The Funniest Tweets from the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix

[@ingeschaakxs]

Ferrari: what do you think of 3 stops? Charles: NO Max: GREAT IDEA

[@siriusvittorio2099]

I listened to that radio clip as soon as it came out on the lap by lap and I just lost it 😆

[@mamavswild]

…and that’s why he’s GOAT material

[@hifriend7581]

And they both made the right call! 😭

[@Lanse1984]

Max warming up his tires for a qualy lap at the end with Charles trying to catch him was funny as hell

[@chris-hayes]

fr, it's the 2nd to last lap of the race, charles is 2 seconds behind max, and the camera cuts to max weaving down the back straight like it was some kind of warm up lap.

[@saycero]

I thought it was kinda sad; seeing the total lack of competition at the front sucks for me.

[@illbeV]

​@@sayceroyeah all the new viewership won't be around for much longer with such ridiculous scenes like that week in week out

[@Triggernlfrl]

@@saycero Sad to see best F1 driver at work in one of the best cars....

[@Lanse1984]

​@illbeV this has always been formula 1. Differences are, that Checo in that Redbull is very beatable. Max is not

[@niklas_1lp66]

We need a separate episode for the post race penalty tweets !

[@mattp1tommy]

That chat will be in our driver ratings video on Tuesday! We've already recorded the main podcast for tomorrow :D

[@niklas_1lp66]

@@mattp1tommy great :D

[@emmata98]

yeah, therefore I would wait longer for the funniest tweets

[@didimatjila7463]

​@@mattp1tommymatt don't wear the red bull clothes to jinx them, if any thing , it's making them hungry and win more races and increase their power level , over and beyond 9000

[@InfinityX2]

I am too lazy to make a meme. But I foresee someone making one with a cap america endgame with Ocon’s head. Caption: “Esteban stay within the track limites”. Captain Esteban: “No, I don’t think I will”

[@larsdijk12]

Yea Ferrari strategy was on point. Clearly Max showed a 3 stop was race winning strat😂

[@essameewane6519]

Nah max was taking the piss when he decided to pit for fastest lap 20+ seconds ahead

[@guitarsimon1]

*Rainier Wolfcastle That's The Joke meme*

[@affectedrl5327]

@@essameewane6519 bro missed the joke

[@essameewane6519]

@@affectedrl5327 I know the joke but why did he go for the fastest lap let somebody else go for it

[@Gl-my8fw]

​@@essameewane6519why not take every point you can?

[@FZ030]

It's ridiculous how many penalties where given after the race. 8 Drivers getting penalties, Sainz from p4 to p6, ham to p8 behind Russel, Ocon got so many penalties he technacally still hasnt finished the race. Its ridiculous.

[@zordiark9673]

with more than 1200 cases of Tracklimits.. the Stewards had a whole lot of Work to do. So its no Miracle that they couldnt finish that within Time.

[@Cloxxki]

It's absurd that drivers who earn so much kant keep it within track limit. Like a priest that can't keep it in his pants.

[@FZ030]

​@@zordiark9673Yes, and I get that. I can understand that the FIA couldn't work out all those things during the race, but the fact that the whole track limits debacle could result in the FIA having to go through 1200 possible track limit breaches is ridiculous to me.

[@Umar-gw6fy]

Cars too wide

[@Cloxxki]

@@Umar-gw6fy Nah, if an indoor kart is 1/3 the track width, I can keep it out of the wall. At T9+10 they have like 6 car widths to the apex.

[@Vega_Fei]

This needs a post penalties edition but what a great episode

[@BLADE_RISE]

You posted this right as it came out so you can't have watched the whole thing.

[@brad9959]

@@BLADE_RISEwhy does it matter

[@BLADE_RISE]

@brad9959 I'm just saying it mate it's not a big deal but my point stands and the original comment it kinda stupid, yes it was a good episode but as I said my point stands.

[@WillHughesTV]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@BLADE_RISEhey bro the sky is blue, I’m just saying it mate it’s not a big deal but my point stands

[@4rdF1Hunny]

@@BLADE_RISEI’m with Brad, and I haven’t watched the rest of it either.

[@rosgoncharuk2403]

Aston Martin is now officially a top team - they mastered the art of protests and appeals! Getting Ferrari -4, Merc +0 and +3 themselves is just brilliant! My respect!

[@shu6037]

nah it is called bias. fia will do anything for redbull and aston

[@yazanrajei]

Aston Martin was back to the midfield for the Austrian GP. Ferrari didn’t screw itself so that was interesting and mclaren is moving up.

[@Whatreally123]

​@@shu6037that's a stupid statement. If anything FIA is far more biased towards Mercedes. Definitely not towards AM.

[@shu6037]

@@Whatreally123 in saudi aston didn't serve 5 second penalty properly and due to that they got 10 second. fia removed alonsos 10sec penalty after the race giving him the podium from merc. in australia alonso was tapped at the last lap restarts and lost a lot of places. then fia cancelled that lap progress and gifted them another podium. in canada hulkenberg conveniently got a penalty after qualifying and removed from 2nd position from front of alonso to the back. and now in austria they cherrypick track limits after the race and give aston more points. picture is clear. there is aston bias here. saying there is merc bias is a moronic statement.

