2021 Styrian GP Race Review | WTF1 Podcast

The Styrian Grand Prix may not have been the greatest race but it still provided us with plenty of talking points. Is Max Verstappen ready to take the championship? Can Mercedes fight back? Should Leclerc REALLY have got Driver of the Day? Join Matt, Tommy and Katy for our race review podcast.
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00:00 Intro
03:36 Verstappen is ready
20:00 More Russell heartbreak
27:54 Big DRS Train
33:20 Leclerc Driver of the Day
39:50 ABCDEF1
58:15 Predictions
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[@terrywachter]

This podcast has become a regular part of my F1 weekend. I look forward to it every time. Keep up the fun work!

[@jex465]

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[@boukevanzinderen6321]

Sooo much better than F1 Nation. Think they had 18 commercials this week and in cast commercials. Yoke!

[@fkez0510]

Lesson learned from this race: Don't believe Russell will score points until he crosses that finish line, even if he's in the final corner or even 100m off do not believe he will score

[@TheRacoonGhost]

I'd add that there's always a risk for a after race penalty etc so don't believe it until the season is done even if he does score.

[@fkez0510]

@@TheRacoonGhost lol

[@sajjadhashmani4064]

I'm from the future and I have news for you

[@VanwoodVA]

The Perez hate surfaces again. I just don't understand it, guys. The man has a solid race (again: P4 is NOT A BAD RESULT), and Matt piles in. Too often, Matt goes over the line of good natured teasing, and into disrespecting his colleagues. Apparently, he did so to such an awkward extent this week that they actually cut the footage from the podcast. One only wonders what he might have said. Katie, as ever, is the blessed voice of reason. God bless her. :)

[@pyron4913]

To be fair looking back Matt giving Perez B was well deserved. He didn't really have stellar performance in the best car on that day and even with slow stop Max would be ahead of Lewis. Giving Checo higher rating than Bottas would be kinda insulting when Bottas kept up with slightly faster ca, capitalised on small opportunity and managed to hit constant laps for the whole duration of Checo chasing him. I feel outrage at the rating is more about toxic fans rather than unfair rating.

[@sbinnala14]

@@pyron4913 I think they should have had the same rating.

[@pyron4913]

@@sbinnala14 Same, which is why I found B appropriate.

[@sbinnala14]

@@pyron4913 my fault miss understood

[@VanwoodVA]

@@pyron4913 Having another think on this, a B is an ok grade for Checo for this race. He did a good job and a B is a good grade. I just had to vocalise the more general points that this podcast has been super critical of Checo, and that Matthew's manner can be rude/disrespectful. I'll keep watching the podcast though. Tommy and Kate are lovely, and I'll make more progress encountering views/behaviour that I disagree with than staying in a bubble of affirmatory opinions.

[@devashishrakshit1]

I actually think that Matt sometimes tries to boss Katie around. Kind of seemed like that why they cut the Perez part because Katie gave him an A and their outburst to that was kind of messed up. I maybe wrong but if I'm not, be nice to Katie Matt, she's a wonderful addition to the WTF1 team :)

[@googleaccount3286]

Totally agree, i thought I was the only one to think that

[@justbyronw1433]

I've noticed this for a few weeks now, something seems off about Matt when he's talking to Katy

[@devashishrakshit1]

@@justbyronw1433 I've seen that spill over into his replies to Tommy as well sometimes. I just think that's his personality, he probably considers his opinion to be the most important one.

[@AriesUmbra]

i was with in contact with him during the wtf1 race of remembrance and he has a kind of arrogant and bossy rude side to him when things aren't going his way, whining at stuards and shouting/ignoring people even if he's in the wrong

[@Nienke131]

I’m totally with Katy on the ABCDEF1 rankings

[@funwithalf]

Absolutely, and the guys seem to scrutinize her so much, but it's actually her who seems to be on point in most cases.

[@joselerebours4171]

I agree too

[@MrOhhZulu]

@@joselerebours4171 Only been watching for a year and I reckon Matt isn’t a big fan of her and a bit of a flog about how he goes about it, but that’s just my opinion I do like Matt a lot though

[@jeremycooper2639]

Me too

[@Mali-qw7hx]

@@funwithalf she is giving bottas an A and always predicts Sainz to beat Leclerc and lets not mention the bet about alonso and ocon. U cant be serious in saying she is usually spot on.

[@christybyrne9844]

I want to see the uncut conversation about Perez A/B/C - the atmosphere definitely changed after that cut!

[@ItsTheMaddMark4Realz]

Someone definitely either got yelled at, went on a rant that went too far. Something went too far lol

[@NeweyAdrian1]

Well, Katy is nice for the change of conversation and atmosphere and suits reallt well in the podcast, but abdef1 isnt really her thing i guess.

