2022 British GP Race Review | WTF1 Podcast

WHAT A RACE! Silverstone gave us everything, wheel-to-wheel battles, a new winner, title drama, controversy and a scary start crash where thankfully no one was hurt. We cover it all in our latest race review podcast.
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Timestamps: 00:00 - Greetings and three words race reviews 04:26 - Katy: "Scary start crash" 06:37 - Why do people still complain about the halo? 15:32 - Commercial 16:47 - Tommy: "That was EPIC!" 26:24 - Was the close racing indicative of the new regs being good? 29:41 - Why was the FIA so lenient when drivers were pushed wide? 39:36 - Matt: "JUST PIT LECLERC!" (15 minutes of Ferrari strategy rant) 55:08 - Has Ferrari thrown away Leclerc's Drivers' Championship? 1:01:25 - Will Ferrari be more assertive with team orders after Sainz' 1st win? 1:02:27 - Would Lewis have won the race without the safety car? 1:08:19 - Will Mick be more consistent after having scored his first points? 1:12:43 - ABCDEF1 1:31:48 - Predictions 1:35:54 - Final thoughts

[@TheBrass18]

Thank you, I was looking for this.

[@ImRezqoo]

Not needed tbh. This podcast is too good to skip. But thanks anyway

[@yaseensadan3277]

Thank you!

[@BlackDiamondYoutub]

Guys please put these in officially as chapters... its a shame that the fans are doing it instead, being such a useful feature

[@dennisp.6265]

@@ImRezqoo I agree that one should listen to the podcast as a whole. But there are dozens of reasons why you may want to skip to a certain part of the podcast, so why not provide a list of all the important talking points?

[@michaels.3617]

You guys should also grade the teams in ABCDEF1 based on their race strategy decisions. Thanks! Love the content!

[@saiyerugara9038]

Yeah, Ferrari were about to get a D for that lol!

[@dohtje5029]

Yes! that would be really good as well. Couse you can't blame. A driver for bad strat calls, wrong tires or slow Pitstops

[@packetswitch_net]

Ferrari will be topping every week 😂

[@bambo418]

Ferrari just get an F for Ferrari Failure every race lol

[@refile1024]

Well F is in Ferrari🤷🏼‍♂️

[@ohmbhatt257]

Is no one gonna talk about the fact that the maldanado curse is broken with Carlos getting his first pole and win in the same race?

[@mryancharcoal]

And very nearly fastest lap as well until lewis took it in the last few laps i believe

[@vibhavmahajan6552]

@@mryancharcoal yes, it was last lap indeed

[@ejlofficial]

You know wheel

[@perico_10cortijo14]

not because a non-british driver has achieved it, otherwise they would have been talking about that for an hour and a half of the podcast

[@omeshsingh8091]

1. Contact between Perez and Leclerc: Perez stayed to the left to avoid the cardinal sin in Formula One: i.e. making the mistake of crashing into one’s teammate. Had Perez gifted Leclerc the position on the left and crashed into his teammate on the right that would have massively screwed Red Bull in both the drivers’ and constructors’ championships, and tarnished his genuinely favorable position within the Team. Just compare Red Bull's outcome after this tricky race with that of the Scuderia Alpha Tauri after the Tsunoda-into-Gasly incident. 2. Difference in performance from Perez vs Leclerc damage: The right front-wing endplate is not as important as the left front-wing endplate at Silverstone because the most aerodynamically-demanding corners are medium to higher-speed right-hand turns. These right hand turns would heavily load up the left-hand side of the car, not the right. Another factor is just the general aerodynamic design. The impact of the loss of front wing endplate (even if it was on the same side of the car) on the two different cars will not be the same because the downstream aerodynamics are quite different.

[@ehrlichgesagt863]

i think he didnt expext charles to just go over the curb like charles couldnt possibly make the corner without risking floor damage and was lucky he didnt got some we saw the same day in f2 how hard the curb can put you up into air but that charles a bit stupid sometimes at risking but again that makes him interesting to watch

[@simonbrunner3062]

Thanks for the detailed analysis. My take on 1. was that Perez once again had a better start than Max, had to back out and got screwed over as a result. Same as in Australia. They always fail to notice that in the podcast. In Australia, they blamed Perez for losing a place to Hamilton due to a "bad start" when in reality, it was quite the opposite.

[@ehrlichgesagt863]

@@simonbrunner3062 his start was good but thats the problem if you dont perform in quali. For example Gasly start was also really good but he got blocked by Zhou and George how eventually crash into him

[@rjfaber1991]

​@@ehrlichgesagt863 I think that's a point that's worth driving home; Leclerc never would have made it round the apex without either understeering wide or crashing into Perez; he simply came from too far back and braked too late to make that line work. In my view it was a racing incident as Checo also did shut the door a bit too aggressively, but the people out there saying Perez was at fault for that crash really fail to account for the fact that Leclerc was nowhere near alongside at corner entry, and it was a bit of a desperate dive up the inside.

[@tgc281]

Nice comment.