[@Whatreally123]

@@shu6037 Saudi the FIA was at fault as clearly highlighted by AM. They weren't consistent and that's why the penalty was overruled and cos of any favouritism. And they cherry picked track limits in Austria? It's been in place for a long time. You come across as a butthurt Lewis fan (might not be). Alonso, Max and many others kept it within the limits. Just that some drivers couldn't keep it within limits and crying about it. There was no cherry picking. So many drivers from different teams were handed penalties. You want to talk cherry picking, then go back to Bahrain 2021. Lewis was going beyond the track for almost 20 laps and when RedBull told Max to do the same, the stewards introduced track limits mid race. That was blatant favouritism. Not like here in Austria where it has been in place for a long time.

[@nettlecider]

To be fair Matt, your jinx training was not in vain since he failed to continue and lead EVERY DAMN LAP 😂

[@mamavswild]

I get that it’s funny, but his constant complaining about Max is getting a little tiring…he can at least show a little appreciation for what he is doing. We are getting a front row seat to F1 history, and this is coming from a Norris fan.

[@nettlecider]

@@mamavswild I feel like he shows in many ways that he appreciates what Max is achieving, but this is entertainment channel first and foremost and relatability matters. If anything I still remember the days when they were complaining about Hamilton dominating .D and we all did as we all do now. So I guess agree to disagree, since I think a lot of people can both appreciate what dominating drivers do but also acknowledge at the same time how much it costs in entertainment value

[@Micfri300]

​@@nettleciderverstappen has completely dominated in whatever condition this season.. Something that Hamilton couldn't do.

[@vaybedumb]

well he didn't lead every lap

[@user-tr1hx7jx4r]

I mean did you watch the gp really ? Cause he didn't lead every single lap

[@bynahelemaal]

Max weaving on the straight to warm up his tires to set fastest lap, with charles 2.5sec behind him… The balls on this guy!! 😂

[@joshn1678]

I love how when Lewis did this stuff, it was all the car, but with Max it's the driver. I think it's because of all the racism that pours out of this sports pores.

[@bynahelemaal]

@YoChillMyGuy and that is relevant how? has absolutely nothing to do with a verstappen having the balls to risk an overtake by Leclerc just to get that fastest lap

[@rovado22]

@@joshn1678 You're absolutely right, no one seems to notice that the Red Bull is a rocket ship.

[@bynahelemaal]

@@joshn1678 lewis never did this kind of stuff, as in box to set fl in the last lap, and then casually warm up the tires, as if the opponent isn’t almost in drs range… this has nothing to with verstappen > car or hamilton

[@Saiko-Johnny]

​@@joshn1678When you run out of good arguments, you can always still draw the race card...

[@pacmanly]

According to Alex the drivers weren't getting warned about going over track limits until literally 15 laps later, making it impossible to correct their behavior when it only took 5 laps of going over to get a penalty.

[@florisbackx1744]

They policed and deleted times all weekend including the P1 session, you gotta learn sometimes.

[@LucasMueller04189]

@@florisbackx1744 The drivers know the white lines are the limits. Anyone out of the 100,000 that have driven on Austria on the F1 games know the track limits, I know the drivers do. They just wanted to be faster but it didn't work in the end

[@jeroenursem]

Hulkenberg was getting a black and white flag in lap 21, where he was out of the race in lap 14, that was something

[@yourDecisi0n]

Haas was cutting corners, I guess

[@mrragge7986]

11:51 * someone leads a race other than verstappen * “And it was my boy, leclerc” *points to redbull shirt*

[@osiris7800]

Max really is on another level right now, it's pretty impressive.

[@Lanse1984]

Checo is very beatable in the same car. Max, entirely different animal

[@iliketoast-q9b]

The car is tailored to him and he is the golden boy at RB, wouldn't expect anything less. If he'd be in the ferrari or merc he'd be where leclerc or ham are right now.

[@FXCartel]

​@@iliketoast-q9bno shit red bull knew what needed to be done to beat mercedes and them and honda have came out with an unbeatable package. Adrian Newey is a genius with his design it's the ultimate combination of great team work like in the ferrari and mercedes hey days just sit back and enjoy the ride

[@JDYTC]

⁠@@iliketoast-q9b Of course the car is tailored to him, but less than you think. Hamilton’s car was tailored to him too, even already at McLaren. Hamilton would have had zero titles if not driven for the Greatest F1 Team Of All Time.

[@ddha0000]

the car is, ita impossible to judge Max until he has a top teammate, which his dad will never allow RB to do.

[@jdbb3gotskills]

Your jinx is working so well that Max is able to make a pit stop to take the fastest lap and still have time to spare 😃

[@sheldoniusRex]

He was able to weave on lap 70 to warm up the tires for the attempt (and inevitable success) at fastest lap on lap 71. Charles was impotent to do any damn thing about it from only 3 seconds behind.

