2021 US GP Race Review | WTF1 Podcast

Max Verstappen brilliantly won the US Grand Prix but was it the best drive of his career so far? We discuss Verstappen being title ready, two-stop strategies, Perez's dodgy tummy and more in our latest podcast
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00:00 Intro
02:02 Max's champions drive
14:51 Drivers or Constructors?
23:12 More two stops
40:37 So much action
46:29 Perez's great drive
54:21 Alonso vs track limits
01:02:43 ABCDEF1
1:12:10 Predictions
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[@timdottillis0420]

Good to see Katy still there after she forgot to introduce Tommy as the founder yesterday.

[@dean-charlesb.8121]

I'm sure Tommy had a stiff word with her afterwards:)

[@thesunnynationg]

Katy! Did tommy sneak that article into katys contract too. Oh Tommy?!

[@thomasa4749]

If Tommy got rid of Katy for that, he would also be the founder of his own unpopularity.

[@kubr1ck36]

@@thomasa4749 If she forgets again though she should be fired!!!

[@appief1racepuch646]

Why say it every time?

[@mariasalas7550]

Honestly it makes me so glad that Katy is more confident in voicing her opinions and challenging Matt and Tommy. Her articles are incredibly well informed and she understands the sport just as the others do, her opinion is just as valid as Matt’s. Good contributions to the discussion, particularly in those topics where Matt is predictable, such as slandering Perez. You go Katy!!

[@chandramoulipalit]

Honestly katy is the most well informed of the 3 but sometimes lets herself get steamrolled. She is always well versed in the rules and more knowledgible about what went on during the race whereas the other two are more often than not going off their gut and provide more of a comedic relief than actual expert commentary

[@fabulouschild2005]

I remember the "Katy vs the FIA" segment of the Belgian "race" lol

[@Scott-bh2qb]

I’m so sick of Matt being condescending towards Katy every few minutes, give it a rest ffs!

[@fabulouschild2005]

@@Scott-bh2qb new segment of the podcast: "Scott vs Matt" 😂

[@TeamSukiyo]

Thanks Katy for shutting down Matt’s continuous Checo slander.

[@dannyocean9673]

I think Matt genuinely dislikes him, he tried shutting down any compliment Katy and Tommy tried to give him 😅

[@jasonjansen9831]

Matt talks the most sense, most of the time, but he has a very strange irrational dislike of Checo

[@StinkyCheeseYodeler]

There is something about that second RB car. Checo is better than what his results have shown.

[@chanahasnomana]

@@StinkyCheeseYodeler I agree, he always says shit about the 2nd redbull driver. I think it's more of a running joke, but sometimes it doesn't seem like one though

[@harkiransahota8430]

Good for you Katy standing up for Perez 👏🏻

[@daviddelara7158]

I was watching the podcast get recorded live earlier today and I was cheering when Katy said that

[@jeane0253]

@@AkilahHussain169 Are you okay, dude ? Racial bias lmao. Russell is a super talented rookie haunted by bad luck om the race track. There were loads of non-Brits who were rooting for him to win. Calm yourself, man

[@jeshuhdz4052]

@@jeane0253 but not Matt… I like him and everything, but it’s not new his “anti Checo” agenda …

[@Wals141]

Happy to see Katy defending Perez. Matt does have a bit of a vendetta against Perez. During the podcast after Baku he didn't bring up his win even once.

[@jasonjansen9831]

The man had no water and was dehydrated after lap 20.

[@Alex_Martin_]

I was at cota and I doubt I could have watched the race without water. Perez managing a podium without passing out is actually insane.

[@Septimus_ii]

All he said was that Checo wouldn't have beaten Hamilton or Verstappen, when they were both on excellent form. Is that controversial?

[@TheAmritabha]

Absolutely agree..

[@bazh6041]

100% agree with Tommy that RB would sacrifice WCC for WDC all day long. One thing that wasn't mentioned - Red Bull isn't a car company. If it was Ferrari or Merc that WCC stat is important to the brand legacy as "the fastest/best car"... RB is a drinks company who's whole brand is "cool young people doing cool stuff" - Max as champ is so much more worthwhile for them.

[@nilssorensen6599]

Very good point

[@manikahluwalia7285]

Besides, they’ve been promising Max a championship worthy car since 2019 at least. If they want to keep Max for the long term, and he has been exceptionally loyal to them anyway, they’d want the WCC over WDC and not blow the championship on their account.