[@Marcoz588]

Also we didn’t get the public rating for Perez, what did the punters say??

[@ItsTheMaddMark4Realz]

@@Marcoz588 fans gave him a B. Even as a Checo fan i agree. Shouldn’t of been scrapping with Norris (no shade towards him) should’ve been on Hamilton after passing Norris. Everything else wasn’t in his control (pit stop mistake).

[@Marcoz588]

@@ItsTheMaddMark4Realz yep, I agree with the grade and your description. Those dozen laps lost behind Norris eliminated as Checo as a factor for Lewis to be concerned with.. Otherwise a solid race, and very nearly reeled in Valtteri on a track where 1 stop looked (for most) the ideal race strategy.

[@joselerebours4171]

@wft1 as a fan of yours, i want to tell you a constructive criticism about your postcast. With all do respect and good vibes to make this better for everyone. I think matt should respect more Katy s opinions and let her time to explain herself freely. From a long time ago, it feels like Matt is cutting her everytime and sometimes derespecting her own oponion, mostly when you desagree with her. I dont know what happend in the Perez ABCDEF part but i guess it wasnt good, if you had to take it out. Hope is not the case though. But it seemed to me katie was really uncomfortable after that and also Tom as well. If it was the case, let Katy freely say whatever her opinion is and explain herself, without interrupting her everytime with your own opinion, is defitnetly not good and is showing at least to me she is not having a completly nice time. And that is not right. Sorry for all this. Hope im wrong and if not, hope you can all solve that. Big hugs and always loving your channel.

[@justbyronw1433]

I totally agree with you

[@spoonfuloftactic]

Pronunciation of a name is not a "TomAYto" "TomAHto" issue. There is a correct pronunciation of his name, and the accent mark shows it: Pérez.

[@esMusicalus]

Yeah a little culturally insensitive. Matt would be cancelled if this was the U.S.

[@TheQuackleDKZ]

Yeah that got me a little too. Pronounciation of names are very different. But then again Vettel in german, is pronounced Fettel because of V sounding like F as in Verstappen. And also Charles Leclerc has about 50 different pronounciations.

[@spoonfuloftactic]

@@TheQuackleDKZ I think it shows respect to pronounce peoples names the way they want them pronounced.

[@TheQuackleDKZ]

@@spoonfuloftactic Yeah I get that. But it's not always an insult but simply not knowing how to pronounce it.

[@simonbrunner3062]

@@TheQuackleDKZ More importantly, it's Vétt'l, not Vetèlle.

[@iso_racer9925]

can we just get a clip of the Perez debate that was cut out during the podcast? that would be so fun to watch.

[@lowe2302]

What did they talk about?

[@toneykk]

I guess boys bash Pérez and. Don't want to receive the latin hate.

[@brandoncasas9261]

So... can you give us an idea about what they discussed?

[@xenonn7275]

Wut where is the perez debate?

[@ogreman2229]

@@lowe2302 Katy gave Perez a good grade and Matt gets triggered and disrespectful towards both Perez and Katy. It’s embarrassing.

[@Thrangor8]

Why censor checo debate? You guys just don't like talking about him lmao. He's doing a great job and has great mentality.

[@toneykk]

Boys don't like latin ppl

[@ajinkyadhumane3853]

I need to get the WTF1 membership now to see unedited podcast. You guys robbing us of Katy’s mic drops and abcdf1 debates. Not fair.

[@ashishpandey7405]

Thinking about the moment when Katy said that Ocon is a better driver than Alonso a couple of podcasts ago.........that certainly aged well...

[@vynnxa6416]

People just don't really know Alonso. The guy has legendary talent, can drive the fk out of anything and drag piss poor cars up to where it shouldn't be. He's just difficult to deal with lmao.

[@MotownModels]

@@vynnxa6416 so why has Ocon scored more points than him lol

[@Lunarfox]

@@MotownModels Alonso also hasn't been in the sport for a while

[@snorbert3568]

@@MotownModels Nope, Alonso scored more.

[@vynnxa6416]

@@MotownModels Alonso has 19, Ocon has 12.

[@FlorenceDays]

54:43 Just to point out, it's not really tom(aye)to/tom(ah)to with Pérez, his name literally has a tilde on the first E, it's pronounced PErez, not PerEz.

[@toneykk]

Estás en Reino Unido hablan con sus reglas

[@CraigBickerstaff]

I think fans are too quick to complain about races, it wasn't a "banger" by any means but It was far from a snoozefest.

