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If you want to crunch some numbers here are the tyre sets available for the Qatar race with @pirellisport info on how many laps they can still do:
(with the allowed remaining laps in smaller fine print on the used sets. )
(with the allowed remaining laps in smaller fine print on the used sets. )
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If you want to crunch some numbers here are the tyre sets available for the Qatar race with @pirellisport info on how many laps they can still do:
(with the allowed remaining laps in smaller fine print on the used sets. )
(with the allowed remaining laps in smaller fine print on the used sets. )
Another desert, this time in Doha
* Hardest Compounds (C1, C2 & C3)
* Sprint weekend
* Limit of 25 laps per tyre
* 3 Safety Car appearances during last year's race.
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* Hardest Compounds (C1, C2 & C3)
* Sprint weekend
* Limit of 25 laps per tyre
* 3 Safety Car appearances during last year's race.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Another desert, this time in Doha
* Hardest Compounds (C1, C2 & C3)
* Sprint weekend
* Limit of 25 laps per tyre
* 3 Safety Car appearances during last year's race.
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* Hardest Compounds (C1, C2 & C3)
* Sprint weekend
* Limit of 25 laps per tyre
* 3 Safety Car appearances during last year's race.
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Configuraciones de alas traseras para Las Vegas. Baja carga
Las Vegas rear wing configurations. Low downforce
#f1 #LasVegasGP
Configuraciones de alas traseras para Las Vegas. Baja carga
Las Vegas rear wing configurations. Low downforce
#f1 #LasVegasGP
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Configuraciones de alas traseras para Las Vegas. Baja carga
Las Vegas rear wing configurations. Low downforce
#f1 #LasVegasGP
Configuraciones de alas traseras para Las Vegas. Baja carga
Las Vegas rear wing configurations. Low downforce
#f1 #LasVegasGP
Roulette in Las Vegas
* Each session 2 hours earlier than last year,
In 2024, Albon hit the highest top speed of the season (368 km/h) on the straight between T12 and T14
* Almost 80% of the lap is spent at full throttle
* Race is SATURDAY NIGHT / Sunday morning
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* Each session 2 hours earlier than last year,
In 2024, Albon hit the highest top speed of the season (368 km/h) on the straight between T12 and T14
* Almost 80% of the lap is spent at full throttle
* Race is SATURDAY NIGHT / Sunday morning
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November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Roulette in Las Vegas
* Each session 2 hours earlier than last year,
In 2024, Albon hit the highest top speed of the season (368 km/h) on the straight between T12 and T14
* Almost 80% of the lap is spent at full throttle
* Race is SATURDAY NIGHT / Sunday morning
press.pirelli.com/roulette-in-...
* Each session 2 hours earlier than last year,
In 2024, Albon hit the highest top speed of the season (368 km/h) on the straight between T12 and T14
* Almost 80% of the lap is spent at full throttle
* Race is SATURDAY NIGHT / Sunday morning
press.pirelli.com/roulette-in-...
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🎰🏎️ Vegas writes its own odds. The Strip lays the trap, the tyres decide who survives.
Welcome to 6.2 km of cold asphalt and bright lights
where the track resets every night and every stint feels like sitting down at a new table with a new deck.
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🎰🏎️ Vegas writes its own odds. The Strip lays the trap, the tyres decide who survives.
Welcome to 6.2 km of cold asphalt and bright lights
where the track resets every night and every stint feels like sitting down at a new table with a new deck.
🧵 1/
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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🎰🏎️ Vegas writes its own odds. The Strip lays the trap, the tyres decide who survives.
Welcome to 6.2 km of cold asphalt and bright lights
where the track resets every night and every stint feels like sitting down at a new table with a new deck.
🧵 1/
🎰🏎️ Vegas writes its own odds. The Strip lays the trap, the tyres decide who survives.
Welcome to 6.2 km of cold asphalt and bright lights
where the track resets every night and every stint feels like sitting down at a new table with a new deck.
🧵 1/
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🇧🇷 🏎️ Everything changes at Interlagos
Weather. Grip. Momentum. Even WDC's
🛞The last 1-stop here? Charles was still at Sauber in 2018!