[@HoopleHeadUSA]

Race weekend ain’t over til this comes out! 🙌 Shout out to Checo for his Herculean effort, Leclerc getting so little limelight for his P4, and Yuki for a point!

[@areebsiddiqui758]

@@AkilahHussain169 Everyone knows what the Ferrari pit crew are like. Imagine if they messed the pitstop and Leclerc came out behind Ricciardo. What would you be saying then?

[@mel9001]

How checo made it without water is beyond me :o

[@Lunarfox]

I know you like your copypasta, but might I introduce you to a "week - *end* "?

[@MrScotty5877304]

Checo no water plus he had ring sting.....I'm amazed he didn't take off his helmet and look like a bloody walnut 🤣

[@bartandaelus359]

Honestly I think Leclerc had so little limelight because he started p4 and finished p4 and never once looked like he was challenging for 3rd or at risk of losing it.

[@jasonlew8074]

Katy dropping knowledge about Checo. #Respekt and you're wrong Matt, as usual.

[@legacywatchguy8333]

My wife just shakes her head in disbelief...up at 5am to watch these live normally...it was a true pleasure to have a daytime watch!

[@fabulouschild2005]

Absolutely lol I sympathise with those living in the States and East Asia

[@RemoG0915]

@jeannette new thank you. They kept focusing on the fact that it's only a couple races, but I don't even think it's an inconvenience. We schedule local sports for those times in the states sometimes. They must like to be in bed by 10 like grandparents.

[@legacywatchguy8333]

@jeannette new I honestly kinda like getting up at 4:45 am, fixing a pot of coffee, grabbing a blanket, and putting the space heater around my feet and tuning in! 😀

[@purpledahlia1969]

@@RemoG0915 This grandparent is more than happen to watch at midnight, 1am, 2am.....whatever. Down with ageism!

[@Aru_TK]

Carlos did let Lando through after the discussion. He lifted at turns 7 and 8, followed Lando close enough to get DRS and overtook him at turn 11. Seidl said it was a really clever move from Sainz.

[@afonsodinis6346]

Love the callback to the Styrian GP podcast where the thumbnail said: "Max title ready?". Now we know that Max has what it takes to win the title.

[@gregoryyentz6241]

As an american f1 fan, this entire weekend hearing the uk media mention the horrible start time has made me laugh.

[@captaintoyota3171]

I know right?

[@furyofgungnir]

I love it.

[@matthewthomas2546]

It wasn't horrible? It started at 8pm, it was great evening viewing. It would have been worse for countries further east than the UK.

[@vynnxa6416]

East coast ain't too bad. At like 8am

[@jasoncarney5886]

hahaha same here. meanwhile i am used to getting up at all hrs of the early morning to watch the european races

[@calebsiebert694]

Checo was pitted while in 10th at Silverstone. In terms of the WCC, the gap didn't change by pitting Perez. It was smart by Red Bull to do that. Not sure why this is still a big deal. Contrary to what Tommy said, Checo was absolutely not 7th.

[@AshHill07]

Perez was also under investigation at the time, and a 5 second penalty would have put him out the points. So the options were: - Stay in 10th, risking the fact that getting a penalty will mean no points anyway - Pit and go for fastest lap and deny Mercedes a point instead, something a penalty won't change Why's it a surprise that RedBull went with the option they had more control over?

[@Shambley1]

I'm impressed with Tommy's ability to stay professional when we all know he wants to fanboy out and be happy about max winning

[@frankthetank130]

He does fan boy out. I find Tommy's opinions biased to the point that I just tune him out ... Here only for Katy and Matt

[@leendertjagt5542]

@@frankthetank130 lewis fanboy????

[@I_AM_HYDRAA]

@@frankthetank130 katy is the main one I listen too

[@lucasortiz8101]

It bothers me all the talk over Twitter about Mick "helping" Max, but everybody ignores the fact that Kimi cost Max about 4 seconds (and got a black and white flag for it)...If Kimi hadn't messed up, Lewis wouldn't even be that close to Max at the end of the race.

[@vynnxa6416]

I was watching Max run into back markers at all the worst places on the circuit while Ham caught a lot on the straights. It was nerve inducing.