[@matt_dobson0614]

Expectations are raised and everyone expects Verstappen and Hamilton to be fighting wheel-to-wheel every race, especially the newer fans. They'll learn quickly that F1 is not and has never been like that.

[@Hero_Of_Old]

It was fine to me until George retired. I just felt deflated after that.

[@giulianorossi1819]

@@matt_dobson0614 just since we have only two drivers fighting for the championship, when we used to have 3 or 4 we had championship battles every race

[@matt_dobson0614]

@@giulianorossi1819 There have not been many seasons in the last 30 years where more than two drivers have genuinely been in the championship fight. I can say 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2012 had at least three in the hunt for the title, but most other seasons two drivers have battled it out or one has romped away with it. I presume you're mainly referring to the 2010 and 2012 seasons, but those are two of the best in history and it's unlikely we'll see many more like them in the near future.

[@GloomGaiGar]

@@giulianorossi1819 but not constantly wheel to wheel

[@h000000la]

I want to see the debate over Perez, why did you cut it??

[@sajjadhashmani4064]

Exactly.

[@Mastertexter]

FACTS.

[@thelonesculler]

Team WTF1 members who saw this live, how long was it?

[@davidearthling5123]

Checo would’ve crowded Hamilton on the podium, but for an unlucky extended pit stop. Grade: A. He’s done everything Red Bull needs to complement and support Max so far. Don’t be surprised to see him win another race this season.

[@lagundafire]

Honestly Tommy should just not bother rating Checo. C?? What’s he on 😂😂😂 he lost the position with a slow stop and then finished within 2 seconds of bottas after trying another stop. Definitely a strong performance.

[@jardinero119]

Y’all thought we weren’t going to catch that chunk is missing conversation about Checo. The fact they cut it says a lot, I think that matty and tommy simply don’t like Sergio no matter how well he performs and they don’t know they come off as haters when they talk about him so they just decided to cut it. If he was British they would be praising him for having 1 win 2 consecutive podiums in the last 5 races, but instead they focus on the negative.

[@ogreman2229]

It’s getting downright embarrassing. I’ve watched every post race podcast for sometime now and always looked forward to them. This Perez bias and disrespect is getting to the point where I’m second-guessing whether I even want to listen.

[@9adriano21]

Perez in Spanish has an accent “Pérez” which defines the pronunciation, so it’s not Tomato/Tomahto Matt

[@noahd.4551]

But we're not speaking in Spanish are we?

[@9adriano21]

@@noahd.4551 names are not translated so they are pronounced as in their native language, otherwise I’d ve calling Matt: Mateo

[@toneykk]

Pero están con sus reglas gramaticales. Aquí nadie pronuncia bien los nombres gringos y no los ven llorando como niñas

[@DynamyteTV]

@@noahd.4551 Nice bait

[@jorgeloubetcasas]

Is also not Ser-yo its Ser-hio

[@oscarfranciscoherreragomez3058]

I love the A,B,C,D, E section! And I totally agree with Katy's explanation on 55:23 .

[@Sheamu5]

Russell is the new Hulkenberg, next he'll get points in a better car, but never a podium.

[@Robsenson]

Your comment will age badly

[@ytwos1]

Too good for that.

[@Real28]

Russell already got points in another car...

[@error101qqq]

Noooo but you re right

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

I get the point.

Answering the thumbnail: Yes. Actually, at this point I would be surprised if Mercedes pulls this out

[@ajegelin]

So the team that has won every season by a huge margin and with anti competitive cost saving rules preventing other teams from catching up in decent time, winning both championships for the last 7 years Is unable to win a championship because the Red Bull has slightly faster this year in qualifying and on one weekend of the seven races, Red Bull has been faster in both qualifying and race days on a non-street circuit? Are you saying Mercedes needs to have a huge car advantage to win a season and that Lewis needs to have a car advantage to win a championship? This is by far the closest season we’ve had since 2014.

[@Kyriakoskarystinos]

@@ajegelin it has been mentioned thst mercedes stopped developing their car, while red bull keeps adding new parts. I dont think they ll be competitive for the title if this goes on

[@privateer2584]

@@Kyriakoskarystinos We can hope.

[@Gl-my8fw]

@@Kyriakoskarystinosit is just a bs excuse from merc rb devoted over 80% to next year also

[@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten]

@@ajegelin well it's just that in the drivers championship Max is as good as Lewis if not better in a better car, so mercedes would need to overtake rb by quite a margin before the gap becomes too big and that would be quite surprising. (If there are no unexpected DNF's on either side)

[@janslager1]

Why was the reasoning behind the grading of Perez cut? I was pretty curious about who you were so far away from each other. And also: what did the fans give Perez?

