2021 Portuguese GP Race Review | WTF1 Podcast

Does Verstappen have what it takes to win a title? Is Bottas the perfect teammate? Has the old Ocon returned? Portimao may not have been the greatest race but we still have plenty to discuss in the latest WTF1 Podcast.
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00:00 Intro
00:01:30 '2020 Deja Vu'
00:18:57 'A different Max'
00:28:38 'Ocon exceeds expectations'
00:37:06 Should Portimao stay?
00:41:30 Perez driver of the day
00:49:20 ABCDEF1
01:10:21 Predictions
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[@selder_7]

Norris is absolutely smashing Formula 1.5 at this point

[@benardo01]

Best overtaker of the season so far

[@unthenner5519]

@@silasmayes7954 McLaren are simultaneously leading and last. How much wind tunnel time do they get? 🤪

[@luc_666jr5]

He is ahead of Valteri by 5 points!?! When does bottas get relegated to formula 1.5 and norris get promoted to formula 1 😂😂😂😂

[@DDTV213]

How he is in front of Bottas is amazingly good!

[@user-db1rc6yo8i]

Anyone know why they aren’t doing internet best reactions

[@unklesuga1644]

My race weekend isn't complete without the WTF1 recap!

[@mrbig1022]

Fuck that lol what's missing is the Twitter thing

[@yorkick19]

Max is definitely taking a bit of a different approach, due to their good winning chances. Lewis and Max pushing each other is amazing, they're both in great form. Small mistakes are always there, especially when pushing, Lewis and Max both made mistakes of different gratitude and different outcomes in the first 3 races. I think a lot of it comes from the fact SKY was really trying to favorite RBR in the first 3 races so far, no idea why. FYI, "Dutch fans are scary" is probably coming from Twitter experience, please don't judge the non-social media peeps with them :P. Thanks for the podcast!

[@matembweremuzimbamunhumumw8505]

True

[@Alexandra31T]

i think you meant magnitude instead of gratitude but yes, fully agreed

[@jochemvollmuller6781]

Can I get an amen for this comment

[@matembweremuzimbamunhumumw8505]

@@jochemvollmuller6781 amen

[@joeallen4587]

Preseason testing suggested that RBR was quickest, that’s why they’ve been favorites.

[@deanbarry4797]

Perez is a dumbledore of tyre management 😁

[@Ravakeksis]

Tyre whisperer

[@rhysfielding9998]

@@Ravakeksis he speaks the language of the pirelli

[@Dinnerdin1]

Somebody come geet ur, he drivin like a weezurd

[@charliesmithdrummer]

This was the best ABCDEF1 jingle they've ever done

[@patricktho6546]

10/10 would listen again^^

[@shandermunizalvarado]

Even ham was in 2020 when he tought he was lapping the second redbull 😅😅

[@adityavishwanath1676]

Blue flags! :):)

[@Kevin-yj4mi]

I can understand the force of habit

[@DoggedJoe]

Since it's Katie's podcast anniversary (sort of)I would just like to say that the podcast has been muuuuuuch better since she joined Thanks

[@ThePalermostar]

Yes she is better than the hamilton fan girl..

[@selder_7]

Good to see a giant podcast after the silence over the weekend (not that you shouldn’t have done it of course, glad you took part)

[@TheLibermania]

So what happens now? Did we won the fight or put us in any better situation?

[@VG-jk2xx]

Ah guys btw Perez's race pace was 0.094 seconds behind Bottas...and he did a 53 lap stint and Mazepin took a few seconds off him.😅

[@SeshvirSeodutt]

Mazepin’s pace was the same as his teammate after his first pit stop( he did 2)

[@ForeverF1]

For people who didn’t know, WTF1 took part in the weird social media boycott over the weekend so that’s why there isn’t any Internet’s Best Reactions

[@roycanuck9222]

So stupid

[@MrBOuellette]

*Someone says something mean* OH, I know! Let's punish our fans and viewers by not producing a product they expect in order to "boycott" a company that we have already given all ability to censor our rights and we aren't actually going to stop using their services of anyways... That will show them... Grow up. People say shit, its their mouth. Let them talk, you don't have to like it but you could just go on with your life. That's how it works.

[@anushgopalakrishnan]

what social media boycott? I'm a bit out of the loop

[@JustFrana]

@@anushgopalakrishnan don't sweat it dude I just wasted 10 mins of life trying to look it up , fucken pointless and won't achieve a thing

[@MrBOuellette]

@@anushgopalakrishnan people “boycotted” in order to get social media companies to censor speech they don’t like

[@antonioalbina149]

How you gave GIO a C , He deserves at least a B, Finished ahead both of the Astons

[@tedubadu2536]

Yeah that was a bit odd to me. "Oh, well, the Sky coverage didn't mention him so he must not have done anything impressive"

[@franciscoferreira6672]

Antonio is very underrated, he’s a decent driver

[@antonioalbina149]

@@franciscoferreira6672 I wish he had a car that can challenge for points and podiums, I'm certain he has skills that we haven't seen yet.