[@geniferteal4178]

And they let him! It was Extra special. that they let him take it away from Perez.

[@timvansurksum]

​@geniferteal4178 I mean last weekend or before that Christian was basicly saying that max and his engineer are basicly a married couple the engineer was basicly begging your getting it anyways don't take this risk😂 and he still did i don't even think its to have the point to be honoust he is just that pure a racer that he wants to try if he can I love it

[@geniferteal4178]

@@timvansurksum Yes that too he wanted to point regardless but it was extra special because he took it away from Sergio.

[@Cloxxki]

@@sheldoniusRex Imagine being LEC racing your heart out and Max just comes out of the pits and starts casually massage his tyres until they are just right to be finished with a cherry on top...and then he deploys his battery...

[@shaunlevin5081]

Congratulations Ocon on breaking a record for the most penalties in a race and getting 30 seconds of penalties!

[@Robalexe]

35 if we include the penalty during the race for an unsafe release

[@saigaikwad415]

11:10 My Instant reaction after I heard that on the radio was "NO", I physically yelled it out, and hearing him say the same in a very monotonous voice was both hilarious and relieving, thank god he didn't listen to them.

[@rachelkoiks]

Even I forgot about the Track Limit Penalty Party that happens every time in Austria, but the *denial* from the drivers (esp. in quali) was absolutely shocking

[@phoebesmith8154]

The stewards kept that party going till like 30 mins ago lol

[@soundscape26]

This year it was totally overkill.

[@DenDave_]

​@@soundscape26isnt staying within the lines the most simple rule of racing? Its not like the track changed since last year. I get that there is an issue with the lay-out as it is, but be that as it may, if the drivers can keep it within the lines they should slow down.

[@soundscape26]

@@DenDave_ I think they increased the policing on those 2 corners this year. And yes, I would say it's an easy rule if not for the 1000+ infractions we had yesterday. Turn 4 was also infringed a lot but for some reason they didn't bother with that one.

[@DenDave_]

@@soundscape26 Yea the amount of incidents was totally ridicilous, clearly something needs to be changed. But that isnt as easy as it sounds as there are other parties involved who do not want a gravel track for example. This isnt the first time that there was an issue with a track, and it wont be the last time either. The FIA can't well say ''alright then guys, you can go beyond track limits here'', that will set a dangerous precedent. They literally and figuratively have to draw the line somewhere, and its up to the drivers and teams to roll with the punches

[@guitarsimon1]

It was so funny hearing Anthony Davidson getting more and more annoyed at Checo continually going through the DRS detection zone first.

[@xoluciaxo_3721]

Norris’ race engineer asking Norris to tell them every time Hamilton went over the line was hilarious😂 “I mean, he’s going over the line every lap everywhere. I’m not going to talk the whole time”

[@mavadelo]

12:20 I celebrate Verstappen as I celebrated Hamilton, and Vettel before, and Schumacher, Senna. How about celebrating a great and exceptional athlete that has his moments of glory just as others were permitted to have their moments of glory.

[@barryomahony4983]

I wonder if that radio exchange between Toto and Hamilton is a sign of how the contract negotiations are going.

[@cidiracing7481]

When I heard Ferrari suggesting 3 stops what came to my mind was: "Welcome back Ferrari"

[@sniper6031]

the winning car used a 3 stop strategy

[@cidiracing7481]

@sniper6031 Because it's a RB and it doesn't matter in 2023 what strategy they go with. :D

[@DenDave_]

​@@sniper6031One of those stops was out of pure luxury to get the fastest lap, and one the team even didnt want to do, thats entirely different from making a 3-stop your strategy

[@danielreda7648]

After the race FIA:YOU GET A PENALTY YOU GET A PENALTY EVERYONE GETS A PENALTY OCON :THANK GOD I DIDN'T GET ONE FIA: OHHHHHH YOU GET 6 PENALTIES BOZO 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Robalexe]

He got one during the race too

[@bp6716]

Gotham chess vibes

[@jamesmaskell3743]

@@bp6716 didn't expect to see a fellow Levy supporter in an F1 chat.

[@bp6716]

@@jamesmaskell3743 neither did I, but holy hell, google en passant

[@hifriend7581]

I’m glad the orange army cheered loud for Leclerc. Thank you lestappen fans 😭 Edit: omg look they’re already fighting in there 💀

[@annaseifried6196]

of course!

[@mohammadnashitsiddiqui2168]

There's always love for Charles from Max fans.. some Charles fans tho, still bring up dumb arguments, like Charles would beat Max in the same car, unnecessary & just plain wrong

[@tomasshaw724]

@@mohammadnashitsiddiqui2168If the two were in identical cars apart from balance then I believe that their fights would be too close to call.

[@essameewane6519]

@@tomasshaw724if their teammates it will be good for the sport

[@HAbarneyWK]

​​​@YoChillMyGuy so you're just copying this comment everywhere? Bandwagon Verstappen haters are truly disgusting.

