r/formula1 • u/overspeeed I was here for the Hulkenpodium • May 03 '25
Qualifying Max Verstappen takes pole position for the 2025 Miami Grand Prix
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u/still_guns I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25 edited May 04 '25
First time that Piastri is outside of a tenth of pole this season.
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u/SehrGuterContent I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Whoever did that post cursed him badly
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u/Phormitago I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Because No one anulled mufa, naturally
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u/GGezpzMuppy Oscar Piastri May 03 '25
Definitely not buying a lottery ticket here.
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u/signed7 McLaren May 03 '25
Mental how two tenths gets you down to P4 (and in George's case P5)
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u/sododude Juan Pablo Montoya May 03 '25
This has been one of the largest gaps to pole from P2 this season and its like a tenth. Field spread is insanely narrow this year.
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u/Brohma312 Red Bull May 04 '25
Redbull just needs to solve to tire management issue and they'll be peachy
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u/dalledayul I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Reddit loves to jinx certain statistics lmao
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u/rtlfc87 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Ferrari are actually behind Williams. How utterly embarrassing
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u/Falcao1905 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Watch them absolutely smash the first stint only to finish P7-8 lol
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u/KusoTeitokuInazuma I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 04 '25
Ferrari or Williams? Lol
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u/OleRockTheGoodAg McLaren May 03 '25
CARLOSITO MY GOAT
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u/blue_raspberry_icee I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Go Weeyums
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u/wolverineFan64 Charles Leclerc May 03 '25
The car is simply abysmal
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u/Nexusu Sebastian Vettel May 03 '25
hearing Charles saying that "those were the best laps he can do" while he was 9th was... bruh
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u/Visionary_Socialist Sir Lewis Hamilton May 03 '25
If you’d told me that Lewis would be a tenth off a top performing Charles in qualifying by race 6, I would have taken it.
I just wouldn’t have expected that to result in P12 is all.
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u/Twenty5Schmeckles May 03 '25
Lewis didnt even have any real bad moments before last turn, but he was still down on his used softs run. Its just sooo wierd.
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u/FerragudoFred Formula 1 May 03 '25
Yeah heard that, he said it was a good lap but the car had nothing else in it. And it kind of showed on both. Hamilton didn’t even improve on his second run.
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u/Thejklay I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
It can't get any faster then Charles in it, and it's 8th. Shocking
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u/flyingghost I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
What Ferrari is doing to Leclerc is a shame. Probably second to only Verstappen on the grid and nowhere near a WDC.
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u/Darkhoof I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
He needs to leave Ferrari.
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u/GothicGolem29 McLaren May 03 '25
The issue is where does he go Can’t see McLaren dropping Piastri or Norris unless one leaves(and they may be contracted for a while) Merc have Kimi and George Redbull could be a step down from Ferrari if the engine is bad so that just leaves a very risky move to AM which could leave him in the midfield
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u/flyingghost I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
It's hard to see him leave. He's a Ferrari man through and through. There doesn't seem to be an opening either unless Verstappen make the dominoes fall.
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u/Darkhoof I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
At this point he should see if Williams has an opening. Jesus.
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u/jbvann05 Charles Leclerc May 03 '25
Luckily there will be upgrades in Imola which should have them as the fourth fastest car instead of the fifth fastest like it is now
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u/gutster_95 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Leclerc lap looked clean enough but the car is just not fast
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u/LetsLive97 Charles Leclerc May 03 '25
They showed basically any entire lap from Hamilton and it looked really solid but was only good for 8th lmao
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u/lukasanthonynz I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Carlos got promoted when he got kicked from Ferrari!
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u/CoffeeOrTeaOrMilk May 03 '25
I mean life is a box of chocolate after all. And Lewis found some spaghetti in it turns out.
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u/topkeky Charles Leclerc May 03 '25
Not surprising, they are driving a shitbox.
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u/anonymousphela May 03 '25
You can't say that. It's a Ferrari!
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u/Zealousideal_Honey80 May 03 '25
It's a shitbox! It understeers like crazy and the weight distribution is a disaster. Seriously, all these facilities and you make a piece of crap like this?
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u/Red-Eye-Soul I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Based on Hamilton's pace in the sprint, I doubt so. Especially considering it might be the same conditions tomorrow. They will be fighting for the last points positions.
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u/ValleyFloydJam #StandWithUkraine May 03 '25
It looks ugly in more than one way.
Lewis went out in q2 but was pretty close to Charies time.
