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# Welcome to the r/formula1 Daily Discussion / Q&A thread.
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Saw an alleged VCARB02 at Honda HQ today
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I posted these renders a few days ago. People didn’t believe me.
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[Lewis Hamilton via IG] I want to celebrate these two beautiful women that have kept me going in life. I’m always in awe of mothers. Selfless, loving, devoting and nurturing. ( contd. )
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are none. Every single race is on that list and he had was impressive in every single one.
An incredible season from Robert. He finished on 136 points while his team mate Petrov finished on 27. Single Handedly gets Renault P5 over Williams and Force India. Beats Michael Schumacher by over 60 points in a lesser car.
He had three podiums in the third best car. He finished in then top 7 in 12 out of 19!races. He finished in the top 6 where he had no right to be in 9 out of 19 races. He also would have probably finished P5 in all the races he didn’t finish. None of those retirements were his fault. Had he not had any of those unlucky DNF’s he would have finished within 100 points of the winner of the championship for goodness sake! For context in 2024 nobody except Lando and Charles finished within 100 points of the championship.
In fact this 2010 season from Kubica has to be one of the most underrated seasons from a driver of all time.
A think it deserves to be appreciated and I want to spread this to newer fans who only remember Kubica from that 2019 season for Williams.
The next year at the start of 2011 pre season testing he was fastest in the Renault. Then a few days later in a tragic twist of fate he was severely injured in a rally accident that he spent the next 8 seasons recovering before his fairytale return with Williams in 2019. This was a disaster as the car was the worst in the field by a giant margin. Kubica also wasn't the same driver he was before and he was outpaced by rookie George Russell in nearly every race. In 2021 he also got a couple of substitute races when Kimi got Covid and he finished P14 and P15.
He left F1 as one of its biggest what ifs and is now 40 racing well in endurance racing.
I really hope some newer fans see this and find a new appreciation for Robert and his masterful 2010 season.
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Last time RedBull used the white livery in the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix we got to see a beautiful wheel to wheel battle between Hamilton and Perez for 4 corners.
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The Race: Does Red Bull's B-team have the quicker 2025 F1 car?
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mark-hughes-is-racing-bulls-quicker-2025-f1-car-red-bull/
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Autosport: "Tsunoda targets Japan podium after "unreal" Red Bull F1 switch"
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/tsunoda-targets-japan-podium-after-unreal-red-bull-f1-switch/10708286/
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Got an ad for Max’s jet
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When Alex Albon’s grandma bumped into Lando Norris at the airport [espnf1 IG]
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Marko exclusive: “We’re not dropping Lawson – we’re saving his future”
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Max was slowest among the top runners on medium tyre. But then on hard tyre he suddenly became faster after lap 30. And Lando's hard tyre stint looks interesting. Was he carrying the brake issue throughout the race?
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[Autosport] The drivers that are closest to receiving a race ban in F1
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Valteri Bottas was back behind the wheel of a F1 car this weekend, but this time in a McLaren [Autosport IG]
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10 years ago today Sebastian Vettel won his first race for Ferrari
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Alleged photo of white RBR for Japan
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Max's Japan Helmet
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[OT] Safety car has crashed before the MotoGP race
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Wasn’t expecting to see these at the Heineken Experience
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Robert Kubica’s 2010 Season
Yesterday on the Daily Discussion thread somebody asked who was the best driver in 2010?
I love looking at questions like that and so I got out a book I have that reviews the 2010 season and took a little look at it and the results and race reports and was myself fully expecting to go with Alonso or Hamilton. However Kubica stood out to me so much that I not only think this was his best season in F1 and that he was the best driver that year, but it is maybe the most underrated season from a driver of all time. I think it deserves to be appreaciated more and spread to newer fans. His 2008 was great too but probably a little overrated. This season is amazing.
It’s insane how consistently good he was. You have to remember that Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren were very far clear of everyone else. Mercedes were fourth fastest and Kubica was in a Renault. Yet he put in so many great performances.
This is his season in full.
Bahrain - Qualifes P9 Behind the Red Bulls, Ferraris, McLarens and Mercedes. Then he’s taken out on lap 1 and drops to last but is one of the only drivers able to overtake in a fairly boring race and beats his team mate to finish P11.
Australia - Has amazing race with no mistakes in the rain. He had a great first part of the race going from 9th to 3rd which became 2nd when Vettel went out. Then he held off Hamilton and the Ferraris for the ENTIRE race.
Malaysia - qualified in 6th and finished 4th. Again in the 5th fastest car.
China - Another great intelligent drive in mixed conditions gets him a very respectable P5 ahead of both Red Bulls.
