Race 11 - 2025 Austrian GP - Redbull Ring Spielburg

[Nitrodaze]

The Ferrari pit wall still needs work. For the life of me, l don't understand why they could not understand "Tyre still good". They just interfered with Hamilton's race strategy.

[Bagwan]

The Ferrari pit wall still needs work. For the life of me, l don't understand why they could not understand "Tyre still good". They just interfered with Hamilton's race strategy.

It would have been a desperate long shot to not change when Ferrari chose to do so , as he would have been on those tires for 6 laps longer than anybody else managed on them by the end of the race .

Kudos to Lewis for accepting the order without argument .

[Bagwan]

That was a fun race to watch , even with the Macs so far in the distance .
I missed Max in the mix , though .

[Used to be Starter]

Disastrous race for Williams.

[N. Jones]

What was Antonelli doing? A grid penalty is appropriate.
Bortoleto is the driver of the day. What a race.

[N. Jones]

Disastrous race for Williams.

Did Alex retire for the same reason as Carlos?

[Nitrodaze]

It would have been a desperate long shot to not change when Ferrari chose to do so , as he would have been on those tires for 6 laps longer than anybody else managed on them by the end of the race .

Kudos to Lewis for accepting the order without argument.

Probably so, but they had nothing to lose by allowing Hamilton to experiment. Russell was over one pitstop distance away. Hamilton had saved tire life to attack the LeClerc pitstop. A battle of the Ferrari seemed to be brewing, and l was looking forward to it. Till they interfered l felt.

It was almost as if they were going out of their way to protect LeClerc. We want to see them race like the McLarens are doing. That said, Hammy did not have the pace today.

[Nitrodaze]

Disastrous race for Williams.

yep, but brilliant race for McLaren. It was brilliant to watch them race each other hard. There must have been a number of bum-cheek-clenching moments for Stella. This story is going to give us brilliant racing for the rest of the season.
My hat off to McLaren for their courage to allow their drivers to race each other. They had a whole minute gap to the nearest Ferrari, and that allowed a brilliant battle at the front.

McLaren gave Piastri the chance to go longer on the tire when asked to do so. Why can't Ferrari do the same when their driver is tactfully telling them his preference is to go longer on the current tyre? The Ferrari pit wall still needs work. They need to chill abit l think.

[Nitrodaze]

What was Antonelli doing? A grid penalty is appropriate.
Bortoleto is the driver of the day. What a race.

Inexperience caught up with Kimi. It wasn't a stupid act, but pure racing gone wrong. I think he tried to slow down but was not slowing down fast enough. Then he decided to change direction to avoid collision with the foot down on the brakes. That was the mistake, that change in direction caused the tyres to lose adhesion and the car became a projectile.

It was a valuable learning moment, and he would do better next time.

[Nitrodaze]

Did Alex retire for the same reason as Carlos?

I don't think so. Sainz's car caught fire. Albon had some sort of damage during the race. Whatever the case, they did not perform to their usual standard.