I know the race itself was shambles, but somehow I still think P6 was the max possible today. as it turned out SC saved the race.
I think we could have gotten Gasly, if the team didnt mess up the first pitstop way earlier and potentially might have attacked Lewis. Other than that, keeping two mediums for the race might have been a better choice seeing others but I'll chalk it down to the team not knowing that this car would suck on the hards like last year given the hard tire performance in other races so far this year.
I mean, we should forget the WDC. It'll be between Oscar, Lando and George as it has shown so far. Mercedes are the second best car, Ferrari are basically there, Red Bull fourth best.Vettel165 wrote: ↑13 Apr 2025, 18:50Quite strange but happy with p6, I thought we would not get even some points. Its like Monza 2024, pit stops were bad, we were on the wrong tyres in the middle stint. We lost just 7 points to Lando. I would say it was a damage limitation done well today. Maybe with the better strategy we would be p5, but not a chance to be higher.
The question is how is Max just 8 points behind Lando with this car? It was a fun race otherwise. But now please Red Bull strike back, find something.
I think Alpine were just very very quick. Gasly wasn't all that behind from Hamilton....
will Lando be the real title contender ? I was quite appalled by his performance todayVettel165 wrote: ↑13 Apr 2025, 18:50Quite strange but happy with p6, I thought we would not get even some points. Its like Monza 2024, pit stops were bad, we were on the wrong tyres in the middle stint. We lost just 7 points to Lando. I would say it was a damage limitation done well today. Maybe with the better strategy we would be p5, but not a chance to be higher.
The question is how is Max just 8 points behind Lando with this car? It was a fun race otherwise. But now please Red Bull strike back, find something.
Getting this car and this team across the line to P6 today...It's like a win.
Even in the optimistic world where the upgrades work, it's not like others are going to stay stationary. McLaren are going to win the driver's or RUS might take it. I dont think there's any point in pretending that Red Bull/Max have a chance.Sergej wrote: ↑13 Apr 2025, 18:53will Lando be the real title contender ? I was quite appalled by his performance todayVettel165 wrote: ↑13 Apr 2025, 18:50Quite strange but happy with p6, I thought we would not get even some points. Its like Monza 2024, pit stops were bad, we were on the wrong tyres in the middle stint. We lost just 7 points to Lando. I would say it was a damage limitation done well today. Maybe with the better strategy we would be p5, but not a chance to be higher.
The question is how is Max just 8 points behind Lando with this car? It was a fun race otherwise. But now please Red Bull strike back, find something.
anyway they NEED the Imola upgrades to work, it will be the last call for this championship (and honestly I don't have many hopes about it)