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At the end, Hulkenberg basically said: “Traffic? I don’t care”
*Proceeds to pass 5 cars in a DRS train in 8 laps*

Fatalities recorded: his teammate, one Mercedes, two Williams, and one Red Bull

“Traffic does not exist, it can’t hurt you!”
#F1 #AbuDhabiGP
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
RACE PACE 🏁

2 Stops:
1)Champion NOR quickest
2)LEC +0.11s/lap
3)HAM +0.95
4)HUL +1.05
5)ALB +1.16

1 Stop:
1)VER +0.16s/lap to NOR
2)PIA +0.35
3)RUS +0.95
4)ALO +1.28
5)OCO +1.29

Good recovery by HAM, solid races by ALO and OCO! #F1
December 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Farewell to this car generation: as in ‘21, the final year of a cycle delivered one of the best seasons! 👌

And thanks to all of you for following my work: I hope my analyses made the season more enjoyable! 🤩
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Norris beat his first two rivals (VER, PIA) through a clever drive: we’ll soon know about the third! (Plank wear)

The 3 points PIA handed him in Monza proved decisive: kudos to both and to the team!

Thanks Max for keeping the season alive

Ferrari closed the season on a positive note
#F1
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🔵VER hid pace in FP2 by lifting early→Then took pole
He did 14 laps (far more than anyone else!) on high fuel (Source: Lambiase)→strong race pace? 👀

NOR quickest
[...]
VER +0.318s/lap
SAI +0.338 (SOFTS)
ANT +0.444
PIA +0.471
[...]
LEC +0.711
RUS +0.815
HAM +0.966
ALB +1.083
[...]
TSU +1.526
#F1
December 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I wasn’t wrong 😁 #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
December 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
FP2: 🟠NOR’s higher downforce beat 🔵VER’s top-speed edge!
He braked later and gained at every braking zone (T1, T6, T9), and in the fast corners (T1/T9)

🔵VER lifted before braking into T5, making his lap look slower (did the same at the lap end, dropping 10 km/h vs lap start)
Popcorn ready 🍿#F1
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Reposted by Formula Data Analysis
Laps 11–18 changed everything: McLaren went from looking untouchable to not fast enough to win! ⏳

At the SC restart, ⚫️PIA gained 2.1s/lap on 🔵VER, and the race looked over. For short, though: VER was managing, and improved his pace by 1.4s/lap over the next 7 laps. PIA lost 0.7s

Via JMP #YesJMPcan
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Laps 11–18 changed everything: McLaren went from looking untouchable to not fast enough to win! ⏳

At the SC restart, ⚫️PIA gained 2.1s/lap on 🔵VER, and the race looked over. For short, though: VER was managing, and improved his pace by 1.4s/lap over the next 7 laps. PIA lost 0.7s

Via JMP #YesJMPcan
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
RACE PACE #F1 #QatarGP

In trying not to disappoint any driver, McL disappointed both: not splitting the strategy was shocking, and gifted VER the win!
If VER takes the title, McL’s collapse will be a case study...

PIA was 0.40s/lap quicker than VER: not enough to offset the extra stop
November 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAM’s poor top speed in Sprint Quali pushed him to switch rear-wing spec, costing a pit-lane start
He went from slowest to fastest (despite using DRS for only six laps), yet felt the car was overall even worse!

LEC, stuck in traffic, hit 339km/h
RUS held a 5 km/h edge over PIA (neither used DRS)
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
SPRINT QUALI ANALYSIS 🏁

🟠PIA on pole with an excellent package: fastest in the slowest and fastest corners, plus good top speed

⚫️Mercedes: least drag... but lacked downforce

🟢ALO could stay full throttle for >70% of the lap!

🔵RBR and 🔴Ferrari had no strengths: lowest top speed, bad in corners…
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
With two races to go, Albon's and Williams' top speed record (369km/h, '24 Las Vegas) for this generation of cars will never be beaten!

HAM and BEA ALMOST beat the 2025 record (365km/h by HAM in Monza). HAM was stuck in traffic for so long that he exceeded 360km/h on FIVE laps!
#F1
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Reposted by Formula Data Analysis
McLaren spotted the excessive plank wear far too late!

