Formula 1

[Jim05]

And McLaren stitched up Oscar again to gift their golden boy the win

Not sure it was a stitch up, Lando needed a different strategy as he wasn’t going to get close on 2 stops … Oscar should have still won and basically had 5 laps to overtake him once he caught up.

Ferrari LOL … they could be the only cars on the track and still not win with their comical strategies. Poor Charles, it was probably the angriest I’ve heard him on radio and he took it out on George in the track

The Red Bulls are going backwards fast, they may not even compete for podiums next year they way they’re heading.

Hopefully the new regs shake things up next year. If anything, it will reset where teams are so there could be some surprises on the grid.

They pitted Oscar too early the first stop.
Once again Lando botched the start and had to get bailed out by his team

[dedja]

Patience grasshopper, Oscar will be the champ this year … Lando doesn’t have the patience, nor temperament and isn’t as fast as Oscar all things being equal. Yes, he can put in a few fast laps, but he doesn’t have the coolness and smarts that Oscar has.

Just ignore the Pommy bias in the team and the telecast. It’s quite comical, if Lando has a brain fart then they cross over to George, and if all else fails, the fallback is Lewis, who these days is usually scratching around the back of the points of the top 10.

To be fair, the Ferrari engineering geniuses would drive any sane person crazy I said the Lewis move to The Scuderia would be a disaster … all it’s done is give the team a merch kick for a while, whilst faarking up Carlos who is a far better driver than Lewis now and didn’t deserve to be dumped.

[Jim05]

Really enjoyed last nights race not just for Oscar absolutely flogging them either although Lando’s Merc letting go with a few laps remaining was nice karma.
The banked track and a few early spots of rain led to several restarts and both Ferrari’s crashed out quite comically.

[dedja]

Quite the chaotic race … all behind Oscar who jut ignored it all by being out in front.

Verstappen also had an incident free run to come in 2nd, and the next best driver in the 2 RB teams, Hadjar, got his maiden podium.

Hamilton gets a kick in the nuts for Monza, a carried over 5 place grid penalty, while Lecelerc just chills out on the hill

[Jim05]

Lando has a slow pit stop near the end which allowed Oscar to jump into second but McLaren make him slow down and let Lando get the spot back. Max won by a country mile

[bertiebeatle1]

Here comes Max...... Oscar needs a big weekend in Mexico

[bertiebeatle1]

Thought Oscar drove much better yesterday but it isn't hard to see there all of a sudden is a huge difference between Lando & Oscar's cars.

[dedja]

McLaren are imploding with their incompetence for all to see, opening the door for Max to steal the driver’s championship, but still in the box seat.

One race to go, Lando leads Max by 12 and Oscar by 16.

For Lando to win the championship, he needs at least P3 in Abu Dhabi.

Max needs to win with Lando no higher than P4.

Oscar needs to win with Lando no higher than P6.

[dedja]

No surprise, Yuki dumped from F1’s death seat, Hadjar promoted to RB, with Arvid Lindblad taking his seat in Racing Bulls in 2026.

[dedja]

P1 - Max
P2 - Oscar
P3 - Lando

Lando is the 2025 F1 Drivers Champion, winning by 2 points over Max.

Disappointing end for Oscar, but can’t deny that Lando deserved the title, and Max is the still the best driver going around.

[Booney]

Highest paid F1 drivers in 2025 (according to Forbes, figures in AUD)

1. Max Verstappen: Salary: $97 million + $16.5 million in bonuses

2. Lewis Hamilton: Salary: $105 million + $750,000 in bonuses

3. Lando Norris Salary: $27 million + $59.4 million in bonuses

4. Oscar Piastri Salary: $15 million + $41 million in bonuses

5. Charles Leclerc Salary: $45 million + $0 in bonuses

6. Fernando Alonso Salary: $36 million + $3.7 million in bonuses

7. George Russell Salary: $15 million + $16 million in bonuses

8. Lance Stroll Salary: $22 million + $2.2 million in bonuses

9. Carlos Sainz Salary: $15 million + $4.5 million in bonuses

10. Kimi Antonelli Salary: $7 million + $11 million in bonuses

[dedja]

These numbers are generally guesstimates as salaries are typically not published. They also do not take into account other endorsements (Lewis has heaps), so take them with a large dose of salt.

[dedja]

Oscar crashes on the parade lap to the grid 30 mins before the start in Melbourne

[Rik E Boy]

Congratulations George Russell, 2026 F1 Champion. Even EPL isn't decided this quickly.

regards,

REB

[dedja]

Max says hold my beer