Deg sat below the crossover → 0.04 s/lap (Super Soft) | 0.02 s/lap (Soft)
Since then > 0.05 s/lap, locking the field into 2-stops
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🇧🇷 🏎️ Everything changes at Interlagos
Weather. Grip. Momentum. Even WDC's
🛞The last 1-stop here? Charles was still at Sauber in 2018!
Deg sat below the crossover → 0.04 s/lap (Super Soft) | 0.02 s/lap (Soft)
Since then > 0.05 s/lap, locking the field into 2-stops
🧵 1/
November 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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🇧🇷 🏎️ Everything changes at Interlagos
Weather. Grip. Momentum. Even WDC's
🛞The last 1-stop here? Charles was still at Sauber in 2018!
Deg sat below the crossover → 0.04 s/lap (Super Soft) | 0.02 s/lap (Soft)
Since then > 0.05 s/lap, locking the field into 2-stops
🧵 1/
🇧🇷 🏎️ Everything changes at Interlagos
Weather. Grip. Momentum. Even WDC's
🛞The last 1-stop here? Charles was still at Sauber in 2018!
Deg sat below the crossover → 0.04 s/lap (Super Soft) | 0.02 s/lap (Soft)
Since then > 0.05 s/lap, locking the field into 2-stops
🧵 1/
Harder compounds for the Sao Paulo Sprint Weekend
* Showers possible this weekend
* A win for Max or Lewis & they would equal Schumacher's circuit record of 4 wins.
* Brazilian style Pirelli caps for the podium trio
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* Showers possible this weekend
* A win for Max or Lewis & they would equal Schumacher's circuit record of 4 wins.
* Brazilian style Pirelli caps for the podium trio
👉 press.pirelli.com/harder-compo...
November 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Harder compounds for the Sao Paulo Sprint Weekend
* Showers possible this weekend
* A win for Max or Lewis & they would equal Schumacher's circuit record of 4 wins.
* Brazilian style Pirelli caps for the podium trio
👉 press.pirelli.com/harder-compo...
* Showers possible this weekend
* A win for Max or Lewis & they would equal Schumacher's circuit record of 4 wins.
* Brazilian style Pirelli caps for the podium trio
👉 press.pirelli.com/harder-compo...
Norris delivers McLaren Mexican Masterclass
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NB.
“Part of the Pirelli crew here in Mexico City this week, will be back at the circuit on Tuesday and Wednesday for development testing of the softer compounds in the 2026 range of tyres.
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NB.
“Part of the Pirelli crew here in Mexico City this week, will be back at the circuit on Tuesday and Wednesday for development testing of the softer compounds in the 2026 range of tyres.
October 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Norris delivers McLaren Mexican Masterclass
👉 press.pirelli.com/norris-deliv...
NB.
“Part of the Pirelli crew here in Mexico City this week, will be back at the circuit on Tuesday and Wednesday for development testing of the softer compounds in the 2026 range of tyres.
👉 press.pirelli.com/norris-deliv...
NB.
“Part of the Pirelli crew here in Mexico City this week, will be back at the circuit on Tuesday and Wednesday for development testing of the softer compounds in the 2026 range of tyres.
•Turn 10 — rear-end snap limiting throttle pickup.
Those two moments alone cost roughly 0.15 s versus Norris. Expect a slight brake-migration tweak and rear-wing trim for race day.
🟦 Verstappen: The Setup Reset
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Those two moments alone cost roughly 0.15 s versus Norris. Expect a slight brake-migration tweak and rear-wing trim for race day.
🟦 Verstappen: The Setup Reset
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October 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
•Turn 10 — rear-end snap limiting throttle pickup.
Those two moments alone cost roughly 0.15 s versus Norris. Expect a slight brake-migration tweak and rear-wing trim for race day.
🟦 Verstappen: The Setup Reset
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Those two moments alone cost roughly 0.15 s versus Norris. Expect a slight brake-migration tweak and rear-wing trim for race day.
🟦 Verstappen: The Setup Reset
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🇲🇽🏎️ How Lando Turned Perfect Precision in Thin Air into Pole in the Stadium
At 2 285 m above sea level, 🟧 Lando Norris delivered a stunning 1:15.586 to beat 🟥 Charles Leclerc by 0.262 s — a lap that stayed dead even until the final corners tipped it orange.