[@aldogjipali2835]

Mick didn't help max though. He fucked him over. Max lost a lot more from Mick being a dick than he gained from his drs

[@youknowwho3206]

Interesting Lucas, good thatyou point that out, didn't even notice that

[@davidreichert9392]

Ocon didn't get punted by Latifi, he got nicked by one of the Alfa Romeos. Latifi crashed into Stroll at turn 1.

[@bryansim7634]

finally someone said it

[@MoBBerZz]

Katy makes a great point about Perez, then Matt slams her saying 'that's not the question', then instantly makes the same point as Katy... Just one example out of many, this happens constantly.

[@8thlvlMage]

I was wondering if it's just me. I've been seeing this a lot more lately.

[@endthisnonsense7202]

The question; "Could Perez have done better?" The answer; "He was under the weather, and could not drink" If there ever is a non-answer, this was a prime example.

[@zozol1718]

Exactly, I also notice that, its was just rude and unnecessary from him

[@alvaromartinez2369]

Fernando's "Yes!!" radio after he overtook Gio was the funniest team radio Ive heard in some time!!

[@Pouroneoutfor50Cent]

The race was at 9 o’clock in the evening here and I loved it, I had time to do fun things during the day and had a fun race to watch in the evening.

[@MrScotty5877304]

Yeah it was a fantastic race, mind you I dont think I had much fun the last lap screaming at the tv " Hes got DRS off Mick yas! Right let him pass Mick....Mick.....MICK F***** MOVE OUT THE WAY MICK YA F****** W*****!" 🤣

[@Septimus_ii]

@jeannette new the free to air highlights started at 12:30, which was too late for me

[@blokkebaas]

I live in the Netherlands and I absolutely love the 9pm racestarts. Perfect way to end the weekend! (Especially when Max wins😇🇳🇱)

[@PeterExcelsis]

Agreed loved the 9pm race!

[@chandramoulipalit]

Matts perez hate is so evident here. Dude was 0.02 seconds off hamilton in quali when he is not known for one lap pace. He is always faster in the race so there is no reason he wouldnt have been able to keep up with Lewis

[@h.a6154]

Matt everytime after Tommy and Katy speak : Yes, indeed

[@DaveKill3R27]

Checo Perez proved us to be the perfect teammate for Max. His race was unbelievable and he supported Max strategy by forcing Lewis to go shorter

[@mariosaunier8509]

In contrary shorter

[@DaveKill3R27]

Oops thanks

[@yachthvac469]

I think Horner wants the title for Max enough that if he had to choose, he would chose driver title.

[@MrMrbrown862]

100%.

[@chriscollins550]

The driver's title don't give team's any money or help with team sponsorship contracts. The team's only care about constructor title. But a lot of fan's it's the other way around.

[@MrMrbrown862]

@@chriscollins550 they're not in F1 to win as a team... Max is more valuable than 50million dollars they get from the FIA. Max can bring that money in being a champion, making appearances, and endorsements.

[@MrMrbrown862]

@@chriscollins550 I mean do you really think Toto would take a Merc championship over having Lewis be an 8x world champion?

[@Sem5626]

yeah, for him I don't think there's too much difference this year between 1st and 2nd in the constructors.... if it means proving a point and being the one to break the mercedes / hamilton dominance

[@vhdeanda1]

Perez was probably saving his tires to go long on the first stint, but there is a team radio from Verstappen asking the team to pit Perez sooner so Hamilton couldn't go longer - @

[@MrAndreFerRed]

The silverstone pitting perez incident for fastest lap is different. The only one who lost out was Perez. If we ignore Verst and Bottas for a sec, and focus on the two parties in play; Constructors wise; if Ham scores +26pts for merc via 25+1 and Per scores +1 via 10nth, the delta in the constructors will be 25points. However hamilton will have gained an extra point relative to Vertsstappen. By contrast, if they pit Perez for fastest lap, Hamilton only takes 25points, whilst Perez takes none for fastest lap. Thus the delta in constructors remains the same. That being said: hamilton has now scored less points relative to Verstappen, which is important for the drivers. The only one who looses out is Perez as he doesnt gain points. Constructors wise; Merc gaining 26 and RB gaining 1 is the same as 25 and 0.

