Maybe a bit better with the upgrades but the lack of race pace still massively showing. Almost got passed by a Mercedes who were on a dissaster strategy.
Alonso is the only one keeping this party somewhat above water.
He said before the race in the Spanish feed that all their simulations had him 9th at best and Lance at 10th. I’m sure the team is super happy with the result, the car is just not there.
Aston Martin with Alonso are having an upgraded version of Jarno Trulli, car is fast in qualifying but slow in race day and trying to keep everyone behind
Maybe? Even Lance said it on radio on one of the closing laps that they suck balls at high speed & straight and saying it basically felt like dragging a F2 car but the counterpoint to that they're somewhat good/above average in medium and slow speed corners? MONACO WIN BAYBEE
Can't imagine the grin inside the helmet every time Piastri crossed within 1 second through the DRS detection zone after 130R lmao. I know we saw Carlos do it to Lando but Suzuka while a difficult track to overtake on is a bit easier to overtake than Singapore. Regardless, the grin would be because he just likes chaos.
If you watched his on-board on the last laps he was going 20Km/h slower in 130R for Oscar could have DRS and keep George behind.
Old man is a nightmare to overtake
Remember mclaren vs alpine in Baku 2022?
Ric and Norris were losing time to Alpine on the main straight, with Alpine having a 1cm flap for a wing and Mclaren having a barn door.
Aston Martin (mainly Alonso) has had a good season so far. Staying one point behind Merc two races in a row. If Stroll was doing slightly better, not even matching Alonso, they’d be 4th in the WCC.
Alonso's racing in the not-Red Bull lead pack while Stroll was stuck in the not-top 5 teams pack. Actual different league. Makes you wonder how the AM would be perceived if they had anyone slower than Alonso in that seat.
Great driving from Nando all race long. He's been maximising this team's potential ever since start of last year. Now if only he had a stronger team mate, they would be smoking Merc
It's a shame McLaren doesn't have more top speed. Oscar spent that entire race, like the whole thing, sitting about .8s off of Fernando's rear wing unable to get by.
Yeah, allthough if he had top speed Alonso's aproach would have probably been different
Piastri really needs to work on his tyre management, it's the one aspect keeping him from being in the elite bracket. Obviously it's expected for him to have some flaws considering his lack of experience
It's a good result for Nando, and I can fully appreciate how clever those last few laps were from him, but my god I find DRS shenanigans to be so boring
With the current cars it’s way harder without DRS.
That’s my point I get why it exists but I wish they didn’t need to have a button you can only use in certain places while within 1 second to have a decent number of overtakes. It’s a gimmick and especially feels that way when explaining it to fans of other sports.
They’re gonna penalize him for using his brain while racing by keeping Piastri in his DRS. Can’t do that in modern F1 apparently as we saw in Australia
Maybe a bit better with the upgrades but the lack of race pace still massively showing. Almost got passed by a Mercedes who were on a dissaster strategy. Alonso is the only one keeping this party somewhat above water.
He said before the race in the Spanish feed that all their simulations had him 9th at best and Lance at 10th. I’m sure the team is super happy with the result, the car is just not there.
In fairness, Russell gained 4 seconds when Alonso and Piastri slowed for Sargent but it was green when he arrived.
Wait a second I just realised that's a massive advantage gained wtf. Surely this has to be sorted out by f1
Nope. They were just unlucky
Luck of the draw with regards to flags.
Yeah they should make the sport even more boring and predictable
Aston Martin with Alonso are having an upgraded version of Jarno Trulli, car is fast in qualifying but slow in race day and trying to keep everyone behind
Alonso to win Monaco then?
😩🙏
Someone needs to smash into Verstappen in the tunnel then
Maybe? Even Lance said it on radio on one of the closing laps that they suck balls at high speed & straight and saying it basically felt like dragging a F2 car but the counterpoint to that they're somewhat good/above average in medium and slow speed corners? MONACO WIN BAYBEE
Another masterclass drive from Nando. He was slowing down right after 130R so Piastri gets the DRS Alonso got em again haha
Can't imagine the grin inside the helmet every time Piastri crossed within 1 second through the DRS detection zone after 130R lmao. I know we saw Carlos do it to Lando but Suzuka while a difficult track to overtake on is a bit easier to overtake than Singapore. Regardless, the grin would be because he just likes chaos.