[@rongiefaustino8867]

Tommy’s prediction of someone not named Verstappen leading the race was spot on

[@BasicBodThor]

Verstappen definitely has that "and I took it personal" bone in his body haha

[@Kristianhoejland]

In qualifying all the drivers complained about not being able to see the lines - but during the race they could suddenly see the lines perfectly when snitching on other drivers 😂 Love to see it!

[@seanpellegrino2989]

I think the drivers are referring to the winglets on the front tires blocking their view of the line when they are viewing it from inside their own car. From behind they have nothing obstructing their view of the lines when others cross it.

[@RoeShamBoe]

you don't understand simple math

[@tachy635]

So you're able to see your own butthole??

[@MrBashem]

@@seanpellegrino2989 I surely don't line up my car based on the lines beside my car when driving. I look at the lines ahead of it. They all know where the line is. They are just trying to push it far as they can.

[@seanpellegrino2989]

@MrBashem it's sort of a weird comparison for you to mention your own road car and how you drive in order to back up your belief about how F1 drivers operate their cars. They honestly do have a blind area over the tires thanks to the winglets, and while they don't look over them directly, they pick up cues from their peripheral vision to judge where to steer the car. Those lines would appear in their peripheral vision more easily if the winglets weren't there.

[@yahyasiddique2605]

Bruhhh, you can't deny that without Carlos holding up Checo, Charles would be 3rd or lower. Carlos played a team game. I feel like we should give Carlos more credit. He can genuinely show more overall race pace than Charles without binning it into the wall. Charles has great single lap pace but he can't keep it up over a longer race distance as easily as Carlos can keep consistent pace.

[@LucasMueller18]

not at all haha. When Checo had clear air Charles was literally pulling away by half a second. I appreciate Carlos and a great battle but it did literally nothing for Leclerc it was a 13 second gap and Perez had 8 laps to change it and was still slower then Leclerc. Also if Charles is only good over one lap, how did he get P2 and Carlos P6? Carlos was faster today but incosistent and track limit mistakes are a burden he needs to be responsible over. Charles wasn't faster today but 1000% better.

[@wallymcguire2033]

@@LucasMueller18 ​Carlos was right behind Charles, putting pressure on him, until the double stack pit stop. When he came out from the pit on that stop, he was suddenly down to P6. That had nothing to do with his driving.

[@LucasMueller18]

@@wallymcguire2033 no he wasn’t after the double stop he was in third

[@LucasMueller18]

@@wallymcguire2033 please watch the races and remember he was in third but was passed by Perez and made so many mistakes like a lot. If this was Leclerc or max you wouldn’t be so nice they would be scolded for these penalties but not Sainz since he was closer to his teammate. Ridiculous

[@wallymcguire2033]

@@LucasMueller18 You don’t even know what you are talking about. Lap 13 Sainz was .338 behind Leclerc. Lap 14 he asked to have a shot at Verstappen because he had better pace than Charles but was denied. Leclerc was 1 second per lap slower than Max at this point. Then the VSC came out and Ferrari decided to do a double-stack pitstop. Sainz was right on the tail of Leclerc but had to slow down and make a 2 second gap for the pit stop. Both cars had slow pit stops, Leclerc was 4.4 seconds, Sainz was 4.5 seconds. When Carlos rejoined the race, he was now in P6 with Perez, Hamilton, and Norris now between him and Leclerc. So he went from asking the team to change positions to having his race destroyed. Then he went on to be the ultimate team player later in the race with his battle with perez that held him up long enough to keep him from challenging Charles for P2. Charles has that P2 because of Carlos and Carlos could just as easily have been there. So don’t tell me I don’t know what’s happening. Go rewatch the race yourself and get your facts straight.

[@PatQuakernaat]

Relishing Max's success, we are witnessing history in the making

[@mamavswild]

And I wish Matt wasn’t so negative about it. ‘It was a great race except for first place’ ‘Is this how far we’ve fallen as a sport?’ Seriously, his whinging is getting old and it’s near constant. It’s not even funny anymore.

[@brandondolan4009]

​@mamavswild Well that's the sort of crap people use to say everyone Hamilton won though....

[@PatQuakernaat]

@@brandondolan4009 True, but its a bit ironic though that Lewis, off all people, is complaining about it! Anyway, F1/FIA arent helping themselves really. Shot themselves massively in the foot with the change of regulations because of purpoising. Till that point there were multiple teams competing for the win. After the Mercedes outcry, and rule change, RBR has won nearly every race. There absolutely no garantuee it'll be better if another rule was implemented. I would just keep it as is and let it all settle for a longer period.

[@kirsa9911]

@@brandondolan4009 Not Matt though

[@SevenPilot]

Ocon really said, “you liked what I did in Bahrain? Double it”

[@Redd1ck45]

Verstappen after Perez got fastest lap "YOU TOOK EVERYTHING AWAY FROM ME NIW IM GOING TO TAKE EVERYTHING FROM YOU"

[@Endless-River]

The intimidating thing from Carlos reminded me of Albon's "they race me so hard" thing.

[@sebastianalhares]

To be fair, Carlos can’t really speak English, so who knows what he meant.

