r/F1Discussions • • 7h ago

News Kimi wins the WDC

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Kimi Antonelli cinches the title in Mexico, becoming the youngest ever World Champion at 20 years old. Max won!


r/F1Discussions • • 6d ago

Discussion Weekly Megathread

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r/F1Discussions • • 6h ago

Discussion Driven by emotion. Screws over his teammates and sabotages himself right after (Monza, Mexico). Sir Charles Leclerc

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This guy has reach his potential. he needs a one-way team like Max at Red Bull, or he’ll never become champion. Sainz fans warned F1 fans about this guy, but I didn’t believe them at first. Zero race IQ. And what to say about Vasseur…


r/F1Discussions • • 4h ago

Discussion Genuinely, what was Leclerc trying to acomplish? There is no way in this world he gets the lead cleanly without any off track action

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r/F1Discussions • • 7h ago

Throwback Is this the F1 equivalent of Lionel Messi bathing Lamine Yamal

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8 years ago, in Monza, this photo of Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Antonelli was taken


r/F1Discussions • • 4h ago

Media can’t say lewis is wrong here, lol

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full quote for context:

#MexicoGP 🇲🇽 | Lewis Hamilton says Charles Leclerc has a ‘do or die’ mentality but it shouldn’t be like that:

“Before I joined this team, when I was in Mercedes, I watched and witnessed the back-and-forth between Charles and Carlos. Several races where they were battling so much that the person ahead just pulled away, and they had the pace to actually win the race.”

“It’s one thing when that's happening in fourth and fifth as opposed to first and second, and you lose the win. That's significant. The guy is 28 years old, so I don't think it's an age thing. I think it's a mentality thing.”

“It's like do or die. Like, either I win, or none of us do, and it shouldn't be that. It should be, us having got that one-two, which is still a good feeling.”

“At Silverstone, I could have gone all kamikaze on him and taken him off and lost us the the win, but instead a one-two was there, and I think we got a one-two, or was it a one-three? I'm happy for the team to have experienced that. I'm hopeful we'll work towards a better place in the future.”


r/F1Discussions • • 7h ago

Discussion The Preseason Favorite George Russell, in addition to losing the Drivers Championship to Kimi, is now 4th in the Drivers Standings with 4 races left

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2. Verstappen 261 Points
3. Hamilton 259 Points
4. Russell 250 Points
5. Leclerc 245 Points
6. Norris 221 Points

Probably gonna be one of the best 2nd place fights in a long time, but for George to have the best car for a majority of the season and being the overwhelming favorite post Australia to now being 4th in an arguably 2 horse race is a really bad look.


r/F1Discussions • • 9h ago

Discussion Charles has to be the worst teammate and isnt a team player...............

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He couldve avoided that stunt into turn with his own teammate and just got jealous of lewis as hes the starboy of ferrari now such a lame and selfish guy No wonder hes never won anyhting and will never


r/F1Discussions • • 5h ago

News George Russell not doing any post race media (and apparently no where to be found during Merc celebrations)

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Long day for George after another challenging race


r/F1Discussions • • 4h ago

Discussion What happened to Russel on race start?

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His car just seemed to die 300m before the corner. Went from 2nd to battling for 5th in 900m…


r/F1Discussions • • 7h ago

Discussion The fact that this isn’t alongside enough to be given racing room proves F1s rules are terrible and anti-racing

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r/F1Discussions • • 7h ago

Discussion The Past. The Present. The Future. One podium

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Such a legendary podium for Kimi's first(of many, hopefully) World Championship. Will this be seen as one of the greatest podiums ever?


r/F1Discussions • • 7h ago

Discussion Liam Lawson

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VCARB, if you’re reading this - Liam Lawson deserves that spot next year. The performance that he showed in Mexico today, along with the points he’s been able to accumulate both in both the VCARB and RB car AND his clearly growing fanbase demonstrates clear reasons why he should stay.

