Why Oscar Piastri didn't get to pit on Lap 1 after front-wing damage: Oscar: "I've got damage" Tom: "We are looking" [gets overtaken by the whole grid]
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Why Oscar Piastri didn't get to pit on Lap 1 after front-wing damage: Oscar: "I've got damage" Tom: "We are looking" [gets overtaken by the whole grid]

If you can't watch the video on this post, you can watch it here

Oscar was 14 seconds behind the Aston Martins by the end of Lap 2 before he even pitted to get a new front wing.

These are the best footage I could find of the Piastri-Lawson contact that caused this damage in the first place. Though, this does not really clarify anything.

streamable.com
u/Elegant_Gentian — 11 hours ago
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Why Oscar Piastri didn't get to pit on Lap 1 after front-wing damage: Oscar: "I've got damage" Tom: "We are looking" [gets overtaken by the whole grid]

Oscar was 14 seconds behind the Aston Martins by the end of Lap 2 before he even pitted to get a new front wing.

These are the best footage I could find of the Piastri-Lawson contact that caused this damage in the first place. Though, this does not really clarify anything.

u/Elegant_Gentian — 11 hours ago

Oscar after almost crashing with Arvid in the pitlane: "Yeah! good thing my underwear bottoms are black today and not white"

Oscar: "oof, someone was hopeful"
Tom: "Yeah, saw that on telly. all okay?"
Oscar: "Yeah! good thing my underwear bottoms are black today and not white"

🚨Update: Arvid has been summoned to the stewards for unsafe release.

🚨🚨Update: Racing bulls has been fined €5,000 for this unsafe release. No sporting penalties for Arvid.

u/Elegant_Gentian — 1 day ago
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Oscar after almost crashing with Arvid in the pitlane: "Yeah! good thing my underwear bottoms are black today and not white"

Oscar: "oof, someone was hopeful"
Tom: "Yeah, saw that on telly. All okay?"
Oscar: "Yeah! good thing my underwear bottoms are black today and not white"

🚨Update: Arvid has been summoned to the stewards for unsafe release.

🚨🚨Update: Racing bulls has been fined €5,000 for this unsafe release. No sporting penalties for Arvid.

streamable.com
u/Elegant_Gentian — 1 day ago

Oscar finishes in P7 for the 2026 Silverstone Sprint

Oscar qualified P7 and did his sprint on a new set of mediums.

Lando was P3 and finished almost 8 seconds ahead of him (granted Oscar had dirty air his entire race but still...)

u/Elegant_Gentian — 1 day ago

FP1 results + some Friday tidbits

Oscar was P5, +0.887s off Hamilton in P1. He used a set of hards and a set of soft tyres for this practice.

Oscar spun through Becketts on his 13 lap old hards while doing his long runs. He took too much kerb but kept it out of the barriers and no damage to the car.

He is using the helmet designed by J. Demsky today. I must say it matches the McLaren special livery very well.

Oscar also seems to have turned into the paddock's resident memelord (and Darth Vader) this weekend.

u/Elegant_Gentian — 3 days ago

Silverstone FP1 results

Both of them used one set of hard and one set of softs. Oscar spun through Becketts, no damage to his car though.

Oscar was +887s off Hamilton on P1.
Lando was +1.028s off Hamilton in P1.

Long Runs from FP1 (from Daniel Valente on X)

  1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:32.261
  2. Charles Leclerc - 1:32.433
  3. Kimi Antonelli - 1:32.935
  4. George Russell - 1:33.327
  5. Lando Norris - 1:33.641
  6. Isack Hadjar - 1:34.070
  7. Max Verstappen - 1:34.084
  8. Oscar Piastri - N/A (Not enough laps due to spin)
u/Elegant_Gentian — 3 days ago

Oscar's spin through Becketts on 13 lap old hard tyres.

During FP1. Fortunately, Oscar is fine, no damage to the car (although this set of tyres are now dead according to Oscar).

u/Elegant_Gentian — 3 days ago
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Oscar: "It's nice to know some people away from F1 know who I am and wanted to name me after a wasp" Lando: "Bit harsh, because no one really likes wasps"

The wasp in question is a 98 million year extinct species called Gwesped Piastrii discovered by Corentin Jouault from the University of Oxford, Di-Ying Huang from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Celso O. Azevedo from the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo.

