2022 Belgian GP Race Review | WTF1 Podcast

A Max Verstappen masterclass saw the Red Bull driver go from 14th to 1st in the Belgian Grand Prix. We discuss the race, more Ferrari pain and our ABCDEF1 ratings in our race review podcast.
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[@rohanjose4967]

rb/max didn't ruin this season , Ferrari did

[@ehrlichgesagt863]

I mean leclerc too dont ignore that then.

[@anurag15271]

everything is going wrong, driver mistakes, pit wall mistakes , engine going tata bye bye.

[@ΛάμπροςΠολίτης-κ6ρ]

@@ehrlichgesagt863 jog on man, he did like 2 mistakes. Massa in 08 did like 5-6 and still was a champion for 20 seconds till lewis snatched it. Ferrari botched it this year

[@ehrlichgesagt863]

@@ΛάμπροςΠολίτης-κ6ρ do i care about massa? Max is just better then leclerc how many did he do? Exactly 0 if you want to fight for a WC titel with Lewis and Max on the Grid you need to perform every week just yo not give him momentum but what did Charles do after austria? Bottled it at his second home race....

[@rohanjose4967]

@@ehrlichgesagt863 yeah the engineers , drivers , strategy team , pit crew , pretty much everyone was a step behind rb

[@Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm]

Also, shout out to Gasly not only for his marvelous drive from the pitlane start to 9th, but for his 100th race start! (I don't think the latter was mentioned in his brief section ^^)

[@jaspervandemosselaer9806]

True! Massive drive from the lad

[@npanic628]

@@jaspervandemosselaer9806 yeah, Alpine worthy drive! Get the baguette team hype train rolling 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵

[@maokay]

this is not talk about enough, because max did a masterclass. but yes!! great job done by Gasly👍🏻👍🏻

[@stopinventing1013]

Yeah, Gasly did a superb job. It's sad that he doesn't get enough recognition.

[@dohtje5029]

a calm and collected Max with a pointy car he can control as he pleases is really a scary thing

[@bynahelemaal]

A verstappen in an understeering car that didn’t suit him, still blasting away in baku for example, for me was even scarier! bc that meant, in a car that did suit him, he’d be gone.

[@s-pracing8514]

It's all the car

[@cristinasada1597]

@@bynahelemaal tbf checo had insane tyre deg bc of his setup in Baku, it should’ve been a Checo win, RB even apologized

[@bynahelemaal]

@@cristinasada1597 and even if they had given a race focused setup to both instead of a more quali focused setup to checo(gambling on pole for checo), verstappen on race pace has always been faster than checo (unless there was a drs issue), and considering that checo’s tires were relatively fine before the vsc, it would seem checo’s tire management under vsc wasn’t as good either, which is why Rbr also said drivers also play a part in keeping the tires alive, besides setup, so while He was a bit unlucky with the vsc kicking in after he had passed the pit entry, he still could’ve managed it better! Don’t get me wrong, Checo has always been good on tire management, his teammate’s just better at it, as well as keeping a higher pace on older tires, that’s why rbr are always able to use aggressive undercut and overcut strategies with verstappen and somehow always come out in front of the direct opponent on track! Verstappen has that same level of tire management as hamilton.

[@edlib1651]

@@s-pracing8514 if it is all the car then all of us can be world champions, so it isn't

[@KebunH]

Finally someone calling out Toto’s bs of the car being undrivable. If the merc is undrivable then what are the midfield cars who are clearly behind?

[@tshepo7122]

Cow dung 😂

[@proffesionalretard]

Ye exactly, you hear other drivers like the Aston drivers saying the car is difficult to drive but they never say it’s “undriveable”

[@recipoldinasty]

Toto and lewis are clowns

[@nosebleedpuddle]

I think Matt absolutely hit the nail on the head in terms of how the regulations have done their job and the cars can follow much better etc. This being said I do think that the changes to the engines themselves had the greatest impact on the sport in 2014 hence Mercedes absolutely dominating for so long. I think when the new regs come in with the biofuel, this is absolutely going to spice things up more than the recent regulation changes I would say and I'm looking forward to it, though lets hope that there's some level of standardisation for these parts.