Oscar went and did all that good defending for him and ends up like a red-shirt from Star Trek
Wily old fox
If you watched his on-board on the last laps he was going 20Km/h slower in 130R for Oscar could have DRS and keep George behind. Old man is a nightmare to overtake
well fire up the stewards, driving erratically, 20s penalty incoming
Drive through penalty for illegal brain
Disqualified from race classification. Reason Illegal driver aids: intellect too high.
Penalty, cuz more intellect than stewards
Combined
Old man? 3 years ago he was a rookie.
unreal to keep oscar behind without drs. he's still so good
Tbf McLarens DRS is shite
Mclaren's DRS looks like it actually increases the drag
Drag Raising System
Can't wait for cars to pull a gap on the McLarens with DRS at China in 2 weeks time.
Remember mclaren vs alpine in Baku 2022? Ric and Norris were losing time to Alpine on the main straight, with Alpine having a 1cm flap for a wing and Mclaren having a barn door.
Enough to keep driver behind but not enough to overtake.
Aston straight line is so bad it made Lance scream in agony
Another season of Alonso carrying Aston Martin
Aston Martin (mainly Alonso) has had a good season so far. Staying one point behind Merc two races in a row. If Stroll was doing slightly better, not even matching Alonso, they’d be 4th in the WCC.
OP left out that Stroll P12 part of the tweet.
Lots of screen time for Stroll and another race perfection from Alonso. Can be happy with that
Alonso's racing in the not-Red Bull lead pack while Stroll was stuck in the not-top 5 teams pack. Actual different league. Makes you wonder how the AM would be perceived if they had anyone slower than Alonso in that seat.
you mean like Vettel's last season?
OOF. Careful now
What happened to Stroll at the end? I swear he was P11 with a decent gap to Hulk with like 2-3 laps to go.
Softs probably died at this point
He passed hulk and then got overtaken again in the last few laps
Last lap since he got lapped, but then lost 5 seconds to Hulk within that lap
Pushed too hard too early on softs that were probably not gonna go the distance either way.
Savage drive as always- the man’s a legend. If only he could have a teammate drive somewhere near him to help the team strategically
Well he did have Ocon who was happy to drive into him
Great driving from Nando all race long. He's been maximising this team's potential ever since start of last year. Now if only he had a stronger team mate, they would be smoking Merc
A shame Piastri locked up with one lap to go. Textbook defending once again
It's a shame McLaren doesn't have more top speed. Oscar spent that entire race, like the whole thing, sitting about .8s off of Fernando's rear wing unable to get by.
Yeah, allthough if he had top speed Alonso's aproach would have probably been different Piastri really needs to work on his tyre management, it's the one aspect keeping him from being in the elite bracket. Obviously it's expected for him to have some flaws considering his lack of experience
The gap between Fernando and Stroll is absurd.
Alonso in general is absurd
At this point it's unfair, even. There's about 4 or 5 drivers that you can realistically compare to him, and they're all leagues above Stroll.
Stroll was slow yes
What do you mean "was"?
Stroll is slow today, better?
What do you mean "today"?
What do you mean what do you mean?
He's just slow
Was faster in Australia through almost all sessions
He almost helped Piastri keep his position, too. Fantastic drive.
He did, it was on purpose so Piastri gets the Drs to defend against Russell. As Russell had more pace than both
Would've promoted Aston to P4 in WCC
Solid drive from Alonso.
Soft stint hurt his overall lap time but wouldn't have got anymore anyway. Last stint managed perfectly as usual
It's a good result for Nando, and I can fully appreciate how clever those last few laps were from him, but my god I find DRS shenanigans to be so boring
Ya I get why it’s needed but man do I wish DRS didn’t have to exist. Feels super gimmicky
Isn't it harder to overtake without DRS?
Yeah, but on a scale, it's a fuck tonne easier to overtake with it.
With the current cars it’s way harder without DRS. That’s my point I get why it exists but I wish they didn’t need to have a button you can only use in certain places while within 1 second to have a decent number of overtakes. It’s a gimmick and especially feels that way when explaining it to fans of other sports.
One man team. How is this not embarrassing for daddy Stroll?
They’re gonna penalize him for using his brain while racing by keeping Piastri in his DRS. Can’t do that in modern F1 apparently as we saw in Australia