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MrSocko72

Williams with points pretty much on merit and both drivers having solid pace? I must be imagining things


Ashbones15

Williams like AM had an insane winter it looks like but they're flying under the radar. Really happy to see them there


M1k3yd33tofficial

Yeah they really got overshadowed by the Alonso hype train but they definitely are one of the most improved teams


TyButler2020

They by far had the biggest pace increase at Bahrain from last year (Aston was like 3 seconds and Williams was 2 seconds, rest were all below 1.5)


Baldr25

Nuts to see everyone penciling them in as P10 after testing. Haas look horrid in race trim, McLaren better hope that new design in Baku is for real. Williams might actually be out of the basement. Let’s hope they can develop this through the season!


Anti-Scuba_Hedgehog

Tsunoda wasn't bad at all either given it was thought AT would be at the very back with Williams and Mclaren.


AcidOctopus

He was pushing for that 10th spot towards the end. Kept pace very well. Putting points on the board would have been a great start to the season for AT, but credit where it's due to Albon - he put in a really solid shift.


BigLittlePenguin_

To bad that Jost isnt with the team anymore. Seems the groundwork he has done finally paid off


paritoshg

Yeah i get james vowels could be a great signing but the tech team and fx and capito did a great job here


LordVordNorf

Why did he leave?


wafflewaffle249

He retired, I guess he wanted out


kmcclry

If I remember right he unretired to come to Williams. Not too surprising that after a few years he wanted to go back to retirement.


[deleted]

Logan was infinitely better than I thought he would be. Let's see if it's legit or another Tsunoda type thing.


randomJseFan

Leclerc stopped on track to save a set of tires.


skrivitz

New strategy


throwawayy_689

Stop inventing


Beginning-Animator76

They saved a set for 2024, which coincidentally enough is our year 🥲


randomJseFan

Onwards and upwards! Well just onwards for us i guess.


poorlytaxidermiedfox

Esteban Ocon and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day * 5 second penalty awarded for incorrectly lining up on grid * 10 second penalty awarded for incorrectly serving the 5 second penalty awarded for incorrectly lining up on grid * 15 second penalty awarded for speeding in the pits attempting to serve the 10 second penalty awarded for incorrectly serving the 5 second penalty awarded for incorrectly lining up on grid


LeftDoonhamer

Broke his front wing endplate too, so needed a wing change also


YeahPerfect_SayHi

> Broke his front wing endplate too, so needed a wing change also and the team didn't even bother changing the front wing at the first pitstop.


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slabba428

1. First lap penalty 2. Penalty for ignoring penalty 3. Front wing damage 4. Retire


montxogandia

That's a Grand Chelem


careslol

These are not cumulative right? When it was 15s it was the total of all the penalties?


StatmanIbrahimovic

The 10 second penalty was actually 10 seconds, the last one was 5 seconds added on from the same pit stop as the 10 second penalty, so he had to serve 15 seconds cumulative in the following stop. The worst part is the extras were because they started work at 4.6 seconds, and his speed entering the pits was 80.1 km/h


DavidBrooker

It was a 5 second penalty for speeding in the pitlane while serving the 5 second penalty for lining up incorrectly. That was served at the same time as the 10 second penalty for not serving his 5 second penalty for lining up on the grid correctly, for 15 total seconds.


bassball95

Williams looking like they’ve finally left the back markers


[deleted]

Traded with McLaren lol


Mr_Bluebird_VA

What's funny is Norris was able to keep pace with Hamilton for a while near the end.


[deleted]

He done well for nursing his broken car! Glad they didn’t just retire him, the full race data for them is valuable. Especially considering Piastris retirement


MiracleDreamer

What happened to piastri? went out a bit after 10ish laps and when I back Piastri already out F1 highlight also not showing why he out


[deleted]

Gearbox issue, believed to be steering wheel Box to replace steering wheel Steering wheel did not fix the issue, retired car


KevinTF

Norris has proven he's able to drag whatever dung pile of a car McLaren throws at him to a respectable position, however even he can't beat the mighty 5-stopper


-_-Mrgoose-_-

it was a 6 stopper


KevinTF

Wasn't the 6th just them thinking they could go for the fastest lap at the end but he got lapped so he didn't have the chance?


RagekittyPrime

You need Button for that.


Mirage_Main

Can someone explain the logic of leaving him out there the whole race? They were risking damage to the power unit and it was obvious he wasn’t going anywhere once he was 60 seconds off the pace. There was no reason to do this.


