2021 Emilia Romagna GP Race Review | WTF1 Podcast

Has George Russell's crash with Valtteri Bottas at Imola hurt his Mercedes chance? Could Lando Norris be next on their radar? Why are cars able to unlap themselves? All this and loads more as we review that incredible Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in the latest WTF1 Podcast.
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00:00 Intro
02:05 Bottas and Russell crash
29:56 Norris's amazing race
39:50 Lando Mercedes future?
45:34 Hamilton vs the rules
01:01:50 Passing behind the safety car
01:06:53 ABCDEF1
01:35:04 Predictions
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[@mixmolex]

Russel is trying to get that Merc seat so bad that he literally placed his Williams on Bottas cockpit

[@aorta538]

They should contract Lando...! -imagine Max & Lando at Mercedes in 2 years from now :D

[@frost5462]

@@aorta538 Nah, Russel is fed more fit for a Merc then Lando is

[@khaleb_T]

Stop! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@OsmanKarca]

This is exactly what I thought when it happened.

[@zooski1516]

Stealing totos joke.

[@aerospaceracecraft8954]

Crofty: Oh, and George Russell going over and seeing if Bottas is ok Russell: *BONK*

[@LeoCharles]

Some articles say he didnt slapped the helmet but the cars Halo. I dont know what to believe now lol I watched the video and it seems that George slapped the car not the helmet

[@Npc14]

@@LeoCharles I've rewatched the video, and it definitely seems he hit Bottas' helmet, as you can see his hand in the cockpit. But I admit it's not that easy to see

[@nakki123]

@@LeoCharles He did hit the helmet.

[@thesamaffliction1572]

@@nakki123 I thought that too but even with the size of the helmet Bottas' head would've jolted. He didn't move at all and carried on turning towards George. SO yeah, I'm still torn until one of the two admit it

[@LeoCharles]

@@thesamaffliction1572 thought the very exact thing about the helmet

[@alexc8880]

Matty: Says George won't apologize for his actions George: comes out with an apology a couple minutes after this is uploaded

[@tomhutchins7495]

Timing is half of looking smart lol

[@goku3521]

It's not an appology, it's like Tommy said, toto's plan.

[@CoopMauKona]

Russell is older than Verstappen, Lando, Leclerc and Stroll all who have out performed him at F1. Stroll (supposed pay driver at Williams) performed better than Russell in a similar crap car.

[@reeve509]

@@CoopMauKona Not defending Russell in this instance but Stroll's 2017 and 18 Williams were a hell of a lot more competitive on their day than Russell's 2019 and 2020 cars

[@CoopMauKona]

@@reeve509 Plus Stroll was 18-19 vs. Russell 21-22. Just saying, Russell doesn't maximize his chances in races. He's gotten 0 points for Williams. Even Kubica got a point. Even his Mercedes drive. Always has something or someone else to blame.

[@Garvm]

Russell saved Botta’s race. Now we are not talking about him being passed by a Williams car

[@alexbody3502]

Big brain comment.

[@sorayapellegrini6212]

he also saved hamilton's race lol

[@bigmini2870]

Well from what I've seen EVERYBODY is saying it's Bottas' fault for being so low down the grid

[@mclark23]

Indeed. Had he not crashed, Bottas would have been passed by a Williams. Much worse

[@sorayapellegrini6212]

@@mclark23 exactly. in a way Russell saved him too lol

[@TomP1Bellingham]

Russell apology hits 5 minutes after this podcast. Incredible timing 😅

[@KimiButNoDrink]

Hi Tommy

[@hah6316]

link*

[@Dat_kiwi22]

yup. Classic. its like they listen.....

[@karansridhar1049]

Katy without glasses!

[@lucwilliams3676]

@@hah6316 it's called, twitter 😱

[@prospekt_1]

When Russel ran over to the Mercedes I really thought he wanted to make sure Bottas was okay. That's what I would have always expected from George

[@Windeltorte]

Same here

[@arjunnair8037]

To be honest, that would've still been his first priority, to check if Bottas was okay. And when he found out he was, he smacked his helmet 😂

[@biscuitcase83]

He did do exactly that then Bottas flipped the bird at him

[@sadikurrahman4833]

@@arjunnair8037 You find someone doing stuff like that after a 220mph funny? Oh wait russell fanboys....

[@biscuitcase83]

@@lostalone9320 He absolutely deserves to have that Mercedes to be honest. I think some of his anger was frustration. He had better pace than a guy in e seat HE knows he should probably be in

[@GamerFlair]

If Christian Horner isn't on the radio complaining for Hamilton to get a penalty its absolutely fine. Truer words have never been spoken.

[@pr-tj5by]

GameFlair, Been saying that for ages....

[@lend7107]

@@pr-tj5by to go

[@lend7107]

@@pr-tj5by to go

[@KentRodgman]

Karen Horner... Actually made me snort laugh

[@pr-tj5by]

@@lend7107??

[@snowcune9342]

I love how they forget to mention that Seb had to start from the pit lane and had a 10 second time pen.

[@GeeTee90]

I'ts just ridiculous that it took race control 45 minutes to figure out what penalty to give him, for something that happend before the race even started...

[@Blkfiredawg69]

​@@GeeTee90 Not only that, the timing of it. If your gonna give the penalty do you have to wait to the exact second Seb is leaving the pits after his stop?