[@christianknight7120]

What are the odds on another RB 1-2 at Monza??😅😂 I think it’s gonna be hard to watch if you’re a Ferrari fan

[@DSkulle1]

As a ferrari fan, i hope ferrari screws up royally on the strategy in monza so that the entire country of italy can pressure the board to demote or fire binotto. the man is delusional

[@Snaakie83]

@@DSkulle1 they just have to remove all the macho male ignorance from the team. Sadly is about 90% of Ferrari

[@emmata98]

@@DSkulle1 I think the issue is, that this pressure is destructive, not constructive

[@DSkulle1]

@@dusan.stojanovic yea even if ferrari runs a low downforce wing, the sidepods have too much downforce on their own to compete against rb. even williams will be up in the points (not goatifi tho hes giving everybody else a chance to win)

[@BarelyA1ive]

As much as ferarri cars crashing on monza

[@selder_7]

Verstappen could’ve started from the pitlane with Leclerc on pole with no blunders throughout the race and Verstappen would’ve still won. Him and his car where just so clear. Don’t think they’ll be this dominate at Zandvoort but it’s worrying that you until 2026 could just be the Verstappen domination era

[@09csr]

I wouldn't be so sure. Yeah, I hope this will be "the RB-Honda era", but a lot can happen until next year even. Remember, RB will get way less development om their car for next year, and Mercedes especially will get much more, provided they end up third.

[@soundscape26]

Can't see Mercedes not improving on their current performance up until 2026.

[@h.a6154]

@@09csr honda?, RBPT it is sir

[@t_world7721]

Funny how wen it's vestappan it him and his car. But with it's the other black guy..😒

[@Euclides287]

Nobody's touching Red Bull until 2026.

[@joyl7842]

13:30 I think one of the key things Verstappen and RB are proving this season is that pole doesn't really mean anything for the result of the race. Just look at how many times RB won not starting from pole and how many times polesitters won.

[@theglitch312]

RB is an amazing racecar. Incredible top speed with the most efficient downforce means a car that’ll overtake from almost a second back while Ferrari’ll struggle to overtake a RB from 0.5s back since their top speed just isn’t great. If a RB is behind you with DRS, and you can’t lose it in the corners, you’re fucked.

[@piminat0r]

@@theglitch312 the last laps in Canada were a perfect example of that, Sainz couldn't find a gap.

[@Chyeahokay]

Lol Ferrari with drs is just about as quick as redbull without. Look at Miami when Leclerc was chasing max .

[@henrimoll9621]

Max never really cared about qualifications....he likes to battle on sunday.

[@joyl7842]

@@henrimoll9621 True!

[@NateFenix]

Spa has always been a special case. 2009 Fisichella took Pole in a Force India. The long straight will obvious help the cars with low downforce an High top speeds.

[@nagrom45]

I know the drivers would never go for it but watching Max blast through the field really makes me want to see some reverse grid F1 races

[@jayaganesh4526]

Matt disintegrating in real time as Katy and tom explaining how good was max, more sorry for Matt than for Charles

[@ZEROxFUSIONZ]

How Russel was graded a B from the fans and Perez got an A from them is beyond me. Russel in a slow mercedes finished only 12 seconds behind perez. Perez finished 18 seconds behind Max. That red bull had SO much pace and perez couldn't find it. Perez also had an awful start and gained 2 positions due to the alonso/lewis collision. For me Russell A and Perez B

[@Ponchov009]

Oh no! Perez got a higher note for once over a british driver!! The tragedy! Everything is lost!! 😂😂

[@ZEROxFUSIONZ]

@@Ponchov009 being British doesn’t mean anything 😂 Base them off their performance and the pace of their car. Perez got absolutely destroyed by max and didn’t perform that much better than Ferrari in a much superior car

[@Ponchov009]

@@ZEROxFUSIONZ sure, but Russell didnt do anything special either, with no one behind to defend from and trying to catch a debilitated ferrari, his B is ok. Why would he get an A? Sometimes, lets be honest, british media and fans tend to overrate their drivers.

[@ZEROxFUSIONZ]

@@Ponchov009 he would get an A because what else could he of done? He finished 2 seconds behind 3rd place in the 3rd fastest car, Perez had a bad start, was gifted 2 positions due to the collision and finished 18 seconds behind his team mate who started 12 places further back. How Perez would even be considered a higher grade than Russell I don’t understand

[@Ponchov009]

@@ZEROxFUSIONZ Perez got a 1-2 for RB, his job is to get a 2nd place, thats what he was hired, it doesnt matter in his performance that Max is waaay better than any one else. He made a mistake he recovered and from that made a good race. BUT thats not the point im discussing here, the point is that you want an A for Russell just becuase he had a decent race. Which by the way the mayority saw thats why he got a B. Be objective.