[@Sinnerage]

@@antonioalbina149 yeah man I agree. I think Antonio has another gear that he isn’t able to show. He will probably end up like magnussen, never really being able to show what he’s capable of because of the car. :/

[@patricktho6546]

@@franciscoferreira6672 he is decent, but not champiomship material

[@melinar.8700]

Finally! Missed you guys this weekend!

[@kimi88cz]

Tommy is the best F1 journalist, the voice of reason.

[@t1995roger10]

-Sponsored by Tommy Bellingham, WTF1 Founder Kek

[@TomP1Bellingham]

Thanks ☺️ Even if I forgot to put in the jingle again 😂

[@AM-xp4bo]

Has the most boring voice ever though. Needs to put some emotion into his voice especially in a podcast

[@f1pro299]

Tommy no ways

[@celiah.4757]

Matt: Lance Stroll and Esteban Ocon are also very good with tires. Me: Hmm I wonder where could they have possibly picked up that technique?

[@brookegarbarini]

Didn’t even think about that! 😂

[@fkez0510]

Lol, took me a while to work that one out

[@daphnemontecillo8160]

was literally about to sleep then i got a notification and now i’m here

[@tonderainigelchadambuka8725]

Are you still watching Daphne? 😁

[@luckyd77]

England got more chance of winning euro vision contest than Hamilton getting driver of the day

[@maxpower5261]

Nil poi!!! England 2021

[@SmartCuckoo]

"certain other driver"? What is mazepin voldemort now? You're not gonna burst into flames if you say his name.

[@BanananananaMan]

Where was Internet’s best reaction?

[@seanwalsh5989]

Social media blackout this weekend so it wouldn't of been done at the weekend and due to he blackout I'd imagine they aren't going to showcase social media from the weekend.

[@BanananananaMan]

@@seanwalsh5989 ohh I thought that was only football

[@seanwalsh5989]

@@BanananananaMan no WTF1 participated in it as well however I think I saw a social post saying we might get one later in the week don't quote me on that though

[@duykhanhle99]

Missed ya guys! Watching the race without reading your tweets afterwards was kinda odd

[@duykhanhle99]

@Micro Soft said afterwards. Meaning after the race.

[@kyleharrison713]

I love these reviews. I don't spend a full hour of my time doing just one thing very often, but listening to you three is on these reviews is one of them. Great laughs always.

[@uihcmoht]

Love how Matt is clarifying after every max crit.

[@Dat_kiwi22]

Banter is why I like watching podcasts. Love the interactions. If Spain has to stay on the calander, then lets make Portugal have to be part of a double header every year. Id be ok with that.

[@PPedroFernandes]

As a portuguese, I can say that's basically the general consensus on the track. It's not world class, no, but it's definitely better than spain

[@igorvieira8987]

A pista é muito boa, não é culpa do circuito que os carros de f1 não consigam seguir uns atrás dos outros! Vai lá com um carro normal e vês se a pista não é Word Class.

[@rusedgin]

@@igorvieira8987 English mate. No one understands you!

[@elliotttalksf1825]

I think actually Red Bull managed to extract the most out of that weekend.

[@1AngryPanda]

I dont think so. Car performance is still better then Mercedes. At least on a fast lap. In case Mercedes finds a solution for the lost downforce with the low rake until mid season, RB will be in troubel because they dropped alot of points already.

[@elliotttalksf1825]

@@1AngryPanda Yeah I said Red Bull meaning the team. Max made a mistake in qualifying which cost him pole.

[@leftyplayz6908]

Absolutely, the RB had no chance of overtaking the Mercs from DRS so it has to be when they were vulnerable (Bottas exit pits on fresh cold tyres) If Max didn't overtake Bottas where he did, then Bottas would have warmed his tyres up by the end of the lap and easily Finnished 2nd!

[@mrbig1022]

@@leftyplayz6908 finnished lol

[@TheNacho2410]

@@1AngryPanda This track did suit the mercedes more than red bull. I think it's fairly obvious that mercedes was just a tad quicker in the race.

[@SnotfaceMcGee]

Thanks for the content all - don’t always agree with everything you say but really enjoy the podcast. Lovely to have Katy on too 🙂 keep safe and well

[@Mark-uw3hz]

internets best reactions?

[@michaelx4810]

Didn’t they say they wouldn’t do it this week because of the social media boycott?

[@EK-911]

not this week, social media black out

[@Aidanbolling8781]

What?

[@swampylist]

Exactly where is it?????