[@LeoCharles]

Poor guy, by the end of the season his License will be suspended lol. Anyway, he will be only remembered by his downhill career and not much his 4 championships. He needs to retire before his legacy is badly tarnish

[@DannySB991]

@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 Quite possibly the stupidest comment I've ever seen relating to an F1 video, congrats.

[@cpgautam172]

@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 i think u r right about seb being washed up, but pretty sure there are a lot of people who care about him still.

[@gianlucatagliati4899]

Proud to be italian when i see drivers and people all around the world that enjoyed my home race🇮🇹😍

[@apophisstr6719]

Love Imola, the Italian flag colored curbs are especially neat, I can't wait to race it in F1 2021!

[@gianlucatagliati4899]

@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 yes❤️

[@contendedracer5861]

Italy has the best tracks, plus Monza never disappoints.

[@NoiseSignal]

@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 Verstappen does not like your comment xD

[@UTUBE3JC]

Thanks !

[@StraightGamesta]

LeClerc didn’t have team radio after the restart. He thought it was a standing start because they hadn’t announced the rolling start until they were out on the formation lap...

[@nicktrains2234]

Norris had an absolute banger. I expect him to stay at mclaren for a good while. Depending on how the 2022 regulations come out he could make it his career

[@boostav]

Norris was tremendously lucky, he was almost 30 seconds behind Leclerc prior to the red flag.

[@sofia_with_an_f]

@@boostav yeah and whoever was at p4 then was like 20 secs behind Lando... It still would've been p3 for Lando, but with Leclerc rather than Hamilton in 2nd. All in all it was UNDENIABLY one heck of a drive.

[@Euclides287]

No top driver stays in the same team forever. From Prost and Senna to Schumacher, Alonso, Hamilton, Vettel and so on.. They all get fed up and move teams eventually.

[@davidorama6690]

Yep. Ricciardo is sounding almost sheepish.

[@boostav]

@@sofia_with_an_f Uhm just no ... Perez was 0.5s behind Norris and Sainz 5s behind when the red flags were shown.

[@hrafnkolbrandr]

He literally allowed Mercedes to score more points on the race by bringing out that red flag.

[@danepaulsen367]

Mercedes Crashgate

[@pranavbadhe5318]

Hahaha true😂

[@thelarry383]

@@danepaulsen367 no

[@TomP1Bellingham]

The great Mercedes master plan

[@obobobobal]

If 'he' is George Russel then your comment is moronic. He literally took out the other Mercedes car...

[@aditya.khapre]

Finally we will see Russell in DTS❤️

[@FormulaJuan75]

Yeah he just wanted to get in DTS, that’s why he crashed.

[@Sparrowash97]

That’s all he did it for 😂

[@adamthomas1222]

They'll probably edit it in a way that bottas is sliding for 5 minutes.... And Russell hits his helmet so hard that bottas was winded

[@resathe6760]

We thought that about Sakhir too ;D

[@TeamSukiyo]

Interesting how you say “he didn’t do anything wrong” about Gasly being screwed over by a wet tyre strategy..... but hold the team mistakes of pitlane start and penalty against Vettel’s race performance.

[@arjunnair8037]

Point to be noted!

[@tylersimmons6524]

After the reset, Pierre and Seb were 14 & 15 on track. By lap 60, they were 8 & 14. Pierre nearly beat Seb's teammate (who had no issues) and was miles up track. Pierre's team cost him a possible top 5. Even with no issues, does Seb score points?

[@akshatbisht7871]

@@tylersimmons6524 well I think pierre has a better car rn than AMR21 and yeah he had a good restart and Seb was never on the top of the car but the fact that AMR21 had gearbox issues for both the cars and it gave a reflection of a fine job done by Stroll considering he almost caught up Riccardo at P6 who imo had a really below par weekend according to his usual standards and he might be feeling it too with that problem and Gasly did a great recovery drive too.

[@v.kut7307]

@@tylersimmons6524 the problem is one, the penalty that screwed them. He lost pace on the new tyres cause he needed to go into the box for an stop and go, so the tyres lost their temperature and Pirelli drytyres are known for not recovering, after losing heat. But of course he was not consistently fast in that race it was very variable

[@tylersimmons6524]

@@v.kut7307 The penalty happened before the red, correct? The race was completely reset and they had an opportunity to put on different tires if they were trashed.

[@ssiipp7848]

So uhh.. Are we just going to ignore that Vettel first started from the ptilane, and then had a 10 sec stop/go penalty. Followed by gearbox problems that caused a retirement. If you are going to rate someone's performance at least consider the variables... Matt, this is mostly directed at you.

[@CraigBickerstaff]

I knew they were going to do that, listening to their critique of Vettel you'd think he had a standard race totally lacking in performance and maybe gotten a slow pitstop or something.

[@dhruvtiwari979]

@peter pan you clearly didn't see him in ethe race

[@prestonphelan9882]

I felt really bad for Bottas...based on his reaction afterwards he seemed really shaken up, it was a hard crash...and then as he’s in that dazed state here comes George yelling at him in the cockpit for a crash that wasn’t his fault.

[@Phantom096]

That’s the same way I saw it. George went Mental. Was he trying to kill Bottas.