[@theoforde-stiegler]

I think it was a great advertisement for the new regulations. Max going through the field, Mr. Ocon double overtaking... probably would not have happened in past years.

[@skeletonmodel]

Alonso purposefully slowed down to get DRS when Leclerc came out for sure

[@7BD273]

1:04:32 I have to agree with Matt. it's still not a good car, but you can't really compare this year's Williams to what they had in 20/21. that, and the midfield is so much tighter than in the previous years, you can hardly predict how the bottom 4 teams (and sometimes McLaren) are going to perform. Albon qualified P10, started P6, was technically P5 with Lewis' DNF, and finished in P10 largely thanks to their crazy straight line speed. props to him for making it to Q3 and not putting a foot wrong in the race, but that car wasn't a dog around Spa. to be fair to Latifi, his race pace wasn't too bad, iirc he was around a tenth slower than Albon, but he always finds a way to ruin his own weekend

[@ccramit]

The Williams wasn't the worst car last year though, it was Haas. The Williams only looks closer to the rest of the teams this year because Stroll sucks.

[@7BD273]

@@ccramit yes but the cars ahead of the Williams were consistently better and usually the only car they could potentially fight on pure pace were the Alfas. that still meant that they had 14 faster cars ahead of them. while this year the pace of the backmarkes/midfield is a lot more unpredictable, and teams like AT, AM, AR and Haas (and Williams) are often very close to each other in performance. and there were more retirements from the top teams this year, which helps the weaker teams to grab P9-10

[@Yetabronz]

@@ccramit Norris couldn’t pass nor stroll or albon so he also sucks I guess?Almost half the grid got stuck behind albon lol

[@d_dave7200]

To be fair, the mediums vs hards question for Leclerc was a rare case where it probably didn't really matter. He was likely finishing P5 either way.

[@nileshagarwal6514]

Matt's love for Charles always makes him belittle Carlos. Ferrari was way off the pace and yet he out qualified Perez, had a great start but eventually lost to the Red Bulls because of the car's pace. Also he gave A to Perez for losing out to Sainz on quali, having a horrendous start and losing to his teammate by a big margin despite max starting p14. Also he said this was the first time Carlos matched Leclerc's pace. His favouritism has clouded his judgement so much that he doesn't even remember that Sainz was faster in France, out-quallified Leclerc in Hungary. When Sainz won in Silverstone and Leclerc finished p4, he rightfully blamed Ferrari and didn't give any credit to Sainz. But when Carlos had to retire because of engine failure, but Charles won, he deemed it to be a great weekend.

[@anchitjaiswal299]

Aren't you somewhat belittling Perez?

[@suckieduckie]

@@anchitjaiswal299 Not really, he's pointing out that Max belittled Checo by being so much faster.

[@nileshagarwal6514]

@@anchitjaiswal299 Not belittling perez, just pointed out that perez didn't have a good weekend, yet matt rated Sainz lower than perez who achieved the best possible position.

[@johnny5935]

1:07:29 Matt doing the best Benjamin daily impression there “GOOD”

[@pineapple8909]

Serious Jim Clark vibes from max at spa

[@papatrev6465]

@43:27 "That's quality" made me choke on my lunch. That was hilarious!

[@konstavilkman4926]

57:58 We would never have heard anyone of you saying two years ago about Bottas, that "you know he showed really good pace sometimes, caught the second driver of the second fastest car and secured 1-2", and then giving him an A for that. Those results were always a low B for him, at best. If not C, because of the bad start, and "in a championship winning car, you just can't make that bad starts and you gotta pick up your game".

[@TwoTwoFourSix]

Matt always belittles Sainz nowadays

[@nileshagarwal6514]

Yep. He's a Leclerc fan. He doesn't care what Sainz does, if Leclerc doesn't win that means Ferrari has been poor.

[@Rodejong]

I think that Red Bull already is focussing now on '23

[@michaels.3617]

The cars look amazing going around Spa. Thrilled they kept it for next year. If we lost Spa but kept vertigo inducing France and the Miami car park I would be beside myself.