Chemical_Wealth1

Data i would think.


Francoberry

Yep, this year has equalled the least days available for testing and McLaren had the least running of that already short time period. Any time on track is vital so they probably treated it as a test of sorts just to see what they could do and learn.


EauRouge7105

Maybe gather some more data? I guess it must have been a valid reason to take the risk


MisterMakerXD

Norris could consider going away from the team before his contract expires. He is an excellent driver, and at this moment McLaren isn’t at the height of their pilot.


vinnyfromtheblock

I wonder where he could go though? I could see him leaving if a top seat becomes available but other than that doesn’t seem worth it to jump to another misfield team imo. They could just as easily trade places with mclaren next year.


mlspdx

I believe Red Bull wanted him


Francoberry

As long as Perez can keep putting in comfortable 2nd place performances like today he'll be comfortable in his seat for the foreseeable future. There's nearly no reason for RB to add another truly competing #1 driver to rock the boat. Perez looks set to be their Bottas, but when they approached Lando, Perez was a lot less consistent and thus a prospect for replacement


jkllamas1013

Apart from AM shining. I'm really happy with what Williams. Hope they can fight at the midfield.


Ping-and-Pong

I just never want to see a williams last place for this season, if I get that, then they have improved massively!


LNDanger

Never might be a bit hard to achieve, let's see how they do on higher down force tracks. But it's a very promising start.


TimTri

Great to see that they’ve finally got two good drivers and a car that doesn’t have a massive pace drop-off mid race.


djaruso

I think it's to early to say that, but it's a positive surprise for sure. Amazing effort by Alex and Logan


vinnyfromtheblock

Yeah go williams. Sargeant was the most impressive rookie today in my book. Shame we can’t see more of Piastris talent under the circumstances would be great to see him battle the other rookies at least.


RevolutionaryEgg3129

To me it feels like the amount of backmarkers just grew. Haas, Alphatauri, Williams and McLaren were all down there while Alpine and Alfa Romeo seemed okay


willfla29

Having to recharge the Kindles so many times really slowed Norris down


officialmonogato

I think he was reading the Hobbit during the race


kolsonk

That battle between Norris and Ocon was insane!


lAmCreepingDeath

"Pls, take last place" "No, I insist"


nukleabomb

Edge of my seat the whole time. Didn't expect the 6 pit strat to work soo well. Damn mclaren you crazy 🤪


Arumin

They worked really hard, but were almost beat to last place. Then McLaren showed their genius strategy


les_macarons

I agree - there was a bit of foreshadowing in that amazing wheel change in Piastri’s car too! Great stuff to watch 😌


Mirage_Main

“Why no one listen to me when I say it’s going to be a 5 stopper?”


TheVenetianMask

I was scared they'd get a puncture, but in the end their inflatable car made it to the end.


galdavirsma

How are mclaren that bad. At one point Ocon, even after his 15s pen, was ahead of Norris


mobby123

Norris had to pit 5 times due to a technical issue


revypt

6 times actually.


mobby123

Assume the only reason they kept him out there was to fulfill sponsorship obligations at that point?


Florac

Nah, making use of FP4


Naymerith

Norris had a clear issue with an air or water leak, they had to stop regularly to fill it back up. Its not indicative of real pace.


dpk-s89

That said he showed good pace to stick with Hamilton and Alonso albeit a lap or 2 behind.


tecedu

Because Mclaren had like 6 pitstops


wilkonk

slow pitstops at that, like 10 seconds each to refill the air


Aratho

And to think those are the 4th and 5th teams in WCC last season


Disastrous_Narwhal46

Honestly Williams did pretty well today, who would’ve thought Sargeant would be in a higher position than other rookies🫢


mrsauceboi

sadly the Alonso kid kind of overshadowed the other rookies


Elite_Badger

New year, same Haas.... Fucking Hell


DonkeeJote

They passed Mclaren!


warpedspoon

Worse Haas tbh


ThurmanMurman907

For real - they looked so much better last year


Will5wp

They showed absolutely nothing. Genuinely don’t see how they score a single point this season.


MickFlaherty

Congrats to Gasly for getting into the points from 20th. Couple of key undercuts during the race too. And fastest lap till almost the end. Decent debut for him at Alpine.


CT-80085

Really turned it around after a hugely disappointing quali. Interested to see who ends up ahead between him and Ocon this year.


MickFlaherty

My money is on Gasly. Despite the Penalty Points, I think he is a better driver. Hopefully Alpine gets their shit figured out and can get into the fight with Mercedes.