[@nakki123]

Good thing that Bottas didnt get out of cockpit before Russell came. It might have been fistfight.

[@SamuelSantos_]

32:05 What people forget is that when Daniel first joined Renault he was initially slower than Nico Hülkenberg, but once he got used to the car after about 5 races he was beating him week in week out. The Lando fangirls are wrong to write off Dany Ric after just 2 races.

[@resathe6760]

I don't think that most Lando fans are writing him off because believe it or not they are mostly also Mclaren fans and as such we want both our drivers to get the best out of the car for the team. If Lando stays on top I won't say I'm mad but I think there aren't many people who don't like Danny Ric and objectively Lando has a lot more time left in F1 than Daniel. But I have to say I'm not sure I still see him winning the championship one day. I would be happy for him but I think the chances aren't really getting higher.

[@nemesis4900]

No one think danny boy no good especially after 2 races if they are there stupid . I am a Lewis fan but danny rick can go to eny team and easily be #1 driver or co-1

[@rrani4061]

@@nemesis4900 well obviously these podcasters are!

[@nemesis4900]

@@rrani4061 say enything for ( attention ) same with f1 media and also netflix 🤣 example look how much they all jump on the bang wagon with Lewis going to ferrari .no way that would happen . There also the resion gasley and albon lost there seat in redbull

[@selder_7]

I always thought Stroll’s engineer Brad hates him, he was SO unenthusiastic about Stroll getting pole at Turkey and I almost wonder now if Stroll’s ‘I want to hear you say it!’ Was a screw you

[@TheLibermania]

He often cares more for the car than for Stroll. And don't forget Bahrain, where he asked laughing "What happened?" when Stroll was on his roof.

[@_qwe_fk_1700]

There are a couple of race engineers who sound bored.

[@johncale1849]

I noticed that Brad is an asshole back when he was Hulk's engineer - believe me what you are seeing now is him being nice because Stroll is the boss. He used to be really nasty to Hulk... He must be a fantastic engineer to still have his job.

[@_qwe_fk_1700]

@@johncale1849 yeah right when Hulk replaced Stroll last year without practice in Germany and still got points he was just like: ok cool bro

[@7BD273]

it must be so demoralizing for the drivers honestly...

[@rcrude8866]

Wooow this is a long one, longest podcast yet right?

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

A lot happened.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Like Matt said: so much to talk about.

[@WTF1official]

Absolutely!

[@rcrude8866]

@@WTF1official Can't wait for the 2 hour podcast on the spanish GP in the future. 😏

[@rk-wy8pu]

I see George Russell continuing the proud legacy of the previous GPDA director Romain "I think Ericsson hit us" Grosjean. 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheLibermania]

@Micro Soft Crashes and crashes

[@TheLibermania]

@Micro Soft There is a huge difference between Grosjean and Russell. Grosjean made points in his car last year.

[@aldoe2975]

@@TheLibermania exactly!!

[@firstnamelastname6853]

Funny thing is Romain just joined Indycar and was at one point racing just behind Ericsson who never hit him lol

[@maxx_2245]

Not to mention that it was his ENGINEER that said that. The fact that that quote is so widely misattributed pisses me off.

[@nathansaxonracing]

Russell is frustrated that he is pushing for points in the 2nd worst car on the grid while Bottas is unable to pass a broken Aston Martin in the best car (ok maybe 2nd best) on the grid.

[@axol1238]

Facts. It would make anyone frustrated in that situation.

[@taufiqisufi6380]

George will be more frustrated in future when he realizes he aint good enough for a top seat!!

[@arjunnair8037]

@@taufiqisufi6380 Lol sure bro! Yeah, I agree he still has to mature a bit, but in terms of talent and the better driver, it's clearly Russel who is better.

[@josephguillerey4391]

As for Leclerc "sleeping" at the restart, apparently his radio didn't work and didn't know it was going to be a rolling restart, he was just making his way to the grid. Knowing that, it's a miracle he didn't lose more positions

[@gamergod9182]

You are right in that there's a reason that Bottas is in that seat. It's because he is aduequate. Passable. He's doing okay. He gets good points and doesn't get in the way of Hamilton. He is a Barrichello, the perfect 2nd driver despite a lot of barking.

[@tomhutchins7495]

Russell was so surprised that he was overtaking a Mercedes that he thought it was broken down, then crashed in shock when it turned out to be moving.

[@selder_7]

If anything Bottas is lucky that Russell did crash into him, if he’d made the pass it would’ve been utterly humiliating

[@nakki123]

I dont think that matters. Toto said that Bottas is too slow atm. I think if Bottas dont improve he might not stay in Merc till the end of season. Constractor championship will be really close this season and Mercedes needs 2 cars in front.

[@davey2487]

I don't think Russell would've reacted that way of he had crashed into anyone else.

[@MegaSturrup]

Right, I believe he knew he had some hardcore fans and played up to that. I genuinely believe he thought it was valterris fault but I don’t think he would have acted that way if he didn’t see it as a way to drum up hate against valterri and get in that seat

[@sultanalhammadi1687]

@@MegaSturrup Yep, and in the end he's just hurted his chances more, I thought he was a bit more mature than this.

