Formula 1 Aramco Gran Premio de España 2025Formula 1

[Rossell2]

Interesting note shared on Reddit. Due to Yuki being unable to get the Red Bull inside the top 10, Isack has managed to outscore Red Bull over the last 2 races (14 to 13) now also in part to Max's penalty.

If Max gets a race ban, I'm fairly sure both Racing Bulls will outscore them.

 

[PaMu1337]

Fat chance in hell of that happening. It's amazing how a 4 times WDC's racecraft turns Ricardo Rosset-esque when under pressure or when things don't go his way.

I can see it happening that Verstappen will never have an incident again after a race ban.

Because I can see him responding to a ban with "okay, I'm not coming back"

 

[McLaren]

If Max gets a race ban, I'm fairly sure both Racing Bulls will outscore them.

I think he'll be on his best behavior then (or, at least try?). He has to get through Canada and Austria before 2 expire, but then he'll still be sitting on 9 out of 12 til' the end of October. That's a good chunk of races the team can't afford him to pick up another 3 points.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Max Verstappen is your driver of the day.

No I'm not joking.

Hang it in the Louvre

 

[hakhan]

It is sad to know that we won't be having a race on this track in the next few years. That was a very entertaining race, especially the last few laps.

 

[A_Higher_Place]

It is sad to know that we won't be having a race on this track in the next few years. That was a very entertaining race, especially the last few laps.

It has been much better since they removed the final chicane, yes. I don't really know what else changed this year to make it much more entertaining. Using Catalunya is a snooze fest with only T1 overtakes from DRS.

I agree though. If they are like this consistently, then I want more!

 

[timekiller001]

If Max gets a race ban, I'm fairly sure both Racing Bulls will outscore them.

I'd assume that if Max gets a ban, Hadjar would replace him in the Red Bull, and if he outperforms Tsunoda, would stay at Red Bull with Tsunoda being back at the Alpha Toro RB Visa Cashgrab Tauri Rosso.

 

[Demon Drone]

I can see it happening that Verstappen will never have an incident again after a race ban.

Because I can see him responding to a ban with "okay, I'm not coming back"

And I would say "Bye Felica." He's single handedly lowered the standards of driving in the sport. "All time great" my ass.

 

[toastet]

I can see it happening that Verstappen will never have an incident again after a race ban.

Because I can see him responding to a ban with "okay, I'm not coming back"

He'll surely have incidents at the Nordschleife and Le Mans in the future.

 

[MagpieRacer]

It is sad to know that we won't be having a race on this track in the next few years. That was a very entertaining race, especially the last few laps.

It's still contracted for 2026. Just not as the Spanish grand Prix.

 

[Sum1s2pid]

Oh crap! I didn't see the final final results that put Max in P10 and bumped Hulk and Alonso up. 😮

 

[sirjim73]

Well done Piastri. In complete control from turn 1.

10s penalty for Mad Max. Puts him 10th behind Nando.

Didn't see the penalty as I was rushing back to the coach, thanks 👍

Driver of the day

P9 for Alonso.

And the crowd went wild (a lot)! Basically, every time he went past me

One of the better Spanish GPs in recent memory, great drive from Piastri, just had the pace over Norris all weekend, well deserved. Leclerc doing a Russel and just popping up when it matters.

Max, no words, absolutely stupid, lenient penalty, anyone else gets a DSQ and 6 points. So blatant as well.

Great drive from my DOTD Nico Hulkenberg, just reminding everyone why he's spearheading Audi's campaign, Bortoleto showed his ability at times as well today.

Nice to see Alonso finally chipping in with some points for Aston.

Will need to watch the race in full when I get home - you miss much of what is going on as even with the big screen it's often unclear without commentary.

Ahem: "Verstappen's madness costed him a lot in the (provisional) Drivers' Championship.

It has been much better since they removed the final chicane, yes. I don't really know what else changed this year to make it much more entertaining. Using Catalunya is a snooze fest with only T1 overtakes from DRS.

I agree though. If they are like this consistently, then I want more!

I feel like I lucked out this year as there seemed to be LOTS going on in the race even if sometimes all i knew of it was the crowd going "oooh" which they seemed to be doing a lot of!

Anyway, so the crowd today was...
300,686!!!