[@Robalexe]

You can go to the WTF1 website and see what grades the fans gave to each driver in each weekend.

[@Ancovg]

I always said; Max will only win a title after he's able to win consecutive races. Guess what; he finally did!

[@wg6948]

Well i predicted that it will only rain when water falls out of the sky. Guess what,

[@testacorsa150]

@@wg6948 Spot on :)

[@LogiForce86]

@@wg6948 Guess what? Shijo-Ohashi is a bridge representative of Kyoto that crosses the Kamo River over Shijo Street. It is also called Gion Bashi.

[@farzana6676]

Loool, I predicted a baby will only be born after conception occurs. Guess what!

[@Ancovg]

@@farzana6676 congratz! Is it a boy or a girl?

[@shahidmaniyar25799]

Why did u cut the Perez section in Abcdef1 when tom gave him C.. I really want to know what happened so that you had to cut that section 😂😂

[@Thrangor8]

They just hate to talk about Checo, in the Baku race podcast they mentioned his name till minute 50, ridiculous.

[@toneykk]

Because they are young and didn't like latin ppl :/

[@RedstoneManiac13]

54:44: FYI, Checo’s last name is spelled as “Pérez”, which means that PEAR-ez is the correct pronunciation because of Spanish pronunciation rules.

[@DutchBondFan]

No point in explaining that sort of stuff to the English who only speak one language 😝

[@ogreman2229]

The disrespect and bias against Perez is getting flat out embarrassing. To literally have to cut a section of the podcast because Katy complemented Perez and Matt couldn’t handle it is pathetic on every level. Not to mention the issue with the pronunciation of his name.

[@jazzzjasper]

I think this deep love for Williams and Russell is a rather British thing. On the mainland, nobody has an issue with the team or the driver, but there is no love either.

[@Xlsy221]

My only issue with Russell/Williams is they're ability to bottle of when they're in the points. I predicted a private crash to spoil it this weekend, but same result. If it hadn't been for his pneumatic problem I'm sure he'd have managed to lose a bunch of position in a different way.

[@7BD273]

plenty of people who are not british like and support george, especially because of the things he's been through in F1 so far. i think the majority of the F1 community would like to see him do well. but for sure, british people are going to focus more on him, rather than giovinazzi lol.

[@aylinespino]

I'm really starting to believe Carlos Sainz when he claims he is the hardest working driver on the grid.

[@selder_7]

I’m actually so tired of seeing Russell in the top 10 and then something happen and his name tumbles down the order, it’s just pure heart break

[@eduardoFIFA]

I hope Perez keeps doing good so Matt has to talk about him in a positive way. I know it will kill him but I want to see it! 😭😂😛

[@9adriano21]

I think he has defaulted to NOT talk about him at all when he does good

[@user-yl3pp8fy9w]

He was 4th in the fastest car, he wasn't very good.

[@eduardoFIFA]

@@user-yl3pp8fy9w .6 behind Bottas with a nearly 5 second stop. Mercedes know they were lucky to get a double podium.

[@user-yl3pp8fy9w]

@@eduardoFIFA irrelevant

[@armingleiner5292]

How is getting P4 in the best car good?? Anything below P2 is garbage.

[@MrQuasarPhil]

Love the podcast to death, it's a cherished part of race weekend for me but Matt's disrespect and vitriol for Checo is not only getting old but it's getting kind of awkward, like listening to that one uncle at family dinners. Respect Checo and fuckin' respect Katy

[@vincentras1991]

“A star is only for exceptional performances like a podium”. Russell DNF: A star

[@Chuyew]

Max is ready for the title for 10 years.

[@jaakkomustonen2540]

@Marin Zovko well he is the strongest driver In the grid right now

[@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten]

I am not sure if 13 year old Max would have beaten Lewis, I would say more like 3 years

[@austinrichardson]

@@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten I think he means he’s ready to win it for the next 10 years from now on

[@Chuyew]

@@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten In Red Bull car from 2011 he could be champion.

[@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten]

@@austinrichardson maybe

[@Elite46Racing]

A boring race, but I can always rely on the enthusiastic intros in wtf1 podcasts

[@jasperfk]

I don't actually think it was boring, not sure where this is coming from. It wasn't a worldie, and not as good as France, but there was consistent midfield action and some exciting DNFs. The last 10 laps with Sir Joe catching Bottas and Carlos trying to unlap himself behind Hamilton to catch Norris was good.

[@GloomGaiGar]

It was an average race prior to this season's mixture of bangers. There were still interesting storylines, overtakes, collisions and certain events.