[@sadikurrahman4833]

@@sultanalhammadi1687 Verstappen at the moment is more mature than him. Already have a feeling as to how immature Russell would be if he was at merc

[@karningham2849]

Sadikur Rahman Verstaooensn more mature than most of the grid lmao

[@npont3819]

It’s literally Vettel’s second race in a new team and he had to start from the pit lane this race. No wonder he got outperformed 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Come on guys

[@_marcelg]

And had a penalty because of that and the penalty came right after his stop.

[@Sk-gb9um]

lol now when they will look back they are going to understand how foolish their opinions were

[@nhussain922]

Nico Rosberg: Is GPDA's director career over...???? 🔥🔥🔥

[@rottieshepcalibre9156]

😂 finally a funny comment 😅

[@allenqueen]

Not just Rosberg, but literally everyone: Is Russell's Mercedes career over?

[@f1statster457]

I get that Russell could’ve done better but also the fact that Bottas was getting overtaken by a Williams on actual pace means Russell has definitely not hurt his chances

[@elliottgould5114]

Bottas race pace just isn’t there when he has less of a car

[@timwattrus7886]

@@elliottgould5114 yeah not exactly on rails anymore

[@DanA-st2ed]

slip, drs, tyres. Calm down mate

[@BenettonNL]

I think Hamilton is a legendary driver, the greatest of all time even. That guy is just seriously good and it's annoying me that people are so heavily biased against him. Why can't they just acknowledge and appreciate how good he is.

[@aldoe2975]

fuck the haters!!! We dont need their acknoledgement!

[@Boerkreeelis]

Not gonna lie, there are definitely people biased against him, and it's ridiculous that there are those. But it's also difficult to really say it's his performance and not a large portion the car, which makes the 'what a great drive'-comments a bit less valid. I think he's a brilliant driver but it's also not deniable that Mercedes have been the most dominant team in F1 history so far. As a result, it's hard to distinguish between 'he had a great drive' and 'most drivers would have had a great drive with this car'. It's moment like the recovery drive in Imola now that shows how much better he is than Bottas, but then again Bottas is absolutely terrible at the moment. For me, it's things like his rookie season, his qualifying performance, and generally his race craft that makes him the best driver of all time. That doesn't mean that anyone criticizing him is automatically biased, which sometimes seems to be the case. I get that this comparibility-issue is a more common problem in F1 in general, but in previous dominant periods, several teams were the ones knocking on the door (different teams getting wins and poles) and generally dominant teams could not maintain a lead this much (improvement in engineering, more predictability from computer modeling, etc.). All credit to Mercedes for doing so, but it's makes the argument 'Hamilton is just brilliant because he wins' not that great. I personally think he's extremely good but I get annoyed at the argumentation used to call him the best ('he has 7 world titles' is a non-argument for me, to be honest). From my experience, there's plenty of people with similar ideas (there is also hating idiots, unfortunately).

[@nakki123]

Hamilton is great driver. But its impossible to say who is greatest driver of all time. I think its even hard to say who is best driver in F1 this season unless you give same car to every driver. Only thing we know for sure is that Hamilton is way better than Bottas.

[@Boerkreeelis]

@@nakki123 Yeah true, comparing them over time is next to impossible anyway. For me, it's things like his driving style that make me prefer him over Schumi and Senna, because they were both okay with very dangerous actions where Hamilton isn't. And that is a bit more comparable across generations (although also not fully). But good point.

[@nakki123]

@@Boerkreeelis Yeah Hamilton is the dream driver for any team, as he always gets the results but also he always brings the car home.

[@chrislakous5236]

Looking forward to every race this season and every podcast and all the debating that will take place about it!, love the channel, keep up the good work #WTF1

[@haickibaicki]

love the longer podcasts! keep up the good work!

[@vancel35]

I knew Norris wouldn't be soundly beaten by Ricciardo, but I do want him up to speed quickly. I hate seeing him struggle, and I can hear it in his voice that he's not use to being beaten by a teammate. Also I like how McLaren issued the orders "we'd like to see Lando's pace" which says they don't know for sure if he's faster, and it isn't telling Daniel "you're holding Lando up"

[@raahull04]

You're right. I never believed that Lando would be wiped off by Daniel in the first place. But it genuinely hurts me to see Daniel struggle.

[@jjkeywest]

It is only the 2nd race in a long season. I have faith that Danny Ric will get a hold of the mclaren and be back to his usual form. Very happy that Lando is taking some charge right now!

[@vancel35]

@@jjkeywest I definitely have faith in the Honey Badger , I can just hear in his voice that he's not happy.

[@oslia]

I agree with you. It breaks my wheat hear his sad voice when he says he is struggling with the car. Hope he can make the switch and that push him to be on pace next race!

[@jomojonarvaez-grey1193]

Something to note, the stewards report states that Russell didn't touch grass but a painted line that was extra wet

[@trousers2]

Not directed at you, more at matty and brundle, but this was so obvious. It was about midnight local time for me by this stage so I was half asleep and even I could hear the revs spike way before he got to the grass. Then to have to listen to brundle and Matt take about how he spun because he was trying to overtake on the grass? Do they not have eyes?