[@Robalexe]

@@sebastianalhares Every driver on the grid can speak English at least quite well. Yeah he's not a native speaker, but he knows what he's saying

[@purpledahlia1969]

@@sebastianalhares What do you mean? Carlos is fluent in English. He just has strong accent and uses some stock Spanish phrases such as "stop inventing", which mean slightly different things in English.

[@Endless-River]

@@sebastianalhares True, I did think about that but eh figured i'd say something anyways. He probably meant something different but in the heat of the moment anything can come out lol.

[@vickyshaw2820]

When Ferrari proposed 3 stops I nearly had a heart attack

[@vlbz]

A lot of drivers were really complaining about how it's 'impossible' to keep it between the lines, yet when there is a concrete barrier, somehow they all manage just fine :))

[@morro1501]

Yet everyone targeted Hamilton for complaining about track limits and calling him a whiner we know he can be like that sometimes but other people that race complained aswell

[@samuelsiltala119]

The winglets on top of the tires obstructs the view for the drivers and the white lines are below them, so they cannot see them that well. Monaco walls however are at the driver`s level or above, which is why they are easy to see. But anyways it was hilarious to hear so many drivers complaining, I friggin laughed at these memes much more than usual :D

[@theluckyones8]

Even without drs Carlos managed to do some laps faster than Charles, also it would make sense that Ferrari let him thru since he is the one with more points in the driver standings, but ferrari being ferrari didn"t

[@tomasshaw724]

Eh I would say that in the race they were too close for Ferrari to make a call. It was so close between the different stints with one being ever the slightly faster than the other

[@tomasshaw724]

Also Silverstone 2022. Pretty much the same situation but reversed except Leclerc was leaps and bounds faster even with a damaged wing.

[@chillikoala]

I bloody LOVE That Max is smashing it, demonstrating he's in another league. He, Red Bull and Honda deserve all the accolades - we're witnessing an amazing season. Not only that, there's so much good racing throughout the rest of the field. What's not to love about this season!?!?!?

[@jorgejurijiwmut8345]

The Hulkenberg black and white flag situation it's the funniest thing that I have ever watch in an F1 race

[@ThatOneDude7]

Xavi : "What do you think about 3 stops?" What he really meant : "I found the worst strategy, can we please do it ? 🥺"

[@christo6142]

Glad you mentioned Sainz, he never gets enough recognition. His move on Norris was EPIC! The radio stuff wasn't really needed tbh. Ferrari should have let him go early in the race and the pitstop were a nightmare.

[@gameofender4463]

Fair play to George for being the only one not to get a warning 😂.

[@nielsleenknegt5839]

What do you mean? A lot of drivers got a black and white flag (last warning; next one you get slapped by 5s)

[@bargavr]

And Fernando Alonso also I think. In the race

[@gameofender4463]

@@nielsleenknegt5839Except George.

[@gameofender4463]

@@bargavrthat’s true, Alonso and Russell are the only consistent ones 😂

[@phoebesmith8154]

Max didn’t get a black and white flag.

[@MartindeRoo]

I think this year the track limits was a real problem due to the sprint race format not allowing enough practice to get the cars up to a level where they can keep them between the lines.

[@xoluciaxo_3721]

No way Carlos WASN’T quicker than Leclerc this weekend😂 Sainz literally handed him that podium on a silver platter. I don’t think Leclerc even overtook someone yesterday, he just got surprisingly lucky with the strategy

[@wonder-pdl]

Love funniest tweets, but I miss the Twitter constructor’s championship from last year so I’d love to see that be brought back next year maybe? Idk just an idea. Another amazing video as always, keep up the amazing work!!!

[@levifig]

“The stewards very strongly recommend that a solution be found to the track limits issue at this circuit” 😂😂

[@husamjob9543]

The last one and the one from toto got me so bad 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Love it bro ! Keep doing all the support 🎉❤

[@stevenmcewan6426]

What a race. Penalties for everyone. Even you Matt!

[@EmersonTelevision]

This is just the Chrystal Horner show at this point. Just hire them already.

[@willhighfield6773]

You said it perfectly Matt with "drive how you like" regarding Lewis, but it applies to all drivers. People saying it was ridiculous need to remember the drivers only do it because there's more lap time on running wide, they *can* keep it between the white lines, fhey just don't want to. If you dont enforce the rules then it will get worse and worse.

[@joshn1678]

Albon explained it, he said it's gusty as hell there and the cars cause a lot of buffeting, so he said it takes nothing to go over the line. It's clearly not the drivers, it's the track being stupid and the stewards being amateur morons.

[@samuelsiltala119]

There are two issues. The kerbs themselves, which give a lot of grip, which is why we are in this mess in the first place as you said. The other issue is the poor side-low angle visibility in these cars, so it is easy to go past the track limits by a small margin and not notice it. I am sure if drivers actually on purpose went past the track limits, they would breach them by a larger margin. But yes, if it was not worth it to on these kerbs, drivers would not do it. Honestly I think they should just somehow make the kerbs worse and have much less grip or something.. Removing the kerbs in the last 2 corners and white lines could work and instead add gravel as a natural track limit, kinda like Willow Springs Big Willow does, but then the issue is, if it is safe for the motorbikes racing here, perhaps not.

