[GuidoK]

F1 2025: Spanish GP - Barcelona (June 1st)

Schedule:
https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2025/spain
(Start times adjusts automatically to your local time/date depending on your browsers/internet settings)

Circuit:
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya



Circuit stats:
First Grand Prix: 1991
Number of Laps: 66
Circuit Length: 4.657 km
Race Distance: 307.236 km
Lap Record: 1:16.330 (Max Verstappen 2023)

Tires:

https://press.pirelli.com/the-hardes...ack-for-spain/

Onboard Lap:
(2024 Lando Norris pole lap)
HERE

2024 thread:
https://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2111877

2024 race highlights:
HERE

2024 Lollipopman Comics:

[GuidoK]

So what are your predictions?

Last race in Monaco showed an interesting result of an otherwise boring race. Ferrari had a good score with LEC on the podium in 2nd place.
However, this track is very different. Are Ferrari back or was that a short lived resurgence?
And will there be some effective upgrades for the teams in this last race of this triple header?
The new FIA directive regarding flexi wings will come into play. But will that have a significant effect on the teams?
This is my prediction:

1. PIA
2. NOR
3. VER
4. LEC
5. RUS
6. ANT
7. HAM
8. ALB
9. HAD
10. SAI

[GuidoK]

Some speculations regarding the new directive on flexi wings from youtube biggest F1 gossiper

[M5Rick]

I'm going with TacRab in that with the TD on rear wing flex now in force the Larens will be reeled in if not already.
1. MAX
2. NOR
3. LEC
4. RUS
5. LEW
6. ANT
7. TSU
8. HAD
9. BEA
10. HUL

[wizardofOz]

I'm gonna go with:

1. Oscar
2. Max
3. Lando
4. Charles
5. Georgina
6. Alex
7. Carlos

[AmuroRay]

Lew. Always.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

I'm going with TacRab in that with the TD on rear wing flex now in force the Larens will be reeled in if not already.
1. MAX
2. NOR
3. LEC
4. RUS
5. LEW
6. ANT
7. TSU
8. HAD
9. BEA
10. HUL

Which team will suffer most from the new flexible wing regulations ?

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

Lew. Always.

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[AmuroRay]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

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I'm not sure how it's a myth when Max - even with the fastest car, couldn't beat Lewis without the FIA stepping in.

[Artemis]

"The hardest tyres are back for Spain"
Pirelli - May 27, 2025
https://press.pirelli.com/the-hardes...ack-for-spain/

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

I'm not sure how it's a myth when Max - even with the fastest car, couldn't beat Lewis without the FIA stepping in.

Mate . You're still butthurt and if you want to go back to the 2021 season .
Then I'll bring you back to LEW's dirty tricks to beat MAX .
The FIA stepped in to help LEW to give him the necessary time to repair his car under the red flag and to win the 2021 Silverstone GP.
LEW lost the 2021 WDC with his stupid brake magic mistake at Baku (!)

MAX was rammed off track at Silverstone Copse by LEW . MAX was sent with 51G in the wall (!)
MAX had to vomit for 6 days from a severe concussion and even today he still has vision problems (Blurred Vision)! from LEW's dirty tricks .
Max Verstappen Discloses Vision Struggles Following 51G High-Impact Crash with Lewis Hamilton at Silverstone => https://www.grandprixnews.com/news/m...t-silverstone/

[AmuroRay]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Mate . You're still butthurt and if you want to go back to the 2021 season .
Then I'll bring you back to LEW's dirty tricks to beat MAX .
The FIA stepped in to help LEW to give him the necessary time to repair his car under the red flag and to win the 2021 Silverstone GP.
LEW lost the 2021 WDC with his stupid brake magic mistake at Baku (!)

MAX was rammed off track at Silverstone Copse by LEW . MAX was sent with 51G in the wall (!)
MAX had to vomit for 6 days from a severe concussion and even today he still has vision problems (Blurred Vision)! from LEW's dirty tricks .
Max Verstappen Discloses Vision Struggles Following 51G High-Impact Crash with Lewis Hamilton at Silverstone => https://www.grandprixnews.com/news/m...t-silverstone/

Max had all the former Mercedes staff, rule set changed to give his car an advantage, and they also had the benefit to exceed the budget caps in place. This ignores everything else he did that season.

