2025 McLaren F1 Team

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The double is on!
Q: (Stefano Mancini – La Stampa) Kimi, will you help Vettel to win his championship this year?
Kimi Raikkonen: I can only drive one car, obviously. 
@2018 Singapore Grand Prix drivers press conference.

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bananapeel23
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ringo wrote:
13 Apr 2025, 18:41
Good recovery for Lando, but his race craft is poor!!
He looks like a newbie when setting up an overtake. Lesson learned for him. He needs to qualify better.
Really shows the difference in talent between Norris and Leclerc. I feel like Piastri will establish himself as the number 1 at McLaren this season, he's cool as a cucumber and doesn't make the same silly mistakes as Norris.

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Interested to see how it goes in Jeddah. I’ll be amazed if Mclaren win by 15+ seconds
Just a fan's point of view

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Once again the Merc looking good.

Ground Effect
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Thank you Andreas Seidl for pushing for Oscar. Irrespective of the potential fireworks, two top drivers is always better.
Q: (Stefano Mancini – La Stampa) Kimi, will you help Vettel to win his championship this year?
Kimi Raikkonen: I can only drive one car, obviously. 
@2018 Singapore Grand Prix drivers press conference.

FittingMechanics
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That's a big fireworks display. They sure wanted that McLaren victory.

Ben1980
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bananapeel23 wrote:
13 Apr 2025, 18:44
ringo wrote:
13 Apr 2025, 18:41
Good recovery for Lando, but his race craft is poor!!
He looks like a newbie when setting up an overtake. Lesson learned for him. He needs to qualify better.
Really shows the difference in talent between Norris and Leclerc. I feel like Piastri will establish himself as the number 1 at McLaren this season, he's cool as a cucumber and doesn't make the same silly mistakes as Norris.
He's already made silly mistakes this year.

I do think Leclerc is below Max and just above the others, just he's been Ferrarid.

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Oscar Piastri = Safe Pair of Hands

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CjC wrote:
13 Apr 2025, 18:45
Interested to see how it goes in Jeddah. I’ll be amazed if Mclaren win by 15+ seconds
Basically only medium and high speed corners. McLaren absolutely dominated the high speed sections of Bahrain.

The only team that could realistically threaten them is Ferrari, but only if the track surface is still so amazingly smooth that they can get away with running the floor lower than usual.

My unpopular opinion is that Jeddah is an absolutely amazing track. It's super exciting and unique and the racing has generally been really good.
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mwillems
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Wow, that was heart in mouth for Lando in the end. I thought he had Russell, but Russell's was aggressive in defence.

Well done team, great result, shame it wasn't a 1-2.
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Ben1980 wrote:
13 Apr 2025, 18:47
He's already made silly mistakes this year.

I do think Leclerc is below Max and just above the others, just he's been Ferrarid.
I do think Piastri is a better overtaker, or at least much more creative overtaker. He would have probably found a way to overtake somewhere else if not in T1/T4.

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Ben1980 wrote:
13 Apr 2025, 18:45
Once again the Merc looking good.
Unsurprisingly to some :D
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FittingMechanics wrote:
13 Apr 2025, 18:48
Ben1980 wrote:
13 Apr 2025, 18:47
He's already made silly mistakes this year.

I do think Leclerc is below Max and just above the others, just he's been Ferrarid.
I do think Piastri is a better overtaker, or at least much more creative overtaker. He would have probably found a way to overtake somewhere else if not in T1/T4.
He's like the silent assassin on attack, resolute in defence. He's looking like the potential he showed two years ago.

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FittingMechanics wrote:
13 Apr 2025, 18:48
Ben1980 wrote:
13 Apr 2025, 18:47
He's already made silly mistakes this year.

I do think Leclerc is below Max and just above the others, just he's been Ferrarid.
I do think Piastri is a better overtaker, or at least much more creative overtaker. He would have probably found a way to overtake somewhere else if not in T1/T4.
I'd like to see him battle through, like Lando has done. To confirm his overtaking prowess.

Has he had a race like that yet?

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mwillems wrote:
13 Apr 2025, 18:49
Ben1980 wrote:
13 Apr 2025, 18:45
Once again the Merc looking good.
Unsurprisingly to some :D
Shocked, I tell you!!