Hence I got little footage of the f1 race (but got some great snippets of F2 and particularly the Porsche Supercup race (those Porsches have an awesome sound!))

I was between turn 5 and the DHL yellow bridge during the race.

And these ones will get you all jealous...

F2 race photos:

Porsche race photos:

@Famine @CTRL Garage The GT7 event is going to have to go some next weekend to beat this


EDIT: I realise now that I saw the aftermath of the Verstappen Russell incident as that was in the run up to turn 5 (or SirJim corner as its now called). There was one of those "oooh"s and then Russell and Verstappen appeared very slowly out of SirJim corner close together. It stuck in my mind as they were at an unnatural speed - obviously they were still "recovering" from that as they exited SirJim corner.

 

[McLaren]

I'd assume that if Max gets a ban, Hadjar would replace him in the Red Bull, and if he outperforms Tsunoda, would stay at Red Bull with Tsunoda being back at the Alpha Toro RB Visa Cashgrab Tauri Rosso.

Well, that wouldn't be a hard bar to pass for Hadjar. But, if I was him, I'd be asking my manager to look over the Red Bull contract and ask if there's a polite way of saying, "I really really appreciate this opportunity, but I would prefer to stay where I am...."

 

[ScottPuss20]

No they didn't.

They did the same split strategy that Ferrari did in that race and funnily enough, both Verstappen and Räikkönen on the two-stop were faster than both Ricciardo and Vettel on the three-stop.

Red Bull intentionally gave Ricciardo the slower strategy. He was the one that should've been on the two stop - not Verstappen.

 

[Liquid]

Red Bull intentionally gave Ricciardo the slower strategy. He was the one that should've been on the two stop - not Verstappen.

Both lead drivers, Ricciardo and Vettel, were on the three-stop strategy which was predicted as being the faster strategy that day.

Both secondary drivers, Verstappen and Räikkönen, were on the two-stop strategy which was predicted as being the slower strategy that day.

Funny how you didn't mention Ferrari sabotaging Vettel's race when Ferrari did the exact same split strategy with the exact same driver priority. If Red Bull 'sabotaged' Ricciardo's race, then Ferrari 'sabotaged' Vettel's race. In truth, they didn't. Both teams got the same outcome from the same split strategy. Anybody who watched the race live can tell you this.

The facts of the race don't care about your patriotic fervour. Care about Piastri now rather than Ricciardo then.

 

[ScottPuss20]

Both lead drivers, Ricciardo and Vettel, were on the three-stop strategy which was predicted as being the faster strategy that day.

Both secondary drivers, Verstappen and Räikkönen, were on the two-stop strategy which was predicted as being the slower strategy that day.

Funny how you didn't mention Ferrari sabotaging Vettel's race when Ferrari did the exact same split strategy with the exact same driver priority. If Red Bull 'sabotaged' Ricciardo's race, then Ferrari 'sabotaged' Vettel's race. In truth, they didn't. Both teams got the same outcome from the same split strategy. Anybody who watched the race live can tell you this.

The facts of the race don't care about your patriotic fervour. Care about Piastri now rather than Ricciardo then.

So you're telling me that Verstappen's win on his Red Bull DEBUT was a coincidence and nothing to do with favouritism? I find that hard to believe. And yes, I guess Vettel was also screwed over.

 

[Liquid]

So you're telling me that Verstappen's win on his Red Bull DEBUT was a coincidence and nothing to do with favouritism? I find that hard to believe.

There's nothing suspicious about a generational talent winning in his first race in a top 3 car. Never mind the fact that this was when no-one else needed to show up unless their names were Hamilton and Rosberg; had the Mercedes not taken each other out, the best Verstappen, or anyone else, could have hoped for was 3rd.

And yes, I guess Vettel was also screwed over.

Because... ?

Interesting choice of language. Vettel "just" got screwed because the strategy didn't work out but Ricciardo was purposefully sabotaged by the team when the exact same thing happened to both drivers for reasons you haven't explained.

You can continue to argue about a race from nine years ago (you did bring it up first) and spout falsehoods and conspiracies from 2016 or you could

Care about Piastri now.

 

[ScottPuss20]

There's nothing suspicious about a generational talent winning in his first race in a top 3 car. Never mind the fact that this was when no-one else needed to show up unless their names were Hamilton and Rosberg; had the Mercedes not taken each other out, the best Verstappen, or anyone else, could have hoped for was 3rd.