[@swampylist]

@@EK-911 wow I didn't saw that and truly missed it

[@shubhamtomer3807]

"Hamilton is like a GOD TIER" both Tommy and Matt nodding in sync😅😅🙌

[@Roeland666]

hamilton never faced difficult competition in his career bar 2008 and now this year. and that makes you god-tier? what a joke.

[@shriramkarthikeyan19]

@@Roeland666 To be in a position where you aren't challenged is what makes you a 'god-tier'. It's pretty clear now he's going to have the edge in the same car.

[@JustSomeGuyWithNoMaidens]

@@Roeland666 Nico Rosberg? Jenson Button? Sebastian Vettel? Yet he's the only driver to win in every season he has ever participated in. No one else could do it. Not Schumacher. Not Senna. Not Prost. Stop hating on him

[@bigmini2870]

everyone seems to be forgetting that Bottas would've had a semi comfortable lead after the stop if Mercedes didn't do a three and a half second stop. A second lost on an out lap is A LOT

[@chriscollins550]

With Lewis pass he still would of got him, Bottas is a good driver just really missing that aggressive side of him,

[@bigmini2870]

@@chriscollins550 I'm not so sure about that. Bottas was a lot faster than max in the hard stint.

[@chriscollins550]

@@bigmini2870 for sure. Lewis track timing was faster than both of them, Bottas was definitely having a great race

[@raahull04]

Tom Bellingham, the WTF1 founder... Otherwise also known as Kevin De Bruyne in some circles! 😅 Love you guys... Love the podcast!

[@1AngryPanda]

Bottas problem is that Hamilton is next level. With any other teammate i think Bottas would be a WC by now.

[@cult_personality]

Really ? Verstappen ? Leclerc ? Hell even Russell bullied him.

[@1AngryPanda]

@@cult_personality Verstappen or Leclerc where not even close to get a seat at Mercedes. Its more like Wehrlein, Ocon or later Russel who would be next to Bottas. Maybe he would not be a multiple champ but at least one he would won.

[@suckieduckie]

@@1AngryPanda Doesn't matter who was close. The fact the Lewis was in that other seat meant that no one was ever close. You said any driver, which means any driver on the grid. Plenty of drivers that would eat Bottas, just not as violently as Lewis has.

[@cult_personality]

@@1AngryPanda What you mean by not even close to getting the seat ? Verstappen was tied with red bull , Leclerc was a rookey but that doesn't mean they can't beat the shit out of bottas in equal machine .

[@1AngryPanda]

@@suckieduckie Bottas is not as bad as he look next to Hamilton. When he was at Williams he crushed his teammate every year. He is just unlucky that his teammate is extraordinary.

[@oliverhowe1584]

I've really come to look forward to seeing all three of your faces after every race now.

[@lancelot848]

The problem for Max is that he is not just fighting Lewis Hamilton. He is fighting the most successful combination in history, in Hamilton and Mercedes. He will have to show why so many people believe him to be a generational talent.

[@habzuchiha105]

Agreed

[@airdoty9273]

I am assuming that them referring to the driver of the day meme is people voting for Mazepin every week for driver of the day?

[@jimdaniels4595]

F1 is surely trying to not post that result. It is so unfortunate. The poor kid must MUST have his shot. Especially after being stuck to a Haas.

[@fkez0510]

Yeah, DOTD was rigged by F1, they wouldn't show that Mazepin won

[@NotApplicableF1]

I'll keep saying it I can feel a Norris Win at some point this season. He is on fire🔥

[@furrycannon]

Norris poles it at Monaco and goes on to win, calling it now XD

[@NotApplicableF1]

@@furrycannon I would love that!

[@ACsPianoCorner]

The weakest link reference was straight...🔥🔥🔥 Anne Robinson would be proud...😄

[@EhEhEhEINSTEIN]

It seems that they don't know The Weakest Link has been revived lol. It's a proper throwback but also, it has new episodes. Jane Lynch holding it down now, she can def throw shade Anne Robinson would be proud of.

[@noahmurphy9292]

I would love to see Jack aitken back on a podcast maybe on the off-season

[@adrianalprin5752]

For me tho I just enjoy this newfound respect Lewis has for Max unlike in 2018 where he calls out Max as dangerous and approaches him differently than other drivers. Now the two just have small talks just genuinely enjoying the challenge presented to them whilst also keeping it clean on track.

[@rimco617]

Red bull just didn't have the pace

[@mpolinsk22]

No kidding. Hamilton caught up and ate Max up pretty easily when behind. Bottas was running him down for 2nd, closed ~1.7s, I think, before the sensor issue dropped him 5 seconds back, and Max could barely keep up when he was following with DRS early. Mercedes just had a better race car this week.

[@nengenusta6522]

@@mpolinsk22 before that max was running bottas down. Bottas couldn't open a gap to max. Max just coudnlt overtake, hamilton could.