[@deshshillingford]

@@trousers2 Rear tyres are wider than front so even though it didn't look like he was on the grass from the front its reasonable to assume that the rears were in the grass

[@trousers2]

@@deshshillingford haha you mustn't have a great understanding of F1 cars. The rear tyres are wider yes but the track width is the same between front and rear as per regulations. It's not as simple as 'rear tyres are wider therefore they stick out further'. Just Google top view of any 2021 F1 car: images.app.goo.gl/etnZirztE5gwj9XL8 Also like I said in my comment. Watch the onboard footage again. Revs spike WAY before he gets to the grass. Like it's not even close.

[@pdxholmes]

You're right on about the Hamilton/rules thing. People only seem to care about the rules when they benefit Hamilton in some way. I think for the majority of fans it's mostly just anti-dominance but there is definitely a dark under belly of dislike for Hamilton for some pretty shameful reasons.

[@pr-tj5by]

Matt Holmes, Wether they admit it or not their are MANY BRITISH F1 fans who love all the British F1 drivers except for Hamilton and the answer is simple....People just put Colour before Country and won't admit it!

[@pdxholmes]

@@pr-tj5by I agree my dude, I was just tying to be diplomatic about saying it. Anyone who can't admit there is a racist tinge to some of the Hamilton criticism is not paying attention. I don't think it's a majority of fans, at all, but it's a vocal and virulent subset.

[@trousers2]

@@pr-tj5by "colour before country", well I think we know who the racist one is? 'British people should like Hamilton because he's British' is just as racist as 'people shouldn't like Hamilton because he's dark'. And I don't even have a dog in this fight, I'm Italian...

[@pr-tj5by]

@@trousers2 If you're a British F1 fan who likes every British driver going back decades except for Hamilton then you give me a reasonable explanation, I've supported every British driver since Hunt, my favorite driver was Mansell for years all through his F1 career and now it's Hamilton, many Italians Do have a dog in this fight cos Hamilton has been in the way of at least 17 & 18 Ferrari Constructors titles, you seem very naive

[@trousers2]

@@pr-tj5by I don't think you understand my comment. Let me give you some hypotheticals: Me not supporting Hamilton because we're not the same race is racist. On the flip side of the coin, me supporting giovanazzi because we're both Italian is also racist. Supporting or not supporting somebody based on their 'race', is 'racist'

[@Eva-wd5re]

i loved the length of this!!

[@joshsmith7521]

I feel secretly George is getting very frustrated with not having the Mercedes seat and being stuck in the 2nd slowest car on the grid

[@doctornrsfnly]

No secret mate... It's VERY CLEAR to everyone now...

[@bearplant]

George showed his immaturity by his reaction - and why Toto Wolff has made the right call by giving him more time in the Williams

[@elliotttalksf1825]

Wow a 100 minute podcast. Absolutely love you guys and your content!

[@muhammedmustafaapochee9237]

thanks for the time stamps guys

[@davidf5449]

"Karen" Horner is hilarious 😂🤣😆

[@xboxgamer300]

I've never had a vibe of bias from you over drivers until this video. I found it funny when you started talking about bias when I was only thinking I've never heard them been so bias towards British drivers.

[@joematheson8942]

Great podcast, thanks :)

[@nellikorpi7937]

lovelovelove the long podcasts, gives me something to listen while doing laundry etc

[@gds0574]

Russell has just fully apologised on Instagram, it seems as if he’s realised that he was at more fault than he thought...

[@Tompalino80]

Really?!? Good for him 👍

[@seangregoire9194]

Indeed toto also came out and said he has a lot to learn which means he believes it is his fault

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Good now everyone can move on.

[@biscuitcase83]

He probably said that as he's the junior He wasn't any more at fault than Bottas was It was a bit of a dodgy racing incident

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

@@biscuitcase83 He just was at fault. The only blame Bottas really has soundly at his door is being crap enough to be in that position in the 1st place.

[@allenjackson2846]

Insert Albon saying “Geeeeoooooorrrrrgggeeee!!!!!!!”

[@palmermonsen9098]

Oh Yeah! love the long episodes!

[@codybutler1012]

Now my race weekend is literally complete. I always look forward to this Podcast after lunch on Mondays

[@Clipsofracing]

This was one incident we can’t say he’s undone what he achieved in Sakhir and his entire career.

[@jasonazzi2096]

exactly

[@liambroatch9172]

🙌🏻 amen to that!!

[@davidfernandeztrancon7269]

The George slapping Bottas' helmet was made to look instant, like he went with the idea of slapping him, but in the live TV footage, it takes a while to happen, I'm not condoning it whatsoever but I'm guessing Bottas said something that made George even more upset. Nevertheless, awful to see and I'd love to see more sportsmanship between them and all of the drivers

[@TeamSukiyo]

Compiling different interviews and clips, it seems to be George went over to say something like “are you trying to kill us both” but Bottas couldn’t hear him and flipped him off, so George went *bonk*

[@lagundafire]

Ooooh a long one!! Can’t wait!

[@Blue-yp5mz]

Thanks for the time stamp👍

[@vyctoriapereira9207]

1:32:04 "he said no to mazepin, didn't he?" pleaseeee this made me laugh for a good five minutes, thank you! HAHHAHA

[@xtheamazingax]

The whole incident was really unfortunate. I was quite gutted it happened because I knew George had a chance of points and once again he didn't grab it. I also saw the apology that George posted just a little while ago. I knew he'd see sense. I can't say I blame him for being angry at the time; both drivers tbf... but he knew he didn't act in the best way after the crash. He's not the first driver to make mistakes like that, and he won't be the last. It happens sometimes. Better luck to both of them for the next one.