[@skylark1024]

C for Ocon is harsh. Literally everything that happened whole weekend was out of his control. Electrical issue in Qualy, got shunted on lap 1 with no fault of his own, Fuel pump failure (maybe after effect of the shunt) ending his race. He was on for P7 for goodness sake!!! And even then, he was literally the reason Alonso even got to 5th, or else he was going to finish 6th. How do creators ignore such thing is beyond me.

[@JohnSilverHawkins]

Yeah, I often tend to find them overly harsh in general outside of their favourites. Not that the ratings mean anything anyway.

[@skylark1024]

@@JohnSilverHawkins Yeah nobody cares of rating anyway. But yeah point being they only observe their favorite drivers and analyze their race more than other drivers too. They undermine certain drives as well. Prime Example, Ocon in Canada, where after final restart he kelp Alonso in DRS for whole race to help him keep position. But this channel never touched into that subject. Also they gave Alonso A and Ocon B, because ironically Alonso had a few, "uncontrollable" issues. And an average F1 viewer would be misinformed, getting the idea that Ocon didn't do anything that race. Same thing this week. As Ocon once said "This is favoritism!!"

[@jjc1752]

He was p10 only bcs russel and zhou retired, on an normal weekend he would be struggling, that’s why his racing performance isn’t more than a c with a car better than norris’s

[@skylark1024]

@@bakeshield2761 3 seconds? Hold on... Q1, Alonso did 1:41.5, Ocon did 1:41.7. That is 2 tenths. Q2, ok 3 seconds off. Let's see, he was 9 tenths off even Ricciardo...the very next car. Do you really think any driver of F1 caliber would just suddenly lose all the sense of wet driving? In wet weather, which was getting worse after the start of Q2. He himself stated that battery issue costed him straight-line speed. If "having wheel knowledge" is considered, you can rely on an F1 driver statement, no? Yes after lap 1 he gained 2 places but he was still not in the points. He restarted 13th. And considerably slower than Alpha Tauri? mate Gasly was heading the slow train of Tsunoda and Ocon, with Latifi right behind. If Latifi was in that DRS train, how does that make Ocon considerably slower? Won't that be Gasly? Who was heading that train? I will agree Alonso was faster this weekend. But considering where they started, that gap is more or less expected. Maybe under 20 sec would be more justifiable. From Canada I have no complains, Alonso was faster. I was just stating an example that Alonso's external issues were addressed by people while Ocon's from Silverstone were not. All I am saying is not to just glance over a driver's race and say, meh whatever, next. People will be misinformed like that.

[@JJJackson777]

@@JohnSilverHawkins Ocon is Katy's favourite though

[@Jay-qm8cx]

Matt was full of criticism when Red Bull used team orders in Spain to allow Max to pass Checo when he was faster on fresher tyres. Matt said Red Bull should let Max and Checo race for the win. Now he’s advocating Ferrari to use team orders to let Charles pass Carlos.

[@epicshelterstudio2986]

I think it's because it might be the only way for Ferrari to do a decent job.

[@seanmcentegart798]

In Spain red bull didn’t have to worry about anyone else so it was just those two. In silverstone had ferrari not told Sainz to let Charles past they would have gotten caught up by Hamilton

[@epicshelterstudio2986]

@@seanmcentegart798 Sainz was the embodiment of " win while driving as slow as possible". Still chuffed for the guy. Well done.

[@ehrlichgesagt863]

​@@seanmcentegart798 i mean sainz was still in the race same as Russell even if they are 10 sec instead of 5 sec away

[@merenwen4495]

@@seanmcentegart798 They experienced last year what a difference of 1 point can make for the championship. Of course they are gonna favour Max to extend his lead to Leclerc. They would have been stupid if they didn’t.

[@armadillolover99]

When Russell ran out of the car towards Zhou I immediately thought of Senna at Spa in ‘92 pulling to the side and running across the track to shut off Erik Comas’s car, which Comas credits with saving his life. The fact that Callum Illot has a similar story with Russell in the past makes me think this was something George has always done because he was inspired when he learned about the Senna story.

[@RoadRager1904]

I'm sure Bottas appreciated that last year lol

[@yorkick19]

I thought he was going to hit Zhou on his helmet.

[@YSF_B28]

@@yorkick19 he probably would've been able to keep going in the race if the Marshall's didn't touch the car after they were told not to, by Russell. Still bloody mad about that.

[@wp12mv]

@@YSF_B28 no he wasn't. He tried starting the car again by himself and couldn't. (So race over) He told the Marshalls not to touch the car whilst he ran over to Mercedes to ask them if there was a way to start it still, upon returning, the Marshalls touched the car because well, it's an abandoned car on a racetrack that needs to be cleared. Toto said that there was no way he could've started the car again without help so it was a lost cause anyway. Plus, no way he could've driven all the way around the track with his rear left missing and not damaged the floor beyond reasonability

[@Rob2]

@@wp12mv I think Mercedes is the only car in this era that cannot be started from the battery? It has been mentioned before.

[@lohifi8471]

Hot take: Everyone is saying "Ohh this champioship is Max vs Leclerc". The real battle is Leclerc vs Perez for P2 in the champioship... I do not think Leclerc is gonna catch Max, not because of his fault but because Ferrari and their calls.

