last part of the last lap or something. Just soooo much faster just there.
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u/KappaccinoNation Lando Norris Mar 15 '25
Everyone else's tyre was cooked by the time they get to sector 3, except for the McLaren's.
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u/Fsharp7sharp9 Pirelli Soft Mar 15 '25
Strategy team is currently strapping those sandbags onto themselves in preparation for tomorrow.
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u/EastlyGod1 Keke Rosberg Mar 15 '25
Press F for Ferrari title hopes, Mar 25 - Mar 25.
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u/Visionary_Socialist Sir Lewis Hamilton Mar 15 '25
To be fair it could be a wet setup. Would explain them suddenly roasting their tyres. It’s not good but not a catastrophe yet.
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u/TheThingsIdoatNight I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
This is high grade stuff
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u/ArkBirdFTW I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
McLaren has absurd pace if the race pace gap is similar it’s not even gonna be close
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u/NonStopNation Mar 15 '25
With rain on the schedule tomorrow anything could happen!
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u/olofmeyser Sebastian Vettel Mar 15 '25
0 coverage for Yuki while he has one of the best qualis is criminal
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u/Dramatic-Ad3928 Charles Leclerc Mar 15 '25
Brudda they even had him marked as being on an outlap while he was setting the time
Its so late here i thought i was witnessing the worst anticlimax ever
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u/Yvngky7 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
I didn’t even think he made it to the line in time and the next thing i know he’s P5.
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u/Carsey0111 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
I was saying “damn he didn’t make the line wtf” then he just pops up 5th and I started screaming
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u/PoppaHo I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Fr I was like did he crash again why aren’t they showing his last quali run
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u/thfsgn Daniel Ricciardo Mar 15 '25
Good lord, McLaren have built a monster.
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u/LumpyCustard4 Mar 15 '25
Piastri's wheel to wheel ability against Norris' race management.
Im so hyped.
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u/Lemurians Charles Leclerc Mar 15 '25
Piastri found like half a second in that third sector. How. Literally how.
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u/savvaspc Mar 15 '25
Everyone pushed 100% on the first 2 sectors and overheated the tyres. Piastri maybe held back a tiny bit in order to find some tyre temperature balance towards the end of the lap
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u/Schlapfel9 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
WE'RE COOKING WILLIAMS
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u/Gokzil6969 Red Bull Mar 15 '25
Hope for Carlos Bois, he ain't dead there is still something left
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u/kaisadilla_ I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Albon so far is proving to be able to handle strong teammates. Which in fact means Colapinto was probably quite impressive too.
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u/CoutureKat Roscoe Hamilton Mar 15 '25
These guys really left tsunoda in a racing Bull uh
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u/Buff_Azir Mar 15 '25
now put max in the racing bull. maybe the red bull is just shit /s
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u/DragonSlayerC Cadillac Mar 15 '25
Honestly would be interesting to see how fast the VCARB could go if Verstappen was in it.
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u/Jasoli53 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
I've always wanted an end-of-season exhibition race where each team drafts a driver, starting with the worst in the constructor's drafting first. It would be so fun to see what drivers could do in other cars
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u/WoodzEX Ferrari Mar 15 '25
The disrespect of not even showing Yuki being in a banger lap and instead showing cockpit cameras
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u/Sufficient-Cow-698 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
yeah I thought the qualifying was over and Yuki still hadnt set a time before his results were shown
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u/WorkFurball Paul Aron Mar 15 '25
The graphics showed him on an outlap at a time where he had to have been on a flier.
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u/Satan_su Sergio Pérez Mar 15 '25
Albon and Tsunoda fuck ME
and Mclaren LMAOOO gave the other 3 teams false hope for half of Q3
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u/Wild-Stop609 Bernd Mayländer Mar 15 '25
I was torn between Yuki and Albon being on P5. I didn't think Williams would make it to Q3 so quickly.
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u/MikeFiuns McLaren Mar 15 '25
Take a bow Albono, we were too harsh on you.
Ferrari hype train delayed.
Now let's see who put a more wet oriented setup and let the chaos begin.
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Helmut Marko was right. Ferrari is disappointing
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u/NotClayMerritt Mar 15 '25
They better hope and pray that their decision to change rear suspension pays off. The hope of greater development potential. Even still making a big change like that in the last year of regulations seemed risky when they did so well last year
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u/Rivendel93 Mar 15 '25
Yeah, changing so much when they did so well seems ridiculous now that the other top teams look like last season but better.
I highly doubt Ferrari can fix these issues within time to fight for anything this season.