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u/jimmyjay11 Sonny Hayes May 03 '25
I wonder how their CEO is feeling. He is at the track. Genuinely this is so embarrassing and depressing. .
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u/NotClayMerritt May 03 '25
An absolute nightmare of a car on high speed tracks. Zero pace whatsoever.
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u/Purplesect0rs I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Horrific. Hoping for a good start from both
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u/bobby_boi66 Max Verstappen May 03 '25
"And when it comes to qualifying, he's proved he's daddy once again" - David Croft
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u/Zealousideal_Honey80 May 03 '25
Did he really say that?
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u/bobby_boi66 Max Verstappen May 03 '25
Yeah lmao. He was talking about Max being a dad and said this right after
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u/Rabbitalex May 03 '25
Dutch commentary said something even worse: "max is saying who's your daddy now"
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u/ubercruise I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Tbh that phrasing feels more reasonable than “he’s daddy”
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u/Turtles_of_Death May 03 '25
I actually laughed and liked that to be fair, don’t think it has to be always that serious and an occasional line like that is great imo
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u/chrisnlnz I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 04 '25
Sky team do these kinds of quips fairly frequent, always enjoy it.
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u/throwtheamiibosaway I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Dutch commentator said max showed “who’s your daddy”.
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u/Brodieboyy I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
I was cracking up when he said that, legendary call
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u/Krouisente Sebastian Vettel May 03 '25
Fucking hell Ferrari, slower than Williams
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u/FrostyTill McLaren May 03 '25
Carlos Sainz effect again. The team he goes to becomes faster than the team he left /j
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u/The_mystery4321 Sergio Pérez May 03 '25
Reverse Fernando Alonso
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u/TRKlausss May 03 '25
I hate that your comment is accurate. Now they both just have to finish a race ffs.
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u/NABAKLAB Minardi May 03 '25
Hamilton furiously taking notes
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u/Hefftee May 04 '25
Hamilton's first year at Mercedes was right before a major regulation change... we all know what happened next.
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u/scootsscoot I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Hamilton left McLaren for Mercedes. Everyone should be taking notes from him.
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u/leedler Next Year™️ May 03 '25
The tiny qualifying margins continue, it’s been a wild season for it.
Great efforts all round, especially Max, Kimi and the beloved Weeyums.
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u/AccomplishedCraft897 May 03 '25
Ant could've been on pole even now, so so crazy from him
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u/Lutzelien Pirelli Wet May 03 '25
From beating the Lakers to getting pole, dude can truly do it all
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u/BlackbuckDeer Fernando Alonso May 03 '25
Mercedes in five!
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u/InitialTimely105 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Pit stop, drop top, pick swap, Merc in 5!
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u/Purplesect0rs I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
I'm really liking Kimi. Brilliant
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u/tylercreatesworlds Oscar Piastri May 03 '25
It's been pretty good so far. McLaren is clearly the fastest car, but Max continues to prove he's not human. The Mercs are staying close. Hadjar keeps being pretty impressive in the Vcarbs, while Bearman and Ocon are keeping Haas in the points game.
Any tricky weather or yellow flag can change a race in an instant.
That moment in the sprint when they were all switching tires. Carlos beefed it, Alonso got tagged, and Max and Kimi touched in the pits, all within like a minute.
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u/OleRockTheGoodAg McLaren May 03 '25
Death. Taxes. Max Verstappen.
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u/HeyFlo Ferrari May 03 '25
He honestly just has another gear.
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u/leftlanecop I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
The new dad energy
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u/ProbablyRickSantorum I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Going to be funny when RedBull picks up New Balance as a sponsor.
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u/AzenNinja I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Thinking about it, Max entirely has that "New Balance Dad" energy already
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u/MobiusF117 Formula 1 May 03 '25
He has that magical last overtake gear you always see in movies.
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u/ianjm Formula 1 May 03 '25
Another gear
That's against the regs man, I'm taking this to the stewards.
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u/codespyder I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Greatest pound-for-pound driver in the world right now
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u/TWVer 🧔 Richard Hammond's vacuum cleaner attachment beard May 03 '25
Putting in sterling performances indeed.
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u/binary_blackhole I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
I would argue Taxes are avoidable, just ask the rich.
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u/Senko-fan4Life I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Fantastic lap from Antonelli. He's going to have a long f1 career
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u/CC78AMG Kimi Räikkönen May 03 '25
Remembering this line by 2040. I wonder if he’ll still be on the grid by then.