[@chrisclarke3880]

The real battle is Red Bull vs Perez.

[@SriyanGaming]

@@chrisclarke3880 nah ferrari vs leclerc

[@thebeanbox14]

I think Silverstone showed that race circuits work a lot better with these regs compared to street circuits. I hope F1 can pick up on that and bring their concern back to good racing instead of the "street circuit glamour"

[@scottmeredith3359]

Wait, if wiping yourself and your teammate out of the points and ending your teammates race isn't an F, what the hell is? That's worse than Mazepin trundling around at the back surely

[@toggerz7487]

I'm imagining if Mick had crashed in the last corners that Vettel and Magnussen would have tried to scoop his car between theirs and get him over the line in the points.

[@wp12mv]

He took quite a big risk don't you think?

[@luciferrussell6874]

@@wp12mv He showed that he wants more than just points on the flip side, this only improved his stock in some ways

[@romanticlizard]

@@wp12mv always a risk trying to overtake a desperate Verstappen

[@wp12mv]

@@romanticlizard first you need to finish

[@Bennime_Once]

Ending "a la" cars.

[@tomporemba1217]

Three weeks ago (before Canada): 'Carlos really needs a break'. Now 'How dare he try to win his first race'.

[@rustyalith]

Yeah, weeks ago "Sainz needs to improve." Now he gets pole position and wins the race, "He was just lucky. Leclerc deserves to win." Nothing Sainz will ever do will make these guys happy.

[@SriyanGaming]

@@rustyalith nah bro chill. if sainz had better race pace than leclerc then he deserves to win. Now tell me, can u truthfully say to me that sainz had better race pace than leclerc during the british gp?

[@rustyalith]

@@SriyanGaming Oh of course! Leclerc had better race pace and deserved to win no doubt about that. I was just criticizing the way WTF1 peeps talk about Sainz, the same way @tom poremba was.

[@aaronb4936]

Carlos manages to win and prove he’s the clear number 2 driver in the same weekend…. Very impressive feat

[@Lily1127channel]

Don't tell Ferrari. They seem unable to set No1 and No2 drivers.

[@mrmathh3680]

@@Lily1127channel the italian media are pointing at santander for all this mess, apparently in their contracts sainz wont be number 2 So sad to see that talent doesnt play a role in Ferrari anymore...

[@byMyXzx1]

You all can cry more. Sainz was miles better.

[@Lily1127channel]

*miles slower

[@Lily1127channel]

@@mrmathh3680 No way 😂 I know that Santander's salty comment on Ferrari's Leclerc appreciation post was a pr disaster, but this can't be true 😂 I mean I get if Haas or Williams signs such a contract for money, but Ferrari? I hope it's just a usual italian media invention. It would be the biggest humiliation for Ferrari to sign any such contract, no matter for which driver. If it was with a Leclerc sponsor I would say the same. The mere idea that a sponsor can have such a say in the results, a say which could cost point and even titles for Ferrari, is absolutely humiliating.

[@Djungelurban]

Ferrari is so scared of making the wrong decision that they're almost guaranteed to always make the wrong decision.

[@chiefkeef74]

They don't want another Austria moment

[@liukin95]

And that's why they're not winning the championship right now. Sometimes it takes a team to make wrong decisions to learn and improve, but it almost seems like Ferrari never learns from their mistakes anyway.

[@DannySB991]

Hahaha it's so true. This is the perfect way to sum up Ferrari strategy.

[@samalam98]

It's been the same for years. Ferrari are definitely run by fear, and its obviously not working out for them

[@daninagy4173]

Carlos Sainz Jr: *cures cancer* WTF1: B-

[@rbrinks5]

"To be fair he did only cure brain cancer" - WTF1 probably

[@ZEROxFUSIONZ]

From a team point of view. Yes they should of told Sainz to move out of the way for Leclerc. From a fan point of view, I HATE team orders and wish they were removed again. If you are the driver behind and you are faster, overtake them then. The lead driver has every right to defend their position they worked for and the behind driver has every right to go for an overtake

[@Rob2]

Yes, especially because that would have given Leclerc the chance to build a gap on Sainz, then when the safety car came out they could have doublestacked them and easily get a 1-2 finish.

[@ZEROxFUSIONZ]

@@Rob2 if leclerc got a gap on sainz he would be past pit entry when the safety car was called so would of still ended up behind

[@AkshatKai]

​@@ZEROxFUSIONZ True but at the same time it is possible that he would have crossed the safety car line first and not get collected by it. In that case, he could have pitted on the next lap without losing much time. He did try it actually by increasing his speed when the team hadn't brought him in but unfortunately it wasn't enough.

[@10parth10]

Although I agree it seemed like it was inevitable Leclerc passes but assuming he takes risks or it takes many laps it helps Hamilton catch up

[@Rob2]

@@ZEROxFUSIONZ In that case he could have stopped the next lap and still be ahead. In fact, he could even have done that now.

[@benjameshodges]

A* for Sainz. You forgot to mention his in-car strategic call to ignore the 10-car lengths distance request from Ferrari. Sainz also made the right call in Monaco with the tyres. LeClerc would be in a better position if he ignored Ferrari’s pit wall strategy more often.