[@mpolinsk22]

@@nengenusta6522 it may be semantics, but I don't think Max ever chased Bottas down. He lingered with him a while and fell off after several laps of being 4 to 7 tenths down going into the main straight DRS and still getting dusted by the Merc. I think Max fell to 5 or so seconds back eventually once he lost that sub 1 sec gap.

[@nengenusta6522]

@@mpolinsk22 he did not fall off. He made a mistake and lewis got him . Still he stayed close behind valteri . Eventually got him

[@onctaaf]

@@nengenusta6522 Even without that mistake Lewis would have easily overtaken him a lap later. The mercedes was the faster car easily last weekend.

[@chriscollins550]

Feel a little late this week. Glad you back

[@GloomGaiGar]

They were on boycott for something

[@chriscollins550]

@@GloomGaiGar standing up for online bullying and verbal abuse,

[@michaelx4810]

I don’t know if I buy the whole “Max is only 23” argument. Yes, he’s much younger than Lewis, but he’s not a rookie, and is in his seventh season and has the experience of some 30 yo drivers. Seb and Lewis were champions at 23. Fernando at 24. And all three overcame older and more experienced drivers to win.

[@flowmeful]

They also had a great car and luck which you need if you want to win a championship. Imola showed that, Hamilton was lapped and would never get second yet he was lucky and was able to unlap himself and get by inferior cars quite easy.

[@michaelx4810]

@@flowmeful and Max has a great car. Sometimes you make your own luck: many drivers would have beached that car in the gravel and not put themselves in the position where they can take advantage of subsequent good fortune. Seb, Lewis and Fernando didn’t have it all their own way in their championship debuts. You’re missing the point: all these drivers got the job done at a young age. I’m not saying Max won’t get the job done (in fact, I hope he does). But we can’t say “oh he’s 23, so it’s alright”. I think he gets enough hero-worshiping coddling from RBR and Dutch fans, without laying more of it on.

[@flowmeful]

@@michaelx4810 True hes not a rookie anymore. tho its the first time since the vettle era where they have a decent car. We will see, so far Mercedes has the edge.

[@pr-tj5by]

@@flowmeful To be fair Ham has lost only 2 races in rain or changing conditions since 2014 and weather like that is all about driver ability, Racing Point were flying in Turkey last year and Ham won by 30 secs while VB was nowhere, the driver does matter too

[@michaelx4810]

@@pr-tj5by yeah, it’s funny to watch the psychology of Max fans now that RBR have been quick out of the blocks. They’ve stopped talking about driver skill and attributes and keep coming back to the car. They’ll even ignore what the team are saying (Horner: “we had the edge on the medium, and Mercedes on the hard”) and afterwards act like it’s impossible to win. When they do win, they act like it was inevitable. Very confused / insecure bunch. Ok contrast, when Lewis had the slower car in quali and ok the race in Bahrain, he found a way. The driver made the difference. I find the Hamilton - Merc hegemony boring, but I truly wonder if Max - RBR are up to it. Vettel did a better job initially of challenging hamilton so far.

[@kumaflamewar6524]

FINALLY! i missed you guys Q.Q

[@nadeemcrombie5099]

Anybody else wave at the beginning when Matt does the into as well?😂

[@52rojemle]

Eeeehhh....no??? That's weird. Wait!! Was that bullying? Oh no!! They're going to have to do another boycott 😭😭

[@johnnywallaceuk]

I'm so sad that I got that weakest link reference, officially old 😂

[@erlindapickman7125]

About time...waiting for you lot, wandering what has happen to you all.

[@Pro_Blunder]

Now it’s time toooooo, remember to edit in the jingle! 😂

[@Guust_Flater]

Even with Max on pole and not a small mistake in turn 14....Lewis would always have overtaken him. The mercedes was just too fast this race. Max couldn't overtake Bottas, with a Tow and DRS, while Lewis could do fastest laps in free air (in front).

[@chriscollins550]

That's redbull car setup, redbull have always gone for more down force and shorter gearbox range, on the straight they don't have the pass even with DRS. Redbull are usually better on tracks with higher down force corners and not long straights. It's has been always red bull problem with the same setup

[@trevorselby8750]

@@chriscollins550 you’re absolutely right. But looking at the calendar, outside of Monaco, imola , maybe Hungary and Singapore, there aren’t too many high downforce circuits where Red Bull would out pace the merc. Portugal makes me think that merc fixed their issues from preseason. I think it’ll be a close championship, but I doubt that Red Bull has what it takes to win either championship.

[@chriscollins550]

@@trevorselby8750 it's going to be close for sure, if max can at least get 2nd or 3rd each race it will keep it close, anything above 5th is OK but they drop out of that in one race it will open up a gap.. Yes it's Mercedes session to lose, I'm still looking forward to it.

