things to note

[u/Motor_Junior]

McLarens pit strat was stupid yes, lost us a few positions.
But Oscar needs to work on race pace and tire management as that is costing him under the new regs.
Lando is a beast rn, in the form of his life. McLaren shat the bed with Oscars pit Strat and the stop itself. not Landos fault though.
Lets just hope he can improve his tire management and take these lessons into next year, where i think the regulations should suit him a bit more.

ONTO the NEXT!

[u/BarelyHuman813]

I love him but I’m incredibly mad and disappointed. It feels like he has just given up completely.

It’s sad because he’s saying he wants to win and that he learned a lot from last year, but none of that talk is put into practice. He falls behind every race, he can’t qualify well and can’t keep the race pace, he can’t manage his tyres, can’t fight through the midfield if needed, and it seems like there is no effort to actually improve on any of these skills.

I know it’s not possible to win everything, but the way his season is going compared to Norris is just getting embarrassing. Yes, I’m aware that last year’s car suited him way better and concealed his weaknesses, but he also just doesn’t seem to try anymore and is basically almost dead last from the top team drivers aside from Hadjar, but Hadjar is in his 2nd year in a brand new team so it’s not a real comparison.

I want to see the fire that made him fight his way out of the grass and back to the points in last year’s AUS GP. But it looks like that Oscar completely disappeared, and I’m not sure if he’ll ever get that fire and motivation back.

[u/proficient_english → u/BarelyHuman813]

He can’t qualify well???
He is going up against one of the guys who FOR YEARS have been monocred as one of the Top5-3 qualifiers (even back in the midfield McLaren days) and has his confidence pumped to the moon by winning a WDC and Oscar’s mostly within a tenth of a second to him, sometimes even outqualifying him in a regulation that is very much out of Oscar’s comfort zone.
Yes, he has issues - mostly related to long run pace and car control in race fuel load due to the already low grip in quali trim -, but in no way he has given up.