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Oh, really? That’s a very interesting stat. I just checked the rookies starting positions from this year and yeah, no rookies in the top 10. Oscar also didn’t qualify in the top 10 in 2023.

Hmmmm.

It's only been 3 races. However, my thoughts have changed since testing and the start of the season. I'm sure they will keep changing as the season progresses. I don't really count testing cos apart from learning the new terms and modes, we didn't really learn much. It was exciting to see the starts and the starting procedure.

I want to say my thoughts are mostly neutral but they're not really.

I don't think the new regs are good for quali. The fact that drivers are slowing down during straights to recharge their battery is kinda dumb. Quali is all about driving on the limit, braking as late as possible to get the maximum out of the car. I think we've lost a bit of that with the new regs. Also, it's very jarring to see drivers go purple in first the sector and then yellow in the last. Not because of their driving or because they've had a snap. But because their battery fucked up.

For the race itself, it's been fun to see the wheel to wheel. Although the yo-yoing is exciting to watch, the result is again down to the battery deployment and not much the driver's skill of having braked late and made a daring move.

And lastly, the safety concerns. Drivers are having to micromanage a lot more. I think even Lando said it that he was so busy figuring shit out that he didn't even notice the debris on the track in Australia. Plus the incident with Ollie was scary. Changes are definitely needed. And not all drivers are just complaining. Some of the concerns are very valid and I hope changes are made sooner rather than later.

I absolutely adore them. You know this already, haha. Both as a pairing for RPF and their irl dynamics.

I think it was some time in early 2025 when I realised how much of a straight shooter Jenson was for Lando. And then I went down the rabbit hole. I love their dynamic so much.

To quote myself from another post, I've always believed that Jenson saw a bit of himself in Lando and immediately wanted to protect that. The video where he asks Lando if he's happy speaks volumes. There is so much fondness. Lando is so young and so nervous, and Jenson is so sweet and attentive. I feel insane about that interaction.

And again, like I've mentioned before, and it's something MJ (@f1watch) and I have discussed, they both seem to have similar driving styles. The way they drive in terms of feel and the way they both can adapt to changing conditions. The parallels and red string of it all.

It continues when you think about how Jenson was there for pretty much all of Lando's milestone moments. His first F1 test, first podium, first win, first home race win and, of course, the wdc moment. Even the 'Monaco baby' of it all.

And while Jenson has talked about Lando being too self critical and how he should be careful, it always came across as concern more than critique. When others have talked about, the tone always felt like they were talking down at Lando. But with Jenson it always came off as genuine worry for his wellbeing. This could also be my RPF tinted lens but I'm going with it, lol.

Even after Canada 2025, everyone was quick to write off Lando. But Jenson just shrugged it off saying, mistakes happen and will continue to happen. Lando will be fine.

Idk, just something about Jenson being so open with his support for Lando when everyone else was on the fence is so charming to me. Lando also noticed that and reciprocates in his own way.

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And I love this ask so much! Here are my top 5 fav fits in no particular order. That last one, even though just a hoodie, goes extremely hard

and i think thats the point of the rb comparison? not that mclaren and rb are anything alike, just to point that, in rb's case, there very much was bias and also the same points could be made about perez's driving that the article made about oscars?

like, obv there isn't any bias, but the article would probably have had more weight if it like, talked about all the ways mclaren have helped oscar. instead of just highlighting how his driving style doesn't work at certain tracks

Hi anon. I'm not looking to fight either, I'm just calling out the fact that this "bias" discourse is damaging to everyone, especially the people at McLaren, cos what it implies is that they aren't doing their job.

First, the argument was "something is wrong with Oscar's car" and since Oscar himself said there is nothing wrong with his car, the argument has flipped to "McLaren are only helping Lando and not helping Oscar."

I'm going to address particular sections of your ask, cos it'll be easier that way.

"but simply showing why Oscar loses time doesn't show that? which is why that person continues to say there may be bias"

It does show that, though. The data is quite literally showing that Oscar is losing time. If you also saw the lap comparison video, you will see how Lando was using a lot more of the kerbs than Oscar and could manage a better exit through each turn. (Oscar was slightly faster on the straights, btw) All of this compounded to Lando being six-tenths faster. Sometimes that's all there is. Lando did a better job.

"just to point that, in rb's case, there very much was bias and also the same points could be made about perez's driving that the article made about oscars?"

Why would the article even bring up RB or Perez's driving style? It's an unrelated topic. RB and Perez's problems were completely different to the topic at hand.

"but the article would probably have had more weight if it like, talked about all the ways mclaren have helped oscar."

Do we know of these? Does the person who wrote the article know of the ways McLaren could've helped Oscar? Has McLaren disclosed that information? And let me also just say, McLaren is under no obligation to disclose anything.

The person who wrote the article had access to the data. They analysed the data and were able to present a clear reason as to why Oscar was slower. Saying or implying anything else would quite literally be poor journalism.

The last thing I want to say is that yes, Oscar is having a bad run. But it's definitely not as bad as people are making it out to be. Sure, he performed exceptionally at the very beginning of the season, but Lando was right behind him, in a car that wasn't suiting him.

So that's why you might be blocked 🤔 but idk either.

Hey anon!

Yeah, that’s plausible. I’m definitely an 481 girlie but very obviously supporting Lando this season. And I’ve made multiple posts defending Lando and calling out the disproportionate hate he gets. That’s why it’s sort of odd when the 4s have me blocked.

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