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![brakeboosted Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1142522889813594117.png) brakeboosted [@brakeboosted](/creator/twitter/brakeboosted) on x 21.5K followers
Created: 2025-07-25 16:19:50 UTC

I feel like I need to reiterate it because I'm being misinterpreted.

Obviously X tenths not a good gap, but we can all agree McLaren and specifically Piastri were the outlier. They far exceed my personal expectations today, and I expect that to be the case for many others. X tenths separating them and Max was a big surprise, even according to the drivers.

Red Bull are typically the pace setters in Spa, and given how well they performed in a dry Silverstone, I expected the same old-same old.

Relative to my expectations, X tenths off a Red Bull was not too bad, but you have the surprise in McLaren that skews the feelings a lot. Positionally, it's right where I expected us to be. I don't think the lap nor the setup today was perfect, I believe there is time to find.


XXXXX engagements

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