[@yerrie1908]

the greatest racing driver off all times is getting ass whooped on track and you find that boring ? why do you watch F1 ?

[@ajegelin]

@@yerrie1908 wouldn’t call him the greatest of all time lmao, I would say statistically most successful. If Alonso signed for Mercedes instead of Hamilton, he’d likely be a 9 time champion by now. And Schumacher was better than both Alonso and Ham.

[@ravidejong6060]

@@jasperfk Hmm yes... Sir Joe. My favorite formula 1 driver.

[@privateer2584]

Katy's right, Gasly's drive back to the pits on two tires was amazing.

[@irvingfigueroa9542]

With this week podcast I have decided to stop following this channel, Matt and Tom are clearly biased towards British drivers and (Matt with Leclerc also) and both of them seem to have something against Checo. Katy is the only objective one and the one that gives compelling arguments regarding her grades but the other two always disregard her opinions, so that's it. Bye WTF1

[@hardfer83]

Guys you are hilarious! Such a good amout of good information and debates with tons of laught. Thank you, you made my day. Cheers from south Brazil!

[@thiagocalfatcgo]

O Matt só precisa diminuir um pouco o ódio dele com o checo. De resto o podcast é real muito bom, faz parte da minha rotina de fim de semana de corrida já

[@dmg02]

Whats the bet the part they cut is where katy made good points about checo but matt hates checo and ranted about checo being bad so they had to cut it

[@ogreman2229]

Literally EXACTLY what occurred

[@dmg02]

@@ogreman2229Checo could win the world championship and matt would still say he is bad i use to love wtf1 but all this hate to checo from matt has really turned me off from this

[@ogreman2229]

@@dmg02 I agree. I’ve listened to every race wtf1 review for quite some time but it’s getting to the point I might stop.

[@charrose4752]

Absolutely love Matt bashing Katy’s opinions any time she opens her mouth and just blatantly speaking over her every week, great vibes 👍

[@Rasv-]

No action at the top? A slow Norris cost PER 11 laps to pass and then a slow pitstop made him lose the battle for third. Checo went on to "drive the wheels" of his car right to bottas at the very end. 0.6secs (was 25+ seconds). If that's not action, then what is?

[@hannahlundbergsmith796]

Love this Katie when you stand up for your opinions!

[@theemaxwilson]

Here to hear what Katy has to say tbh

[@Arthurzeiro]

It was the first race of the season where Bottas improved on his starting position, and he placed his Merc on the front row ahead of Hamilton. Not giving the guy an A is unfair, a C is mental.

[@XtremeCardz]

Love this podcast!

[@Metis1337]

"After 8 races we're use to saying Hamiltons won it" Not at all. 2018 - Ham - 145; Seb - 131 (Seb was ahead by the 9th race) 2017 - Ham - 139; Seb - 153 (Seb ahead again after 9 races) 2016 - Ham - 117; Nico - 141 (Ham behind once again) Only since Bottas and this insane Merc development/Ferrai falling apart have we had the season over after 8 races. I hate this revisionist view that ham strolled the title every season after like 2 minutes.

[@Psammites09]

Come on Matt, you pronounce Vettel the right way, you can say Pérez the way it is supposed to.

[@DannySB991]

Clearly some sort of heated debate happened with the Perez grade. Think a B was fair for him. Wasn't anywhere near Max's pace, but he did have the slow stop which essentially lost him the podium. Worth mentioning that Max had the upgraded car this weekend as well whilst Checo didn't.

[@Lily1127channel]

Gasly: We both misjudged it and it was a racing incident People: Leclerc is *******! He killed poor Gasly! He deserves a biiiig penalty!!!!!!! Amazing how so many people know it better than Gasly himself 😂😂😂

[@janklas7079]

Answering the thumbnail: if you look at the results, max was ready for the title in 2019 and 2020 as well. He just didn't have the car for it then.

[@jasonlew8074]

Verstappen, Checo, and Red Bull are ready. Let's go.

[@Lily1127channel]

39:35 Well guess what, Ross Brawn's DOTD was also Leclerc 😂😂😂 So maybe with that "75% professionals" rule the result of the voting would have been the same 😄

[@aryanurag]

I would have liked to hear a bit more discussion on perez & bottas gradings, since they all graded them differently so quick discussion would have been better.

