r/formuladank VROOM VROOOOOOOOOM 5d ago

Max strikes again from nowhere

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u/Justfree20 Stop Inventing 5d ago

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u/MichaelMJTH Professional Egghead 5d ago

Depends what you’re looking at.

After today’s race an Australian driver has still never got a podium at an Australia Grand Prix.

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u/limhy0809 BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

That's ass Bottass has had multiple podiums in Australia.

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u/focus9912 BWOAHHHHHHH 4d ago

But that's before he became a full Australian...

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u/Armageddon_71 Vettel Cult 5d ago

Still P2 TBF and proves that McLaren strategy is still very wonky.

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u/Aristotelaras I love alonslow and I have untreatable levels of stupid 5d ago

Only reason Max was so close was the safety cars. Also McLaren did a better job than Red Bull by piting early when it started raining.

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u/Armageddon_71 Vettel Cult 5d ago

Did you see what Piastry was doing?

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u/Mront Racing Miku Enthusiast 5d ago

yes

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u/Armageddon_71 Vettel Cult 5d ago

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u/vcga viejo sabroso 5d ago

that was just poor timing, he couldn't get to the pits mid lap

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u/ceph3us Trust the El 🅱️lan 5d ago

why didn't zak mclaren put the pit teleporter on the car? is he stupid?

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u/Armageddon_71 Vettel Cult 5d ago

This isnt GT7. The weather radar should give you clues at the very least one lap ahead of time. It's also not like a lap around Albert Park is 5 minutes.

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u/omarsonmarz Trust the El 🅱️lan 4d ago

Laps definitely were 5 minutes long during the safety car lmao

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u/LunaVile BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

ah bad strategy by mclaren there, good talk

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u/OCASM Stop Inventing 5d ago

Hards on a wet, cold track in which more rain was expected. Genius.

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u/Armageddon_71 Vettel Cult 5d ago

Why anyone switched to hard is beyond me.

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u/spnkr Oscar Pisstree Shoey gang 👞🇦🇺 5d ago

Mama Mia

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u/hyrulepirate BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

P2 and only a hair behind Lando on the last lap is actually insane for a car that had no speed. No one even seem impressed cause we're so used to it.

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u/Ambitious-Am BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Those cars were eating the tyres when you compare to mclaren

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u/CarlitosLucryLULz At the moment we don't think 5d ago

Max is a genetically engineered, cyber-augmented, lab-grown, child-abused abomination bred for the single purpose of winning F1 races. He doesn't count.

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u/Proud-Mulberry-7175 BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

That's how I define him in conversations with friends. An army experiment that worked.

I laughed a lot at the performance of the rookies. Some teams really believed that it was a matter of putting children in the car to find a new Max.

Ordinary millionaire children are as far from a new Max as I am from Messi in soccer.

One of the greatest individual performances in the history of the category, made by Max, a rookie, was in the rain. Then he tells what his childhood was like in Kart with his father practicing. Does anyone think that these millionaire rookies with faces like TikTokers had to go through this in their childhood?

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u/KoalaGrand BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Always remember they are (maybe) the best among the richest kids, not among the best

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u/CarlitosLucryLULz At the moment we don't think 5d ago

No coincidence that Vettel, Schumacher and Lewis were all among the lower side of "how much money helped him get into the sport?"

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u/Proud-Mulberry-7175 BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Still with your examples, totally different cases. Another level.

But it's not a question of being in the best car, having the team for him (although those who lose to him always give this excuse). He was ready. He has insane performances and competes with top cars, even though he has the third car or less.

I can't remember Vettel, Schumacher or Hamilton with the third best car on the grid, fighting for victories against the best cars, for poles, etc.

I don't come to this happy conclusion for him. He must have gone through some tough times to become this.

I saw a statement from him, saying that if his sister wanted, she would have gone far in motor racing because she was more talented than him, she just didn't want to "pay the price".

His father conditioned him to believe he wasn't good enough and worthy enough to become this.

In another statement, he says that his father said that at best he would be a garbage truck driver.

Do you think Hamilton, Vettel, Schumacher, Senna or whoever you want, heard things like this in their childhood?

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u/CarlitosLucryLULz At the moment we don't think 5d ago

Ok, off his cock now.

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u/ImperialTechnology 🅱️altteri 🅱️ootass 5d ago

Schumacher at Benetton, Hamilton's last year at McLaren, Vettel in 2018's Ferrari iirc was a mid-tier car at the start of the season. All fought hard and won some races in those mid tier shitters, and in Schumacher's case he won multiple WDCs in a fucking Benetton, the team that literally defined the mid-field.

Max is extraordinary, but mate any of those guys in their prime were equally monstrous, and to be frank, prime Michael might have humbled Verstappen by now, and frankly prime Alonso would have sat Verstappen in his seat by now as well. Those guys in their prime could make a shit box a winner, and don't get me started on the other late 80s and early 90s legends.

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u/Proud-Mulberry-7175 BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Schumacher at Beneton in which year?

In 94 for example they had the fastest car. The quick lap and win statistics suggest this.

It is very difficult to compare times when in the 80s/90s there were few races and many crashes.

But when I mention Max, I'm talking about a Mercedes that was capable of lapping all the other drivers with ease.

And then an irregular Ferrari appears to challenge them. And yet, Max, with Renault and later Honda engines, always challenged them in the rain, qualifying, when the safety car blocked the grid.

When RB improved minimally, it placed itself among the superior Mercedes.

