2025 Dutch Grand Prix - Zandvoort, Aug 29 - 31

[venkyhere]

In the ANT LEC incident ANT toucht the inside rear tire, but the outside tire lost immediately pressure. Strange behavior.

the lateral G force (despite the banking) that the outside tyre on an F1 car have to resist in a fast corner, is tremendous. So already the tyre v/s rim bead grip is under duress (we have seen this umpteen times in slow motion replays where the tyre is 'wobbling' sideways). When the car is pushed further out (additional lateral G) by an impact, there will be moment where the tread is still gripping the road whilst the rim is violently pushed outwards => tyre gets ripped off the bead of the rim. Deflates.

[AR3-GP]

Leclerc making reactionary blocks is more questionable than T12. Didn't he get dinged for moving under braking in Hungary? If it was another driver, they would be saying he's going to kill someone...

[venkyhere]

Leclerc making reactionary blocks is more questionable than T12. Didn't he get dinged for moving under braking in Hungary? If it was another driver, they would be saying he's going to kill someone...

https://i.postimg.cc/y8rnHKTG/Lec-Rus-ZAND-2025.gif

Right.
In 2019 and 2022, I used to think LeClerc was as good (or even better) as Max/Hamilton in wheel to wheel racing. This year, it's so poor (probably because of the s###box car) that he is looking like an amateur. I would consider only Piastri and Russel from the current lot, at the level of Max/Hamilton when it comes to wheel to wheel combat, as of today.