[OFFICIAL] 2025 Formula 1 Season

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The majority of the runners stay out, so it's just the TSU/GAS/BEA/BOR quartet who choose to stop. we're still under VSC, presumably for debris, as NOT still leads

 

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We still haven't had any more takers for a VSC stop. we get a replay of the start, with NOR getting on the anchors and locking both wheels. we also get a replay of ANT vs BOR; the Sauber was off-line, and the Mercedes just took the initiative

 

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VSC over, race resumes​

NOR crosses the line to start lap five, with LEC in tow. the two have dropped PIA and VER on the restart

 

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TSU is catching the back of the pack now, after his early stop - he switched from the softs to the hards. BEA had a slow stop and thus is 20s behind TSU, while BOR is also circulating on hards

 

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NOR is already 2s up on LEC now, as he's trying to build a gap. PIA is another 3.5s behind. BEA's in the 1m15s - he's really pushing to catch the pack

 

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So, after that VSC, it's a little bit of a lull - surprisingly few drivers have taken punts on early stops. TSU's just 2.0s behind STR now. BEA is 4-5s faster than the leaders with his clear track - he's just going for it, as the leaders manage tyres

 

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GAS's come to blows! the Alpine driver has lost his left front and limps back to the pitlane. yellows out at the Nouvelle Chicane. has he hit TSU?

 

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Double-waved yellows down at the chicane - VER tried to pounce on PIA on the exit but the McLaren defended. GAS lost the car under braking and went into the back of TSU at the chicane - the Red Bull driver somehow got away scot-free, it seems

 

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Pitlane is closed as GAS is stopped in the middle of the pitlane. given a rule was introduced telling drivers to stop in the event of damage, GAS might be in trouble...

 

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LAW has a bit of a train behind him, comprising of ALB, SAI, HUL, RUS, ANT, COL, Stroll, TSU, and BEA

 

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HUL pits, and takes the hard tyre. he's got plenty of clear track ahead

 

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ALOqueries if HAD followed the yellow flag procedure over the radio. meantime, NOR is 1.2s ahead of LEC, who is 3.8s ahead of PIA, who is 1.5s ahead of VER

 

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"Abrasion on the front left, but it's affecting all the cars we care about," NOR is told

 

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COL pits, and comes out six seconds behind HUL

 

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LAW has been slowing the pace in the midfield, presumably to clear a space for HAD - who pits now. indeed, he does - he's up to eighth.

 

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"What do you want me to do, keep pushing, we stay out, let him go?" Leclerc asks. "Plan B, stay with Norris," LEC is told

NOR is picking up the pace now, and is 2.5s clear of LEC now

 

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The Williams, Mercs, and STR are in no-man's-land here behind LAW. those behind have already pitted and are at the back of the pack

 

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ALO pits, seeking to take advantage of the HAD/LAW gap. HAD gets out on track ahead of ALO, as OCO also pits and rejoins in eighth

 

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HAM is told to push - "this is our race," Ricciardo Adami tells him over the radio

He's going to push and attempt to pit, clearing HAD. STR pits, as BEA completes his final stop

 

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HAM pits, and collects the hard tyre. he'll return to the circuit ahead of HAD and ALO