Absolute banger of a car aside, piastri really is the man. Second race in a row he's completely cucked verstappen while simultaneously proving whose number 1 at mclaren in the process.
Lando is so unlikeable. Not just from a spoiled brat bad PR perspective the dudes just so ass be it on defense or offense. Obviously the dude isn't a complete shitter but on merit there's only 1 driver at mclaren deserving of a title and thats piastri. Zak brown is so in love with Oscar it's unreal.
It's also cool that we are kinda getting like a double dose of generational talent. As much as I'd love to see max and Oscar battle. Kimi in the mix is rad.
This sprint is awful. Outside of it being extra revenue I just don't see the point in it. It was fun extra racing for a while but with how shit the back half of the grid is and how hesitant the top teams are to actually risk racing for pennies of points. Its kinda become like a defacto practice. Obviously the try hard autists make it exciting but it's just like max at this point taking the sprint seriously and everyone else wishing he'd stop so they could treat it like a defacto practice. I know its bit more competive than I'm making it out to be and I enjoy watching it nonetheless.
They should swap the sprint out for a hotlapping competion. You can still call it the sprint weekend but instead of the 2; 3 session qualis and 1.5 races. Just give them infinite softs and let them hotlap for an hour. Its all the best parts of the sprint race(extra quali) without all the bullshit spoilers for Sunday. These cars operate in such a bullshit window of nuance I'm sure that's impossible but at this point who the fuck is the sprint for?
I love racing but sprint sucks and it's such a tarnish on that "pinnacle of motorsport" bullshit. F1 kinda sucks now for sure. The racing is somehow better but all the bullshit the fia and f1 does is so distracting from it. This weekend sucked. I like miami it's not that shit of a track. Outside of nostalgia it makes for better racing than monaco key word racing there. But fuck is this just silly. The funniest part for me was the lego cars.
Also speaking of the lego cars. Lewis really starting to become likeable. Him in charles were having so much. As gay as this sounds hearing hamiltons laugh throughout that was so golden. Even with him losing his cool with Ferraris bullshit idk it's been kinda cool seeing him in the ferrari and enjoying himself even if the radio doesn't show it. He's really alot more authentic this year. It's cool to see. I'm sure he wants to win and win badly. I'm sure he's sad to see merc with a decent car. But also like it seems he's come to terms with his career. Obviously you don't become a 7 time champion but not having a passion for winning but it seem like deep down he's like on his vettel Aston quest. Just enjoying himself before he calls it quits. Still putting in some decent work every now and then but you can tell somethings switched in his brain idk he's holding for 2026 or he's just enjoying the sun setting on his career but it's kinda cool see. It's really changed my perspective on him and made me realize I kinda just hated him(respect as a racer though) cause that was the popular thing to do when you rooting for max.
Verstappen needs to figure his shit out more than redbull needs to fix the car. It's crazy to say this while he's still over driving the car and putting it places it shouldn't be but it feels like he rattled by the the current state of the cars both his and the mclarens.
I think he's done after this year. He's gonna go elsewhere. Idk where you go though unless he's banking on newey magic as Aston it's a gamble going anywhere else for 2026. But that's also kinda cements the newey baby shit so idk. Not that he cares he just wants a good car fuck idk. Alonso seems on his way out for good. He's old. 2026 is gonna be a refresh. I think there's genuine chance max lands there. Merc has a driver. Ferrari is just a influencer company who dabbles in racing at this point. I'm sure Zac would love max in orange but that's never happening unless Oscar leaves, too late for Verstappen and lando to team that's never happening either. Maybe he takes a gap year and switchs it up for WEC. Idk. But the i don't see him waiting for redbull to get there shit together in 2026.
He's kinda just stuck at redbull or goes to Aston. Idk where else you can go. Maybe the imola upgrades will change things and it's still early for sure. Max dominated first 1/4 of 2024 before mclaren gained form so who knows but idk that mclaren fast as fuck and newy memes aside it do seem like he was exactly what the memes made out to be. That dude builds good cars.
It's crazy how shit most of the rookies are outside of kimi. This is the best f1 can do? Pinnacle of what exactly? Super license is just like bullshit it doesn't equate to a competnent rookie. They all out there almost dying anytime they put a wall to close to the track. There's gotta be shittiers in indy who could do better. Not even this year either since the inception of these cars the rookies entering f1 have mostly gotten worse since we entered the ground effect era. Idk if it's a problem with the feeder series cars or just like teams signing dudes off clout but fuck is it kind of embarrassing at this point. 20 supposed best drivers in the world and half of em are awful. Everybody gotta start somewhere for sure but this is just a shitshow.
The racing somehow still awesome though so maybe I'm the idiot. My b for rambling.