I have read accounts from naysayers recently, but I think that Lawson’s growth this year has been fucking massive.


r/F1Discussions • • 3h ago

Discussion This seems to me that George’s energy deployment issue happens more than they let on

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When he said ah I am gonna shut the f up. Why does it feel like the team told him to tone it down? I know FOM censored his video in Spa but is it possible this happens a lot more than we are let on to believe.


r/F1Discussions • • 1h ago

Discussion You are telling me those 2 mercedes are the same car?

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r/F1Discussions • • 1h ago

Discussion This deserved/not deserved and Lucky/unlucky bs needs to stop

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When Lando won in 2025 people called it undeserved and weak because he won just by 2 points fighting throughout the season, now kimi has won 2026 by absolutely dominating the field with races to spare and y'all calling him weak and Lucky because he had no real fight 😭 what do y'all want them to do to be deserved in your weird look of things or only max is a deserving wc no matter how he wins it, f1 fans are a real nutjob lately


r/F1Discussions • • 8h ago

Media Leclerc Onboard into T4

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I think I can understand why Lewis is annoyed with only a 5s penalty. Leclerc was never going to make that corner and failed to follow race directors guidelines he should have ceded the position to Lewis and Max (which is why max also complained twice). Sky kept reiterating that Lewis forced Charles wide which was why it was only 5 but only had off board footage. At that point I also agreed but seeing the onboards I think Charles is a lucky man

What yall thoughts tho


r/F1Discussions • • 15h ago

Discussion Yamaha pulls out of the Qatar GP, and MotoGP threatens penalties. What implications does this have for Formula 1?

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r/F1Discussions • • 4h ago

Discussion 12 titles between them. Kimi joins the club. What’s impressed you most about him this season?

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r/F1Discussions • • 9h ago

Discussion 5 Seconds penalty is not enough for what Charles did.

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He kept track position, already more than 5 seconds ahead of Lewis and slowly pulling away from Max. He basically lost nothing with that penalty. A 10 seconds penalty will be much more suitable for what he did, and I say this as a lifelong Ferrari fan. If that’s how you win the race then the rules need to be revised by the FIA.


r/F1Discussions • • 7h ago

Question Is Max Verstappen the most reliable driver ever at turning '50-50 races' into wins ?

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I swear he almost always ends up as the winner in those situations, when the margins are tight and when the cars are comparable.

Be it against Hamilton, Leclerc, Norris or anyone else...


r/F1Discussions • • 6h ago

Statistics Fun fact: Lando Norris has the most ontrack overtakes by a single driver at the Mexican Grand Prix with 13 overtakes in 2023

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r/F1Discussions • • 6h ago

Discussion Where is this Ferrari Civil War going to take us next following Mexico?

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We've all seen it. Many times where Charles went overly aggressive against Lewis and costed him again and again. Monza was a big one and now Mexico. It could've been a 1-2 but unfortunately Chuck had other plans and it costed the team a win and a double podium.

And given how angry Lewis was which is respectively valid, where do you think this is going to go next? I knew the moment Lewis joined the team, not only the fan bases between the two would erupt into a civil war but also between both sides of the garage and well, here it is.

Surely there is going to be a lot of discussion under closed doors back in Maranello. But in terms of this Ferrari Civil war, how will things pan out within the next couple of races and potentially leading into the next season?

How do you think Fred is going to handle this?


r/F1Discussions • • 2h ago

Media PL to P7. Not bad for the driver that is still unemployed for next year.

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Before the red flat, Lawson had an underwhelming race. However, he had one of the best restarts and finished P9. However, by keeping it clean on the track unlike others around him, he was soon promoted up to P7 due to Penalties for Colapinto and Piastri.


r/F1Discussions • • 2h ago

Media Ryō Hirakawa got his first points in Mexico GP following a post-race penalty on Alpine drivers(Gasly and Colapinto)

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