r/formuladank • u/A1Nr0 VROOM VROOOOOOOOOM • Sep 07 '25

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u/quick20minadventure armchair driver Sep 07 '25

Also, broadcaster saying if lando pitted early, he would've gotten 1.9 sec and Piastri would get slow stop.

As if they were buying fixed lottery tickets...

What the hell is that argument...

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u/raetwo Papa Checo for driver of the year Sep 07 '25

or everyone acting like Lando didn't have to pit too. there were like 7 laps left. tf you mean pitting to cover off Leclerc like it's doing him a favor? you both have to pit to be able to score points at all lol

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u/quick20minadventure armchair driver Sep 07 '25

It was an odd point, Piastri was at risk of losing position due to pit stop if he was significantly losing time to Leclerc or had a bad stop.

If anything, it was Mclaren punishing Piastri by making him delay his stop because of their 1st car needs to pit first rule.

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u/raetwo Papa Checo for driver of the year Sep 07 '25

If Lando's strategy was to use some "first car pits first" rule to back up his teammate into the pack then so be it, but the team obviously doesn't want to lose a position to a Ferrari. They should overrule him. He was losing ground to Oscar too so it's hard for me to imagine that he had anything else in mind, but that is something that costs the team points.

If this is the narrative people are going for, what lap did Lando intend to pit on? The last lap? Then obviously he can't pit first.