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🇲🇽🏎️ How Lando Turned Perfect Precision in Thin Air into Pole in the Stadium
At 2 285 m above sea level, 🟧 Lando Norris delivered a stunning 1:15.586 to beat 🟥 Charles Leclerc by 0.262 s — a lap that stayed dead even until the final corners tipped it orange.
🧵 1/
October 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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🇲🇽🏎️ How Lando Turned Perfect Precision in Thin Air into Pole in the Stadium
At 2 285 m above sea level, 🟧 Lando Norris delivered a stunning 1:15.586 to beat 🟥 Charles Leclerc by 0.262 s — a lap that stayed dead even until the final corners tipped it orange.
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🇲🇽🏎️ How Lando Turned Perfect Precision in Thin Air into Pole in the Stadium
At 2 285 m above sea level, 🟧 Lando Norris delivered a stunning 1:15.586 to beat 🟥 Charles Leclerc by 0.262 s — a lap that stayed dead even until the final corners tipped it orange.
🧵 1/
October 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Once again, a skip in compounds for the Mexico City weekend
* Hard tyre moves from a C3 last year to a C2 this year
* Who will be wearing the 🇲🇽 Special edition green & gold Pirelli caps on the podium?
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* Hard tyre moves from a C3 last year to a C2 this year
* Who will be wearing the 🇲🇽 Special edition green & gold Pirelli caps on the podium?
press.pirelli.com/once-again-a...
October 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Once again, a skip in compounds for the Mexico City weekend
* Hard tyre moves from a C3 last year to a C2 this year
* Who will be wearing the 🇲🇽 Special edition green & gold Pirelli caps on the podium?
press.pirelli.com/once-again-a...
* Hard tyre moves from a C3 last year to a C2 this year
* Who will be wearing the 🇲🇽 Special edition green & gold Pirelli caps on the podium?
press.pirelli.com/once-again-a...
Verstappen charges: Leclerc tries a different strategy to beat him
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#F1 #USGP
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#F1 #USGP
October 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Verstappen charges: Leclerc tries a different strategy to beat him
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#F1 #USGP
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#F1 #USGP
•Turns 2 → 11 🔵 (-0.06 to -0.11 s) | Red Bull’s platform shines — stable under load and nimble through the S’s. VER carries throttle mid-curve where NOR has to feather slightly to keep it clean
•Back straight 🔵 (-0.03 s) | Slight aero efficiency gain for Red Bull keeps top speed fractionally higher
•Back straight 🔵 (-0.03 s) | Slight aero efficiency gain for Red Bull keeps top speed fractionally higher
October 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
•Turns 2 → 11 🔵 (-0.06 to -0.11 s) | Red Bull’s platform shines — stable under load and nimble through the S’s. VER carries throttle mid-curve where NOR has to feather slightly to keep it clean
•Back straight 🔵 (-0.03 s) | Slight aero efficiency gain for Red Bull keeps top speed fractionally higher
•Back straight 🔵 (-0.03 s) | Slight aero efficiency gain for Red Bull keeps top speed fractionally higher
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Texas Qualifying Rodeo 🤠 - F1 Insight Powered by @awscloud
Under the Austin sun, it wasn’t brute force — it was balance. 🔵 Max Verstappen mastered the Red Bull’s rotation and rear stability to take pole by 0.291 s over
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Texas Qualifying Rodeo 🤠 - F1 Insight Powered by @awscloud
Under the Austin sun, it wasn’t brute force — it was balance. 🔵 Max Verstappen mastered the Red Bull’s rotation and rear stability to take pole by 0.291 s over
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October 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Texas Qualifying Rodeo 🤠 - F1 Insight Powered by @awscloud
Under the Austin sun, it wasn’t brute force — it was balance. 🔵 Max Verstappen mastered the Red Bull’s rotation and rear stability to take pole by 0.291 s over
🧵1/
Texas Qualifying Rodeo 🤠 - F1 Insight Powered by @awscloud
Under the Austin sun, it wasn’t brute force — it was balance. 🔵 Max Verstappen mastered the Red Bull’s rotation and rear stability to take pole by 0.291 s over
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•Turns 16–18: 🟦 Verstappen’s defining phase — consistent steering load, no throttle lift, superior tyre energy distribution. He gains roughly 0.07 s as 🟧 Norris makes a fractional mid-corner lift to stabilise the rear.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
•Turns 16–18: 🟦 Verstappen’s defining phase — consistent steering load, no throttle lift, superior tyre energy distribution. He gains roughly 0.07 s as 🟧 Norris makes a fractional mid-corner lift to stabilise the rear.