[@timmycrockett3348]

the race was boring has hel

[@kda_1599]

One of those ignorant Americans new to the sport (thanks netflix) and learning about the history has been so fun thanks to your vids and podcasts. Loving what you ladies abs gentlemen are doing. Thank you for your hard work

[@tuttutteddy8889]

Max’s drive this weekend reminded me of the days of Schumacher and Ferrari dominance. Completely calm, in control and unspectacular. Absolutely no one could touch him. I love spa but this race was a complete snooze fest for me personally. I’m not sure even why it was so boring

[@hockeykid8130]

Katie's turning into a legend on these & Matt is just so done with the year :'D

[@TheGremlinsParadise]

F1 should hire your guys to be the official commentators! This is much more fun to listen and though you guys clearly let us know who your favorites are, yet being able to give us the information and opinions without any bias at all. Best KZbin channel for F1 peroid!

[@Aefweard]

My hope is that checo can win Mexico, considering how great a wingman he’s been, RB should push to get him that win imo.

[@BookishGoodWitch]

Yeah but that's a pity win. If Checo is not fast enough do you think that RB and Max will say ok let him carry on...I don't think so. Schumacher fought for wins even after winning a championship that's how records are broken

[@Aefweard]

@@BookishGoodWitch very true, but I can imagine lol

[@FarrYaweh]

Great podcast y'all. Thanks for all the content week in, week out.

[@ras_732]

And Here Comes Sebastian Vettel! Once again, Seb had a storming 1st lap!

[@Rinnegantv966]

The tear-off was actually from Lance Stroll who was ahead of Max at that point. Max's tear-off flew over Leclerc's car

[@Micah_4D]

Alonso leaving Alpine is baffling to me, especially when it's for AM. This is a huge step back.

[@georgeretsides4293]

An absolute clinic by Max Verstappen and Red Bull, that team is one well-oiled machine, the pit stops, the strategy and of course the car.

[@Questerer]

I say this as a Max and McClaren fan. Toto wolf saying that the car is undriveable says to me that he is competitive and wants to get up at the top again as soon as possible. He is not scared to make drastic changes to the car. And I actually can really appreciate that.

[@relics1454]

40:30 Lando got a midfield podium and the only midfield podium in Imola where Sainz got yeeted by Danny Ric and Charles binned it into the wall at the end (they were also faster than Mercedes that weekend)

[@TheJAMF]

49:31 As a tear-off causes the most harm and is the highest risk to a brake duct, teams could add some carbon threads/wires at the front of the inlet. If the inlet is angled a bit, the tear-off is likely to be blown aside. In the end, for teams, is weighed in a risk-reward/cost-benefit analysis.

[@shubhamtomer3807]

This was definitely the best theme so far.!!!! Just too good

[@ralphbuurman4489]

Toto Wolff and him being overly apologetic to -mainly- Hamilton, him talking about an undriveble car is sooo disrespectful to Russell and the other teams. George is right up there with the Ferrari drivers, and 24 points clear of Lewis while having one less podium place. Clearly the Mercedes team results are welll below their own expectations, but a disaster it is not. Unless of course Toto thinks that the other teams are just a bunch of amateurs.

[@sniperkuzi4083]

How did you guys give Perez an A? He started from p2 and got beaten by his Max by 18 secs who started in p14. Perez also made loads of mistakes such as in quali and at the start.

[@Aemond2024]

yeah wtf. he got wiped

[@osmarsanchez5165]

Rn Max and his car (with new components) are in another level and no one is even close to them. I think Checo getting an A is fair. I wouldn't say he made a mistake in quali since he did beat Charles and Carlos got a tow from Charles and Perez didn't get that from Max.Not sure where you get the "loads of mistakes" tbh, to me there was only 1, his start. Yes he messed up big time at the start but he fixed his mistake quickly by overtaking Russell right before the Hamilton/Alonso incident (even if that didn't happen he woulda overtaken them pretty quickly as well, at worst as soon as DRS was enabled). After that he didn't really have an issue catching up and overtaking Carlos, defended perfectly against Leclerc in his 1 and only attack, and then put a 9-10 second gap with Carlos and just went into cruise mode for the rest of the race. The only chance he had at beating Max was if everyone else tried to defend against him as he was making his way through the grid, which no one did since he was flying and strategically speaking it didn't make sense for them to waste time fighting him when there were other cars they actually had a chance against.