[@williamyawn2325]

I think Checo would have been much much closer but he would not have challenged for P2. Also, he was a massive reason that Max won the race if you only factor in the start, any other car would have passed max there and Checo let him go ahead rather than hold him up. Also, Checo's quali was amazing and i think he could have locked out the front row if not for that bit of rain at the end

[@Turbyo]

Max has been title ready all season

[@ezio9973]

This is the mans year

[@pkerkhoff69]

Christian Horner has said in a dutch interview that he prefers the drivers title going to Max over the constructors title

[@HanSoloxcs]

Yeah it’s better marketing

[@jardinero119]

Matty, mate…at this point just admit it…you don’t like Checo…the more you deny it the more we don’t believe you

[@mariomgll146]

16:00 Yes they did it at silverstone but only because perez was 10th and this way the point difference in the constructors would be the same but not the point difference between HAM and VER

[@christianishimura]

Checo living rent-free on Matt's head. What a petty wee lad

[@googleaccount3286]

Your comment is gold, couldn't agree more, my day is brighter

[@jrbcnchz]

I'm an F1 and MotoGP fan, and I regularly sacrifice Saturday evenings so I can be up and alert for pre-race coverage, especially MotoGP races where lights go out at 8AM. I'm 33 and love me a Saturday out. But I love racing more!! And so do you DON'T LIE

[@kyneticfilms]

Glad someone on the panel insists on consistently giving Checo his due credit.

[@chinmaysardesai623]

What a race, was amazing to be at COTA for my 1st race.

[@tobygreen6010]

Keep the content coming team!

[@SteveoJoslin]

So nice not having to set an alarm for 5am on only my day off to watch the race live!

[@7ransport]

Checo slander by Matt? In other news, water is wet. 😑 Mix it up a little, man, it gets kinda boring.

[@georgeba1486]

I live in Western Australia and the races are usually between 9PM and 11PM and I love it, the best part of the week comes right at the end of the week!

[@GrooveSchoolRecs]

I'm from Miami so all these European races means 7-9am wake up times for Sunday mornings! Love watching a race mid afternoon 😂

[@TroutHunter16]

Eating breakfast while watching the race is pretty good for us here in the states

[@googleaccount3286]

Mate 7 - 9 am is not early

[@joshuabrady1021]

ITS WTF1 TIME!!! Im in bed to recover from the late nights over this weekend, excited to nod off after this

[@fabulouschild2005]

The youngest world champion is still Seb actually, he was 23 and Max is 24

[@ddha0000]

Seb and Lewis both won at 23, Alonso will also be younger than Max if he wins it so he will be 4th.

[@adityagalgali7251]

that katy rant about checo tho... epic

[@carlreynolds2846]

'Undercut overcut wombling free' love it! 😂

[@rejguon2378]

Am I the only one that enjoyed the 8pm start time thought it was brilliant a good relaxing (maybe not relaxing towards the end 😂) Sunday evening in front of the f1 absolutely loved it

[@dipolodocolous]

Monaco without blue flags would be an absolute nightmare

[@ianp7424]

The Founder is very wise again,, no debate or difficult decision : $20m Vs Champion Max. Max all the way, Value of RB brand should easily make up the difference. PS: New hair is lovely Katy!

[@nitanshujaiswal]

Redbull has 4 cars in grid they can also ask alphatauri to pit yuki or gasly too

[@buymore6288]

It's a no brainer Max winning with RB will give more then enough advertising for RB anyway to make up for the constructors title.

[@bradendocherty4816]

Great work as always guys, Katy cracks me up!!!

[@chrisfloyd7316]

I know this race was amazing for Verstappen but if Checo wasn't in 3rd, Max would've had a car between him and Hamilton at the start of the race. Perfect race outside of that

[@user-ot4wm2fh8g]

Kimi gets a D for spinning whilst desperately defending from a storming Vettel on fresh tyres and a faster car after running in P10 and fighting for P9 all race - whilst Gio gets a C for running in like P13-14 all race and doing nothing… Poor Kimi

[@blakebarone1809]

You mugs STILL don’t understand that the difference between Lewis scoring 26 points in a race and Perez scoring 1 IS THE EXACT SAME as Lewis scoring 25 and Perez scoring 0. Also if Lewis was winning the WDC by 1 point, the Checo pits for fastest lap, it wouldn’t matter if Bottas pitted to get fastest lap... Max would still win the WDC.

[@RudenNijsse]

16:24 thought Matty forgot his pants and Katy also had to look twice 😂

[@weirdwickedworld6111]

Great race, great podcast 👍

[@juanrahernandez1288]

Finally a little love for Perez👏

[@juanrahernandez1288]

@@AkilahHussain169 true man, it was a surprise that Katy defended Checo like that.

[@drodrige4586]

@@juanrahernandez1288 Katy has always been a Checo fan (check her twitter account). It's Matt who genuinely dislikes him for some reason.

[@juanrahernandez1288]

@@drodrige4586 yeah, I have heard that she is a fan of Checo but she always agrees with Matt when he criticize Checo. This is the first time I hear her defend Checo like that😂

[@celineyau1687]

We watched at 3 am, and we were sleep deprived haha

[@Southpawdg1]

I just wanted to say you guys rock! This is the show that really helped me understand and get into F1. As an American and a “DTS fan” F1 isn’t talked about on the big sports networks so it’s hard to find good content on TV. But you guys talk about all the different angles of the sport and I appreciate you guys giving me a better understanding of this great sport!

[@ervie60]

Go see the channels of: Peter Windsor, Driver61 But there are others very informative as well. Happy viewings!

[@Southpawdg1]

@@ervie60 I appreciate the suggestions! I basically watch this, the official F1 channel, the race, and formula world. Basically just the ones that KZbin has suggested for me. Lol

[@TeamSukiyo]

If you want some additional suggestions on top of Peter Windsor and Driver61, try: Veloce, Aldas, Tommo, Aidan Millward, Behind the Drive, Chain Bear, THE RACE

[@nocompromesso]

Marc Priestley F1 Elvis is a good channel Aswel thebguy was a 1st mechanic for Kimi ad McLaren.

[@chriscollins550]

F1 Elvis has so much more knowledge. Yes check him out.

[@EhEhEhEINSTEIN]

Races are usually lights out somewhere between 7am and 9am for me. On a Sunday... Sometimes I wake up enough to catch the second half of the race, sometimes not. 2:30 or whatever it was EST, absolutely awesome!

[@Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm]

Katy decided to empathically link with Perez and get equally tired. Wanna know at what hour she manages to wake up tomorrow - and will it be still Tuesday 😅 Have a good night! Well earned for doing two podcasts in 48h!

[@yaboidaryl1]

As a us viewer (east coast) most races are 5-8am and I was thrown off waiting all day for the race 🙃

[@peachulemon]

Same 🤣🤣 I was up at my friends cottage and got to watch the race on the drive back in the afternoon 🤣

[@captaintoyota3171]

Try way west of you

[@PlayTrickBLOGSPOT]

Honestly? I'd love to have every race transmitted at 8pm in UK. Perfect thing to finish off weekend ;)

[@roza2261]

i'm in Australia HAHAHA so 1:22 was very funny for me 🤣

[@nutellabrah6718]

it also looks better for Max if they only win Drivers because it rightfully tells the story that Max is driving the car above his weightclass. winning the championship when its not the best car, against the most dominant team ever. Thats a cool inference.

[@robertoverbeeke865]

Sweet! Agreed

[@robertoverbeeke865]

But pulling in constructors as well will mean Perez is gold as well. And that prevents him becoming Bottas

[@kindertikker4840]

@@robertoverbeeke865 I would argue that makes him a Bottas 2.0 in the eyes of redbull. Its not a coincidence Bottas stayed 5 seasons and Hamilton insisted on keeping him the man is worth gold.

[@robertoverbeeke865]

@@kindertikker4840 si senor, correctemundo.

[@tylerkangas99]

Thanks for taking my question guys! I think the attention from the media is heavily favored towards the drivers championship and like tommy said, there has been a few decisions from each team that favor max and Lewis.

[@beaustancil9023]

The race ended for you at 9:30 and y’all are sleep deprived ? Lmao

[@sebastianalhares]

They stayed up and produced the post race content. They are not just watching the races and going to sleep, they watch the race and then they go to work.

[@frederickyang6303]

in australia we even feel happy when the race starts at 10pm instead of 11pm all the time

[@Andy__0]

Alonso's defence against Kimi was fine. He had the inside (the high ground) and was slightly ahead, so it was his corner. Kimi was able to carry more speed around the corner by going off track, and overtook illegally. Obviously, Alonso's first overtake of Gio and Gio's second defence against Alonso were also illegal. If you have the inside and are side by side or ahead it is your corner. Lando should not have been given a penalty in Austria because of this.

[@thestarbucks137]

I was one of them who watched it at 3-4AM.... God bless that the race was exciting at the end... ITS ALL WORTH IT!