NOR lifted-and-coasted heavily in the last 4 laps, especially at Turn 10 (Fastest one → worst for wear), losing up to 52km/h! (~1s in one corner alone)
Still, by Lap 46, the damage was already done

PIA didn't lift at all
Via JMP #YesJMPcan #F1
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
McLaren spotted the excessive plank wear far too late!

NOR lifted-and-coasted heavily in the last 4 laps, especially at Turn 10 (Fastest one → worst for wear), losing up to 52km/h! (~1s in one corner alone)
Still, by Lap 46, the damage was already done

PIA didn't lift at all
Via JMP #YesJMPcan #F1
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Throwback to last year, when the slipstream made Gasly's Alpine self-destruct!💥(Not his fault)

⚫️Lap 13 (Reference)
🟣Lap 14 (Failure)

Strong tow from TSU, reaching 361km/h under DRS: the engine reached 12937rpm in 8th gear, then exploded! (Speed dropping, no power afterwards)

Via JMP #YesJMPcan
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I estimated how much each car’s Power/Drag ratio improved with DRS: NOR’s gain was just ONE THIRD of RBR’s and HAM’s!!!

🔵RBR: 19.6% VER vs 19.9% TSU
🔴Ferrari: 11.3% LEC vs 20.1% HAM
🟢Mercedes: RUS 10.2% vs ANT 14.4%
🟠McL: NOR 6.7% vs PIA 17.6%

❌Less effective DRS
❌ERS deployment dropped with DRS
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🔴Ferrari's wing (Monza-spec) is the least loaded among top teams: the front surface will be minimal once DRS opens! Enough downforce to heat the rears?

🟠McL's V-shaped lower plane preserves some downforce
⚫️Mercedes: much deeper lower plane

Ferrari and Sauber might beat ALB’s 369km/h! (Last year)
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🟠McLaren, 🟣Alpine: the only two #F1 teams that got farther from pole as the season went on!

Everyone else closed the gap; ⚪️Haas clawed back over a third of its deficit.

In the 2nd half, 🟡Racing Bulls overtook 🔵Williams, while Alpine went from 7th to last!

Made via JMP #YesJMPcan
November 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The fact that we had different strategies does not change this: compounds weren’t equal at all performance-wise!

🟡 Medium > 🔴 Soft >> ⚪️ Hard

Hards were dropped after poor pace, while Softs ran only as the mandatory second compound: Mediums had better degradation AND pace!
#F1
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“How consistent are #F1 drivers?”
YES 😄

Only 0.5s separates the best (BEA, both Saubers) and worst (LEC, ANT, both Astons) 0–200 km/h times!

Softs launched slightly better than Mediums, while both Astons started on Hards, leading to ‘bad’ starts
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🏁 RACE PACE #BrazilGP #F1

🔵VER quickest on average despite traffic! (‘Aided’ by the puncture-forced extra tyre set)

🟠McL next quickest, followed by 🟢Mercedes - and ⚪️Haas! (Austin upgrades clearly worked)

🔴Ferrari’s pace impossible to gauge after a disastrous weekend
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🚀 With a fresh power unit, Verstappen hit the highest top speed (346 km/h, same as low-drag Sauber) in his stunning charge from pit lane to the podium, despite an early puncture!

Reminiscent of Hamilton’s 2017/2021 Brazil comebacks

🏁 Fastest race pace too, even in traffic; full analysis tomorrow!
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🏁#F1 SPRINT PACE
1)NOR
2)ANT +0.07s/lap
3)RUS +0.24
4)VER +0.35
5)LEC +0.72
6)HAM +0.85
7)ALO +0.90

Highest top speed: 351km/h (BEA)
Best off the line: OCO / Worst: STR

Aero setup info for qualifying/race in the first comment👇
November 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
NOR was just 0.014s behind VER in Sector 1, and quickest in the other 2. VER lost over 4 tenths in S2 alone!

Teams by ideal lap/sector
1)🟠McL/NOR (quick everywhere)
2)🟢Aston/ALO (well-rounded)
3)⚫️Merc (Struggled in S2, good S3)
4)🔵RBR/VER (Fantastic S1, disaster S2)
...
7)🔴Ferrari! Worst in S3
#F1
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM