2025 F1 Thread

[JessicaTam]

I nearly needed a pillow.

McLaren could have mixed up their startegy.

 

[henleybeach]

I’ve started packing for the next race.
Depart Adelaide tomorrow for Bahrain.
Looking forward to attending a night race.
In true AFF style, it’s a journey to get there. All points and J class.

 

[moa999]

McLaren could have mixed up their startegy.

Yep. Oscar really needed to go long and run in clean air..
But he was the first to complain about tyres so got brought in

 

[cjd600]

Mclaren still naive on strategy.
Quite a tepid race, thought the last 10 laps might spark to life….zzz

 

[DejaBrew]

So Alpine deprive Doohan of an FP1 outing in favour of Hirakawa, then promptly allow him to bugger off to Haas as their new reserve driver.

Alpine F1 reserve leaves for Haas in abrupt switch

Ryo Hirakawa has left Alpine to become a Formula 1 reserve driver at Haas immediately after impressing for Alpine in Japanese Grand Prix practice

www.the-race.com

Now to be fair, Hirakawa is a Toyota driver and Toyota Gazoo Racing have a technical tie-up with Haas (so Alpine may not have had much option to retain him), but this never-the-less gives all the appearance of an own goal from Alpine.

 

[docjames]

Alpine will have got sponsor money to have Hirikawa do Japan FP1, I dare say that was the motivation (and there is a requirement for a minimum number of rookie FP1 sessions each year)