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•Turn 11: 🟧 Norris rotates the McLaren sharply and gets on throttle 2–3 m earlier, converting better mechanical traction into a 0.02 s advantage up to the DRS detection point.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
•Turn 11: 🟧 Norris rotates the McLaren sharply and gets on throttle 2–3 m earlier, converting better mechanical traction into a 0.02 s advantage up to the DRS detection point.
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🤠🏎️ Sprint Qualifying – Austin GP 🇺🇸
🟦 Verstappen took pole by just 0.071 s over 🟧 Norris — a battle of aerodynamic balance versus mechanical rotation.
This F1 insight powered by @awscloud shows us exactly how….
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🤠🏎️ Sprint Qualifying – Austin GP 🇺🇸
🟦 Verstappen took pole by just 0.071 s over 🟧 Norris — a battle of aerodynamic balance versus mechanical rotation.
This F1 insight powered by @awscloud shows us exactly how….
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October 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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🤠🏎️ Sprint Qualifying – Austin GP 🇺🇸
🟦 Verstappen took pole by just 0.071 s over 🟧 Norris — a battle of aerodynamic balance versus mechanical rotation.
This F1 insight powered by @awscloud shows us exactly how….
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🤠🏎️ Sprint Qualifying – Austin GP 🇺🇸
🟦 Verstappen took pole by just 0.071 s over 🟧 Norris — a battle of aerodynamic balance versus mechanical rotation.
This F1 insight powered by @awscloud shows us exactly how….
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A Texas rodeo with a jump in compounds
* an additional step between the Hard (C1) & Medium-Soft (C3 + C4)
* Same tyre selection as Belgium
* Sprint weekend
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* an additional step between the Hard (C1) & Medium-Soft (C3 + C4)
* Same tyre selection as Belgium
* Sprint weekend
press.pirelli.com/a-texas-rode...
October 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A Texas rodeo with a jump in compounds
* an additional step between the Hard (C1) & Medium-Soft (C3 + C4)
* Same tyre selection as Belgium
* Sprint weekend
press.pirelli.com/a-texas-rode...
* an additional step between the Hard (C1) & Medium-Soft (C3 + C4)
* Same tyre selection as Belgium
* Sprint weekend
press.pirelli.com/a-texas-rode...
Instead, Oscar Piastri claimed the edge proof that at Singapore, precision isn’t just a skill, it’s lap time.
At F1’s strategy crown jewel, even a brush of carbon can flip the order.
#F1 #SingaporeGP #AWS #PaidPartnership
At F1’s strategy crown jewel, even a brush of carbon can flip the order.
#F1 #SingaporeGP #AWS #PaidPartnership
October 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Instead, Oscar Piastri claimed the edge proof that at Singapore, precision isn’t just a skill, it’s lap time.
At F1’s strategy crown jewel, even a brush of carbon can flip the order.
#F1 #SingaporeGP #AWS #PaidPartnership
At F1’s strategy crown jewel, even a brush of carbon can flip the order.
#F1 #SingaporeGP #AWS #PaidPartnership
Up to Turn 16, Norris was +0.17s ahead on the delta trace — orange line above white all the way.
Then came the moment: a brush with the wall on exit.
The trace shows exactly what happened:
➡️ –0.133 s lost on impact
➡️ –0.074 s through 17 as the car hesitated on throttle
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Then came the moment: a brush with the wall on exit.
The trace shows exactly what happened:
➡️ –0.133 s lost on impact
➡️ –0.074 s through 17 as the car hesitated on throttle
3/
October 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Up to Turn 16, Norris was +0.17s ahead on the delta trace — orange line above white all the way.
Then came the moment: a brush with the wall on exit.
The trace shows exactly what happened:
➡️ –0.133 s lost on impact
➡️ –0.074 s through 17 as the car hesitated on throttle
3/
Then came the moment: a brush with the wall on exit.
