F1 2025: US GP - Miami (May 4)

Artemis · 05-04-2025, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by AmuroRay

Reality is that Ham is the best, and Max js a very distant 2 and the rest of the grid doesn’t even matter.

Reality-check: WDC P7 with an 18-year old rookie who replaced a driver, a current team mate and a former team mate ahead of him, cannot be called "the best" this season, but rather "an OK midfielder" this season. If Piastri gets crowned 2025 F1 WDC, he'll be a worthy world champion rather than "doesn’t even matter".

"Minds are like parachutes – they function only when they are open."

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M5Rick · 05-04-2025, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by HeelToeShift

How funny would it be if Mclaren, who have been known to cheat, get DSQ'd from the 2025 championship. They were, after all, given the largest penalty in the sports history for spygate. Would not put something like that past them.

That was hilarious back then, all because the copy shop owner who was a Ferrari fan at the time called Ferrari when 780 pages of confidential documents were brought into the copy shop by a Ferrari employees wife for copies to be made.

3798j · 05-04-2025, 01:03 PM

Lightning strike warning...

Artemis · 05-04-2025, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by 3798j

Lightning strike warning...

https://www.fia.com/system/files/dec...hting_risk.pdf

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4pm local time - 10pm time over here (race start) - cells heading North East (away from Miami):
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M5Rick · 05-04-2025, 01:11 PM

It's not looking good for the UK 9PM start time with bad weather threatening at this time, better get ready with the car covers

https://racingnews365.com/f1-facing-...ami-grand-prix

HeelToeShift · 05-04-2025, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Artemis

Reality-check: WDC P7 with an 18-year old rookie who replaced a driver, a current team mate and a former team mate ahead of him, cannot be called "the best" this season, but rather "an OK midfielder" this season. If Piastri gets crowned 2025 F1 WDC, he'll be a worthy world champion rather than "doesn’t even matter".

"Minds are like parachutes – they function only when they are open."

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Ham was always a midfield driver at best. When your car is as fast as that MB was, it actually shows you how much he underperformed in it. That car should have won 90% of races every year yet he never came anywhere close to a season like Max had in 2022, or 2023 despite not having a car nearly as fast.
Now, Ham has one of the best cars on the grid, and in multiple weekends has had the outright fastest car, yet struggling to beat slow car, including many rookies in slower cars. His teammate on the other hand able to put the car into decent contention.

3798j · 05-04-2025, 01:19 PM

Hoping it's not like Spa in '21...3 laps behind the safety car and it was over. LOL...Liberty, while they didn't blink back then in Belgium, would flip out if it occurred in Miami.

///M Power-Belgium · 05-04-2025, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by M5Rick

It's not looking good for the UK 9PM start time with bad weather threatening at this time, better get ready with the car covers

https://racingnews365.com/f1-facing-...ami-grand-prix

Spot on !

That's what I posted earlier today => https://www.m3post.com/forums/showpo...&postcount=333

3798j · 05-04-2025, 02:17 PM

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///M Power-Belgium · 05-04-2025, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Killed by Death

One for Max and his new kid 👍

GuidoK · 05-04-2025, 02:44 PM

Martin Brundle using Jackie Stewart to get the attention from Lisa for a few words on his gridwalk....

Some like Brundle, some don't, but I like him because of these wacky things. No other reporter would do that in their right mind.....

Better reporter than racing driver probably

wizardofOz · 05-04-2025, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by GuidoK

Martin Brundle using Jackie Stewart to get the attention from Lisa for a few words on his gridwalk....

She had NO idea who he was...I saw that

wizardofOz · 05-04-2025, 02:48 PM

Looks like it's going to be a fun race fellas, the weather is going to be Pandora's box...Popcorn at the ready

GuidoK · 05-04-2025, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by wizardofOz

She had NO idea who he was...I saw that

Absolutely.

And of course Jackie Stewart had no idea who Lisa was (He's 85

).
Brundle telling him "her name is Lisa. She doesn't have a last name, it's just Lisa, so you're not being rude when you call her just 'Lisa'"
that is gold

///M Power-Belgium · 05-04-2025, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by wizardofOz

Looks like it's going to be a fun race fellas, the weather is going to be Pandora's box...Popcorn at the ready

Cloudy sky above the Miami track .

///M Power-Belgium · 05-04-2025, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by guidok

absolutely.

And of course jackie stewart had no idea who lisa was (he's 85 :d).
Brundle telling him "her name is lisa. She doesn't have a last name, it's just lisa, so you're not being rude when you call her just 'lisa'"
that is gold

formation lap !!!

///M Power-Belgium · 05-04-2025, 03:03 PM

The lights ...

M5Rick · 05-04-2025, 03:05 PM

They're off, good start for Max.

///M Power-Belgium · 05-04-2025, 03:06 PM

1 max
2 ant
3 pia

GuidoK · 05-04-2025, 03:06 PM

Wow what a start, Max using the PIA tactic.
And what about ANT now in 2nd!

M5Rick · 05-04-2025, 03:07 PM

Doohan out !

///M4Lou · 05-04-2025, 03:07 PM

Llando pinched hard!!!!

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