I am pretty sure Oscar meant to say "wanted to name a wasp after me" instead of "wanted to name me after a wasp"

This clip is taken from Lando and Oscar's interview with "Man About the Town" magazine. You can watch the full interview here

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u/Elegant_Gentian — 3 days ago

[McLarenF1] Wouldn't be an event without a team selfie.

Don't ask me whether Lando is hiding behind Zak or Zak is oblivious to blocking Lando😭.

source

u/Elegant_Gentian — 4 days ago

Oscar's overtake on Leclerc from the Austrian GP has been nominated for Overtake of The Month of June.

You can watch his spectacular overtake on Leclerc on lap 37 of the Austrian GP here.

You can vote for Oscar's overtake to win here.

[Please note that voting requires you to create an Formula 1 account with your email. You need to be signed in to your account to vote.]

Oscar previously won Overtake of the Month of May for his overtake on Lewis Hamilton in the 2026 Canada Sprint Race.

Voting closes on 9th of July, 1am Canberra time.

u/Elegant_Gentian — 5 days ago
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Lando: "I probably wouldn't have been able to live with that for the rest of my life [winning in Hungary 2024]...The team wouldn't be the same as they are now. We probably wouldn't have won the constructors for the last two years, which probably means I wouldn't have won the drivers' last year"

Lando Norris on Beyond the Grid with Tom Clarkson.

If you have time, consider watching the full interview, it's great.

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u/Elegant_Gentian — 5 days ago
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The romantic vision of Zak Brown

Zak Brown's interview with British GQ, written by Mike Christensen and Seb Barros

Some interesting snippets:

"How have you managed to iron that [being very emotional] out in a business sense?

Learning from mistakes and having good people around, like [Team Principal] Andrea [Stella]. He’s been a great influence on me – he’s very calm and has helped me learn to be less emotional. If I get pissed off about something, I’m probably right about being pissed off, but the way I respond emotionally is the wrong way to address the issue. It’s no different to writing emails, where you go, “Let me put it in drafts and read it in the morning.” You’ll still send it in the morning, but you’re going to edit it. So if you lead with passion and not emotion, you can edit yourself."

"Are drivers the ones who have to deal with all the pressure to perform?

That would be what people think, but I can tell you there’s probably more stress and pressure on the factory team than there is on the drivers. Typically the fans are of the view – especially with our two drivers – that Oscar and Lando should win every weekend. And if they don’t, [fans] tend to put the pressure on the team that they didn’t win, because we didn’t put them in the position to win. So that’s where the pressure comes from. Usually it’s “do a better job for my guy, Lando or Oscar”.

"Is musical chairs between drivers and teams healthy for the sport, or do you think it's nice to have continuity?

I’m a bit romantic in sport, but I want continuity. One of my great buddies, Anže Kopitar, captain of the Los Angeles Kings [NHL] team, retired last night. He only ever played for the Kings – for 20 years. That’s how it used to be, but now all these sportspeople are getting traded every day. I’m a big fan of continuity relationships. I’d love Lando to finish his career here, same thing with Oscar – and be teammates... I’d like that. That’s the romantic side of the sport, but it has to work."

gq-magazine.co.uk
u/Elegant_Gentian — 6 days ago
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No Further Action for Oscar Piastri for driving unnecessarily slowly during the reconnaissance laps of the 2026 Austrian GP

Oscar keeps his P4

u/Elegant_Gentian — 8 days ago
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[Motorsport] Zak Brown on if Verstappen could go to McLaren if somehow Lando or Oscar left..."If for some strange reason someone slipped on a banana peel getting out of the tub, then yeah, of course, Max is a four-time World Champion."

u/Elegant_Gentian — 8 days ago
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Oscar Piastri has been summoned to the stewards for driving unnecessarily slowly during reconnaissance laps.

u/Elegant_Gentian — 8 days ago