[@michaelsmyth7821]

Nah bc Charles was still quicker than him even with a broken wing, and Carlos only won bc Charles was taken out of it by Ferrari. Still A tho

[@KeepoKreepo]

@@michaelsmyth7821 Just a bad take lmao.

[@EvilTuinhek]

Only got pole because Leclerc caused a yellow to make Verstappen slow down. Lost the lead in turn 1. Lost the lead again after the restart to a faster Verstappen after a mistake by Sainz himself. Got gifted the lead again because of Verstappen damage. Leclerc was faster, had to pit to get away from him. After pit stops Leclerc was still faster, had to let him through. Got gifted the lead again through the safety car call and Ferrari's bad strategy with Leclerc, leaving him out on used hards. Then didn't have to defend his lead anymore because the three guys behind were fighting for the last podium positions. Not saying he had a bad race, it was solid. But honestly I'm struggling to even give him an A considering all that. It is most definitely not an A*.

[@dohtje5029]

@@EvilTuinhek completely agree with this assessment

[@michaelsmyth7821]

@@KeepoKreepo It’s not a take, it’s literally what happened. How can you say Carlos was quicker, and that Charles wasn’t screwed by Ferrari 😭😭

[@TheStevieb1983]

Why such a focus on getting Max and Charles maximum points solely. I mean Checo and Carlos are both still in the title hunt as well. From a mathematical standpoint, they are still in contention as well. So I think they should just let all the drivers race. I hate seeing how we are not even half way through the season, and we are just meddling it down to 2 drivers for the championship

[@adijain]

I agree. This. This is so true. The entire focus is on just 2 drivers this early in the season. The whole podcast was about making Sainz's win and Checo's P2 underwhelming. I mean, whatever the circumstances, they're up there regardless. I hate the argument that when Charles or Max win even after making mistakes, they're giving them A* and saying they were at the right place at the right time; and yet making Carlos/Checo's podium seem underwhelming. I mean, they were at the right place at the right time as well and made the most of the situation given to them. Why can't we treat this season like 2010 or 2012 where people talked about 6 drivers in contention for the championship by the time half of the season was over.

[@TheStevieb1983]

@@adijain I know right. I would much prefer a 4-6 way title fight

[@Lily1127channel]

It's difficult to rate Sainz because, ridiculous as it sounds, he got pole, won his first GP, and yet his race performance was so underwhelming. He was not even among the top 5 drivers of the day. He has had so many better performances than this. He lost the lead right at the start to Max, then he lost it again when under pressure from Max, he was significantly slower than Leclerc all race even though Leclerc had a damage that probably cost him performance. He won but it was still so underwhelming.

[@tomporemba1217]

But he crossed the finish line first, before all others. So what does that say about all the drivers behind him, where they even more underwhelming? Sour grapes for all the losers ...'just look at the stats' ...losers always point to the stats to make a case when, in finality, most points or goals or runs or first across the line is the only qualifier.

[@byMyXzx1]

Leclerd was slower, end of history, you are all pathetic.

[@suckieduckie]

@@tomporemba1217 No they had poor strategies or bad luck. It's pretty obvious.

[@Lily1127channel]

@@suckieduckie Or simply a slower car. Many in the midfield or back had very good performances.

[@YSF_B28]

@@Lily1127channel and, in some cases simply lower skill **mazespin flashbacks intensify**

[@IndyJoner]

Founder Tom is by far the best F1 pundit on the planet! Your commentary on the subtleties of Hamilton’s mindset on his lack of ‘elbows out’ tactics was truly insightful.

[@ow8374]

When was that

[@IndyJoner]

@@ow8374 33:05

[@SriyanGaming]

true shit

[@sebastianalhares]

I am not a Leclerc Fan, in fact I am team Verstappen, but I can understand Matt. He held it back for a while, trying to be professional, but now he is utterly fed up with Ferrari screwing up his favourite driver and at this point I cannot blame him one bit.

[@xero0083]

You guys are clearly overlooking when LeClair was in the lead Sianz had asked if LeClair could slow up to keep with in DRS range so they could cover off Lewis and Charles didn't! So then you get what you get 🤔

[@rjfaber1991]

Ah yes, LeClair and Sianz, that great driver pairing at Sceduria Farreri, with team boss Mattai Bonotti, and based in the Italian town of Marenallo. 😂

[@adijain]

I am really disappointed with some parts. Don't get me wrong I love the podcasts in general, but I'd like to disagree with some bits here. The entire focus is on just 2 drivers this early in the season. The whole podcast was about making Sainz's win and Checo's P2 underwhelming. I mean, whatever the circumstances, they're up there regardless. I hate the argument that when Charles or Max win even after making mistakes, they're giving them A* and saying they were at the right place at the right time; and yet making Carlos/Checo's podium seem underwhelming. I mean, they were at the right place at the right time as well and made the most of the situation given to them. Why can't we treat this season like 2010 or 2012 where people talked about 6 drivers in contention for the championship by the time half of the season was over.

[@GloomGaiGar]

And you are allowed to disagree. Nothing wrong with it.