[@chema-sj5vq]

Checo: literally has diarrhea and has no drinking system and still finishes the race Matt: still finds a way to talk trash about him

[@avina95]

Carlos deserves an A+, if it wasn’t for the slow pit stop he would have cleared from Bottas

[@saiyerugara9038]

A+ for what then would've been 6th when Leclerc was 4th. I don't know about that one chief!

[@Herd_Displaced]

I'm so used to the 8/9/10 am races on the American East Coast that the schedule when they are here messes me up as well.

[@blakebarone1809]

A DWC is worth 3-4 times more than a Constructors. 100%

[@jamescampbell1070]

Latifi never punted Ocon, He hit Stroll on the opening lap because the Haas made a lunge beside him.

[@TRBrooks27]

It bothered me that none of them corrected that

[@albinorhino6]

I didn’t like COTA when it was brand new. However, the bumps, all the rubber laid down, and the surroundings filling in, all give it some character and it’s growing on me. It was great to see the crowd, and great to see people’s faces.

[@thesamaffliction1572]

Although it wasn’t off track. I’m surprised there’s not more talk of how max squeezed Lewis so dangerously into the pit exit at the start. Lewis got the better jump but Max pushed almost just aimed for his car rather than closing a gap. His steering angle on the grid is really mental every race. While I think he’s brilliant, I do think the way he launches at an angle is dangerous and also meaning he’s no properly in his box

[@bynahelemaal]

Every time Matt does the welcome, it sounds like double tee eff! Remember, Verstappen kept his head cool in his first win, with kimi behind him for 20+ laps, too!

[@_-_.7]

He's simply not a vettel or rosberg he's elite level driver

[@yorkick19]

Yea, feels like I've seen this thumbnail "Max is xxx ready" dozens of times now haha.

[@Nienke131]

Exactly what I was thinking. This was peanuts compared to that race. Just rewatched it a few weeks ago. Phenomenal drive.

[@yuyy8565]

@@_-_.7 lol Vettel is top 5 drivers ever wym

[@_-_.7]

@@yuyy8565 is he fuck come on when shit got real he crashed into a wall, lewis took his racing soul. Lewis and max are different level

[@tombystander]

Tsunida gave Lewis 2 seconds holding up max. Nobody talks about it. That was insanity

[@fabienmboudoungougni4720]

I think Vettel hold him up pretty bad too but people only cared for mick

[@jaimesrk]

@Francisco Le Buff No, he held up Max and to top it off gave Lewis DRS

[@adnanag1706]

They were having their race as well

[@ddha0000]

Vettel held Hamilton up and also lost 2 seconds to to giovanazzi and tsunoda

[@jaimesrk]

@@ddha0000 Vettel also gave Lewis DRS. Not saying they didn't hold him up, but the same goes up for Max and he only got DRS from Mick (Lewis could pass Mick at the same time as Max, so he was never held up by him).

[@FellianTheDragon]

Can't believe Matt thought "Underground, overground, wombling free" was from Teletubbies

[@christianorsa]

My pulse during the last 10 laps went line: SPIKE

[@smidsy1979]

I live in Perth, Aus. Most races start at 9/10pm. I love it. Means you can enjoy a wine or a few beers, and after the race you go to bed. Great evenings entertainment 😁

[@JasonCliftJones]

1:01:55 - Sainz did briefly let Lando back through, it just wasn't caught by the coverage. He almost immediately passed Lando back using DRS.

[@MIGBMWLOVER]

I quite enjoyed the late time I slept like a kid after wards ! I prefer it to the 3 at noon were I have to eat with a rush to watch the race.

[@icebear003]

What a difference with bias Damon & friends podcast!. Keep up the good work!

[@hanstubben]

Brazil is the best location for F1 fans, races in the morning around 9:00 AM and US, Mexico races 16:00 afternoon!

[@tensevo]

COTA is a epic track. I was thinking, it will be considered vintage in short order.

[@selder_7]

Imagine someone at Mercedes went rogue at the end and favoured the team over Hamilton for the championship to preserve the Schumacher record, still loyal after 9 years

[@tensevo]

Nobody needs to go rogue, that's just the objective.

[@sportysp]

Agent Bottas is ready 😉

[@ezequielgaitan2181]

Sainz actually let Lando through at one point later, but before the corner with drs and passed him right back. The tv director didn't shown any of that, but I was watching the names go up and down in the left during the live race and was so pissed off that they were just showing Ham going around doing absolutely nothing.