[@kellbell_f1]

Loving the super long podcast 👌

[@nbr9591]

Loving the impressions throughout this

[@melinar.8700]

More than a normal race in duration I approve!!!

[@bulkiersphinx1344]

Katie brought up a really good point that George might have realised being a nice calm gentleman hasn’t worked in impressing Mercedes so now he’ll show them what he can be like

[@timwattrus7886]

I was shouting fight fight fight after the Russell Bottas incident 🤣

[@slicebreadyt5616]

I love this podcast. Every WTF1 podcast makes me have a laugh. Great job Matt, Tommy and Kattie.

[@IbrahimKhan-mg2nb]

"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." @15:30

[@sultanalhammadi1687]

I clicked the timestamp and got an ad instantly, is that the villianry or is it something to do with the video im dumb.

[@IbrahimKhan-mg2nb]

@@sultanalhammadi1687 hahaha I wondnt know I use adblockers on chrome.

[@aditya.khapre]

Imagine yourself in Russell's shoes.. you are in a sub optimal car, barely surviving in the sport, finally got some opportunity to score points, are committed to overtaking the best car on the grid, at the only part on the track for overtaking, thinking probably won't get this chance again, goes for a move and crashes. If you think you can be calm in that situation, then probably you should race in that car then. I would doubt even Kimi had been in calm that situation.

[@tomhutchins7495]

I'm trying to imagine Kimi in that situation but can't do him justice.

[@nicholashe1198]

A true leader and competitor will keep their form no matter how tough the situation. That’s what separates the great from the legends.

[@aditya.khapre]

@@lostalone9320 exactly. Remember how he cheated in abu dhabi when Nico was going to win the championship? He deliberately drove slow to push Nico further back. It's easy to stay virtuous when you are winning.

[@sairakhan4520]

First view and comment because I was just so excited for this podcast after the crazy race yesterday

[@ziethal]

A 1-hour and 40-minutes long podcast? I'll take it.

[@Tompalino80]

Any given day/week! By all means 😉

[@filippofanin7664]

Indeed, keep them 100minutes long every week

[@seaneysson4435]

Sainz started 11th and finished 5th and in terms of seconds was only 3 seconds off a podium and you guys were debating a C considering Lewis went from 1st on the grid to second with a really costly mistake and gave with an A and were debating a A*… I'm slightly confused to say the least, he had a great start and some fine overtakes on competitive cars also!!! (Sainz 2nd race in a Ferrari, also in the rain...)

[@saiyerugara9038]

Sainz made more mistakes in that race than Hamilton. I would say B+ for Hamilton and B for Sainz.

[@yourDecisi0n]

I think, regarding the Russell and Bottas incident, was pretty much an unlucky situation. They were in the left kink as Bottas moved towards the right, making the car point straight towards the grass. Since Russell has so much overspeed, he cannot properly judge when Bottas will abort his move and due to the slippery surface of the track, Russell could not have really reacted to it, even though Bottas left enough space. It's just the trajectory that carried him out towards the grass or the wet parts. Edit: I also want to leave my opinion about Toto. Sure, Russell wants to be in the Mercedes, but he still has a team he races for. This has, in my mind, nothing to do with Toto nor Mercedes nor showing off or anything. It's just taking as much points from the slower Bottas who happened to be infront of Russell

[@y1521t21b5]

Sensible points raised. I expected more from RUS as it was unjustified of him to blame BOT. I'm glad he has apologised.

[@selder_7]

I really don’t understand how Mick suffered so much with losing that front wing and not being able to pit because his crash shut the pit lane, and he still finished ages ahead of Mazepin

[@GeeTee90]

It was during a safety car all along

[@formulah113]

mazepin sucks.

[@doylerudolph7965]

Mazepin was on wets for ages (until Gasly swapped his off) while Mick changed his early when he pitted under safety car - plus the deficit Mick had at the safety car restart was wiped out entirely after the red flag. And all race, Mazepin was nearly stopping on the side of the track for blue flags; I am absolutely certain that he lost a good 15 seconds minimum to that after the red flag restart alone.

[@YasirKhan-ey6hi]

Every time russle gets into points with Williams he bottles it

[@ianchinsor9248]

Daddy Toto got a grip of Russel and made him to apologise 😅

[@honda6353]

Russel just posted on his Twitter 5 min ago apologizing to Bottas and the Mercedes team, and taking full responsibility.

[@biscuitcase83]

Was probably made to as he's the Junior

[@MaObi007]

Yes, looks like something his PR team wrote after he had a chat with Toto.

[@biscuitcase83]

@@MaObi007 George is a really nice guy...it is actually unusual to see him so angry. So no I dont think so

[@Yourmawsyourda]

It’s just to clean the battle wound as best he can cos he knows he’s dimmed his chances of not getting that seat now next year

[@aldoe2975]

@@biscuitcase83 showed hi true color, what a snake!!

[@joshcaminski]

These Podcasts are an essential viewing for f1 fans

[@jakebrech3147]

completely agree with Tommy. People complaining about the red flag situation yet no one was complaining when gasly won in monza solely due to the luck of the red flag.