[@lad4694]

Good for the halo, yes. But please bring attention to the failure of the roll hoop above the air intake.

[@orbit1894]

and the horrible catch fence that bent so much to allow car to get stuck between the barrier and the fence, don't want to imagine what would have happened if car caught fire. No way Zhou was gonna get out in that tight space.

[@steanthony6219]

Surely the fence has to flex? Otherwise either the car is going to go straight through it or the car and more importantly the human inside is going to come to an even more aggressive stop. Dan Wheldon was killed when his unprotected helmet came in contact with a catch fence support post. I know they have the halo now, but it can't be an instant stop.

[@armadillolover99]

@@orbit1894 The catch fence is supposed to bend, it helps absorb the momentum of the car. My guess is that the best way to prevent a situation like the one you’re describing is to move the catch fence further away from the guardrail between it and the tire wall

[@orbit1894]

@@steanthony6219 They can adjust it so the car lands on the barriers not stuck in between, more support to the low end of the fence should allow for enough bending without causing the car to get stuck. Also it can be closer to barriers as well.

[@GloomGaiGar]

@@orbit1894 The car landing on the barriers is a worse situation, I think. They would have to dig through all those tires. If anything, the gap allowed even more energy to dissipate.

[@DElove306]

Let's be honest here - if Lewis pushed someone wide like the rest did, he would have for sure gotten a penalty and deff even more online abuse Interesting how you never seem to know about Ricciardo's race and give him bad marks. He had 2 pitstops over 4s which put him in a drs train while his drs wasn't working. He then had to get another pitstop for them to shut his drs manually. He's far from being great but the team has been screwing him up a lot lately.

[@lancesmart2667]

Disappointed Perez barely got a mention during the final lap battles conversation, his moves were incredible & he came out of it the victor against a 7 time world champion & one of the "youngsters" widely regarded as one of the best

[@donlanky6388]

His car was the fastest out of those 3 but I agree. I was saying how comes we talking about ham winning when pères was right behind him. As a ham fan I was worried. Proved right

[@youngmaster4892]

@@donlanky6388 … false . Hamilton was setting lap time records

[@joshuabrady1021]

I’m literally buzzing over the thought of the South African GP race review😭🤝🏾🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@shannonhadley1135]

Lord know's every SA F1 fan is. 😭

[@mitchoconnell6944]

Here in the states we went through the same thing with NASCAR with drivers adopting the Hans device. We all said that's for whimps and they can't turn there head to see and blah blah. Then Dale Earnhardt passed and we all shut up and realized the danger.

[@Allblue1]

Wow Amazing racing shows that Traditional Circuits > Street tracks. Also shows that when max ain't blowing the field and the faster car is behind, it makes a good race

[@Ceece20]

Sure, but that’s not something you can count on. Max got damaged from debris that the staff failed to clear.

[@Allblue1]

@@Ceece20 Yea which was good. We need to count on merc and ferrari upgrades

[@ehrlichgesagt863]

​@@Allblue1 more like we need just better ferrari driver in one seat and a Vettel like approach in the other ignore call make your own one

[@gbosman5874]

Fully agree.. we need more great racing tracks and less boring street circuits!

[@SWatchik]

It wasn't Leclercs race to lose... It was Maxs. he was by far the quickest if hw didn't get damage, yet you've said in an incident free race Charles would win which is just wrong. Yes Charles was faster than Sainz, but he also needs to not spin randomly in qualifying and then go all out against perez at the restart. He's going back to his usual over driving

[@georgythomas8451]

Also, I think Carlos didn't set his car up properl which is probably why he was very slow especially compared to Leclerc in a wounded car

[@cookerdegree4938]

Max spun as well mate. Charles was flawless in the race and had a damaged front wing yet was still levels above Carlos

[@purpledahlia1969]

@@georgythomas8451 Apparently it was perfect balance in FP2 then FP3 and the race it wasn't, given him understeer.

[@SWatchik]

@@cookerdegree4938 Max spun earlier, not i nthe final part of Q3 when it counts, his lap got ruined by the yellow flags from Charles spinning. I agree Charles was faster, but an undamaged Max is faster than both the Ferrari's by a mile.

[@suckieduckie]

@@cookerdegree4938 Not on the most important last lap of Q3. Leclerc has a habit of doing that.

[@ConceptGuns]

Now LeClerc knows what happened to Fernando and Seb.

[@Kevin-yj4mi]

this was the best race we have seen since brazil 2016 and probably the best dry race in over a decade

[@jacklb4152]

I always think back to Sakhir 2020 for pure racing and drama with a brilliant winner. Monza 2020 close behind and then Germany 2019 for the pure chaos factor. Brazil 2016 had that perfect blend of good racing with max on fresher inters blitzing the field though.