[@raffaelender9464]

@@chriscollins550 but RB fast faster in Bahrain in both Quali and racepace

[@chriscollins550]

@@raffaelender9464 it has more deeper corners and less of a high speed straight. That's why.

[@alexandrehuot3326]

If you want to come to Canada, I've got a room for you guys! I live 30 mins away from the track! :) See you next year!

[@thoth121]

Great will take the offer when f1 returns

[@Pong_xx]

Canada will love to have the WTF1 team when we host F1 again.

[@davidreichert9392]

Well I'm Canadian and I agree. So that's at least two.

[@davidreichert9392]

@Micro Soft Where did they say it was boring?

[@davidreichert9392]

@Micro Soft Admittedly I mainly only watch the Best Reactions videos, the podcasts are painfully long and drawn out. So all the more reason for them to come then. See how frigging awesome it is here.

[@sparkypvp2167]

It has always been "fan favorite of the day" and it just coincidence that they drove well.

[@sportntechnologyenthusiast7963]

Max is feeling the pressure but the merc was just faster on race and Bottas being Bottas, Ham extracted everything out of it.

[@ianbarker9616]

RedBull has the faster race car

[@glovesandsteeringwheel8222]

@@ianbarker9616 neither cars are faster. Bahrain it was Red Bull, Imola it was equal, this race it was Mercedes.

[@suckieduckie]

@@ianbarker9616 Maybe overall, but certainly not in Portugal. If people said in 2016 Monaco "RB had the better car" they mean Monaco exclusively. We will see in Spain how the RB and the Merc compare since it's a good benchmark.

[@ApaX1981]

Lewis has made 3 big mistakes. Overshot corner 9 in bahrain. Missed the hairpin in imola en cocked up the restart in portugal. Tracklimit rules are retarded and portugal showed it again. What idiot changes the tracklimits during the weekend? It is so dumb

[@suckieduckie]

@@ApaX1981 So they're 3 for 3, only Lewis made the biggest mistake. Max handled the overtake and returning position in Bahrein supoptimally, and missed fastest lap and pole due to track limits.

[@bramleenen]

Finally my wtf1 fix !

[@danielmclellan7762]

Great to hear Matty on the pit lane channel

[@sionboyd9662]

would love a close championship but hamitlon will have this wrapped with min 4 races to go. max is starting to realise how good Lewis is

[@mvn1492]

Aged like fine wine

[@Formula1bliz]

Definitely disagree about what you say about Max. Red Bull was clearly very slow in the final sector and the straights. Max extracted absolutely everything out of that car

[@GloomGaiGar]

now if he could only start driving within track limits

[@Formula1bliz]

@@GloomGaiGar if only they made the track limits and policing the track limits less messy

[@infinitetk4165]

@@Formula1bliz they did go read The FIA Race Directors notes 21.7 fully page 😂😬

[@anchitprasad]

@@Formula1bliz It's the same for everyone. If 19 drivers can follow it, so can Max. He lost the win in Bahrain due to track limits, lost pole in Imola and lost pole and fastest lap in portimao. I know that the track limits should be made more consistent by the fia, but Max should stop exceeding them when it matters the most. That being said, I agree that he extracted the maximum out of the Red Bull.

[@Formula1bliz]

@@anchitprasad well obviously he didn’t do it on purpose. Max didn’t complain about the track limits “punishments” he has gotten, only blaming himself (obvious except the last one where he said he wasn’t aware of the tracklimits, but later in interviews just joked about it) he has grown a lot more mature.

[@isabellasneves]

i love the predictions section

[@istdochegal274]

Me still waiting fore Internet' best Reaction...😳 realise there Won't be anny.😭

[@ninjathan]

What happened ??

[@AndrewGoodladIchorus]

@@ninjathan social media blackout against trolling

[@megusta9268]

I just realised that Lewis is the one putting elbows out rn...

[@dimitrimorselli9506]

I really missed the internet best reaction

[@matt_dobson0614]

Don't worry Matt, I got your Weakest Link reference. I can't remember the last time I watched that show - must've been 10+ years ago.

[@_qwe_fk_1700]

nicely said from Tommy 14:50

[@benardo01]

2019 Silverstone was the last time I remember bottas overtaking Hamilton, and lewis still won the race

[@zaynniazi5971]

Only races I can think of where bottas was faster is Sochi 2017 and 18 and Austria 17 and 19

[@Robalexe]

It was USA 2019 I think

[@benardo01]

@@Robalexe good shout tbf, I forgot about that one

[@Robalexe]

@@benardo01 Honestly, USA 2019 is probably Bottas' best race in a Merc.