[@icourant]

What I value the most about Max is that he never jumped ship. He did get a contract from RB and stayed there. MERC did try to get him to but RB signed him first and Max never did look back. Many said that RB did build a car especially for Max when Gasly and Albon could not drive it. But if that is so, more goodies to Max. It seems that they succeeded. Now, with some years of feedback from Max they have built a car, that is for now, the car to beat. It’s standing Nr1 in driver and the constructors’ championship. If Perez can adopt even more the RB16B looks unbeatable. It reminds me of the Schumacher times when he formed a team and won multiple championships with them. Somehow it deserves more respect then taking a gamble, jump teams, and end up with the team with the best car and win with them. Within the team the respect for Max must be incredible and for good reasons. Now we can enjoy the rest of the season and hope it will be as thrilling as the first 7, hmm 6 races! Statistically Max is in a good place now. With 14 wins he is in the top 20 of F1 drivers with the most wins. Al but 1 of the other drivers did become (multiple) world champions. It seems it is now just a matter of time.

[@matthijsoudkerk8859]

RB16B* but I completely agree with you

[@icourant]

@@matthijsoudkerk8859 RB16B! Ha, yes.! thanx! Will change that now.

[@yerrie1908]

Building a car for Max, Max answered that question: every driver want's a car with lots of mechanical grip, down force, no understeer and no oversteer, everybody want's a balanced car, it's simply nonsense when people say that

[@Ancovg]

*RB16B

[@Leo_S94]

I dont care what anybody says ... this is the best F1 podcast by a mile!! It's not even close..... Integral part of my Tuesday here in Australia.

[@marcelrijkaart3313]

Doesnt Mclaren had the highest speed in the speedtrap during qualifying? They also run a Mercedes engine no? And how funny it would be that the massive recent increase in RB form is due to the new wing being introduced after the whining from Mercedes... it coincides on the timeline... 😜😜

[@andresilvasophisma]

I believe they introduced an engine upgrade in Paul Ricard. Source racingnews365.com/honda-set-to-bring-updated-power-units-to-france

[@ytwos1]

They had. And Mclaren has a new Mercedes PU since Baku. Must have a power upgrade. Toto approves.

[@emiliskog]

@@andresilvasophisma if there were purely power related upgrades that's illegal but there have been some reliability upgrades that have been communicated at least to the FIA

[@Gl-my8fw]

@@andresilvasophisma only pre approved reliability upgrades.

[@rahilsanghavi9347]

We need the Checo banter guys come on 😂😂😂😂

[@JoQeZzZ]

I'm sorry Matt, but pierre couldn't brake. He didn't have just a puncture, he had no rear wheel and therefore had no break. Leclerc was the sole reason for that entire accident and everybody's woes

[@emiliskog]

If he had no rear wheel he wouldn't have been able to drive either as these cars are rear wheel drive

[@JoshyJay]

Anyone know what happened with Grosjean and driving the W10 at Paul Ricard? I completely forgot about it until Merc released the vid of Ant Davidson at Silverstone.

[@stomponpie]

I fell asleep, and was rewatching it with my partner and fell asleep again...

[@AGirlTalksF1]

epic video guys... would love to see Checo or Daniel on the podium this weekend

[@adityagalgali7251]

imo, Carlos didn't get DOTD because we didn't see any of his overtakes!

[@archernorthrope5585]

Tommy: "Mercedes was faster at Paul Ricard" Me: "Ah yes the floor is made of floor"

[@asimb0mb]

They were though. When they were all on hards in the second stint, Hamilton was constantly within a second of Max, which meant Hamilton had more pace in the car. Just like in Spain, where Mercedes was clearly faster as well. Max only won in France because of the better strategy.

[@BlueRam3395]

I agreed most with Katy on this one!

[@baksatibi]

On Russel's issue: pneumatics are used to control the valves in the engine, so without pneumatic pressure you can't run the engine. The same thing happened with Fittipaldi in the Haas during the Sakhir GP last year, but they were able to keep the car running for the entire race.

[@camillegervais3307]

Sainz for the win! Soo underestimated by the public. Makes me sad :(

[@micahvdw962]

Yess, between not showing him on tv which hasn't really changed much you still don't see him much and how good he's been especially compared to danny ric, seb, perez, the drivers that switched teams he was on it way quicker at ferrari and isn't a pushover to charles which is not an easy task he really doesn't get enough credit

[@benbennemans]

I can't believe how many mistakes Hamilton is making. We just left France where he hit a curb towards the end of the race, going off track which helped Max massively to overtake him in the final laps. Before that Max was unable to get closer (4 to 5-sec gap), but after that Max won the race. In the qualifying session for Austria Lewis was all over the place. Lock up in Q2 and an off road excursion in Q3. Failed horribly on his last try. Even Bottas was quicker. Compare that to Max who looked very clean (though I have heard he did have a tricky moment in the race that I have not seen myself) and beat his teammate easily. The race was not clean either. There was a very dangerous moment where Lewis almost lost control of the car, driving the Mercedes partly into the gravel. Imola is not that long ago (where he drove into a wall) and a bit later into the season he might have done it again. On top of that, our tire whisperer started to get blisters on his tires while Max was simply pulling away on tires that he kept all okay. I don't know what is going on with Hamilton. I associate his behavior with Vettel, not Hamilton.