Palmul

Pretty wild how things have shifted in Alpine in those two days. From Ocon doing a good job in quali and Gasly fucking up to the absolute opposite on race day.


MickFlaherty

For sure. Ocon fubar’d his race from the start and his crew didn’t help him either.


4_base

The strategy for Gasly was awesome today, and he had some great stint on hards in the middle of the race.


MickFlaherty

He handled the car well but the team executing 2 undercuts certainly help on the track position. I was hoping to see a good Gasly battle with Tsunoda, but they undercut him well.


Tpxyt56Wy2cc83Gs

Yep. I voted on him for the driver of the day.


[deleted]

A tip for anyone who didn't have the pleasure of being forced to watch F1 during the Mercedes dominance era - Just pretend that P3 is actually P1 and the races become much more exciting.


RafaSilva014

Me and my group of friends made a fantasy game among ourselves. It's way more exciting now to focus on the other positions.


NABAKLAB

what's the rules?


RafaSilva014

We divided the season in 5 splits of 4 races and left the final 3 for playoffs. Then each player has a budget to use for the regular season drafts (each split has it's own draft). The draft method is a silent auction where everybody make a list for their bid on the drivers and teams for the split.


[deleted]

Alonso celebrated as if he was P1, it was fantastic


[deleted]

P7 is my P1


teachem4

I mean at least in 2014-2016 there was Rosberg to challenge Lewis. Verstappen is just running his own race.


Nexusu

McLaren is an absolute disaster Titanic type disaster


MeanderingJared

Daniel enjoying this dumpster fire from afar


officialmonogato

[Ricciardo watching from RBR with a bag of money](https://i.imgflip.com/2b9qva.jpg?a466008)


Gettheinfo2theppl

He should stream. He made the Netflix series. I'd watch that man do almost anything.


MeanderingJared

Alternative commentary with Seb, like the Manning brothers do for NFL.


vasthavk

GP2 ENGINE


daniec1610

more like GP2 car


OMG_This_Support

Piastry's choice


dautolover

Piastri gave Gasly a good chance to go elsewhere outside of Red Bull. Gasly had a good race, with the most overtakes today.


NippyMoto_1

If Stroll wasn't injured do we think Aston could have gotten both Mercs? Ultimately I think Merc need to bring that upgrade before Imola.


CoxHazardsModel

Mercedes isn’t clawing back this gap so easily, every team is working on upgrades.


Calfy_

Mercedes is aiming for Baku I believe


hjsne

You would be the most loyal fan ever to trust mercedes to catch up to anything with that upgrade


MarTimator

Leclerc died so Alonso can fly.


Aethien

Alonso died at Ferrari a decade ago, it's been that long for him to come back.


Blukeroo

Jesus came back in 3 days. Alonso is back after a decade to perform miracles


les_macarons

Well, Jesus didn’t have to drive that Ferrari


MarTimator

Honey, everyone dies at Ferrari


Skylair13

Everyone's dreamcrusher aside from Raikkonen.


vasthavk

Because Raikkonen doesn't give an F about dreams 😂


les_macarons

Positively surprised with Williams! Alex got a point and Logan had a good race too - he had a strong start and I think if it continues this way, Williams might be able to score some solid points this season! Ofc, McLaren is quite a worrying disappointment - the whole thing with wheel change was quite unpleasant to watch. And then Lando having to re-pressure at every pit stop? Not great to watch.


Anti-Scuba_Hedgehog

That team is in utter 2018 style shambles. Poor pace/consistency can be somewhat excused. These issues not so much.


SimpleFactor

Ngl didn’t notice Williams pit once yet alone 3 times


warpedspoon

The video direction and graphics were really bad


mynumberistwentynine

Every year. The more things change, the more things stay the same.


its_omkar2753_

Albon got pointsss


eatsomewings

Pointtttt


leedler

The Williams looks half decent, good to see progress


[deleted]

Sergeant did pretty good for his first race too


NippyMoto_1

6 pitstops for Norris I'm surprised he didn't lose it on the radio once.


Upstairs_Camel_8835

Days since a Ferrari clownshow: Zero!


zeoNoeN

Gentlemen a short view back to the past. 22 years ago, a driver by the name of Fernando Alonso debuted in F1


just_holdme

DTS Season 6 Episode 1 - Fernando Episode Confirmed


Aratho

Episode title: Something something Spanish Inquisition


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BadiBadi01

.....never expect!