[@georgythomas8451]

I think we need a A** for Max. It wasn't Perez being particularly bad, but Max being too good

[@cristinasada1597]

Checo was great after his poor start, but his PU is v old, and Max’s was brand new.

[@Aemond2024]

@@cristinasada1597 no thats cope. His pu was new in Hungary. So only 1 race old.

[@roxannelyson7715]

"MY word you can just fly by on the Kemmel straight." All aboard the Albon Express. LOL

[@Micah_4D]

I've always considered visor tear-offs a risk, it's surprising to me that it's not more common a problem.

[@Querientje]

The whole field basic used a tearoff at once due to the fluids that came from hamiltons car

[@Micah_4D]

@@Querientje Definitely, the Alonso cam caught that well enough.

[@roxannelyson7715]

It is and it's caused quite a few problems (George last year comes to mind). It's just not been so obviously caused the problem between the 2 championship leaders. There's even a rule in the regs that say drivers are supposed to keep the tear offs in the car and not let them fly away.

[@Querientje]

@@roxannelyson7715 it was strolls tearoff who hit leclerc

[@Franky46Boy]

What Kathy said on the situation at Mercedes was spot on! 👌👍

[@skitatic]

It's amazing how often you hear the phrase 'rare mistake from Hamilton'.

[@t.mcgarry4]

the new F1 22 patch is crazy. they buffed Max's AI way too much, he just breezed through the pack- What? what do you mean that wasn't a replay from the game?

[@emmata98]

Where did you get the Raytracing version of F1 22?

[@ayanchoudhury6697]

actually in the game he is prone to making lot more mistakes

[@pieterpeeters7504]

Matt is heartbroken over his team / favourite driver... and Katie keeps ripping his heart out of his chest setting it on fire and dancing on top of it :O:O

[@rhyd1109]

Completely agree with Katy that Mercedes is comfortably the third best car and calling it a shitbox is petulant

[@thelarry383]

3rd place isn't a standard for Mercedes. Anything less than first is total failure. We're not talking about the lower teams

[@PlayTrickBLOGSPOT]

@@thelarry383 this team was nowhere near top3 for years. They should be grateful for these few years of domination they had and focus on improving current car rather than arrogantly assuming 1st place should be granted for them and other teams must be cheating.

[@roxannelyson7715]

Tear-offs: 49:30 ISC Appendix L, Chap III 1.3: "Drivers of open cockpit cars and drivers participating in the WEC Championship must wear full-face helmets, of which the chin bar is an integral part of the helmet structure and is tested to an FIA approved standard. This measure is recommended for historic open cockpit cars and Autocross SuperBuggy, Buggy1600 and Junior Buggy. Any tear-offs attached to visors may not be thrown unnecessarily onto the track or the pit lane." If the FIA wants to actually enforce silly rules, make it this one.

[@erikhuisman2487]

"Yeah they do because everyone's Infront of them" Absolutely savage

[@jupekz6147]

22:11 Huge W

[@bryankay2888]

Hamilton at Brazil 2021 - the OTHER back-to-front on a Rocket race! How soon we forget

[@FADHsquared]

Less impressive tbf. He needed an extended race (race + sprint) to do that. Max needed 18 laps only.

[@SecondSince]

Matt's face at 9:14 says it all really. XD

[@primeoetzand]

Regarding Tsunoda, he got both a 10 second pit stop and a 4 second pit stop so a c feels a bit unfair.

[@_qwe_fk_1700]

Yeah superficial youtube channel who have no idea what i actually going on but certainly act like it

[@joyl7842]

8:09 same here! That would be one badass record to get.

[@szymonteodorczyk4454]

There might be another suggestion about Tear-offs, mainly, in sports like motocross, or enduro, there are available goggles with either electronically rolling tearoffs, maybe something like that could be implemented into F1 helmets, of course aerodynamic drag would be the biggest issue.

[@speedybean8884]

On my unbranded soapbox, standardised floors , narrower cars, narrower front wings, lower downforce. Solves porpoising, dark art of flexifloors and smaller front wings would encourage mixing it.

