F1 Lolcow 2025: The Halfway Point

With Lando Norris taking the win at his home grand prix albeit overshadowed by Nico’s well deserved podium, we are at the halfway point of the 2025 F1 season! McLaren is by far the best constructor on the circuit with Lando and Oscar Piastri looking set for a battle between teammates to decide the Drivers Championship. But that’s not exciting enough to talk about. No, we’re here to discuss who’s become the greatest laughingstock on the grid, the F1 Lolcow! And oh boy, there have been some moments if not prolonged dumpster fires that have taken the spotlight. Get some popcorn as we go over the nominations!

Ferrari: Lewis Hamilton, you might have chosen poorly my man. He and MaranelLOL made an early acquaintance in Australia. We thought that sprint win in China was a sign that it was a blip on the radar. But then MaranelLOL makes its return with a double DQ. It’s been a real struggle for him to get that car to his liking leading to speculation that he’s cooked. All though based on the team radio, the team isn’t exactly doing him favors on the strategy front. With all signs pointing to punting this year to focus on 2026 and the new engine regulations, the Ponies need to figure out just how much change needs to happen and fast. Maybe those rumors about Christian Horner will pick up more steam.

Monoco: There comes a point where you realize something isn’t working and you need to change things. So in an effort to try to restore excitement to F1’s crown jewel…the FIA institutes a mandatory 2 stop gimmick? It didn’t really work. Max stayed out for as long as he could, hoping that Lando and Leclerc would race hard and crash therefore buying him enough time to pit but that never manifested. Not to mention the other shenanigans other drivers and teams pulled to maintain positions. Whether or not they try this again remains to be seen but another snoozer of a race has led to a schedule change for the grand prix, Canada will now slot in on Memorial Day weekend. Maybe that Sunday will have more entertaining racing now?

Red Bull: We thought Checo was cooked which led to the Constructors Championship choke last year. Turns out it was a massive warning sign for what was to come. Gone are the days of that remarkable RB19, and a shell of a past glory that literally only Max can drive is all that remains. Neither Yuki Tsunoda nor Liam Lawson made a difference, and that driver swap was messy enough. Max certainly hasn’t made things easy either, taking multiple penalties costing him and the team points, and then there’s that row with George Russell. The fact that RACING BULLS have looked better as team and have an easier to drive car alone is LOLCow worthy. Chatter over Max possibly going to Mercedes has only increased, and even Christian Horner has had his name linked with Ferrari at a couple of points. And this is with the team getting ready to welcome Ford back into the fold for next engine cycle. Fun times over in Milton Keyes.

LOLPine: And now we get to the granddaddy. The other nominees certainly have good reason for being here but these guys have 99 problems…(that joke went nowhere, kinda like the team if you think about it) and keep coming up with more. Jack Doohan has become the latest victim, replaced after only a few races by Franco Colapinto, whose crashing habits at Williams have followed him to Alpine. Not to mention his race in Great Britain was over before the lights went out (wait didn’t that happen last year to Gasly?). This has reignited rumors of Valtteri Bottas coming in to drive in his seat. Gasly hasn’t had a much better run of it, he joined MaranelLOL in getting DQ’d in China and has had multiple DNF’s. The fact he’s even scored points is frankly remarkable. And then there’s Oliver Oakes. Barely a few months into his first full season as team principal he quits after Miami. We thought he and the oft-maligned Flavio Briatore had come to blows over the driver swap. That was before we found out about William Oakes’s arrest outside Hitech HQ, leading to Oliver running for his life by flying to the UAE. A shakeup at parent company Renault hasn’t helped matters either, with that and the team set to ditch the awful Renault power units in favor or Mercedes next year rumors of a sale haven’t gone away, but somehow LolPine will find a way to continue to be laughed at.

There has certainly been some laughter to be had at these nominees at the halfway point, but who takes the cake? One of these four or was there a moment or person/team that has slipped my mind? Let me hear it if so!

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