[@benardo01]

@@Robalexe your not wrong. How typically bottas is it that his best win happened at the race where Hamilton won the championship😂😂

[@T-Boy92]

40:50 New WTF1 Freaky Friday special confirmed..... i am all for it 😂😂😂

[@duykhanhle99]

But there weren’t many occasions where Rosberg overtook Hamilton on track (other than the start) And imo Hamilton even got better since 2016 so Valterri really has it really hard to fight against this Lewis Hamilton

[@duykhanhle99]

And don’t get me wrong. Rosberg is obviously better than Bottas but Bottas is getting too much criticism.

[@ytwos1]

Max has done it now in all 3 races.

[@duykhanhle99]

@@ytwos1 Not really. In this one only. Bahrain was off the track. Imola at the start. But yeah Max has done it more often than Nico.

[@bigmini2870]

It would be really cool if WTF1 podcast occasionally featured a fan in the podcast for some chat or debate.

[@YourLoyalDeserter]

I think Hamilton knew he was in the fastest car and knew Bottas wasn't on his level. He's had no way to judge if he's better than the rest of the field though. He probably wasn't sure if he was better than Max, and now he feels like he can fight and beat Max in more equal machinery. Must be reassuring.

[@menandroplan1554]

I feel for Bottas. Hes a good driver as we have seen at Williams, possibly one of the best on the grid, but hes up against arguably the best EVER. And unfortunately due to the nature of F1, thats the only fair comparisson we can make which he will always lose out on

[@micahvdw962]

Max and lewis in monaco will be something to watch

[@bynahelemaal]

Both max and lewis have made about 3 mistakes now, but the merc is still a better car to make up for it! - Ham went off in the first race when max was behind him, but even on the dirt his car was as fast as the bull on the racing line! - ham went off pushing behind russell, but got lucky with the red flag allowing him to recover and even during that race the mercs race pace was better than the bulls, with ham catching up and deminishing that 5 sec lead really quickly! Meaning his mistake cost him a win! - ham fell asleep behind the sc, but was faster on racepace and able to keep up with max! And even without that slight oversteer snap from max, he still would have gotten passed by ham, cause the bull on its own merit only got 314kph… The first race almost all overtakes were done in that turn 4 or the straight with drs. onboards from ham showed the merc still pulling away from the bull on the straights meaning turn 4 was the only option! Toto said they had to turn down the engine from bottas as a precaution and that had he would’ve passed verstappen if not for that! The race pace from the merc was still faster than the rb in clean air, so even if he had gotten pole, he probably still would’ve gotten 2nd or 3rd. There have been so many moments where the merc was just faster in these races… I can’t believe we fell for the sandbagging tricks from toto telling us the bull is faster :|

[@jtwilliams721]

Max has made (3) mistakes regarding track limits alone. The pass off track in rd1, the lost pole in rd3 and lost fastest lap in rd3. Don’t forget the 0.3s lost on his final run in Q3 during rd2 quali. In defense of Hamilton’s off track excursion in rd1, I think it was more due to the old tires than to driver error, but it was an error non the less.

[@bynahelemaal]

@@jtwilliams721 yeah, but my point is that none of those mistakes from verstappen would have turned up a different end result on sunday! Point made in this vid: max should’ve waited to overtake somewhere else! My rebuttal: impossible, cause almost all overtakes during the first race were made in that turn 4 or on the straights and since onboards from ham’s t cam (rearwingview), in the laps leading up to that infamous overtake, showed the merc on old tires and no drs still pulling away from max on the straights and high speed corners, as well as Ham (no drs/old tires) also able to keep up with max (drs/newer tires) with giovinazzi right next them, it leaves the turn 4 option as the only possible point of overtaking… had he waited longer it still would’ve been the same result, cause then the prime window of tires to do anything would’ve been gone from following ham so long! Even bottas was able to keep up (and gaining) in the first stint, until they botched his pit stop! Perhaps if verstappen had waited to go on the throttle, then no snap… Notible mention: during fp ham was worried about the times of the bull, bono calmly reassured him by telling him rbr was pushing engine settings so no worries at merc at all, cause they were taking it easy! Imola should’ve been a pole, but than that, arguably, would’ve given hamilton that dry patch advantage… both cars started in 2nd gear, but it seems that sc car dry patch gave max less wheel spin… In any case, if hamilton hadn’t made that mistake, he would’ve caught verstappen, cause he was closing that 5 sec gap rapidly, twice, before and after the pitstop! Point made in this vid: pole would’ve been a win in portimao My rebuttal: could’ve been a pole, but in the end, that race also would’ve been won by merc, cause their race pace has constantly been better… Also rb and that slow ass topspeed of 314kph was never gonna be good enough to have enough overspeed on the straight to overtake a merc! if the bull supposedly had a setup made for leading, then they need to fix it, cause even in free air max as well as checo were still slower than the mercs! And according to toto, bottas’ engine was turned down as a precaution, and that he would’ve passed max otherwise, means max was lucky he even got 2nd place at all. Not to mention the mercs in Q2 going low 1.18’s, ham going in the 1.17’s on mediums… which red bull never got close to! In the end, ham had a somewhat lucky win in bahrein, max had lucky win in imola, and the 3rd played out exactly as expected, cause of the superior race pace of the merc… which toto himself mentioned so if max waits on the throttle and doesn’t have that snap in the first race, and he wins If ham waits and doesn’t go off behind russell and wins And ham wins in portimao… it’s still 2-1! And we’re still here falling for toto’s sandbag tactics, believing the red bull is faster, because we want a exciting fight, when in reality it’ll probably be another merc/ham title win! I feel like verstappen knows the rb16b is still not fast enough… hence the sitting duck a la hungary comment and why he’s still pushing seemingly more than neccesary