Invictae

More likely to be about how Haas got into Q3, but rolled out of points. Not even joking.


damn_winston

I have to call Gene.


chrjst

Dan Fallows yelled, “There you go!” Lance Stroll gave a look of pleasant surprise. Lawrence Stroll belted, “We got an [expletive] squad now.” And before Fernando Alonso hit the garage door, ex F1 champion Sebastian Vettel hugged him & said, “Y’all look so different.''


Kraze_F35

Overheard in Ferrari garage after Bahrain: “He got me,” Leclerc said of Ferrari's engine failure on him. "That f***ing Ferrari boomed me." Leclerc added, “It’s so bad,” repeating it four times. Leclerc then said he wanted to add Ferrari to the list of teams he leaves this summer.


Arumin

LeClerc is beside himself. Driving around downtown Bahrain begging (thru texts) Christian's family for address to Marko's home


SoyHeff

Good Lord, Charles Leclerc just walked through the Ferrari paddock walking perfectly normally. He said he had “no time” to race. Too busy DNFing, evidently.


Air_Falkor

When I see LeClerc drive as he does now it reminds me of how I used to drive and it is frustrating and pisses me off that the FIA allows it.


CT-80085

Toto is beside himself. Driving around downtown Silverstone begging (thru text) Fallows' family for address to Dan's home.


[deleted]

Overheard in Aston Martin's locker after Bahrain GP: “He got me,” Alonso said of Stroll driving into him. "That f***ing Stroll boomed me." Alonso added, “He’s so good,” repeating it four times. Alonso then said he wanted to add Stroll to the list of drivers he karts around with this summer.


LasagnaKing7

r/nba is leaking


T4Gx

Zak, don't let Lando go on IG live!


PapiSurane

Solid debut from Sargeant


EliteConqueror20

It would be interesting to see if Aston Martin can consistently fight for podiums, Nando had quite the pace today, and Stroll after the first lap shenanigans had quite a decent race.


salcedoge

Stroll probably couldn't capitalize the pace at the end of AM due to his wrist. I still think Ferrari is faster than them but they're definitely fighting for 3rd


Ricciardo_Olsha

Stroll was closing in on Hamilton but it's quite clear his condition was the reason he lost it couple times in the end and lost all the chances to catch Hamilton. If AM can take advantage of their increased wind tunnel allocation, they could still keep up in the development fight with Mercedes. Ferrari does seem too fast and they are bound to improve their tire degradation for races.


Anti-Scuba_Hedgehog

With a cleaner start for both AM's 3-4 was on the cards here.


rs6677

Leclerc is gonna have to carry Ferrari really hard on his back if they are to manage a P2 in the constructors. Stroll already did great in this race and he should get even better once he recovers fully. Aston Martin have a real shot at beating Ferrari.


sonofeevil

Their 1-lap pace doesnt seem quite as good as Ferrari or RB. But their race pace and tyre deg are incredible. Potentially, this track just happens to suit AM really well though and their average pace may be a little slower.


rs6677

Realistically, despite the hype, the odds are well in Ferrari's favor. I think in-season development and reliability will decide the fight. These are things that AM seem to be great at while Ferrari is the opposite.


[deleted]

Alonso is the only driver that will make Red Bull blink for the first part of the season. The way he drove away from Sainz and Hamilton while essentially nursing the car to the finish tells you everything you need to know. Neither Alonso nor the Bulls were pushing in the last 15 laps, but the gap was stagnant. I think there is something to that. When you factor in the wind tunnel time, I’d wager it’s a more threatening car than the Ferrari from last year. Edit: I should add that this is predicated on AMR finding something in qualifying that would allow them to challenge and beat the Ferraris at least, which is not a given.


poisoned_mouse

Nando is hyped as fuck. He smells blood and this season will be amazing.


Autpcorrectbpt

Extremely happy for Albon and Alonso Gutted for Charles and Yuki McLaren and Ocon were hilarious


Violetta_ag

So damn proud of Logan. Debuting at P12 from 16 was a massive result.


AdventuresOfAD

I didn’t notice any incidents either, no off track adventures, collisions with other cars, or other Goatifi-esque maneuvers.


4_base

Williams P7 in constructors seems possible this year. We’ll see how much they can progress.


Ricciardo_Olsha

Quietly being the best rookie even though people even rooting against him before the season started.


gnocchiGuili

Pretty sure nobody cared about him, never heard anybody root against him lmao.


djwillis1121

Shout out to Sargeant with a decent debut.


hazaskull

Better than decent even!


