The move was decisive, with Norris reducing Piastri's title lead to three points.
Cโmon, ESPN. It reduced Piastriโs lead by three points. Itโs still a 22 point lead.
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AI slop? Wouldn't surprise me.
Possibly. Or just sloppy editing. I get the feeling ESPN doesnโt actually give a shit about F1 but know they ought to cover it or theyโre leaving money on the table.
Interestingly enough, I actually prefer ESPN's highlight videos on YouTube to the official F1 highlights. They're longer and include a lot more additional context to everything that happened instead of just quick cuts of the passes, incidents, etc.
I didn't see this live, but what the fuck were they thinking to celebrate the WCC without their WDC-leading driver??
Maybe this was FOM stressing them to celebrate at this specific time, but if it was a team decision then they're actively doing bs and you don't want to pull that bs with a driver managed by Mark Webber
Reading up on it a bit more, it seems like Lando also only was there by coincidence. And it indeed was just a FOM thing for show. Weird move by Liberty.
As I understand FOM gave McLaren free reigns to bring whomever they wanted to the podium and I don't see how they couldn't have waited longer (like they did last year) or pay fine to pull Piastri away from his commitments or do ANYTHING to make sure both drivers are on the podium.
There are so many things McLaren could've done to make sure Piastri was celebrating with them on the podium and they seemingly did nothing because Piastri seemed pretty oblivious to the celebrations until he saw them on the screen.
It was poor planning from McLaren to not think ahead of what to do in such a situation. I have heard people suggest that McLaren didn't plan for these celebrations because it would be "bad luck"
Maybe they just assumed both McLarens would be on the podium? Definitely ended up looking unfortunate, especially with all the talk circulating already.
He's literally in the photo popping the champagne.
That photo was taken later, it's not the moment the article refers to. That moment happened while Piastri was doing media pen duties, as per the video clip I linked.