2025 Qatar Grand Prix - Lusail, Nov 28 - 30

[marcel171281]

I am going out on a limb here and say that Russel (I call him Osama) is going to play a pivotal role in tomorrow's result and decide how the WDC pans out - whether it's over in Qatar or whether it 's 2-way fight to AD or whether it's a 3-way fight to AD.

You might he right, Russell can't stand it that he is not in the center of attention and might do a 'blimy' or 'crikey' on one of the title contenders. Would make him even more unpopulair. Does the guy have any fans anyway apart from Skysports UK?

[Mogster]

What do Oscar and Max have to lose? Very little and Nothing respectively.
For Oscar the only goal is to stay ahead of Lando. If he does that he has a chance. Otherwise his title is over.
For Max, the only goal is to try to stay ahead of Lando but he drives a much worse car - so it's even less in his hands so he has even less to lose.
All in all, Lando is the only person who has anything at all to lose.

It might be a boring finish but if Lando doesn't at least get P3 tomorrow, it can become pretty tense for him at Abu Dhabi.

The most rational thing for Norris to do is just drive, with no risk, behind Piastri. And if Verstappen has good speed, just let him go and make sure to finish P3. That way, he can do the exact same thing in AD and will be certain of the WDCC.

But, I think Norris is not going to do that, he is going to do the irrational and will fight Piastri and/or Verstappen, because he thinks he needs to show everyone he can win these races. And that will be, potentially, his biggest challenge. I think he will bottle it, by doing that.

Norris’s drive in the sprint appeared very rational. Bottom line is avoiding a DNF today, but even that still leaves everything open in Abu Dhabi.

Of course he’ll want to win the races, but he’ll be well aware he doesn’t need to.