Spain - qualifies best of the rest behind top 6 and finishes P8
Monaco - Puts in one of the greatest most underrated Quali laps of all time to qualify second. In a Renault. https://youtu.be/qbYMoKxif6I?si=py8cesIs3LvZqMJ_
Please watch it it's outstanding. On the limit, kissing walls, pure magic. Then in the race he finishes third behind the faster Red Bulls. He outqualified and held off both Ferraris and both McLarens.
Turkey - Qualifies P7 finishes P6
Canada -Qualifies P8 finishes P7.
Europe - qualifies P6 finishes P5. On lap 1 he made an incredible double overtake on Webber and Button.
Britain - qualifies P6 and is unlucky his driveshaft fails in the race while he’s running P4. He even got up to P3 at the start.
For context after 10 races he is now on 83 points while his closest comparison his team mate is on 6. Kubica has about 14 Times the amount of points as his team mate. And while his team mate Vitaly Petrov isn’t great he’s not Mazepin or something. Like the following year he gets a podium and he had a respectable junior career.
Germany - Starts best of the rest in P7. Finishes best of the rest in P7. He could not have done any more than he did.
Hungary - Qualifes P8 but is team releases him into the path of another car in the pit lane and they crash. Not Kubica’s fault. Probably would have finished P5 or P6 without the incident.
Belgium - Qualified third! And finishes third! Was P2 for most the race until he made pretty much the only costly mistake of his season and overshot his pit box. Finishing P3 in a race you made your first mistake of the season is not bad at all. This mistake isn’t even that bad compared to what the other drivers in contention to be best of the season did in this race and the next. Alonso crahsed out in Belgium and Hamilton likewise in Monza.
Italy - Starts P9 finishes P8.
Singapore - Starts P8 finishes P7.
Japan - Qualifes P3 ahead of both Ferraris and both McLarens! For comparison Petrov is P13. In fact after that lap Robert was white faced and could not speak. He could not belief what he'd just done. Then at the start Kubica gets into P2! But in his most unlucky moment of the year his wheel comes loose and he has to retire on lap 3.
South Korea - Qualifes P8 and finishes P5 in treacherous conditions.
Brazil - Qualifes P7 finishes P9.
Abu Dhabi - Qualifes P11 but finishes P5! Makes a couple of great overtakes.
I am not excluding races where he did poorly because there
After Tsunoda moved to Red Bull it is now the shortest team on the grid in terms of average drivers height
After Tsunoda and Lawson swapped places Racing Bulls has now lost it spot as the shortest team on the grid in terrms of average driver heightI got the drivers heigh from here: https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/85893/f1-drivers-height/
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How tall the drivers are is based on hoe high they say they are. Therefore the numbers on this list may not be correct.
Another effect of Tsunodas move to Red Bull is that the team has now the biggest difference between their drivers height with Tsunoda beeing 159 cm and Verstappen beeing 181 cm, a differnece of 22 cm
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The Race: What's transforming Piastri into a credible F1 title threat
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/what-transforming-oscar-piastri-into-credible-f1-title-threat/
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"I'm sorry for you, but I'm happy for me!" Thinking about Esteban Ocon celebrating his Chinese GP P5 on the same flight as Charles, Fred, and the Ferrari engineers
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Ask r/Formula1 Anything - Daily Discussion Thread
# Welcome to the r/formula1 Daily Discussion / Q&A thread.
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Are you new to Formula 1? This is the place for you. Ever wondered why it's called a lollipop man? Why the cars don't refuel during pitstops? Or when Mika will be back from his sabbatical? Ask any question you might have here, and the community will answer.
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Red bull has the highest age requirement
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[Autosport] 10 years ago today Max Verstappen broke the record for F1's youngest points scorer, aged just 17 years and 180 days.
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Yuki Tsunoda on working with a psychologist: 'When I'm emotionally down…'
https://www.formule1.nl/nieuws/yuki-tsunoda-over-het-werken-met-psycholoog-als-ik-emotioneel-down-ben/
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Mario Andretti indicates Sergio Perez among Cadillac F1 options
https://www.motorsportweek.com/2025/03/29/mario-andretti-indicates-sergio-perez-among-cadillac-f1-options/
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Bringing back V10 engines “like saying we could run without the Halo” – Alonso
https://www.racefans.net/2025/03/29/bringing-back-v10-engines-like-saying-we-could-run-without-the-halo-alonso/
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# Welcome to the r/formula1 Daily Discussion / Q&A thread.
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Also make sure you check out our guide for new fans, and our FAQ for new fans.
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