2025 Austrian GP - Race Discussion

# ROUND 11 - AUSTRIA

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Race start - Verstappen and Antonelli crash out of the race - Safety car deployed
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2025 Austrian GP - Post Race Discussion

And with that Round 11 is over. Share your thoughts, feelings, favorite moments.

Next up: Round 12 - Silverstone on the 6th of July.

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First F1 career points for Gariel Bortoleto
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Liam Lawson has overtaken Yuki Tsunoda in the driver standings
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Bortoleto's Manager (aka Alonso) hugs him after his first points in F1
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Lando Norris wins the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix
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Antonelli at red bull hospitality after crashing with max.
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James Volwes' reaction to Sainz retiring from the race before the start.
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[F1 via IG] What an incredible drive by the Hulk, from last to points!
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Norris and Piastri now have more of 1-2s for McLaren than Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso
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For the first time in his career, Lando Norris finished 1st in a McLaren 1-2.
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As of 16:17 CEST today – Verstappen drops from 11 to 9 penalty points (FIA official)
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So, what got into DC this race??

These aren't exact quotes, but some pearls from David Coulthard in the F1TV commentary box, starting with calling Jolyon a cunning linguist, then becoming Lando's hype man:

"Maybe they need to give him some encouragement. You're a good looking young man, you're a multi millionaire, you're driving the best car..."

And ending with this strategic observation:

"Lando's not just stroking it home, he's keeping it on the edge"

Not sure where this cheek was coming from; I was trying to watch the race inconspicuously at work but was struggling to keep it together with him like this 😂😂


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2025 Austrian GP - Day After Debrief

Welcome to the Day after Debrief discussion thread!

Now that the dust (and smoke) has settled at the Red Bull Ring, it's time to calmly discuss the events of the last race weekend. Hopefully, this will foster more detailed and thoughtful discussion than the immediate post race thread now that people have had some time to digest and analyse the results.

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Frédéric and Caroline, her children, have the profound pain of informing you of the passing of Chantal Fontan née Vasseur, on June 27th, aged 76
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[F1] Confirmed 2026 F1 pre-season tests
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Lewis Hamilton urges Ferrari to prioritise 2026: ‘I know Mercedes are focused on next year’
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On lap 27, Hamilton pitted for hard tires. On lap 50, against his will ("I don't wanna stop!"), Hamilton pitted to switch to a new set. He finished the race 10 seconds behind Leclerc. Would Hamilton have been able to finish ahead of his teammate with a 43-lap-old hard tire?

At the end of the race, we see Hamilton shaking his head in disapproval while looking at the timing on a monitor. It immediately reminded me of his engineer ordering him to pit on lap 49 or 50, despite Hamilton's protests:

"Is my pace really bad? Because tyres are fine. If my tyres are ok, can I extand? How many more laps left? I don't wanna stop!"

Radio exchange on laps 49 and 50: https://youtu.be/8pQLHvxGIW8?t=597

At that point in the race, he had switched to hard tires on lap 27 (so they were 23 laps old) and was ahead of Leclerc, who had pitted shortly before. After his own stop, Lewis came out 7 or 8 seconds behind Charles.

My technical knowledge is limited, but I understand that hard tires don’t last as long, and in Austria, the track temperature was over 50°C. That said, if Hamilton hadn’t lost the roughly 23 seconds in the pits for the tire change, could he have finished ahead of Leclerc?

He ended up in 4th, 10 seconds behind Leclerc, 26 seconds behind Piastri, and 29 seconds behind Norris.

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