The trace shows exactly what happened:
➡️ –0.133 s lost on impact
➡️ –0.074 s through 17 as the car hesitated on throttle
3/
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🇸🇬🏎️ 🌃 Singapore GP | In the McLaren Team Mate Battle One Moment Changed Everything
Lando Norris had never been out-qualified in Singapore until tonight.
Just 0.062 seconds split the McLarens… but the data tells a very different story.
Let’s unpack this AWS F1 Insight
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🇸🇬🏎️ 🌃 Singapore GP | In the McLaren Team Mate Battle One Moment Changed Everything
Lando Norris had never been out-qualified in Singapore until tonight.
Just 0.062 seconds split the McLarens… but the data tells a very different story.
Let’s unpack this AWS F1 Insight
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October 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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🇸🇬🏎️ 🌃 Singapore GP | In the McLaren Team Mate Battle One Moment Changed Everything
Lando Norris had never been out-qualified in Singapore until tonight.
Just 0.062 seconds split the McLarens… but the data tells a very different story.
Let’s unpack this AWS F1 Insight
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🇸🇬🏎️ 🌃 Singapore GP | In the McLaren Team Mate Battle One Moment Changed Everything
Lando Norris had never been out-qualified in Singapore until tonight.
Just 0.062 seconds split the McLarens… but the data tells a very different story.
Let’s unpack this AWS F1 Insight
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🌙 Heat, humidity, and tyres on the edge: inside Pirelli’s Singapore challenge.
Read more here 👉 press.pirelli.com/managing-the... #F1 #SingaporeGP
🌙 Heat, humidity, and tyres on the edge: inside Pirelli’s Singapore challenge.
Read more here 👉 press.pirelli.com/managing-the... #F1 #SingaporeGP
September 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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🌙 Heat, humidity, and tyres on the edge: inside Pirelli’s Singapore challenge.
Read more here 👉 press.pirelli.com/managing-the... #F1 #SingaporeGP
🌙 Heat, humidity, and tyres on the edge: inside Pirelli’s Singapore challenge.
Read more here 👉 press.pirelli.com/managing-the... #F1 #SingaporeGP
📖 The takeaway
In the most stop-start quali ever seen 🚩🚩🚩 it wasn’t the grippier tyre or the tidier middle sector that won out, it was the straight-line efficiency. Red Bull protected the exits, exploited their low-drag trim, and Verstappen delivered when it mattered most.
#F1 #AzerbaijanGP
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In the most stop-start quali ever seen 🚩🚩🚩 it wasn’t the grippier tyre or the tidier middle sector that won out, it was the straight-line efficiency. Red Bull protected the exits, exploited their low-drag trim, and Verstappen delivered when it mattered most.
#F1 #AzerbaijanGP
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September 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
📖 The takeaway
In the most stop-start quali ever seen 🚩🚩🚩 it wasn’t the grippier tyre or the tidier middle sector that won out, it was the straight-line efficiency. Red Bull protected the exits, exploited their low-drag trim, and Verstappen delivered when it mattered most.
#F1 #AzerbaijanGP
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In the most stop-start quali ever seen 🚩🚩🚩 it wasn’t the grippier tyre or the tidier middle sector that won out, it was the straight-line efficiency. Red Bull protected the exits, exploited their low-drag trim, and Verstappen delivered when it mattered most.
#F1 #AzerbaijanGP
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🟦 Main Straight: Verstappen untouchable
With a 7 km/h top-speed advantage, Max gained ~0.3s on the run from T16 to the line. That swing alone turned the lap his way, despite Sainz’s cleaner exit.
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With a 7 km/h top-speed advantage, Max gained ~0.3s on the run from T16 to the line. That swing alone turned the lap his way, despite Sainz’s cleaner exit.
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September 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🟦 Main Straight: Verstappen untouchable
With a 7 km/h top-speed advantage, Max gained ~0.3s on the run from T16 to the line. That swing alone turned the lap his way, despite Sainz’s cleaner exit.
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With a 7 km/h top-speed advantage, Max gained ~0.3s on the run from T16 to the line. That swing alone turned the lap his way, despite Sainz’s cleaner exit.
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