[@MWPompert]

I think by the end of the season the pixels on my tv will have burnt in ‘1 VER’ in the top left corner.

[@rememberthefuture944]

can't believe Checo flashed a switchblade when he passed Sainz

[@CarimboHanky]

max pitting at the end of the race for fastest lap it was ballsy, one fail during the wheel change at it was over!

[@Husmanmusic]

This was an amazing race though! Overtakes, different strategies and great racing

[@wabash9000]

The only way a 3 stop would work is if you were very sure that the soft tires were 2 seconds a lap faster than the hard.

[@E.Bashmak]

But Lando wasn't complaining about Hamilton track limits, he was asked by the engineer and just answered.

[@eslixgaming756]

With all these 16/17mins funniest tweets videos I am happy Matt and Tommy left WTF1. These videos are much more enjoyable and you can see how much joy they put in making these videos!

[@jamesmaskell3743]

That Toto response caught me by surprise but Hamilton really was whining. And absolutely Verstappen was wanting everything by the end, just because he could.

[@shonkio377]

mate the amount of times that crofty and that said "is that ocon" for gasly or the opposite for ocon was unreal

[@fodiographer]

at 10:12 .. it was never a 1 stop Matt because Leclerc went from Medium to Medium so it was always going to be at least 2 stop because Charles still had to go to the hard tyre.

[@lukewood2662]

Sainz with the rebranded "they race me so hard"

[@karthikrao4506]

Max making fun of articles written after Canadian GP 😂

[@Ashaman0gbg]

So.. While the tracklimits thing clearly is a meme, I kinda think they deserve it. as long as there are people performing 'well' and staying within limits there's no excuse. But good god... Ocon, what did you do... And then ofcourse Sainz: just let the man through, if he does well, fine. otherwise, just tell him to give it back. It cant hurt to atleast try, if infact he was being held back to that extent. Instead leaving him behind and crushing his confidence and trust in the team... poor management.

[@000BlackSoul000AMVs]

there were drivers without penalties and clear tracklimit rules are important. we will probably see the drivers adjust their driving next year - and the penalty mass will be gone. great driving by all without penalties, they show that racing is possible with this ruleset and I love it :)

[@joshn1678]

Could you pucker up your lips a bit more? I think Max's ass still needs some more kissing.

[@katy4523]

By far, my favorite one was Zhou saying he was P2 because he didn't get a penalty for track limits 😂😂😂 not exactly a meme but an A+++ tweet

[@rdk7010]

Hamilton probably thought he could get away with it like in Bahrein 2021 😂

[@RainbowColouredNight]

Underrated comment 😂

[@joshn1678]

You forgot to change your profile Pic.

[@jordanb9363]

U mean like AD2021?

[@rdk7010]

@@jordanb9363 Yep, in Abu Dhabi he also got away with breaking the rules, as always.

[@jordanb9363]

@@rdk7010 Right, can't fix stupid

[@abel6846]

Race Control: track limits! Yuki: hold my sake.

[@Zacahorse]

After all the horrid stewarding we've had, even specifically with track limits, I love that the rules are finally clear and consistent and being adhered to. These drivers can stay within the track, they choose not to.

[@niesenjohn]

1200 violations in 71 laps is 17 a lap. What. The. Hell.

[@Annatar5289]

so, i think Sainz and Leclerc were on similar pace. but the main SF debacle today was the double stack with 2 terrible stops... just leave either Sainz or Leclerc out... geez

[@rosgoncharuk2403]

TBH Aston screwed up even worse, especially considering that unlike Ferrari they could get at least Stroll in on previous lap.

[@LucasMueller04189]

@@rosgoncharuk2403 Aston Martin have been doing Ferrari's work. Pitting Alonso in monaco on the softs instead of inters. And giving stroll a three stop? That is crazy how can you do a three stop in Austria? Like that's funny

[@Gosti85]

Austria has been a track limits track before. We saw it last year in qualifying, and also during the race. If I´m not mistaken, last year three drivers got a 5s penalty because of track limit infringement

[@mobuckey]

As a McLaren fan today was such a banger for Lando im over the moon 🧡

[@jakubtomek7829]

Yeah. With regards to Ferrari strategy, I've just flown in to the UK and saw a Palantir ad at Heathrow saying something like "Palantir empowers Ferrari to maek split-second decisions." and couldn't help but think that being Palantir, I would not have been so happy about that ad wording this and last season.

[@3namesjames]

Considering that this is probably a historic season for Max, every point will count.

[@jkrillz6571]

How is that tow truck meme not the tasty tweet? Genius shopping there

[@Celta88]

Matt admitted Sainz was excellent, Tommy gets the point

[@meanvani5639]

As a Verstappen Fan i screamed NOOOOOOOOOO when they suggested 3 Stops to Charles :D

[@formulalatest]

I’m all for enforcing track limits, but not at the extreme of this weekend, it was embarrassing to see so many post race penalties given 😩

[@graemes8187]

I was so terrified between when Xavi said 3 stops and Charles saying no

[@kevikevkev8942]

Charles and Carlos were quite close to be honest . Drs kept Carlos in range but I don't think it would have made much of a difference in overall results. I'm glad he was kept back to give us checo Carlos battle.

