[bunniastri]

Oscbull this oscbull that….. i get it. but we have to address the elephant in the room called Nikola Tsolov who, if oscbull happens, will be Oscar’s teammate and Red Bull management WILL prioritize their talented junior academy driver Nikola Tsolov over talented non red bull academy driver Oscar Piastri, creating the perfect situation for Oscar to get Mark Webber’d in the exact same way…… do we want that?

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I hope both ferraris explode

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i can't believe i almost didn't go to see nothing but thieves today because i was too depressed....

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everything will be fine 🖤

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i witnessed drag path last night and it reminded me about all those gut wrenching oscar edits that make me want to die every time i see them

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guys im at a festival and if i go on any app on my phone i see photos of oscar and my beautiful perfect boy looks soooooo good and all I want is to stare at the photos and reblog them and I love him so much and i love spa so much and i would love for spa to love oscar as much as he does and i know it sounds like im drunk but im not because i take antibiotics and i cant drink but i really want a cuba libre or a malibu 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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5 days in the hospital, now 5 days at a festival #balance

[ro4d-rge]

the situation got so out of hand they even got the old man denying the rumors instead of saying some bullshit like oscar should brush up his german. peace and love on planet earth i guess

[gattyswriting]

have you seen the new planetf1 article about oscar written by thoms maher? i wouldn't say that what he wrote necessary contains new informations but idk... how trustworthy do you think it is?

Max Verstappen to McLaren? Why the paddock believes a blockbuster deal is close

The rumours refuse to disappear - and the latest information suggests there may be good reason why.

Nah I don’t think it’s untrustworthy exactly, I think it’s very deliberately coming from Max’s camp lol

Like exit clause activating after Hungary is real, and the Monaghan/Lambiase departures are real but “Max to McLaren is imminent, Oscar’s out” reads like Max’s camp using the press to spook Red Bull’s shareholders

look at how McLaren handled Daniel in 2022 for comparison. when they actually wanted him gone they didn’t spend months denying it, they were publicly courting Alex Palou, Zak was openly saying at Monaco that Daniel hadn’t met expectations and throwing around the “mechanisms” line for ending his contract early. they WANTED the chaos because it helped clear the seat. Right now it’s the total opposite—every single denial from McLaren has been immediate and pretty emphatic. they’re straight up calling it hot air

The driver situation inside Woking doesn’t line up either cause last year McLaren dropped Ugo, Stenshorne, Badoer, and Dunne walked because they couldn’t guarantee him funding or a path to F1. Fornaroli’s only reserve because Dunne left, and even he’s got basically no route to a seat with Lando and Oscar locked down long term. They seem pretty committed to their current line up.

Then there’s the $$$ angle. Carlos claimed Max’s contract exempts him from normal sponsor activations, which doesn’t really fit McLaren’s entire business model of drivers doing partner work like it’s a second job. Max literally joked last year McLaren couldn’t afford his asking price ($65m) and if we take a look at estimates for 2026 grid salaries…

Max Verstappen: $76m ($65m salary + $11m bonuses)

Lewis Hamilton: $70.5m ($70m + $0.5m bonuses)

Lando Norris: $57.5m ($18m salary + $39.5m bonuses)

Oscar Piastri: $37.5m ($10m salary + $27.5m bonuses)

Max earns more than Lewis while doing about a tenth of the marketing. I could buy two Oscar Piastris for the price of one Max Verstappen lmao

and if Max signed for McLaren he’d probably expected to participate in their endurance programme too. His current Red Bull deal lets him do whatever he wants outside F1, including driving for a literal competitor like Mercedes-AMG (even if Ford’s silently seething about it). I genuinely cannot see Max agreeing to fly to San Francisco days before the season finale to do an uncomfortable, dead-eyed stage presentation for enterprise B2B software just because Zak signed a new corporate sponsor

Also Max actually likes drinking Red Bull

Mat Coch, PlanetF1’s editor (if Max has Erik van Haren then Oscar has this guy) said this

TL;DR silly season

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Not another article and paddock sources 🫩

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If anybody cares

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wake up to see that yesterday's rumors haven't died out after everyone and their mother found out that will buxton tweet was about indy. in fact now some "jurnalists" decided this is their 10 minutes of fame and brought back the oscar is leaving mclaren narative. man i'm tired 🫩🫩

[piastrihub]

I hope every british driver dnfs fuck everyone and also liam lawson. Kimi too as well

[darkisms]

oscar loves silverstone but it’ll never love him back, not like it did in the junior leagues

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the fact i didn't want to watch the race today 🫩

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why aren't any of those british fuckers suffering?

[bunniastri]

de4th penalty to whoever damaged Oscar’s car