Because... ?

Interesting choice of language. Vettel "just" got screwed because the strategy didn't work out but Ricciardo was purposefully sabotaged by the team when the exact same thing happened to both drivers for reasons you haven't explained.

You can continue to argue about a race from nine years ago (you did bring it up first) and spout falsehoods and conspiracies from 2016 or you could

Conspiracy or not, Red Bull have ultimately come to favour Verstappen.

 

[Fezzik]

The winner has been overshadowed a bit by the latest Mad Max episode.

Just another calm controlled drive. Never looked in any real danger, looked after the tyres and then banged in the fastest lap at the end (0.4 faster than Norris, and 1.2 better than Verstappen).

Consistency wins championships.

 

[PaMu1337]

I guess this is as close to an apology you're ever gonna get from Max

 

[Jimlaad43]

EDIT: I realise now that I saw the aftermath of the Verstappen Russell incident as that was in the run up to turn 5 (or SirJim corner as its now called). There was one of those "oooh"s and then Russell and Verstappen appeared very slowly out of SirJim corner close together. It stuck in my mind as they were at an unnatural speed - obviously they were still "recovering" from that as they exited SirJim corner.

Haha, you've had pretty much the exact same experience as I had at my first foreign Grand Prix.

I went to Austria 2019 and was on the hill on the exit of T3, basically right where Alonso and Raikkonen had parked on top of each other in 2015.

That race was Honda's first win in the Hybrid era, and featured the Verstappen vs Leclerc battle for the lead in the end. From where we were stood watching the race from, it looked just like a 2-laps to go overtake for the lead just behind the hill so we couldn't see what was happening on the apex. It wasn't until the drive out of the circuit that we finally found out that Verstappen had won it after a dubious overtake that was like 200m away from us but not visible due to the hill.

 

[SPDN Stefano]

So you're telling me that Verstappen's win on his Red Bull DEBUT was a coincidence and nothing to do with favouritism? I find that hard to believe. And yes, I guess Vettel was also screwed over.

Why would Red Bull favor a driver making his debut for the team over Ricciardo? That doesn't make any sense.

Anyway, Verstappen is such a huge baby. The way he is driving, his interviews. His mental development must have stopped at the age of 10 or something. Really unfortunate that an unlikable narcissistic prick like this has so much talent.

 

[Rossell2]

I guess this is as close to an apology you're ever gonna get from Max

It's everyone else's fault I drove into someone.

 

[Famine]

I guess this is as close to an apology you're ever gonna get from Max

It's everyone else's fault I drove into someone.

Or he's talking about the order to give Russell the place.

 

[Rossell2]

Or he's talking about the order to give Russell the place.

Well there is that as well.

 

[Demon Drone]

I guess this is as close to an apology you're ever gonna get from Max

It's pretty pathetic that's how low the bar is with Max. So much for fatherhood changing him. Apple hasn't fallen far from the tree.

 

[AshenGraey]

I guess this is as close to an apology you're ever gonna get from Max

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think I've ever heard him saying sorry or apologize for anything he's done on track. So this is probably just another "Russell shouldn't have been there but he was and I was frustrated so take it however way you want".

What's interesting, it seems not many of the drivers wanted to comment on that except for Russell lol.

 

[DG_Silva]

What's interesting, it seems not many of the drivers wanted to comment on that except for Russell lol.

That's because MBS would fine them for bringing the sport into disrepute, using some rubbish like 'questioning the stewards' decision' - either that, or they suddenly have a target on their back, visible only to animal-monikered cars...

 

[Bram Turismo]

Piastri reminds me of Raikkonen. A man of little words, and shows little emotion, but he's just so damn outright fast.

 

[noshog]

Piastri reminds me of Raikkonen. A man of little words, and shows little emotion, but he's just so damn outright fast.

Yeah that's why I'm a Piastri fan, he's always reminded of Raikkonen.
Kimi is my all time favorite, so when watching Oscar come up through the ranks I saw the similarities and just transferred my support.

I am a Norris fan too, so kinda hope Norris can take the championship this year... I dont want to think this, but I fear if Lando cant win this year Oscar isn't going to give him another chance ?