2025 McLaren F1 Team

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Why did we pit oscar?

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That is what you have to do Piastri. If he was this aggressive throughout the race he would have been on the podium.

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genarro wrote:
26 Oct 2025, 23:26
Why did we pit oscar?
He couldn't make it with the tyres and everyone around him would pit and undercut.

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Come on Leclerc!

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Domination =D>
Just a fan's point of view

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Szabi1112 wrote:
26 Oct 2025, 23:31
Come on Leclerc!
Yes. That was dominant. Great job Lando!

Such a shame Piastri couldn't have matched it, I wanted to increase the points gap to Max.

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Crushing victory by Norris, beats his team mate by just over 40 seconds. What a drive!

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Well at the hands of Lando the MCL39 looked like a MCL39 for the first time since Zandvoort. Hopefully they found something to keep it competitive in the remaining races. The performance was fizzling out these last couple of grand prix, it was starting to look like a P2-P3 car.
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Emag wrote:
26 Oct 2025, 23:44
Well at the hands of Lando the MCL39 looked like a MCL39 for the first time since Zandvoort. Hopefully they found something to keep it competitive in the remaining races. The performance was fizzling out these last couple of grand prix, it was starting to look like a P2-P3 car.
Not sure I agree. In Austin they had a car to win.

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FittingMechanics wrote:
26 Oct 2025, 23:47
Emag wrote:
26 Oct 2025, 23:44
Well at the hands of Lando the MCL39 looked like a MCL39 for the first time since Zandvoort. Hopefully they found something to keep it competitive in the remaining races. The performance was fizzling out these last couple of grand prix, it was starting to look like a P2-P3 car.
Not sure I agree. In Austin they had a car to win.
Win? Sure, probably by holding P2 off the line. Big IF though, because you had to overtake Max on-track too. I was talking about total domination though.
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Fantastic domination from Lando Norris with an even upgraded Red Bull behind. Good recovery from Oscar. Missed 4th due to a VSC. Pity that stewards again show why they aren't competent enough not to have double standards between drivers.

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Emag wrote:
26 Oct 2025, 23:48
FittingMechanics wrote:
26 Oct 2025, 23:47
Emag wrote:
26 Oct 2025, 23:44
Well at the hands of Lando the MCL39 looked like a MCL39 for the first time since Zandvoort. Hopefully they found something to keep it competitive in the remaining races. The performance was fizzling out these last couple of grand prix, it was starting to look like a P2-P3 car.
Not sure I agree. In Austin they had a car to win.
Win? Sure, probably by holding P2 off the line. Big IF though, because you had to overtake Max on-track too. I was talking about total domination though.
They had no data from sprint and only a short FP1 to get data. With the sprint they would have had a good chance to win.

That Oscar switchback could have been quite painful, now they will be 35/36 points ahead of Max. With P2 and P3 in the sprint they would have been over 40 points ahead each.

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No worries Fitting. As it's proven the car can still dominate.

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Great work by the team. Norris did a mega drive but this once again shows this really is "clear air" formula. Whoever can get clear air for a while will win.

Max made a great damage limitation drive, good job.

Piastri was too cautious and needs to realize he won't win this championship by being hesitant. He needs to be aggressive in overtaking, especially against uninvolved people. They know you have a faster car, they know they will be overtaken, just pull the trigger and make them decide whether they want to crash. This is what Verstappen does and it is why he can slice through the field.

Now let's go and dominate in Brazil to crush WDC dreams of Red Bull.

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FittingMechanics wrote:
26 Oct 2025, 23:58
Great work by the team. Norris did a mega drive but this once again shows this really is "clear air" formula. Whoever can get clear air for a while will win.

Max made a great damage limitation drive, good job.

Piastri was too cautious and needs to realize he won't win this championship by being hesitant. He needs to be aggressive in overtaking, especially against uninvolved people. They know you have a faster car, they know they will be overtaken, just pull the trigger and make them decide whether they want to crash. This is what Verstappen does and it is why he can slice through the field.
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