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8 analyses · 2025

Sainz Inherited Third. Verstappen Took First. The Safety Car Giveth and Taketh Away.

Sainz gained four positions under safety car and finished exactly where luck put him — no higher, no lower.

By Jamie Carver

Oscar Piastri Just Proved McLaren Lost This Race, Not Red Bull Won It

Piastri was absolutely destroying Verstappen in Sector 2 and McLaren still managed to hand him the win.

By Nadia Ferreira

Nico Hülkenberg Didn't Have a Mechanical. He Had a Nightmare.

Hülkenberg retired on lap 7 while running P2. His teammate finished 13th. This wasn't a DNF — it was a catastrophe.

By Nadia Ferreira

The Lap Antonelli Knew He'd Lost Pole

Antonelli's best lap was still three-tenths slower than Piastri's in the final sector — the fight was over before he even knew it.

By Rosa Villanueva

Lance Stroll's Qatar Qualifying Was Career-Ending Stuff

Stroll was 0.8 seconds slower per lap than Alonso and stopped racing after 10 laps. In qualifying.

By Nadia Ferreira

Russell lost this race in nine corners

Russell was half a second slower through sector two every lap. Same thing, nineteen times.

By Alistair Drum

Gasly Had the Fastest Car in Qatar. Alpine Threw It Away.

Gasly's Alpine was the quickest car on track — then the team pulled him in with two laps to go for no reason.

By Jamie Carver

Lance Stroll's Strategy Gamble Was Dead Before the Pit Lane Exit

Stroll's softs degraded at four times the rate of Alonso's hards — a strategy call that turned a salvage job into a humiliation.

By Nadia Ferreira