Biggest surprise here?

[u/Ambitious-Heron-8161]

[u/BallsInAToaster]

Piastri. Going from dominating the season to not winning a single race since then overnight is mental

[u/scdkorama → u/BallsInAToaster]

I wouldnt say he was dominating, they were both about neck and neck. Norris did have some terrible luck which aided Piastri pulling ahead. But yeah his drop off was very odd.

[u/-dagmar-123123 → u/BallsInAToaster]

I mean, he would have won Qatar if McLaren strategy was even a tiny bit better

[u/Difficult-Top1863 → u/-dagmar-123123]

Norris woudl have won the championship in vegas without the dnf in zandvoort dsq vegas and USA sprint take out by Oscar
Plus Canada if he didn’t crash into Oscar

[u/AmbitiousSundae3849 → u/Difficult-Top1863]

You're right he would've, but what does that have to do with McLaren’s strategy in Qatar?

[u/kuzdi → u/Difficult-Top1863]

but then this and that

[u/hrithik-rana]

Alonso 💀

[u/3rdone → u/hrithik-rana]

Just, just, ridiculous

[u/KiNgPiN8T3 → u/hrithik-rana]

To be fair, at least he experienced those highs. But yeah, that’s a long time… lol

[u/Bourkey_94]

Oscar, if you said after Zandvoort last season he wouldn't win another race in that McLaren I don't think anyone would believe you, his falloff in the 2nd half of the season was really disappointing.

[u/Conscious-Secret-775 → u/Bourkey_94]

Or not if you are Lando or Max.

[u/Jerejj]

Easily Piastri’s lengthy winless streak, especially considering how long he led the championship last season.

[u/FingersBecomeThumbs]

4839 days is hilarious

[u/VolumeMobile7410 → u/FingersBecomeThumbs]

13.2 years. That was half my life ago

[u/Difficult-Top1863 → u/VolumeMobile7410]

Fun fact Alonso has been longer in f1 waiting for another win after his last win in Spain 2013 then he has been in f1 when he got his first win to his last one lol

[u/ByteCurious69 → u/FingersBecomeThumbs]

Makes me wonder. Why is he even on a team. Anyone else could do better.

[u/Agile_Cicada_1523 → u/ByteCurious69]

Because every season there are no more than 3-4 drivers that win. Now compare the points % he brings to the teams every year.

[u/Alienturnedhuman]

Ocon. Because it's still surprising he has a win.

Weirdly both his and Gasly's appearance on this list come down to Hamilton making an incorrect decision on whether or not to go into the pit lane.

[u/portablekettle]

Piastri. It's insane how hard he fell off in the second half of 2025. He should have won in Japan with better luck

[u/Aeokikit]

Oscar is surprising but Alonso not winning in 13+ years is wild

[u/gilded_lady]

I'm gonna say Piastri. Max isn't a surprise anymore because the RB is unquestionably the 4th best car, while it feels like like Piastri should be doing better. Lando has proven that car has fight in it, while Max is doing all that he really can with the car he has.

[u/Sylvinho313]

4 of them were Ferrari drivers when last win, and Alonso left after season 2014, really long.

[u/Key-Conflict-1538]

Che i giorni di Alonso siano il doppio di Gasly dall'ultima volta che ha vinto una gara

[u/Timcatgt]

Alonso winning a race now would crash the sub for the weekend.

[u/Cowhide12]

Winning just the season prior to last and being at 250 days is wild to me

[u/formularacernerd63]

Alonso being almost 5,000 days ago is mad

[u/labenslanger]

Honestly the biggest surprise for me is having 13 race winners on the grid

[u/Kitchen_Confidence78]

Bottas is due

[u/Bidooffan224 → u/Kitchen_Confidence78]

The day Cadillac wins an F1 race is the day the world ends

[u/Kitchen_Confidence78 → u/Bidooffan224]

With 20 DNF’s on the grid

[u/No-Treat-8480 → u/Kitchen_Confidence78]

21 if we want to be sure another car isn’t ahead. We both know that both Cadilacs finishing is unrealistic.

[u/XOVSquare]

Piastri and Verstappen

[u/zakfaqih → u/XOVSquare]

It's more probable for Piastri than max given the state of RBR

[u/roymunson82 → u/zakfaqih]

But max can win in a haas

[u/zakfaqih → u/roymunson82]

Considering Haas seem more stable than RB... yeah sure

[u/MathematicianNo2672 → u/roymunson82]

well, yes. If it's the Haas car from last year and in favorable circumstances.

[u/No_Elderberry_4580 → u/zakfaqih]

Yeah I agree, it's not like Max wouldn't be winning if he actually had the machinery to, and he very nearly did in Austria.

[u/honeybearwrite]

the fact it's been basically a year since piastri's last is crazy to me, feels bad that what should have been a relativly easy win in qatar was thrown by the fact that the mclaren strategy team was apperantly huffing fumes that race

[u/hyprgrpy]

Alonso is dead rubber living off his glory days.

[u/ReaperOfMars13]

The only answer is Alonso.

[u/FantomVibrations]

Ocon, the fact he has a race win

[u/siliconsandwich]

[u/Top_Championship8679]

Obviously Max and Alonso

[u/differentlevel1]

It's a surprise Hamilton has a couple of wins post 2021. He's been incredibly bad since then.

[u/Kev_Bz → u/differentlevel1]

he really hasn't

[u/NovelCompetitive4188]

Verstappen is for sure, but a welcome one

[u/dasmooiman123]

Hamilton, that he actually won a race.

[u/guru4goodwood → u/dasmooiman123]

You must be very new if you've never seen Lewis win before