[@MetalHeadReacts]

Hamilton embarrassed himself today... when it gets to the point when Toto, of all people, is basically telling him to shut up, stop whining and just drive, you know he's gone too far. I don't think the stewards were being too strict, it's the rules: you keep the car between the white lines, simple as that. They can do it while it's raining, they should be able to do it when it's dry. These people are drivers at the pinnacle of motorsport, they can thread a car going 200mph through a gap that's barely wide enough between two other cars, but they can't keep it on a piece of tarmac 4 times wider than their car?

[@Khan-ts2ji]

According to the new rules, Lewis Hamilton is deserving of a 75 second penalty at Bahrain 2020.

[@Formeou]

You need to do the race rundown!!!! Always end on a banger

[@MrBashem]

Yeah, just need Max to take an extra stop so everyone can catch up lol.

[@Cloxxki]

Get a bit of a sniff in at least. VER is the Ferrari moral officer. Can you smell the victory, lads! I even gave you a few laps to lead!

[@murccc]

Whats the word....irony? Hamilton being the most vocal about people getting track limit violations and then gets a 10s post race penalty. lol

[@Lbeee03]

Carlos should’ve been let through. All I have to say is if the roles were reversed they would’ve sent Leclerc through straight away. Feel bad for Carlos was quicker most of the weekend

[@amarjabbal1909]

Actually, they didn't let Leclerc through immediately at Silverstone in 2022. Eventually, yes, but not immediately. Coming on to this race, one of Carlos' 5 second penalty was a result of him going over the track limits multiple times while keeping within Charles' DRS in that first stint. So, he wasn't really faster than Charles as it seemed. All this while Charles kept it within the limits more than Carlos

[@crow__1769]

They should have definitely swapped them to see if carlos could pull away and if not then just swap them back around, not that hard of a strat for them to do doesnt cost them anything and no crying on radio

[@amarjabbal1909]

@@crow__1769 They are competitive. Fred Vasseur mentioned in his interview that if they swapped them around, Charles would have said the same thing as Carlos. So, it wouldn't have changed anything. He also confirmed that their plan always was to build a gap from P4 and P5. Infighting wouldn't have helped with the plan. So, they stuck to holding positions. Plus, all of us know that neither of them were catching Max in that Redbull regardless of who was in front. So, it would have been a useless excercise. Plus, as i said before, Carlos went off track several times in order to keep pace with Charles and be within his DRS while Charles kept it clean. On top of that, he only got close when they were in the DRS zones. Charles reopened that gap again once the DRS was closed on Carlos' car. Ferrari did a good enough strategy today. The double stack pitstop at the start wasn't good, but strategy was mostly on point. Had Carlos backed off a bit in the first stint and managed his own race and track limits, he would have been on the podium as well. Its easy for me to say this in hindsight. These decisions are always tough for the team

[@tomasshaw724]

Yeah we saw in the race when Sainz was not in drs and were running in free air that they had practically the exact same pace.

[@tomasshaw724]

I would say that Sainz was marginally faster in the first stint while the middle stint they were quite similar while Leclerc was a bit faster in the final stint. Of course it is very tough to call because they drove very different races with Sainz battling more while Leclerc could focus solely on tyre life. I think Sainz was clearly better on Saturday and Leclerc was further ahead on the Friday while the race was so close.

[@IsaacandRowanplayz]

I’m glad they finally decided to do something about the track limits in the race, this was maybe a bit too extreme but they need to stay consistent now.- the stewards did state in the report they recommended track changes

[@LucasMueller18]

It's not Extreme, the drivers are. The drivers are saying they can't control the car that small. But Monaco is way more control and they do just fine. The drivers clearly just want to take turns how they do without having the constant pressure of track limits. The FIA followed the rules they made and I respect this. Every driver that got a penalty deserved it. Especially since Leclerc, Alonso, Verstappen and Russel got no penalties and they didn't complain once they were simply the best :)

[@bartsmith7428]

kinda strange Matt is complaining Max is leading while we had that for 7 years with Lewis, and we didn't hear complains

[@nicholastotoro7721]

That seems to be typical all-around, whether English fans or fans brought along by Netflix.

[@AleCov]

Matt... is possible to do the review the tweets in chronological order as the old times?? I think it was much better

[@damian1725]

They violated Carlos so bad

[@K1dPhresh1]

Sainz DotD today!! He was on fire all weekend.

[@GigaK]

Toto finally grew some balls and told Lewis to shut the hell up and do his job which was beautiful we all applauded. Toto needs to do this more often.

[@sebastianalhares]

He didn’t though, he called the car bad, thus shitting on hundreds of employees, just to appease to the one baby on the team. He should have told him to focus on himself and less on the other drivers.