[@esMusicalus]

5:24 nailed it, Matt

[@prodbydxb]

Tommy is SUCH a gamer

[@harvirgill3148]

where's the Internets Best Reactions for the potuguese gp?

[@Ducklakestudio]

Why are all people so mad about Hamilton driving into the wall in Imola? I think he did it on purpose, otherwise he would have gettin stuck on the gravel. You can see that he menaged to keep his rear wheels just on the road. So its genious - imho.

[@A.H.M.K]

Tommy’s mic volume is lower than the others and the sound quality isn’t the same either

[@jackdowse1246]

You think Tommy just “forgot” to put the jingle in to mock Matt? 😂

[@Nichiyoobiko]

Hey, weird question but does anyone know which headset Tommy is using? I need a headset with a quality mic and like his.

[@gstfullfocus]

take a shot every time Matt the parrot says "fingers crossed"

[@fodiographer]

Wasn't it Hamilton who felt the pressure 2 weeks ago? Maybe we can alternate it every single race from now on!

[@GloomGaiGar]

exactly how it should be!

[@sheldensummers8317]

I've never known so much pressure on one guy that's never led a championship to win the championship, max is the underdog going into this but everyone that's not a Lewis fan expects him to win this championship, and I think in the long run its going to play into Hamiltons hands

[@chriscollins550]

@@sheldensummers8317 totally right. I'm not into this under dog stuff that seems to be in every sport now. Like a fashion trend lol. Yes it's Mercedes to lose this year.

[@MadmanGoneMad2012]

@@chriscollins550 we just don't want to put pressure on Max so we tell ourselves it's Mercedes to lose once again 7 years in a row.

[@chriscollins550]

@@MadmanGoneMad2012 I think you got it a little wrong sorry to say. It's Mercedes to Lose because Lewis and Bottas have more experience at getting race wins and championship than max has. They have it basically in the bag unless they make a mistake or red bull don't stay with in the top 5 at very least.

[@bigmini2870]

As a Bottas I will never ever forget that overtake on Hamilton into Copse in 2019.

[@GloomGaiGar]

you are a bottas too? related or not?

[@burn740]

Bottas 6.0, as I live and breathe

[@marchelmberger6249]

I’m a Vettel, Spain 2017 feels great

[@user-ot4wm2fh8g]

I think Portimao should stay. It may not have been a Bahrain or Imola but from the two races it’s given us in 2020 and 2021, it has had two pretty solid races. That’s a 2/2 for not having a snoozefest. I’ll take that. People are talking about Portimao as if it’s the next Barcelona, Sochi or France! Defo a solid track that’s been on par with some of the other ‘solid’ tracks these last couple years like Austria or Hungary. Honestly, I’d rate this race above nearly every 2020 race that wasn’t one of the crazy three (Turkey, Monza, Sakhir + maybe Austria) I’d like to see it again and defo won’t be writing it off my wish list. Imola may have been a fantastic race in the rain this year but after last years race I was happy for it to disappear. Just goes to show that as long as a track has potential, it deserves a chance on the calendar. I think Portimao has that potential! Unfortunately money might be an issue tho. Portugal isn’t exactly Saudi Arabia or the UAE when it comes to having money to blow..

[@miguelangeloeiramartins6241]

We definitively have been too spoiled with 2021 so far, people forget that Imola would have been an absolute snoozefest if it hadn't rained (not to mention people wouldn't be nearly as happy with it if Hamilton had lead the whole race like Verstappen did). Bahrain was only entertaining because Mercedes outsmarted Red Bull despite having a worst car at that point, which lead to a tight chase. Add to that that 2020's best races were all ones where either there was rain or Merc fucked up, and you can see that the tracks had little to do with it themselves. Portimão has all the charateristics for a good F1 track, it just can't deliver on it without some crazy, random shenanigans happening. I doubt it will be on the calendar for 2022 (mainly for money reasons), but I'd wager that the 2022 cars would be a blast to watch there.