[@esMusicalus]

Hamilton and Merc are under pressure; they haven't been under external pressure for the entirety of a season in the turbo hybrid era, and the only real internal pressure on Lewis was 2016. Hopefully RBR can keep up the pressure this year

[@aydankhaliq2967]

I feel like I've read this comment before. Am I having de javu? Or have you really written this comment, word for word, before?

[@maartenderooij2897]

I like Leclerc's radio after the race, it sums up nicely what Katie was saying. One of his best performances whilst also one of his worst. He knew if he hadn't made the mistake he would have been in a better position maybe even putting pressure on Noris but he did do a great recovery drive which can't be denied. (A lot better getting through the back of the pack than I believe Bottas for example would have done)

[@selder_7]

I love when they don’t play the jingle. Got to play it sometimes though so that it’s more special when they don’t

[@armkidmustang]

I love watching the guy in the lederhosen singing the styrian national anthem

[@jordanward-allen4019]

I really don't get the hate boner for Leclerc on this one. It was a lap one incident. They literally all know we judge lap one incidents differently than the rest of the race. He wrecked Gasly's race and that's super shitty but he isn't literally the ONLY reason that kimi and latifi made contact with Gasly. There was errors with how they drove around gasly too. We have seen so many incidents like this with no penalty so I'm shocked they are so vocal about it.

[@jordanward-allen4019]

Let me get this straight, Katy wants to give Leclerc a D who ended up only 1 place behind his teammate after a good recovery and a great weekend over all with Quali etc compared to Danny ric C who lucked into 8th (due to Leclerc's error) and was put back to where he started from mechanical faults... while his teammates was fighting in 3rd!?!?!?!? It was a 3 inch move to the right on lap 1 mistake, he didn't divebomb 5 cars for god sake. Way to much hate in my opinion.

[@Lily1127channel]

It's because he is Leclerc and for some reason people like to hate on him and make fun of his Lap 1 launches. BUT this time it was not like Sakhir or Styria 2020 (he got a penalty for Sakhir lap 1, a very rare thing for a lap 1 incident, so I don't understand the crying "he never gets penalised"). This time they were kinda both to blame, maybe Leclerc a bit more, but it was a typical lap 1 incident, we have it kinda every race. The launches Max made on lap 1 several times this years, they only didn't cause the same collides because it was always against Hamilton, the only driver who moves away cautiously. Gasly said they BOTH misjudged it and it was a racing incident, Masi said the same and he gave a full explanation why it wasn't even investigated. But couch sitters know better 🤣

[@pix_official8936]

I'm not long into F1, but i think it was a really good race. espcacially the run from perez against bottas was so crazy to watch

[@scottrobinson4611]

Stroll's move on Alonso around the outside of turn 6 was pretty nice.

[@happyfatkid22]

What was said that had to be cut out from the checo debate?

[@TeamSukiyo]

*Rawe Ceek ends on Mondays*

[@royarteaga6934]

Perfect timing.

[@MrGtubedude]

What makes you think Merc will come back? They literally arent developing the car this year and Rb is constantly bringing upgrades

[@ytwos1]

You have fallen for the Mercedes PR. It is a very constant flow.

[@MrGtubedude]

@@ytwos1 plz explain how, this is literally what merc does every year, especially when there is a huge regulation change, y would they move away from their clearly successful structure.

[@benn8793]

People like you, who believe their empty phrases, are Mercedes' favourite. Do you seriously believe that they will give up the championship so easily? They always like to present themselves as the underdog, only to be celebrated as the surprise winner a short time later...

[@paolotabone8143]

He barely clipped Gasly while there were 3/4 cars wheel to wheel, classic racing incident

[@marcel421]

the most interesting part of this podcast was at the end about michael masi

[@charliej8329]

What happened with the final rating on Checo? There was an audio cut.... O_O

[@aleksanderratajczyk6205]

2:35 what the hell was that face change Tommy did lol

[@slay3r930]

To be fair Vettel would’ve probably been where stroll was but Aston Just fucked up the strategy

[@TheRacoonGhost]

I'm gona do it, I'M GONNA DO IT!: I wish George Russel the best and hope he has a great race this weekend!

[@chaosthebaryonyx6344]

55:06 that face tho

[@adamthomas1222]

Even Stevens was a freaking good to show!