[@Boerkreeelis]

I complained, to be honest. Not because I wasn't amazingly happy he won but because people were claiming it was now 'clear he really was a great driver all this time' - he did great to hold off Sainz but he should be able to do that as F1-driver, and he got insanely lucky to get in that position in the first place. Doesn't make him deserve it less but it's something very different that 'he made it happen all on his own'

[@dominicspowart7381]

I do think we are getting out of hand saying Russell has damaged his chances of a Mercedes. 1 incident doesn’t take away all his good work. Plus, are we saying Alonso wouldn’t have reacted like Russell did. Some world class racers are like Hamilton some aren’t.

[@mihaitmf]

Russel is just a muppet

[@marco_grt4460]

31:53 Leclerc was not sleeping, he did not know if he was starting from the grid or launched because the box communications did not arrive due to a technical problem, add the fact that the race direction had not yet announced the starting mode before the formation lap / lap launched, and I don't know if you podcast on Monday morning or just after the gp, so I don't even know if you have all the post-race information

[@wipboy148]

Wow this is a fast upload

[@LeoCharles]

If an Alpha Tauri crashed into a Red Bull, Christian Horner would start making people disappear without hesitation lol Great podcast as always guys!

[@LJTEAM0723]

Marko is that guy, not horner

[@georgythomas8451]

Bottas 10.0 said he was planning to use mind games on his Hamilton, it seems to have affected Russel more😅

[@meethmehta8748]

People so easily forgot how professional Russell has been till now even after all that he has been through. Sunday he was frustrated and had enough, it happens he is human.

[@rrani4061]

So?

[@vrccb]

Interesting and measured discussion. Most enjoyable.

[@creeperjeeper94]

I absolutely loved seeing George show the emotion he was feeling. I’m glad he went for the move. I’m glad he thumped Bottas.

[@not2sharpmd]

I honestly think it's amazing that, in BOTH races so far, we've been like, "Danny Ric has been kind of meh...," and yet, these "meh" performances have given him a P7 and a P6. Just imagine what it's gonna look like when we can finally say, "Wow, Daniel looked fast." I think McLaren have a really good car, and once Daniel gets his feet under him, they will be far and away the 3rd best car.

[@theglitch312]

@@lostalone9320 Forget about regular P3s though, you'll likely only dissapoint yourself. Because on race pace Max and Lewis were about a second clear of Norris. Max was 24s clear of Norris in about as many laps after the red flag. That would've been about 1m if the entire race was uninterrupted. Imagine if Bottas doesn't have an absolutely shit weekend, he can easily slot in that gap. And when Perez gets used to the car (same excuse as Daniel, but he has an even faster car), he'll be up there as well. On pace, in Imola at least, McLaren were even the 4th best car, not the 3rd. Because Leclerc was well clear of Norris as well before the restart kind of fucked him over. So a few P3s, and maybe a single lucky P2 or win is most likely what'll happen.

[@edkav6228]

With bahrain Hamilton track limits, I think most people (at least me and the people I spoke to) were shouting at the inconsistency of the rules. I was fine with lando's lap being deleted as that was the rules and they were consistent (for example yuki got a penalty and people got penalties for overtaking off track, rightly so) but the rule was stupid in Bahrain. Hamilton gained an advantage like many other drivers in the race and they were allowed to but the stewards need to keep it the same and make it clear to all drivers like they have done in imola.

[@michaelx4810]

They did make it clear in the drivers briefing. It’s published online. It’s RBR who missed a beat.... but I agree: why bar it in FP and quali and allow it in the race. But that’s not the point. Inconsistent application of rules should be directed at Masi. There’s a video online showing that HAM wasn’t even the driver who went wide at T4 the most. But all people talk about is that one video of Hamilton doing it.... you must have an objective set of friends, but consensus on the interwebs seems to be that Hamilton cheated somehow.

[@mightyakkylex]

You can say whatever you like about Hamilton but his mental strength is just purely amazing. 1st with going out of the gravel trap and 2nd with just putting that beind him and driving that recovery drive was amazing

[@pitconfirmplz]

I had online school today and during most of the day I ignored school and just enjoyed this Godzilla length podcast

[@Thedizzyrocker]

small point but he didn't "go over to slap bottas on the head". He only did that after bottas gave him the finger 😂

[@CoopMauKona]

He certainly didn't go over there to make sure Bottas was okay, which is the point really.

[@nakki123]

He came to yell to Bottas and that is why Bottas gave him the finger.

[@spencerrollins7582]