[@pedro76034]

Here I am, practicing my listening, improving my english 😂 very hard to catch all the words 🤓🧐 Last race was a boring race, but looking forward for the next! C'mooonnnn Bottasss!

[@aggeman2]

To be fair to Bottas he was catching verstappen by like a tenth everytime the timingboard updated at the end, and then he got some weird sensor issue (as always happens) and he lost 5 sec. I’d also like to see how many times the merc pitcrew did a faster pitstop with Bottas over Hamilton in a race. This time it was 3,3 for Bottas vs 2,4 for Hamilton… Edit (spelling)

[@pr-tj5by]

aggeman2, VB got the quicker pit stop at Imola which lead to Ham coming out behind MV

[@aggeman2]

@@pr-tj5by Thanks it’s probably just confirmation bias on my end regarding the pitstops.

[@pr-tj5by]

@@aggeman2 Merc pit crews aren't the best

[@y1521t21b5]

10:17 The operative word being _"usually"._ The tighter packaging of the _size zero_ improved _Honda powertrain_ actually puts _RB16B_ at greater risk of overheating than _W12._ Either way, I hope the gap between cars remains small to preserve the current battle at the business end of the grid.

[@laurencepiccolo8420]

Bottas also had a 4 second stop when Max was chasing, if he had a 2 second cushion he would have been able to warm up his tyres and potentially defend better

[@dylan7003]

Can you grade the teams as a whole in abcdef1 as well plz 👍

[@Zortomm]

I'm tired of seeing Antonio being ignored. He costantly beats KIMI EFFING RAIKKONEN and you always go with "meh". I know he can't get to the points, but please pay attention to his effort. He is working real hard and it's sad to see how he is still one of the most overlooked, underrated driver on the grid.

[@kumaflamewar6524]

You're not wrong, but I think Kimi's stock is pretty low these days. Roundly beat by seb (who's own stock is faded) and in a back marker for years.. it's just a really anonymous position to be in. Especially since the media seems less enamored with Alfa as an underdog

[@aomoussynonymous8712]

I would like to see Kimi go to race in F.I.A. Endurance Championship maybe go for the triple crown and Illot take his seat at Alpha Romeo Sauber.

[@selder_7]

I’m glad Portimao will be in the F1 game this year at least

[@ramo149]

boy if people thought this one was boring can't wait for what they're gonna say about the next 2

[@rodracer4567]

In my mind, the next couple of races are Red Bull's last chance to prove that they are a serious threat to Mercedes' domination. Otherwise this'll prove to be yet another false dawn.

[@sparkypvp2167]

We been spoiled with the first 2 races.

[@pr-tj5by]

@@sparkypvp2167 Anyone else but Hamilton and Verstappen would be comfortably ahead this season so I disagree

[@MGHines0517]

1:09:42 Heard that on net and thought Guenther Steiner might have already been given his walking papers, so he was taking it out on Mazepin. Concerned for my DTS 2022 binge

[@uchiharew]

I can't find best reactions this week.....can someone link me please?

[@yaboidaryl1]

I can’t sleep not knowing who won bloody tweet of the week.

[@Quayleman]

There was no Lando off track passing. I saw the clip this morning he went off the turn before and then went on the inside around perze

[@caesaraugustus3749]

He rode the inside curb too much from what I saw.

[@deathbower]

On comparing Bottas to Albon, I feel that if RB and Merc's pace were swapped last year, it would have been very different and that Bottas' saving grace is his qualifying. Albon showed pace in flashes next year but *in general* he was never in a position after Saturday that let him have some good clean air running and he struggled to pull off overtakes. When Bottas falls back through the field, he tends to get stuck while Hamilton (or Russel that one time) scythes through the pack.

[@davidcoulthardf1itv290]

Legend

[@kayleevanduren9623]

'We hope that it's gonna go to the wire' - Well, our wildest dreams came true :)

[@AJH65]

In the second stint with the hards, Bottas was catching up with Verstappen with a very good pace. He was already abt 1,5 sek away and the "overtake forecast graphic" said that he is 2 laps away from possible overtaking chance, but then suddenly his car got a sensor failure, which caused him to loose power, thus the gap grew to 5 sek. Although Bottas is slower in race pace than VER and HAM, he has had a HUGE amount of bad luck with him. He has been SO unlucky this season. Bahrain 8 sek pitstop, Russel crashing into him - it must be so frustrating....

[@lazsloyt7932]

over a year later, and this aged really well

[@mikelewis495]

What happened to IBR this week?

[@billymccroy2294]

Lewis is going to love making great overtakes and winning the race. But what if he lost instead? Would his reaction be any different? ...? Duh!

[@ade7cz]

Ikr, like he should be happy about losing close battle...

[@Clipsofracing]

Last time Bottas overtook Hamilton was USA 2019, and Lewis was being safe and might have been on a different strategy.