[@gramathy999]

the DRS in austria needs to be particularly strong because so many of the turns are downforce dependent and following is harder in general otherwise

[@elliotcowell3139]

"should they police track limits that hard?" If leaving the track means gaining time, yes. Absolutely yes. Stay on the bloody track.

[@flakemonsterrr]

but if everybody does it? there wouldn't be an advantage if everyone tried for the best time and there were no track limits.. or am I missing something?

[@krishnavamsi7481]

​@flakemonsterrr it doesn't matter if 1 driver breaks the rule or 20 drivers break the rules. At the end it is breaking the rule

[@elliotcowell3139]

@@flakemonsterrr That is honestly the most ridiculous take I've ever seen. If they went off track like that at monaco the punishment is a dnf and yet this year there was only stroll who dnf'd and it was mechanical so they're obviously capable of keeping it within the lines. If there's no risk of dnf for going off the track then there has to be strict rules or you get dumb situations like in bahrain 2021 where some drivers weren't even bothering with certain corners. It's completely unfair to those who do it properly. What I will say is the penalties were applied too late and should be sorted before the chequered flag but the penalties themselves are completely justified.

[@samuelsiltala119]

@@elliotcowell3139 Personally I think they should do something about the root cause for the track limit breaches, going on the kerbs is too effective. If drivers broke the track limits on purpose, then they would do so by a bigger margin. Also don`t forget the winglets give drivers poor visibility of the white lines below drivers seating position, whereas the walls are at their level or above, which is why they are easy to spot. So you cannot compare walls to white lines. Gravel in last 2 turns could be an option, if it wasn`t for Motogp racing here..

[@elliotcowell3139]

​@@samuelsiltala119 yep thats the thing, F1 isn't the only series. Adding gravel is not only not great for other racing series it's also putting the cost of enforcing the rules on to the circuit owner when this is F1's problem. (I don't think most people realise just how expensive race tracks are) If going on the kerbs is too effective then a harsh penalty seems to me to be the cheapest way to make it instantly much less effective to go wide. I guarantee you come silverstone the drivers will suddenly become extremely respectful of the white lines. It's just like that time they left the red lights on for ages and a bunch of drivers jumped the start, they didn't do it again after that. It's dumb to presume that after circuits do all the work to make their tracks safe enough for F1 that their hard work should be reversed simply because some drivers can't help but break the rules. It's like suggesting that football make the goals wider because some strikers keep missing. ps: gravel isn't that much of an issue for motogp safety as making motorbike racing safe is a whole other problem, the real problem with gravel is that you go wide and get massive damage on the underside of your car, now you may say "so what?? F1 teams are rich as hell" but the thing is these tracks (especially permanent ones like Ostereichring) host amateur races, track days, stuff for tourists etc. Is it really worth asking them to increase the risk of damaging their personal vehicles (I don't need to tell you how expensive owning a track car can be right?) just because Ocon cant keep it between the white lines?

[@bargavr]

It should have been called Track Limits Grand Prix 🤣🤣🤣

[@MajesticDemonLord]

I am once again asking for the Team social Media championship to be re-instated, I need to know if HAAS can retain their title.

[@gameofender4463]

The best tweet i saw was the one showing the old Austrian GP layout. It looks SO MUCH BETTER.

[@bramv.d5184]

Love Matt & Tommy❤

[@anikun]

Lets not gloss over the text at the bottom of that penalty doc, the stewards were definitely fed up with the number of violations that they had to "strongly recommend that a solution be found to the track limits situation at this circuit."

[@sheldoniusRex]

Whoever is the rules lawyer for Aston Martin is an absolute animal, and deserves a legendary pay raise. Edit: I'm starting to believe that the strategists on the Ferrari pit wall are actually insane. No Matt. Ferrari are not closing up the gap. Max Verstappen was able to charge his batteries and weave on lap 70 to warm up the tires for the attempt (and inevitable success) at fastest lap on lap 71. Charles was impotent to do any damn thing about it from only 3 seconds behind.

[@mattp1tommy]

I was joking about Ferrari closing the gap mate 😂😂😂

[@aberamagold7509]

​@mattp1tommy Hey Matt. I thought it was pretty obvious.

[@rosgoncharuk2403]

Aston truly a top team now, scoring points outside the track!

[@illbeV]

r/woooooshhh

[@apexi350z]

5 sec is 5 sec at the end of the race, still looks better on paper, lol! 😂

[@matej6357]

Race disqualification would be a great deterrent. If these are supposedly the 20 best drivers in the world they should be able to keep it within the lines. They know where the lines are they know how to drive the car and keep it in the lines. If they don't want to add gravel on that corner they should consider disqualifying drivers from the race for repeated track limit offenses. Start like usual with a five-second penalty, then a 10-second penalty, and if it continues go to a 30 second penalty and if it still continues kick them out of the race. They will learn super quick to stay in the track limits.

[@jolmerhier]

I love you Matt, but... every time I hear you complain about Max winning everything, I think "Schumi's on the other foot now, mate" (sorry for the pun, couldn't resist)

[@metisa0034]

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