Formula 1 2025 - United States Grand Prix
Oct. 23rd, 2025 11:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redfiona99The racing at the Grand Prix supports my belief that the US Grand Prix is the best of the US races.
Is it also the only one on a purpose-built track? Yes.
Do I think there's a correlation there? Yes!
The DRS button still kills joy, but hey at least Ferrari came up with a strategy that got one of the cars into the mix to be overtaken by DRS rather than skill.
(Yes, I am bitter)
Leclerc did some excellent defensive driving, and totally deserved driver of the day.
While I understand why the press are focussing on the remarkable gains Verstappen has made in the last couple of races, I'm not sure it's as bad for Piastri as they are painting it. At a circuit that he just did not gel with, he still got 10 points. It's vanishingly unlikely that the rest of the races are going to be that bad for him.
Is it also the only one on a purpose-built track? Yes.
Do I think there's a correlation there? Yes!
The DRS button still kills joy, but hey at least Ferrari came up with a strategy that got one of the cars into the mix to be overtaken by DRS rather than skill.
(Yes, I am bitter)
Leclerc did some excellent defensive driving, and totally deserved driver of the day.
While I understand why the press are focussing on the remarkable gains Verstappen has made in the last couple of races, I'm not sure it's as bad for Piastri as they are painting it. At a circuit that he just did not gel with, he still got 10 points. It's vanishingly unlikely that the rest of the races are going to be that bad for him.