[@anurag15271]

22:00 I agree to this very much, one of the reasons I hate MB. I feel pity for our german design team I have nothing but utmost respect to them being studying in stuttgart. But when you keep on calling this car undrivable which is definitely the 3rd best car sometimes 2nd best, that doesnt help anyone. You are clearing mocking your design team which have given you 8 world championships

[@7BD273]

they haven't called it undrivable in a long time tho. that was in the first third of the season, when it indeed was a handful and looked awful to drive (btw even in Hungary in the practice sessions it was all over the place) but recently they have simply just been critical of the car's performance, which i'd take over whatever the hell Ferrari do week in week out after they fuck things up. and it's exactly because of those 8 world championships that the expectations are so high at the team

[@ddha0000]

german design team? its designed in the UK dude.

[@recipoldinasty]

@@ddha0000 and half the design team is german “dUde”

[@recipoldinasty]

@@ddha0000 oh a lewis d rider and max hater, nvm…

[@ddha0000]

@@recipoldinasty oh a max d rider and lewis hater, nvm…

[@mrwalk6171]

Alonso punts Hamilton, Hamilton shoots oil all over, Verstappen rips off visor from oil, Leclerc catches visor in wheel, Visor fire damages speed Leclerc sensor, Leclerc speeds in pitlane, 5 sec penalty giving Alonso 5th. All according to el plan

[@ayanchoudhury6697]

Alonso punts Hamilton?

[@TreyMotes]

@@ayanchoudhury6697 You didn't see that super innocent hard lock to steering left in Alonso's on board?

[@rubenhero436]

Hamilton admits that it was his mistake and you still blame Alonso hahaha

[@Rouge_7]

The F1 TV Tech Talk video for the Belgian GP was more interesting that the entirety of Sunday's race.

[@ldsalrm]

Season prediction to make the season more interesting. FIA will "find" that Red Bull ignored the cost cap and fine them. Max and Sergio are panelized 100 championship points each and Red Bull is disqualified from the Constructors Championship. But would that be enough to slow them down?

[@jamithon4227]

Hamilton should have gotten a penalty. Not a grid drop or anything, maybe a 10 second penalty which would have been meaningless, but not giving him a penalty because he was out anyways shows penalty points are meaningless and they gave em to Max like candy last year.

[@Sajuuk9]

I like this more Sassy irritated postcast with the sarcastic snarky humor. can you guys keep doing this?

[@Warhaawk]

On Perez and not finishing ahead of Sainz in the Quali, Sainz had a tow from Leclerc for his pole lap. Perez didn't have a tow at all. We were actually kinda shocked to see the likes of Ferrari & Alpine giving each of their drivers a run with a tow, while RB had Max get a tow and then pit and get out of the car after his run without giving Perez a tow.

[@lpollock7893]

I don’t think Sainz had a tow on the lap that he set his fastest qualifying time. I think he got the tow on the lap that he had been jockeying for position between the Alpines.

[@aimankamil4818]

Sainz didn't improve his quali time with the tow, it was the previous lap that got him the good time

[@Warhaawk]

@@aimankamil4818 Completely true. BUT my point was that RB didn't even bother with a tow for Checo. It's just odd for RB to not do it.

[@aimankamil4818]

@@Warhaawk yeah idk max had like weird 3 run 3 quali, I guess they really want to save his engine and tyre

[@kenmiles2674]

That was a compelling camera shot of Sir Lewis making the long walk back to the paddock. You couldn’t even see the track. One wonders what the seven-time world champion was thinking about.

[@BarelyA1ive]

48:00 finally someone knows what was going on!

[@christianfolk]

At the end of September or earlier Red Bull can already focus on 2023 as well! : ))

[@fin-ed6oj]

Verstappen got a 3-place grid penalty for Russia due to the Monza crash last year. Which was wayyyy more 50-50 than Hamilton on Alonso at Spa. Why doesn’t Hamilton get at least a 3-place grid penalty after this one? Alonso could claim that his damaged front wing ruined his race??

[@fkez0510]

but it didn't ruin his race and Hamilton took himself out, no penalty needed because the situation resolved itself In the monza crash both drivers were out but Max was deemed at fault, so because he took Lewis completely out of the race he was given a penalty. Alonso didn't suffer anything at all

[@yummyananas]

Alonso also said after the race that it was a lap 1 incident

[@cyril_ogude]

Because it was Hamilton’s corner by the new rules. He’s not gonna get penalized cus they CHANGED THE RULES

[@PlayTrickBLOGSPOT]

@@fkez0510 according to stewards and certain Mercedes fans, you cant judge situation by the outcome, only by the action. The fact that it "didnt hurt Alonsos race" (it did, he lost several positions, hurt his tyres by going off track and had his car damaged) means nothing, because Hamilton caused collision and it was 100% his fault. Wasnt even "predominantly" at fault this time. It should have been penalty, but they obviously wont penalize Hamilton, because he will cry and make up some ridiculous statements, which will hurt F1 image.