[@theoperrin9653]

It was an okay race, we just expect more from the track

[@judsonjman26]

I feel like now I'm very curious about compensation structure at WTF1 haha

[@edkav6228]

Latifi got a puncture at t3 and also had a bbw problem which they tried to help in the pits

[@samarvora7185]

0:43 We don't "think" that's not a joke. We _know_ for a fact that it isn't.

[@Zortomm]

Katy, I always agree with you, but your take on Charles was so infuriating. What happened at turn 1 was judged as a racing accident (we are NOT capable to judge better) and his overtakes after dropping to p20 were a masterclass with no doubt. Last week Max also did an error on turn 1 but we righly praised his mega performance: Charles was definetely at least a B, if not an A. What we've seen on Sunday was the pure talent that will be the real rival of Super Max.

[@k1ngcab00se]

*a wild fanboi approaches*

[@suckieduckie]

You really going to compare Leclerc breaking his front wing, DNFing Gasly and ruining Giovinazzi and Latifi's race to running wide in turn 1 and proceeding to win the race?

[@Zortomm]

@@suckieduckie going wide and re-entering in a questianable way. And Max was rightly not punished. Even Gasly said it was a racing incident and it was his car that was an obstacle for Patifi and Gio, racing is also about this unfortunate touches. If you're not used to it you're not used to see motorsport

[@suckieduckie]

@@Zortomm If you think ramming another driver and going wide in turn one are the same magnitude of incident, you're the one that's not used to watching motorsports.

[@Zortomm]

@@suckieduckie that's not what I said. Also, remember that Leclerc paid the price of that error with a broken front wing, sending him to p20. That's enough of a price to pay for a RACING incident and it's by far worse then getting a 5 sec penalty for a little contact.

[@gauravsaikia1848]

SERGIO PEREZ RACE WAS RUINED BY A SLOW PITSTOP OF 4.8/5 SEC PLEASE WATCH THE RACE EVERYONE OR LOOK AT HELMUT MARKO SAY AFTER THE RACE

[@armingleiner5292]

Sergio Perez ruined his race by having a trash qualifying and garbage race pace with the fastest car on the grid.

[@gauravsaikia1848]

@@armingleiner5292 hypothetically if max had a slow 5 sec pit stop ill he still win... points are awarded in race day not qualifying ..he has improved in qualifying ...everybody yapping on Perez what about ricardo his race till now so poor but no one critics him

[@armingleiner5292]

@@gauravsaikia1848 First of all I dont think Perez is bad this year, only this race. And yes I agree Ricciardo is driving way worse.

[@conquiztador89]

Why are u not posting the podcasts on Spotify 😕

[@micahvdw962]

If merc stops development of the 2021 car at least to a degree could there be a redo of 2013-14 where redbull is dominant and develops the car but is out done at the regulation change?

[@HoopleHeadUSA]

If next weekend it goes Max Lando Checo I’ll be soooo happy

[@powerofdreamx]

The Redbull Ring is a hot temperature track. Mercedes AMG cars have cooling challenges at such tracks.

[@franp19]

And altitude problems too

[@adityasunil6565]

mick and mazepin just enjoying in the back racing in formula 2

[@Lily1127channel]

50:26 But it's perfectly fine to say Sainz should have been DOTD and at the same time give him a lower grade (B or C) for the whole weekend, isn't it? Driver of the DAY is only for Sunday performance, but you guys usually rate the whole weekend? With Saturday just as important for the grade as Sunday? I mean, Sainz shouldn't really get an A for this whole weekend, taking quali also into account, should he? He basically finished the race just around the place he had to finish, with this weekend Ferrari's pace. He just put himself on the backfoot with a very bad quali, several mistakes, lap time deleted for track limits, out in Q2, outqualified by a Williams, 5 places behind his teammate. And on Sunday he recovered it with an excellent drive. Put himself on the backfoot, but then recovered. Just as Leclerc. Leclerc put himself on the backfoot on Lap 1, but made up for it in the race and finished around where he should have. So quite similar at the end of the day, and Katy wants to give one an A and another a D? 😂 Sainz should get one grade better than Leclerc because he was the one who finished ahead among the two of them, so it's A-B or B-C for them.

[@EmotionGamingRO]

I feel like, sometimes, Leclerc doesn't know the full length of his car!

[@gireeshwaran]

I was in that 5% of peeps who that Tommy was founder!!

[@phillothehill]

Tommy IS the WTF1 founder

[@Robalexe]

He is the founder

[@zorros_bankai9699]

He's still 2 years younger then I am? Is that going to change then lol