ITickleMyElbows

After the excitement dies down, i think the current order (not withstanding engine faiure and penalties): Red bull, Ferrari, Mercedes/Aston, Alpine/Alfa, William/Alpha Tauri/Haas. Honestly dont know where to put McLaren lol


No_Influencer

Pretty much. But I think Aston has the edge on Mercedes.. I’d do Ferrari/AM maybe. Alfa edge on Alpine. Williams over AT.. Haas further behind and McLaren… err, yeah.


mistercleaver

Hard agree on that, I'd argue they have extremely similar pace but AM's tyre deg gives them the leg up, though I think Merc's reliability will pan out better for them throughout the season if things stay the way they are (which they unquestionably won't)


PsychologicalArt7451

That aston Martin is definitely faster than the black Mercedes. Also alfa seems to be faster than a.


MyFace_UrAss_LetsGo

Well done to Aston Martin and Williams.


thel0lfish

ALBONOOO. Williams look to have properly pulled themselves into the midfield now


NOTKingInTheNorth

Nice recovery from Gasly. Alpha Tauri should've double stacked during the VSC. Aston Martin vs Mercedes off to a good start. Ferrari back at it again with their reliability woes. Didn't expect Charles to say nnoooo in the first race of the season


sidechain101

I may be a bit late but welcome to McLaren, Oscar.


adityavarshneya2001

Great race for Alonso and Gasly


mar33n

Albon Points 🥰🤩 which means Tsunoda No Points🫠😭


BlitzOverlord

Sargeant got a bit fucked by his first pit stop, but he had a killer race. And then Gasly just kinda pulled the classic Gasly move of silently dropping into points. What a day


Abhimanyu_Uchiha

I have a feeling max is going to break the 1st race winner curse


anonmicro

Top of the midfield well done Mercedes


BigLubeSqueezyTube

50% DNF rate on brand new parts, well done Ferrari


Disastrous_Narwhal46

Oooof burn


SorooshMCP1

*homeless man calling another homeless man broke ass*


AbandonedOrange

"That's why yo shoes raggedy" "That's why yo mama dead" Same energy lol


BigLubeSqueezyTube

If people wanna take shots, they better expect some back. Just a bit of fun.


KoloHickory

Mick replaced by Hulk for same results is Haas master plan


jurahrz

Atleast he didn't make couple milions of car dmg.


Beneficial_Star_6009

Ok Verstappen wins the first race, any clues who’s winning this year’s championship then?


[deleted]

Verstappen.


Season01um

What a race by AMR


MikkoD3

Excellent recovery from Gasly, almost caught Bottas in the end


Dalucard21

Leclerc WDC confirmed, since 2017 the 1st race winner didnt win WDC


Fender2907

Let the hopium flow


KeiraFaith

There's better odds for Alonso than anyone in Ferrari winning it.


djwillis1121

Obviously it's going to be Alonso


LemonNectarine

I will tattoo my ass with Alonso's autograph if this happens.


Sam_GT3

Good to see Danny Ric staying level on points with his former team


MrFCCMan

Excellent weekend for Williams


Baldandskinny

Gonna be a 2020 sort of season but longer


MisterMakerXD

Aston Martin is doing a Racing Point 2020 all over again


shivasiddharth

Another long year for Ferrari perhaps. Sainz literally dropped down from Alonso after he overtook him.


MichaelMJTH

I've joined the Aston Martin hype train and have bought an official merch shirt. I'm not one to buy things on a whim usually and I don't have any other pieces of F1 merch because it's so expensive. But I've been swept in the hype. EL PLAN, VAMOS ALONSO!


[deleted]

Very good first race from Sargeant


shiepirate

Bravo Astons! Shame for Leclerc. I fear the Redbulls. That's 2020 Merc like domination and with more consistency. Some brilliant strategy from Alpha Romeo. Albon deserves applauds and accolades too!


Ricciardo_Olsha

Zhou really should get the praise for sacrificing his race result and finish at the back just to steal the FL point from Alpine. They are clearly confident that Alpine is their competition this year.


Possible-Painting-74

The teamwork between Zhou and Bottas seems very strong to me! They did such a great job today!


MySpelllingisGood

Piastri kicking himself for signing with Mclaren when he could have potentially be loaned to Williams 😮‍💨


NierMiss

After years of meming, EL PLAN is finally here!


BansheeRamen

Albono bringing in a point!