[@palashnandwani9344]

Person to Katy: Ma'am do you have any last words? Katy: Just repeating what these guys have said...

[@gpaje]

Remember that being quicker on Saturday doesn't always mean being quicker on Sunday. There are examples of Ferrari just not having the pace on Sunday for some reason, even beyond the mistakes of the team and drivers. Red Bull seemed to be better focused on race day than qualifying all season. Ferrari didn't have the fastest car earlier in the season, it was dependent on the track and if they got the setup right, either Ferrari or Red Bull.

[@suckieduckie]

two words: long runs.

[@Srynan]

I was looking forward to this!!! :D

[@dariusplato]

Great comment on the ride height. Looking at the times, RBR was like 0.6% faster than Ferrari and 0.3% faster than the field over other races. It will be interested to see the difference the next races. I don't know that all of the difference is due to the RB18 tolerated ride height better - certainly a good chunk of the speed performance, but I'd be surprised if some of it wasn't due to the technical regulations.

[@EhEhEhEINSTEIN]

Seems like with all the materials science/research in F1, some ultra crazy version of rain-x could be put on the visor and stuff wouldn't stick to them

[@allalongtheracetrack4206]

Meanwhile, they announced that Spa will remain in the calendar, which is of course great, but that means that there will be no race in South Africa.The reason behind it: They still want to bleed organizers with 30 million dollars fees, but in South Africa they can't charge thousands of dollars for a ticket like in Vegas. In fact, if you noticed, the F1 management and drivers are not blabbering any more about equality, rights, etc. They shifted the conversation on women in F1.

[@austinjestis7124]

Max also gave away 1.3 seconds on his drift/burnout as well. And what’s insane is GP was constantly telling Max to lift and coast and lift off throttle through 7 & 9. He was literally just managing with the engine turned down and was still about .6-1.0 seconds faster than anyone. Even Leclerc on fresh softs and drs was 6 tenths off Max’s fast lap on heavy fuel and medium tires.. Honestly shocking. Im a Max fan and even I can recognize with that kind of gap over everyone including your teammate in the same car as well as his main rival Leclerc, it makes you think what the hell. It seems they barely brought upgrades, added the TD enforced floor, and still haven’t had their light chassis worth .2-.3 tenths it’s kind of like what changed type of thing. But I think it’s simple. Max Verstappens raw speed and talents finally shown with an EXCEPTIONAL car. He’s had a good car in 2021 and carried it to new heights. In 2022 it was a Sergio favored characteristics the first half and then as they’ve upgraded it Max has been upping his game and it all came to a head at Spa. Jaw dropping performance made it look easy. Even if you hate Max that was a SCHUMI/Hamilton performance if I’ve ever witnessed one. Austria in 2021 & Mexico 2021 is the only other time I remember this from max in race. But this was through out the weekend dominance.

[@DarkusMidnight]

hamilton did a verstapen move. when you move your opponent out of the way or they give you the position. last year max style of overtaking.

[@diamondback6653]

And mr. Bellingham wins this weeks Most Savage Contribution To The Podcast-Award.

[@BookishGoodWitch]

A drink company winning AGAIN against huge car manufacturers is so funny 💀 Max was really dominant for 1 race and the Merc fans have lost their sh*ts 😭 I mean did they forgot their 7 year dominance?

[@ddha0000]

not in 17 and 18 and the dominance was never this size. literally a second quicker and about 2 secs for the rest oft he field.

[@BookishGoodWitch]

@@ddha0000 We are talking for only one freaking race. Also the rest of the season Ferrari was really close to RB and at half of the races had better car but a terrible strategy

[@__-lt4hm]

Yuki, despite his qualifying should be graded higher as his team messed up his pit stop (9.7 seconds) putting him behind the Albon train. He would have finished in front or behind Gasly.

[@arne536]

As entertaining as Alonso's comment on Hamilton was, for me it really showed that he's still not over 2007

[@jjc1752]

Or it could be just anger??? You literally see people like ocon, perez, gasly calling drivers idiots

[@TreyMotes]

@@jjc1752 It wasn't just anger. Alonso is a bitter 41 year old grown man who acts like he's still in highschool.