[@flphil4537]

Scariest catch fence crashes are in oval races here in the states; Indycar and Nascar. Just rips the car to pieces. Also, if Ferrari treated Chuck Layclerk the same way Red Bull treats Max, he would have a chance at WDC

[@liadupuis9265]

I'm backing every word you said about Ferari! What a disasterclass...once again

[@iwanevans607]

Not sure why there’s talk of Sainz being out of the fight, he’s right in it, Russell too, maybe even Ham, all it takes is poor reliability or crashes and they can all be in the mix, don’t throw out a 5 maybe 6 driver fight to the championship

[@toninavegan]

Can’t wait to hear this one!! It’s gonna be the best one this season, for sure. 💪🏎💖

[@ev06863]

Now that you have said that, Spa is going to say "hold my beer and watch this!"

[@cp_vaughny5000]

Even when Leclerc was infront Hamilton was still closing in on newer tyres. Once the SC came out, had they double stacked, Ham would have jumped Sainz in the pit. They may have ended up with both drivers on the podium but could have lost the win because Charles had damage. How Tommy is saying they were guaranteed a 1-2 is bonkers.

[@lebzgold7475]

Charles could've raced for the win. If he could defend Lewis like that on hards he definitely hunt for the win and fight for it. It would've given a 10 laps worth race where everyone's on the same tyres and the fastest guy wins.

[@As-qz5lr]

People think that Leclerc was driving all guns blazing and not conserving his tyres as well

[@GloomGaiGar]

did you not see how charles on old hards managed to fight lewis? nice try binnoto

[@justice4g]

How can you not know there was an issue with Dan's car again, I mean there was an extra pitstop just to unstick the DRS and had 2x4 second stops but after the race he said he had no grip while Lando said he had pace, even Seidl said there was something up since quali and the weird thing is he only had 2 laps on soft in FP3 before they put him on high fuel, that side of the garage has been screwing him so bad.. Dan and Lando were on par in the previous two races so putting it down to Dan makes no sense.

[@GorgyCL]

You need rehab from all that copium dude

[@clemhfandango.]

Dude needs to be replaced by a better, younger driver from F2. Every F1 team he's been in, its all been hype for Ric at the beginning like "he is the last late braker", only to turn to be huge dissappointment and full of excuses. He is not and will not be an F1 top driver and he knows it...he is a #2. It't time for him to pack it up and head to the US for Indycar or Nascar, unless he wants to stay in F1 as a reserve/testing driver.

[@justice4g]

@@clemhfandango. the hell you talking about, he was 5th in the Renault 2 seasons ago, you think he forgot how to drive the moment he moved to McLaren? Every other race the team is apologizing to him for one of their fuck ups.

[@nicktrains2234]

@@justice4g he should be apologising to McLaren.

[@kevinduong9001]

What about Quali then?

[@Cryhavok22856]

Love how you can tell what team won the race that weekend based on matts energy in the welcomes to the wtf1 podcast intro:p

[@chielwieringa1085]

It is clear Ferrari has not watched the race in Abu Dabi last year where Merc fumbled a certain driver championship because of a bad strategy call.

[@seandonaldson5084]

WTF Clubhouse was fantastic. I'll be back for sure. Bravo!

[@daviddelara7158]

I love Carlos and I’m happy he won but I’m more happy that Mick got points and his reaction with Seb was the highlight of the year for me - hearing his mother and sister on the radio made me very emotional too

[@bobrick8176]

I love the passion in this pod keep it up

[@mpainter22]

The Leclerc move on Hamilton was Mansell esque

[@lesegomalevu700]

After that race all I wanted was Austria to come sooner 😂 so exciting

[@eliasmora715]

And Perez amazing comeback from the last position?

[@OldManBlackSocks]

A* for Perez. No one talking about his incredible drive from last (i think) to finish 2nd. For me, he was awesome and isn’t getting the recognition for a great drive. Plus he didn’t wipe out Verstappen when they were all abreast racing.

[@G-n0te]

Massively lucky with safety car. Thats why its not A*

[@chrishayden8137]

Absolutely thrilled my question made the podcast. I will agree that Mick probably won’t score many more times this year, but hopefully with the pressure gone he’ll start to drive a bit more cautiously when he has a points position locked down. I’ll say 3-4 times while KMag will double that. As long as he’s not near Lewis 😂

[@chrislakous5236]

What a barn-burner of a race!!! Koodos and many thanks to the halo 😇 and all the safety improvements in this sport if racing very thankful no one was seriously hurt, excellent race weekend 👏

[@lamontbeadle8281]

I think these guys are thoroughly underestimating the pace of the Red Bull. When Verstappen got past Sainz Leclerc wasn't close enough to take advantage. Perez got a broken wing, but shuffled down the order but still managed to get themselves on the podium. Ferrari was never going to get a 1-2. 1-3 was the best they could get and it is unlikely the second car would have kept Hamilton off the podium.

[@SriyanGaming]

point remains. who has a better chance at the championship and deserve priority to be the winner of the race and the holder of the 1 in the 1-2 or 1-3? Leclerc.

[@G-n0te]

Did you see the gap times before the safety car!? It was an ez 1-2 before safety car and ferrari strategy.