Max literally was about to lose the entire season despite having the faster car for the vast majority of it because of the FIA.

It is what it is, but them are the facts.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Mate . You're still butthurt and if you want to go back to the 2021 season .
Then I'll bring you back to LEW's dirty tricks to beat MAX .
The FIA stepped in to help LEW to give him the necessary time to repair his car under the red flag and to win the 2021 Silverstone GP.
LEW lost the 2021 WDC with his stupid brake magic mistake at Baku (!)

MAX was rammed off track at Silverstone Copse by LEW . MAX was sent with 51G in the wall (!)
MAX had to vomit for 6 days from a severe concussion and even today he still has vision problems (Blurred Vision)! from LEW's dirty tricks .
Max Verstappen Discloses Vision Struggles Following 51G High-Impact Crash with Lewis Hamilton at Silverstone => https://www.grandprixnews.com/news/m...t-silverstone/

This is why I won't go to Silverstone, shocked at those celebration scenes after race and music while RBR driver MAX was in the clinic (not that I have the time to go there anyway.

[wizardofOz]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

This is why I won't go to Silverstone, shocked at those celebration scenes after race and music while RBR driver MAX was in the clinic (not that I have the time to go there anyway.

I'm going to be there, first time for me so not expecting anything but just enjoy the experience.

Didn't fancy Goodwood this year

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

Max had all the former Mercedes staff, rule set changed to give his car an advantage, and they also had the benefit to exceed the budget caps in place. This ignores everything else he did that season.

Max literally was about to lose the entire season despite having the faster car for the vast majority of it because of the FIA.

It is what it is, but them are the facts.

You must be kidding . LEW's Benz had a 40km/h higher topspeed.
Wolff said : We'll pull the pin out of the grenade . LEW's Benz was a beast .
And in 2020 the Benz had the advantage of the Party-Mode and DAS (!)
LEW is used to win with his Benz spaceship , and look where is he now ?
So far It's 7/1 for Charlie at Ferrari (!)

[G30M]

Originally Posted by Artemis

"The hardest tyres are back for Spain"
Pirelli - May 27, 2025
https://press.pirelli.com/the-hardes...ack-for-spain/

do they line their tarmac with smashed bricks or something?

[AmuroRay]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

You must be kidding . LEW's Benz had a 40km/h higher topspeed.
Wolff said : We'll pull the pin out of the grenade . LEW's Benz was a beast .
And in 2020 the Benz had the advantage of the Party-Mode and DAS (!)
LEW is used to win with his Benz spaceship , and look where is he now ?
So far It's 7/1 for Charlie at Ferrari (!)

At the beginning of the season, RB was almost .400 faster than Merc, it wasn’t until the end of the season when Merc was able to close the gap. I’m not even asking you because you’re rabidly blind, but you can find the articles and post race analysis all over the internet.

I’m not going to respond to you about this subject after because I’m correct and I don’t care what you have to say.

[Artemis]

Stuck in the season 2021 universe again ? About time to move on, folks.

[G30M]

my only contribution in this thread so far is that Dutch journalists are saying Ferrari wants Christian Horner.

well, it's not over until Ralf Schumacher says it is ...

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

You must be kidding . LEW's Benz had a 40km/h higher topspeed.
Wolff said : We'll pull the pin out of the grenade . LEW's Benz was a beast .
And in 2020 the Benz had the advantage of the Party-Mode and DAS (!)
LEW is used to win with his Benz spaceship , and look where is he now ?
So far It's 7/1 for Charlie at Ferrari (!)

The moans are mounting from LH at Ferrari and his engineer has asked for a transfer away from mouthy LEW, it's fish and chips vs shpaghetti bolognese, now now girls

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

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I'm thinking too it's all over for LEW, at 40 he's just riding on a Scuderia money wave. All the others have to put up or shut up and do the best with their oversize monster cars and next year the cars will be far worse in the specs that the past the sell by date FIA have lumbered them with.

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by G30M

saying Ferrari wants Christian Horner.

But Horner isn't going anywhere
The only way to get Horner is to cut him in in the stock of the team, like Toto now has ~33% of the MERC F1 team.
But going to Ferrari makes that impossible I think. No one in Ferrari gets Ferrari stock afaik.