2025 McLaren F1 Team

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He's still a lot faster but hes given himself and his tyres a lot more work to do.
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I think Lando will win this.
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I think Oscar wins.

But Lando would probably cleanly win without those two mistakes.

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Yeah Hadjar took a lot of time away. But he's a lot faster now. If he gets a tow from Oscar, its over.
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Tense :lol:
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And Lando screwed it. Thrown away the damn win.
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mwillems wrote:
27 Jul 2025, 17:40
Tense :lol:
Lando could have won this if he was cleaner. Probably the tires being two steps harder means you don't really have the grip.

Good race by the team. Total domination against others.

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Piastri too good again. Basically no mistakes versus Norris making 5 or 6.

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I think he had the grip, he was 6 tenths a lap faster. He just pushed a bit too much. Really dissapointing after his good work yesterday.
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Another little Lando mistake.


Not that he was really a chance but that ended any there was. Has cost Lando his chance to attack Oscar

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mwillems wrote:
27 Jul 2025, 17:43
And Lando screwed it. Thrown away the damn win.
I’ve never seen such an amateur restart from a leading driver. :D
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djones wrote:
27 Jul 2025, 17:44
Piastri too good again. Basically no mistakes versus Norris making 5 or 6.
That mentality is worth much more than a tenth or two in pace, and he's showing it time and again.

Fantastic drive from.Oscar.
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Note how sombre the pitwall is compared to when Norris wins. It’s cringing just how much the team wants Norris to win.

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mwillems wrote:
27 Jul 2025, 17:46
I think he had the grip, he was 6 tenths a lap faster. He just pushed a bit too much. Really dissapointing after his good work yesterday.
Yeah, Norris should kick himself for this one.

Really bad rolling start, then couple of these small mistakes that add up to never reaching DRS against Piastri. But the strategy always depended on mediums not really making it. Other teams didn't gamble with this strategy for a reason, medium could make it to the end.

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Lando could have won, but i guess the difference with having to push more is mistakes will come.

Still think its anyone's title. And one dnf will be big either way.

I do think we have a different Lando to the first half a dozen races though.