[@MrFreeZeProductionZ]

Relatively new F1 fan here.. loving you guys' energy, and I share your frustration regarding Ferrari's awful strategies. Subscribed! ✅

[@carlossaldana1634]

Sainz won because he’s smart enough to tell Ferrari no. Lecrec doesn’t make does disuasións and is why is in his position. Nobody said he doesn’t deserve his win this is the first time I hear about it from you guys

[@AkshatKai]

Problem is that a driver can't tell to the team that he is coming in the pit lane since the team needs to have the tyres and all ready. Without the team being on-board, Leclerc would have just been sitting in the pit-lane waiting for the tyres. Driver can only oppose coming in the pit-lane when the decision needs to be taken in a few seconds time. If there is time to discuss, then it's a different matter.

[@GloomGaiGar]

Well Leclerc can't just dive into the pits when there are no tires waiting for him.

[@Zarzar22]

Ferrari had 2 cars in front of Hamilton. They don't know if he can pit or not. They either double stack, letting him pass and easy win, or neither pits and he pits, letting him easily catch them up, OR they can pit one and not the other, accounting for both of Hamilton's strategy choices. That third accounts for the most luck so they choose it. Now they choose who to pit, so they go for Sainz, who is closest to Hamilton giving them some time to react to Hamilton's team radio strat call. Now they can just have Sainz hold Hamilton up by 10 car lengths while Leclerc makes enough distance to get away safe, and sainz with the same wheels and better machinery can hold off Hamilton. The strat was actually not bad. They would have gotten near guaranteed 1-2, but then Sainz of course didn't want to fight Hamilton that close and lose his win so their plan fell apart. The fact none of you even tried to mention Sainz disobeying the team's strategy call is so confusing. Ferrari tried to get the Leclerc win and the 1-2 and their only mistake was not counting on Sainz disobeying their ruling

[@AkshatKai]

If they double stack and Hamilton doesn't pit, it still would have been easy for both Ferrari's to pass him on fresh soft tyres especially when there was more than 8 laps of racing left. If it was only a couple of laps, then it might make sense, but more than 5 laps just doesn't make sense. Ferrari's reasoning was that they expected soft tyres to drop off after just 2 laps which also doesn't make sense when we saw Verstappen start a race on soft tyres. No one would be starting on soft tyres if they are going to pit within 5 laps. Hamilton was slightly quicker than Sainz throughout the whole race. Sainz would not have been able to hold off Hamilton within DRS range on the same tyres. Sainz made the right call at that time not to give 10 car length distance as that would have put him outside the DRS window, allowing Hamilton and Perez to easily pass him. 10 laps would have been more than sufficient for them to catch up to Leclerc and overtake him and Ferrari would have ended with 3rd and 4th. Ferrari simply messed up Leclerc's strategy.

[@joostprins3381]

We had a penalty by the way, Yuki got one for his great passing move on Gasly 😂🤣😂

[@kartikkaushik9811]

Ofc Carlos gets the better strategy. He started on pole and was leading for most of the race. If Lec wants preferential treatment, maybe don’t bin it in quali lol. Also if he was so much faster, why not just overtake Sainz?

[@ericokurowski]

You say of course but you are the only one who thinks that… Sainz has been slower all year and lost the lead to Max twice. He doesn’t have the speed to be an F1 champion and Charles does. It’s pretty obvious.

[@tanosdiveinotoive123]

Can you guys also do ABCD for teams, like for overall team strategy, upgrades and basically managing the race.

[@ericrodriguez1432]

I also agree this is one of the best races I've seen in a while. And I'm happy Sainz won but seeing Hamilton win would've been amazing.

[@montymichael3480]

Katie's face after the wheel explanation. 😂💀😍

[@Husmanmusic]

Aren't we forgetting Lewis Hamilton 2007/2012 guys? Lewis did exactly the same thing as the younger drivers do now. And back then he faced a lot of backlash for it for pushing other drivers of. I think it's just something young drivers do, elbows out and lets go. Hamilton doesn't do it anymore but let's not forget he did the same thing in his younger years like any other great young driver.

[@mariacmantovani]

exactly! and now he normally complains when someone does it

[@saatresh]

Clearly they haven't seen the race fully. Hamilton was just 1.5 sec and 4 sec behind Sainz and Leclerc respectively with at least 13-14 laps left before the safety car. He was the fastest car at that point in time. He would have sailed past Sainz and definitely challenged Leclerc for the win. Merc was dominant on Mediums and Hards.

[@byMyXzx1]

They are just Leclerc fanboys and don't care about Sainz.

[@suckieduckie]

Merc was dominant on the mediums? Then why did they fall 4 seconds behind and why were the Red Bulls even faster? They did really good to get close to the lead don't get me wrong, but there is no guarantee he would have gotten Leclerc.

[@saatresh]

@@suckieduckie Red bulls were the fastest. But given Max's and Checo's bad luck, Merc with Hamilton were fastest on Mediums and Hard. Ham was 4 sec behind because he pitted late and had 6 laps younger tyers on Leclerc. Not saying he would have definitely won but would have definitely challenged for the win

[@suckieduckie]

@@saatresh Don't get me wrong, I'm more of a Max fan and I was even rooting for Lewis, but I think Leclerc had the best papers for the win.