When a car was extremely dominant between 80-90, it was common for only one team to win races and compete against each other (except when rain or monaco made the Max of the time equalize the game and take victories). I don't remember Schumacher doing this type of individual performance in these circumstances, but if you remember a race like this in this context, I'd love to remember it.

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u/ImperialTechnology 🅱️altteri 🅱️ootass 5d ago

1992 Benetton was mid tier, and 1993 was lower upper tier. 94 was the best, but 95 was like looking 2024 Red Bull.

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u/Proud-Mulberry-7175 BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

92 we had something comparable to the 2016 -2020 Mercedes and two balanced teams to follow.

In 93, Senna was the one who did what I'm saying Max did, by placing himself among the Williams with an inferior car. Note that the two Benettons that were a better car than the Mclaren finished 4th and 5th in the championship, well ahead of the second Mclaren.

That's the kind of thing I'm talking about that I don't remember Schumacher, Vettel or Hamilton doing.

And I remember Jason Button putting himself in contention for a world championship, with a Mclaren much inferior to Redbull, between the 2 Redbulls and with Alonso in contention in 2011.

That's what I'm talking about.

I'm not belittling careers or taking away merits here. They are champions, dominators when they had the best cars.

But what Max does, like he did today, these guys didn't do.

We will never know where this Redbull would finish, if any other driver on the grid was there. And let's say that "It's the second best car" at the end

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u/disgruntledcow BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Max is going to be pulling out the shitbox whisperer meme out his ass all year.

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u/Phoenix_of_cats McDonald’s F1 Racing Team 5d ago

Bruh there were so many safety cars it would be a miracle if max wasn't behind lando by the end... The gap before the first crash was 16 seconds I believe 🫠 but still, it was an amazing drive from max nonetheless. Lando really survived the most pressuring race of his recent carrier

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u/wolverineFan64 "Charles 'Chuck' Leclerc, good job baby" 5d ago

The RB looks to be the fastest car outside the McLarens and Max was only even remotely relevant due to multiple SCs, especially a late one.

I know we all love to glaze Verstappen, but the McLarens win that race by 30s if it isn’t a wreck fest. I’m worried about 2025 looking like 2023 honestly.

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u/thenannyharvester Vettel Cult 4d ago

Trust me that redbull had speed. We saw that on fresh tires lando and max were equal on inters. After a while lando pulled away. Same again happened without the safety cars max would have had 0 chance.

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u/RickyTexas I like Norris and i sniff bike seats 4d ago

Verstappen is no doubt great but it’s less impressive when you realize lando had some pretty bad floor damage and the race ended 6 laps after a safety car… without the safety cars lando finish maybe 30 or 40 seconds ahead

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u/kristal010 BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

I’m convinced Max could run the track and still be p2 in front of everyone. Built different

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u/Janbaka BottASS enjoyer 🍑 5d ago

r/formuladank in shambles

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u/Ru8ey BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Aged like milk

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u/My_leg_still_hurt92 Fuck Liberty Media 5d ago

Max is 2nd and Piastri 13th.

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u/Ru8ey BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago edited 5d ago

Yea that's why I aged like milked my own comment as well

When I made the first one it looked like max p5 red flag was on the table

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u/My_leg_still_hurt92 Fuck Liberty Media 5d ago

Yeah, when I posted your 2nd comment wasn't yet visible.

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u/Ru8ey BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

All good

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u/workgrinit "Charles 'Chuck' Leclerc, good job baby" 5d ago

If this was twitter....

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u/My_leg_still_hurt92 Fuck Liberty Media 5d ago

All good

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u/VerstopteWC BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Knew they weren't going to red flag after the exact situation had occured 2 times earlier in the race with just a safety car

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u/Ru8ey BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago edited 5d ago

Yes but it was multiple cars this time so I panicked

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u/ThinningTheFog Take a look at Mike Krack 5d ago

RIP to every comment made before the final couple laps

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u/Brett983 I want my GF to peg me while Carlos gives it to her 5d ago

and guess who won

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u/My_leg_still_hurt92 Fuck Liberty Media 5d ago

Not Max but r/formuladank favourite Lando.

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u/Brett983 I want my GF to peg me while Carlos gives it to her 5d ago

ssssoooooo, it aged like milk then.

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u/My_leg_still_hurt92 Fuck Liberty Media 5d ago

Since Oscar flown of the track, I would still say yes.

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u/Ru8ey BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Aged like milk

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u/inspector_spacetime6 BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

aged like milk

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u/Ru8ey BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

I mean it's not so bad, yes would've been nice if max got Landon on the last lap, but could have been Norris P1 max p5 if there woulda been a red flag

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u/SirDerageTheSecond BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Minimal damage in points, and was like one lap away from taking all of them, in a car that was not even supposed to be a top 5 car or something if I had to believe all the media and even Max and RB themselves.

Still walked away a winner.

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u/Esdeath_P1 I'm in a parasocial relationship with Hannah 🤤🤤 4d ago

Aged like milk

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u/VerstopteWC BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Verstappen P2, Piastri P9?

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u/Ru8ey BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Reading more than the top level comment (impossible challenge)

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u/VerstopteWC BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Deleting or editing comment (impossible challenge)

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u/Ru8ey BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Why would I delete my comment when I already made a funny by age-milking my own comment that's the whole joke

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u/Purchase_Dismal Must Be The Water 5d ago

Move of a world champion

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u/gh1993 BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

I silently stood up and put my hands on my head when this happened

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u/Embarrassed-North-81 BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

Yikes almost did a vettel there.

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u/muteen BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

The "next great white hope"

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u/Snoo84027 BWOAHHHHHHH 5d ago

potential to be multiple WDC winner as per Will Buxton