[@petrojam-ltd7448]

@@TreyMotes and you know exactly what Alonso is thinking. Let’s be rational

[@TreyMotes]

@@petrojam-ltd7448 He literally said what he is thinking, genius... Everyone heard it.

[@juli7xxxxx]

To me the incident really showed Lewis is lacking object permanence.

[@LednacekZ]

47:00 I agree, Alonso would have done that. He is an old fox.

[@Felyxx]

I disagree in the visor tear off thing. I definitely think drivers should not be allowed to be thrown away. It’s a literal thin sheet of plastic. If seb can do it and he’s won 4 WC doing it, I think others can also. It was a few races ago that Sainz (or maybe again Leclerc) got one in his air intakes and lost performance too. Remember Massa? I know platic is not as hard as metal, but if it gets in a driver’s eyes right when he’s about to break for a heavy breaking zone from 350kmh? Then he misses the breaking points because he lost half a second clearing his visor of the tear-off that flew from the opponent?

[@williammoelgaard7325]

That’s got to be the best jingle so far

[@mateuszwojciechowski9622]

Redbull really been doing all their development programmes this season, EA gotta nerf the development curve for real

[@danepaulsen367]

Good 1🤣

[@WillowCreative]

he only did one run in each qualifying round btw, q1 q2 q3

[@Hodor_Hodor]

max can change PU every race from now on and still win every race, I am not saying he is not one of the best drivers on grid(if not the best) but that car...

[@Fpvpilot928]

I can't see the difference in constructors prize between second and third being of any importance to either Mercedes or Ferrari, especially with the new cost cap. They used to spend some $400 million per year on developing and producing the car, and now it's $140 million. They should entirely disregard the rest of the season, and put all their effort into the 2023 season. In fact, they should just withdraw their cars from this season entirely to focus all the money on next year, lol.

[@Fpvpilot928]

Prediction for every race left this season: Ferrari strategy blunder

[@brycereinert9118]

I feel like Hamilton's Drive in Brazil last year is comparable to Max's drive this weekend. Not the biggest Hamilton fan but you have to respect that.

[@7BD273]

Lewis' drive was way more impressive. there was a championship on the line for him, and with 4 races left to keep his title hopes alive he had to win and overtake his title rival, who was doing his best to take both of them out of the race. here Verstappen was driving without any pressure and opponents (the only car that could have challenged him was Perez, but after Verstappen complained about being stuck behind him he let him by lol)

[@lanadelslay69]

Lewis’ performance is far more impressive

[@Euclides287]

Depressing times if you're not a Red Bull fan. Bring on *2026*

[@slaphands7703]

This is the most deflated wtf1 podcast I’ve ever seen. Tommy looks like he wants to explode with excitement but is too reserved to let it out. Lol. Come on Tommy! Let it all out. Let’s go. Haha

[@Davitron_87]

The bookies knew it. We all knew it. Max is inevitable.

[@crounfeklow3503]

Carlos was faster than leclerc in all except 5 laps and matt want give him the same note amazing so objetive mate

[@mo215300]

Carlos had a low downforce setup which was faster than Charles setup

[@Idnowhatever]

Checo being an A is ridiculous for the reasons mentioned, if he would have been in an Haas he would how got an E I think at best he should have got a C

[@WillowCreative]

ride height had to be raised due to the compression from driving through eau rouge

[@Quayleman]

Thank you Katie it took 6 mins for someone to mention Brazil 21

[@Chyeahokay]

I think redbull will dominate the rest of the season. Win the WDC with the WCC and max break the win record in a single season. Will be pretty historic

[@corpsecoder_nw6746]

Alfa Q3 is a good shout for Zandvoort because their car is quicker this year and Giovinazzi was 7th in qualifying last year in a worse car. Perhaps they just have the setup right for that track.

[@robgraham5016]

"Le Clerc wins a free Verstappen tear-off"! PRICELESS!!!

[@renatoaraujo8581]

Closing the field requires a few more years of budget cap and stable regulations. The level of the team's operations are very different, as RBR vs Ferrari shows us.

[@aprilkurtz1589]

I thought Ferrari had it in the bag this season, because that car was so fast it was visibly noticeable. Ferrari pit wall killed their chances this year. McLaren gave their drivers a four wheeled brick for this season. Even when El Plan doesn't work, it works. I love Alonso.