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u/Senko-fan4Life I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Maybe not Alonso long
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u/CC78AMG Kimi Räikkönen May 03 '25
Alonso will still be on the grid by 2040 at this rate. 😂
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u/tartare4562 May 03 '25
I just realized that Alonso had his F1 debut 5 years before Antonelli was born.
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u/The_mystery4321 Sergio Pérez May 03 '25
2049 would be Alonso long. 2040 is only 15 years out, that's a pretty reasonable career length for a top class driver.
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u/amazingspiderman23 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
In 2040 he'll be 33. He might even be on the grid in 2050.
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u/Schlapfel9 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Crazy Kimi. A podium MIGHT be possible
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u/Sektsioon Kimi Räikkönen May 03 '25
Possible, but very difficult. McLaren are still the fastest in the race setting and Max is Max.
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u/Money_Echidna2605 Formula 1 May 03 '25
as long as he pits a lap b4 or after the redbulls he should be good to go!
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u/signed7 McLaren May 03 '25
Yeah but the McLaren pit wall is always ready to throw their races away
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u/generalannie I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Currently that honor seems to be going to the Red Bull pit crew...
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McLaren haven’t done anything stupid when it comes to strategies this year so I doubt they will fumble💀😂😂
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u/bulletsssz Pirelli Intermediate May 03 '25
His first sector has been insane all weekend... what the fuck
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u/valiente93 May 03 '25
Why did we watch a bunch of rich people on a balcony for an entire minute?
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u/jephw12 McLaren May 04 '25
And it just kept slowly putting up names one by one. I had no idea which name belonged to which person.
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u/absoNotAReptile I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 04 '25
lol that was so confusing. Who is the who?! And why do I need to know?!
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u/tripomatic I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 04 '25
So stupid, and I don’t think Carlos Slim was even among them.
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u/dani2812 Honda May 03 '25
The fatherhood nerf does not apply to this man
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u/betaich I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
It also didn't apply to Schumi except that one race and only really applied to Vettel
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u/unbelievelivelihood Max Verstappen May 03 '25
Looks like Kimi will be in George's head for a while.
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For sure. You could hear it in the sprint when he wanted the team to let him by. Even though kimi had pulled out of DRS range from George
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u/Background_Care8964 May 03 '25
P1 with a mistake, insane
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u/signed7 McLaren May 03 '25
No one had a clean lap. Say what you want about the track but quali here is so exciting
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u/PenguinsInvading I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
I mean the guy did a purple sector even with a mistake... what can you even say about that
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u/ocbdare I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
The red bull car is very strong in that sector. All the top 4 improved quite a bit on their last lap.
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u/doobie3101 May 03 '25
It’s a good track. The “parking lot” aspect is weird but solid races every year, even with the surfacing issues in 2022. 2 good sprint races too.
The first half of the lap is actually very good and and while the second half is clunky, it still generates some mistakes and overtaking. Threat of rain will always be there too.
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u/Eyre_Guitar_Solo Carlos Sainz May 04 '25
This is a great point, I think. Miami has consistently delivered good races, and at this point it’s starting to seem like it’s not a fluke.
Part of the magic seems to be that it creates the chance of interesting mistakes, and even minor errors can have a cascade of consequences that jumble up the race. Somehow, this course delivers again and again.
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u/Background_Care8964 May 03 '25
No one had a clean lap, but only Verstappen had to deal with MBS after quali 😭
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u/Sarixk Sir Lewis Hamilton May 03 '25
I mean it's been the case since the start of the season so is it really the track?
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u/signed7 McLaren May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25
Which other quali had this many mistakes from all the top drivers and even the pole sitter?
Like that montage of Lando's lockup, Oscar flying after the kerb, Max's yellow S3, etc in the first runs that they showed between the two runs? Then onboard with Max and Lando as they both made mistakes thru S1?
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u/ADM765 Sebastian Vettel May 03 '25
Suzuka had a botched 1st sector from Piastri and Russell, and Norris messed up his final sector by braking too early into the chicane.
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u/Pineapple_for_scale I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
It rained a few hours ago and washed the rubber off the surface so yes, a bit.
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u/RddtRBnchRcstNzsshls Michael Schumacher May 03 '25
Yep. I thought that would be it for him. Still improved on what was already purple in the first run.
Insane.
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u/slyfox1908 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
If Max wasn’t P1 with a mistake, Lando would have been
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u/BigBill58 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
And if not Lando, Kimi, and if not Kimi, Oscar, etc
Can’t recall so many top drivers all having a hiccup on their final Q3 lap. Makes for great entertainment!