[@09Mrsubaru]

8pm is late? 😂 It was at 10pm here and didn’t think it was that late 😂

[@rachelkoiks]

Yep. Usually I’m watching quali’s and GP’s that start at 2am, 3am, or 4am so if you count the driver parades and post race stuff, I’ve become truly nocturnal all F1 season. So yeah, it was pretty hard to suddenly adjust back to “normal” time with COTA quali at 11am and the race at 9am!! That’s when I’m usually sleeping so I struggled for that one. (I woke up 45 mins late 😭) Japan was supposed to be the BEST time to watch for us in Hawaii and I thought maybe I’d be able to watch it with someone for once. That didn’t happen.. but at least a race in Istanbul is 2am-4am, which is what I’m used to but I watch it alone. In bed. And try to stay awake for the post race interviews but half the time I pass out as soon as it’s over. (I can’t sleep knowing a race is in progress)

[@Tony-ku8nt]

I would say the Alonso Raikkonen incident was similar to the Norris Perez incident from Austria, except gravel was at play, and the difference in ramifications was penalty points and a 5 second penalty.

[@SolidusSnapes]

The odd race used to be on at 4am etc in the uk.

[@elliotttalksf1825]

Max is firm favourite for this title now I believe. His performances are rock solid!

[@Vincrand]

He really deserves it if you also look at how (un)lucky Lewis and Max got during the season.

[@thecook238]

Leave Mick alone he was too far ahead in Sector 2 and then had to wait until near the end of S3 to move out of the way. You're making it something bigger than it was. Hamilton wasn't overtaking Verstappen even with DRS. Bottas needed like 15 laps to overtake Sainz. It wasn't happening.

[@FormulaJuan75]

0:17 thank god he mentioned it

[@SKLIFEstyle]

I agree with Tommy. I think from long term return the $ will be with who the driver winner is. Both these teams have tons of $ and there is a cost cap now. Mercedes is less willing to risk the constructors, but if it's one or the other in Abu Dahbi...I think both will take Drivers this year.

[@nazzify6417]

Finally a race that wasn’t at like 4am lol

[@davidearthling5123]

Only five races remaining. Anything can happen but both Max and Lewis are in a league of their own, both very consistent. Toto said something about DNFs being a killer, but I feel like two more victories by Max just might do it.

[@Rob2]

When Max is asked about "don't you feel the pressure" or "aren't you nervous when Lewis is approaching" he always replies with "no, that would not help me at all, it would not change the outcome, so I just do my best and if it is good enough I win the race". It seems he is not under the "but it is about the championship!" pressure at all, either he just is keeping up that appearance or he really has learned that over all the years and embedded it so deep that he really believes in it.

[@juliusfucik4011]

I think he has been like that all through his junior career. He is very quitessentially Dutch although born in Belgium. He even has the Dutch Limburg accent whereas his mother has a beautiful Flemish accent. I think Max gets in the zone and no longer thinks about anything but driving until he reaches the finish.

[@OldBuford]

If i have to hear one more European complain about race times when the race isnt happening in their backyard im gonna...i dont know...laugh at them and post a silly tweet or something... i really enjoyed not getting up at 4am to make coffee just so i can watch an F1 race this weekend

[@furyofgungnir]

This all the way. Many races are 9am for me, but the further eastern ones are 1am and 2am so anyone crying for their 1 or 2 times they have to wake up is laughable

[@sbinotto3780]

As a european, i apologize for all the crybababies I would drag my nutsack through shattered carbon just to watch a press conference at 3am of team principles before winter testing

[@stoempert]

It wasn't even in the middle of the night or smth. I'm from Holland and thought the 21.00 was fine, an enjoyable Sunday evening.

[@robertoverbeeke865]

It's so hard rushing an after dinner glass of Italian coffee with a Marlboro and rush to get your snacks and beer to move to the couch for 'lights out and away we go'. Absolutely gutted with US start time.

[@stoempert]

@@robertoverbeeke865 😂

[@mohamedally1276]

Two drivers finish under 1.4sec apart at the front of the grid...one gets rate A* and the other get an A...the same rating as the driver who finished third in the same car as the winner...RIIIIIIIGHT - no bias here at all!

[@adityasunil6565]

Qualifying finished at nearly 3:30 am for me and i had a test at 7:30 am. Punishing myself for missing the monaco quali by trying to attend every single session. The things I do for F1