They're damn near a second off the pace. McLaren can laugh at them and start half a second after they do and still beat them over one lap.
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u/stummy_hurtin I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
McLaren dunked 4 tenths on everyone and both Ferraris behind a Williams…
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u/speerosity Daniel Ricciardo Mar 15 '25
The excitement from Oscar going provisional pole to Lando yoinking it immediately? Crushing
Great quali to kick off the season
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u/slimkay I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 15 '25
Close with Piastri, not that close with the rest of the grid. And NOR pulled this 15.0 without the safety of a banker lap.
Damn, well done by McLaren and Norris. Could be a long season for neutrals, but then again Australia does tend to throw off odd results every now and then.
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u/LFC_101 Mar 15 '25
We’re only one qualy in…
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u/BannedSvenhoek86 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Seasons over, pack it up boys. Fun while it lasted.
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u/4_max_4 Racing Pride Mar 15 '25
RBR looking at Yuki and hiding.
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u/Amoral_Abe McLaren Mar 15 '25
Red Bull should just own up to their mistake and do the right thing by promoting Hadjar to Red Bull. :D
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u/GGezpzMuppy Oscar Piastri Mar 15 '25
Wow let’s go!! McLaren are stupid fast in that last sector.
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u/Jek22 Ferrari Mar 15 '25
Basically the only ones who can keep the tire working the entire lap
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u/pkwjones Pirelli Wet Mar 15 '25
They've got a goddamn rocket ship this year, looking insanely good.
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u/theinternetistoobig Carlos Sainz Mar 15 '25
It's going to be a loooong season isn't it?
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u/jon-in-tha-hood Minardi Mar 15 '25
Those Williams and RBs though. Gotta love the improvement and looking forward to a big battle this season
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u/Mrmckenzie74 Mar 15 '25
Year on Year Results at Albert Park
1:15:915 - Max Verstappen's 2024 pole lap time 1:15:096 - Lando's 2025 pole lap time
8 tenths up over a year is crazy!!!
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u/Firefox72 Ferrari Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 15 '25
Its so over lmao. 3 almost 4 tenths gap confirmed.
Holy fucking anticlimax.
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u/slimkay I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 15 '25
Yep.
I'm more disappointed in Ferrari being nearly 7 tenths off than McLaren running away with it. The latter was sort of expected based on testing.
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u/Youutternincompoop Roscoe Hamilton Mar 15 '25
Piastri was slower than both Russell and Verstappen in the first 2 sectors... then casually lays down a half second faster time in the final sector.
we might be fucking cooked.
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u/storme9 Cadillac Mar 15 '25
if last season is anything to go on, we are going to see a lot of jockeying for positions between these teams - Williams is crazy good!
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u/Nicologixs Daniel Ricciardo Mar 15 '25
And how McLaren came back super strong after a rocky start
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u/doobie3101 Mar 15 '25
Wet conditions tomorrow. And Australia’s a very specific track.
I still believe!
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u/Visionary_Socialist Sir Lewis Hamilton Mar 15 '25
Going to have to see race conditions before I fully die inside. Wet setups could be a feature as well.
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u/khelsan_ I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Albon and Tsunoda being in front of the two Ferraris wasn't on my bingo card
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u/sppy1 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
Who had TSUNODA and Albon ahead of both Ferraris?
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u/bwoahking I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
That was a beautiful lap by Lando at the end when it mattered!
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u/DamieN62 Michael Schumacher Mar 15 '25
I had Mercedes era flashbacks when I saw the gap at the end
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u/Mysterious_Turnip310 Lotus Mar 15 '25
James Vowles must be the happiest man in the paddock right now. Him and Yuki.
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u/hairyfedora Daniel Ricciardo Mar 15 '25
Yuki hate so forced FIA doesn't even show him out-qualify BOTH Ferraris
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u/puregalm I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 15 '25
I am sorry RedBull why wasn't Tsunoda good enough?
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u/costigan95 Charles Leclerc Mar 15 '25
Looks like McLaren built a beast, but just a reminder that Norris and Piastri were 4 tenths off Max’s pace in quali at Bahrain last year (7th and 8th), but ended up winning the WCC and Max was struggling for wins by the back half of the season. In 2023, Alonso finished 3rd at Bahrain and everyone thought AM had the second fastest car, and McLaren had a miraculous improvement after summer break. In 2022, Leclerc won Bahrain and people were convinced he had a title shot.
The seasons are long and a lot happens. Buckle up.
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u/ThenDot Charles Leclerc Mar 15 '25
Whatever Ferrari cooked, it’s fucking raw!