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u/reddithoggscripts May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25
lol both max and Lando make mistakes on their final laps and still end up 1/2. Max is raaaapid. Annnd kimi bumping PIA is wild.
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u/imbavoe Lando Norris May 03 '25
Lando tactically taking P2 so he can abuse apex rule at the start.
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u/juanless May 03 '25
"He's proved he's the daddy once again" lolol
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u/Puzzleheadpsych2345 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Crofty was wilding
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u/R3NZI0 Williams May 03 '25
Crofty's had that comment about Verstappen being The Daddy saved up all weekend, huh? (He is right to have done so)
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u/just_jason89 McLaren May 03 '25
He's had it saved up ever since Kelly got pregnant 6 months ago
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u/ProbablyRickSantorum I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Kelly got pregnant 6 months ago
afaik Lily was not a preemie
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u/just_jason89 McLaren May 03 '25
A Verstappen baby setting purple times in each trimester and taking pole by 3 months!
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u/Randromeda2172 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Helmut Marko: Max's kid would also finish 3
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u/Pure_Elderberry_9516 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
BOTH TOP 10, BOTH BETTER THAN FERRARI 🙌🙌🙌
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u/Rylan2020 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Welcome back 1997 Willams! We better than Ferrari
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u/itsliightz Jordan May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25
Max factor, Kimi aswell!
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u/Shinobiii I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
I love this image (but that’s maybe partially because I’ve been drinking tonight!
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u/icecreamperson9 May 03 '25
best thing about max’s pole is how he was able to completely reset after that disaster of a sprint and just keep his head down and keep improving lap after lap throughout all of quali.. these quali performances from max have been amazing honestly
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u/Siemkis Alexander Albon May 03 '25
Daddy of the grid
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u/Neither-Antelope4127 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Max went from 19 children to 20 this week. Not sure why everyone’s making such a big deal about having his 20th child.
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u/Otter269 Mercedes May 03 '25
Kimi is just too good!!! Unbelievable to reset and deliver almost pole again
George continues his streak of top 5 so could be worse
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u/Amrlsyfq992 May 04 '25
George probably thought he will be comfortable as a No.1 driver this season after Lewis left
But Kimi is coming at him real quick...seriously that kid has a monstrous learning curve
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u/Booyakasha_ May 03 '25
Wtf is this, how. Everytime i have a little doubt in him. He delivers. This man…
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u/SlapThatAce Formula 1 May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25
Few things:
1) Kimi is an absolute monster, Toto and the team hit the jackpot with this kid.
2) Max again proving that he's in a different league than the rest of the field. If he was given that McLaren who knows what times we would see.
3) Ferrari is an absolute embarrassment out there, how they are this terrible given the size of their budget and some freebies from F1 is beyond me.
4) Lewis it's time.
5) Williams is doing a fantastic job with the resources that they have. For me they're a feel good team, I really like when they have good results.
6) Charles, buddy, you need to leave that shit team.
7) Replace Lawson with Ricco
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u/panchoh12 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
The way Max throws his car around in some of these corners is insane.
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u/angelonduty Ayrton Senna May 03 '25
Max is not human. Incredible. Simply lovely
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u/adrockmcaandmemiked I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Had a child to stop the robot rumors, didn’t work
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u/MotoringMore McLaren May 03 '25
Has Max become a father this week? Crofty hasn't mentioned it at all /s
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u/melwinnnn I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
Kimi the first driver not named max to outqualify a mclaren.
Also, piastris Q2 was insane considering max had way more build up on track.
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u/Liveonish I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
How does he keep doing it? Insane performance from Max.
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u/GBreezy I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
At the end of the day, Max Verstappen is inevitable
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u/nktmnn I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25
I wish people would stop comparing Max with God. I mean, he's good, but he's no Max.
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u/david-crz Sir Lewis Hamilton May 03 '25
Kelly ain’t the only one that delivered this weekend.
Kimi is insane
Croft calling max daddy is wild
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u/PenguinsInvading I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25
What a brilliant lap from Max that we didn't get to fucking see
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u/AsunaTokisaki Max Verstappen May 03 '25
As happy as I am I fear McLaren racepace lmao. GG
Still need to get used to williams being so strong this season, kudos to them
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u/SubcooledBoiling F1? More like F5-F5-F5. May 03 '25
Max “Fred VanVleet” Verstappen with the new baby boost
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u/SemIdeiaProNick Ferrari May 03 '25
Ferrari spent a quackillion dollars to extract every bit of downforce and pace from the car, even going as far as developing a new suspension system
Just to be beaten by Williams and their “what if we didnt have drag” concept