Apparently my view of everything is far different from everyone else. To start, I have emphatically defended Toto Wolff. He took a struggling team and indoctrinated them into not just a winning mentality, but a championship mentality. With that being said, Toto Wolff has been honestly extremely manipulative and controlling with regards to Russell and Williams. Let me explain. Toto Wolff has consistently held that Mercedes seat over Russell’s head and literally said “if he drives well then he’ll drive a Mercedes and if he doesn’t then he’ll be in the Clio Cup”. Does nobody see how manipulative that is? I get that it was a joke, but still, it perfectly sums up what Wolff has been doing to Russell since he came out of F2. Then he has the audacity to say that Russell lacks “Global Perception” and that Russell (Williams) should race Mercedes differently despite the fact that Wolff put Russell in that Williams seat which is the worst seat on the grid with the expectation that he’d get a Mercedes seat. Williams is an independent team who has a strong legacy in F1. They just got hundreds of millions of dollars in financing and they’re trying to prove that they can use those funds to get back to the front. They’re fighting hard to get off the back of the grid. Russell had two Alfa’s who is Williams’ direct competitor this year breathing down his neck, he knew that Latifi crashed on the first freaking lap, he knew that this was Williams’ best shot at points this year, and he was trying to get as many points as possible to hold the edge over Alfa. Of course he was going to take that gap. He’s a championship caliber driver who has been in the worst seat on the grid for three years now and never sees the points. Of course he’s eager to take everything he can when the opportunity presents itself. Not only for himself, but for the team as well. The only person missing a “global perception” is Toto Wolff. I get that they have a contract together, but that contract can be voided by either party at any moment for any reason. Russell has put his faith in Toto and Toto uses that against Russell. That’s so annoying and that’s where Russell’s frustrations came from. That’s why we saw Russell snap right after the crash and with the media. He’s frustrated and he has every right to be. Also, if you watch the crash from Alfa’s Pod cam, you can see Bottas move over to the right aggressively and see Russell react. That’s why Sky Sports played that video for Toto Wolff while saying “you’d naturally blame Russell but watch this view”. It was both of them. Russell aquaplaned on the asphalt (you can hear his differential cut and his engine rev), it wasn’t the grass. Bottas ran him up there because he knew it was wet and Russell would back off. Russell didn’t. They wrecked. It was absolutely both of their fault and I can’t believe how the media is twisting this. Russell is a great kid who’s already done many things to further this sport (he’s the reason I started to watch F2/1 in 2018). He’s a future world champion. If Toto wants to continue playing games, then he needs to cut Russell loose and Russell needs to decide if he wants to bring Williams back to the top, or go to a different team like Red Bull or McLaren and challenge Mercedes every single race, proving them wrong.

[@trousers2]

Yeah I agree. I used to love Toto, but he's more of a politician than anything these days. Trying to pull too many strings from too many directions...

[@mariangelapintopazos]

New podcast rule. That the podcast duration match the time of the race hahaha Great podcast today 👏👏👏

[@wosioo]

"...and than they started the race" i nearly died laughing XD

[@punkerboy937]

Haven't watched yet, but what are the chance that Russell saw Bottas qualify 8th & he just spent the whole night thinking "I should be in that seat". The way Mercedes treat him, he's gonna snap eventually, he keeps getting teased about this seat & then they are surprised he's not patient to put his whole career on hold for Mercedes forever. Both Russell & Bottas know only one of them is likely in that seat in 2021 & the longer that decision keeps being teased on Russel the worse it is for him mentally I believe.

[@doctornrsfnly]

Yes... And this is part of the game in F1. Remember how long it took many drivers (Lauda, Mansell, Checko, Scheckter, etc) to get a quality seat... Dude will get there, but cannot continue to get in his own way like this...

[@furyofgungnir]

Hello to all the beautiful Formula 1 fans out there, and to you too the lovely WTF1 crew!

[@BladeRunner031]

Hi

[@Hero_Of_Old]

I feel like that Verstappen spank joke from Matty didnt get enough laughter 😂

[@jpisaac85]

Love the new look, Katy!

[@matt_dobson0614]

45:37 to 47:20 - Tom Bellingham speaking nothing but facts. The Hamilton bashing for any small discrepancy is getting very annoying.

[@vedant2030]

the hate that Hamilton gets is absolutely ridiculous and almost seems targeted. even in Bahrain where we got the best possible season opener, there were people moaning about Hamilton because he won. if Max had won that race nobody would've batted an eye towards the track limits. yesterday was incredible because every other driver would've retired the car after that mistake but he didn't and then got to p2. it's sad how people don't like him winning.

[@ygaudreault]

Well, just look at the hate Brady gets, or Lebron... see the patern?

[@vedant2030]

@@ygaudreault yeah man

[@badmontad]

Even though he was immature with his reaction I'm a bigger Russell fan now seeing that he has that fire inside him, that he isn't afraid for things to get a little heated.

[@jacobm1876]

Keep the 1:30 hour podcasts every week!!

[@fafawrestlingfootball9988]

The Russel’s situation reminds me of the Vettel crash at the Japan GP (in 2007 ou 08? ) when he crashed Webber under Safety-Car : RedBull was very angry against Vettel but know his talent and still Promote him at the end of the year

[@johncale1849]

But it took year of failure at Ferrari for Vettel to stop being a wanker.

[@StinkyCheeseYodeler]

@@johncale1849 did he stop though?

[@AbandonedRaven]

Every time you guys mention the Charles LeClerc seatbelt incident, I still have no idea how that’s not a race ban or a hefty fine for Ferrari at all. I think people just like when the rules benefit someone who is struggling instead of someone who’s winning/has an already good position.!

[@markosl428]

TBH, I got into this race weekend hating imola, because of all the BS regarding the trains. But i really like the fact you are punished for your mistakes, and how you can't just rejoin in the same position. Even if it hurt my fav driver perez this week alot.

[@Redtear]

Is it pick on Katy day? As always love the thoughts and the vid from all three of you. Thanks for giving Luis credit for being an amazing driver. That was a fair and honest depiction. That is why I watch your vids. Daniel was poor compared to Lando however, he quali 6th and finished 6th. That is good in such chaos.