[@lukejenson2710]

I really don’t understand the angle of ‘Lewis should have been more aggressive’ when he’s so often criticised for dirty driving when defending in this way. One of the examples you gave was “allowing Leclerc to go round the outside at copse” and claiming that he could have closed the door?…. Is that not exactly what happened last year with Max? I think Hamilton was rightfully penalised last year for not leaving room at copse, but to now claim that he was too fair in that exact same scenario is baffling to me!

[@Lily1127channel]

47:45 That's actually a good lead for Netflix, a lot of drama and controversy potential there 😄 How can Ferrari be the only ones, literally the only ones, in the F1 community that haven't realized yet who should be their No1 driver this season? Why did they favor Sainz over Leclerc in the race? Why do they keep letting Sainz overrule team instruction, which then always leads to disadvantage for Leclerc? What hold does Sainz has on Binotto? What politics could be going on behind the scenes? 😀 What was that scene after the race, with Binotto scolding Leclerc, when there was literally nothing to scold him for? He was actually very very moderate on the radio, congratulated Sainz right away. What was that telling off for, then? Should Leclerc stand up for himself more to be WDC? If Sunday had happened to Max, he would have shouted and sworn the team's head off on the radio. Lewis would have told his team off as well, in his more diplomatic but salty way. Why didn't Ferrari swap their drivers much sooner? They were acting like a team whose No2 driver (like Perez) surprisingly happens to be faster than their No1 driver and championship contender (like Verstappen) in a race, and asking for a swap, and the team suddenly doesn't know what to do in such a weird and rare situation. BUT it was the other way around, fgs 😄 Why have Ferrari still not owned their mistake? Their justifications are either complete nonsense or sound like they favored Sainz deliberately. "We didn't do a double stack because Sainz might have lost time and position to Hamilton?" As Tommy says here, why on earth would they think about Sainz atm? 47:27 Is it true what they say in the Italian media, that since Canada Ferrari has set the goal that they focus on Sainz getting his first win? 😄 Is it true that Binotto likes him more? Do they not care about the championships at all? What was Santander's (Ferrari's Spanish sponsor) salty comment on Ferrari's Leclerc appreciation post on Monday? So much Netflix potential 😂😂😂

[@georgythomas8451]

The orders from Ferrari that Sainz has overruled were always stupid strategy decisions that would clearly have ended up causing Ferrari and Sainz more damage. It's more about Ferrari not able to make decisions rather than Sainz having a hold or whatever

[@Lily1127channel]

@@georgythomas8451 Yeah I know, I just wrote some conspiracy ideas - some of them jokes, some half-serious - that have come up since the race 😄 As they say in this podcast, they favoured Sainz instead of their faster driver and that is absolutely mindbogling. But I don't think it's because Sainz has the team in his pockets or something, I think Ferrari are just complete clowns who know nothing about anything. But their communication since the race doesn't help much, half the things they say don't make any sense, the other half sounds like they deliberately helped Sainz, like what they say about the double stack and such. And the amount of people who bring up Santander since the race, that's a serious conspiracy theory 😄

[@Lily1127channel]

@windfall tbh I wouldn't be surpised if that social media manager would have lost their job instantly. I can easily imagine that they wanted nothing bad and maybe it was simply an incorrect phrasing in English, but still 😄

[@TheMambaFAN23]

47:20 hamilton could have easily overtaken sainz and on old hard tires how much chance you think charles would have had against hamilton? defending once is not that difficult defending again and again every lap is not really possible in a damaged wing ferrari knew both would lose the race if sainz had to do the defending against hamilton for leclerc and not the other way around, leclerc did pretty good for a couple laps had he not done that considering perez wasn’t there lewis would catch up sainz very fast

[@Drrolfski]

Adding markers to these podcasts would be much appreciated

[@joserafaelp]

We're glad Carlos won, but... (they spend the entire episode complaining that Carlos won)

[@ThatLaloBoy]

I mean I kinda agree with them. I don’t think anyone outside of Team LH on Twitter is upset that Carlos won. But if we’re going on race pace alone, Leclerc was faster than Sainz even with a broken car, Checo was destroying the grid on his Red Bull rocket ship coming from 17th to 2nd, Verstappen was easily beating him until he had the damage to his car, and Hamilton was constantly getting fastest laps even with worn hards. On paper, Sainz should not have won that race. The only reason Sainz won was because everyone behind him was too busy fighting for 2nd. If there were a few more laps remaining, Hamilton and Checo would have left him in the dust.

[@joserafaelp]

@@ThatLaloBoy But I have a doubt, what should Carlos have done? stop others? it's not his fault that ferrari said "we're going to put fresh tires on carlos so he can stop the others" it's not logical, he saw the opportunity and won it's not his fault anymore it's the team's, leclerc has to learn ferrari is not going to help me, he has to do things himself, as carlos said "stop inventing"

[@Majornerdacc]

I don't think i agree with the guys on Mick being reckless towards the end. Max was not fair when Mick was on the charge and it was only Mick backing off that didn't cause the crash

[@griffstah]

If Hamilton or Leclerc drove it from P17 after damage early to p2 after incredible racing, I can't help but feel the tone of the podcast would've been much different. Checo getting hosed here. What a drive.

[@aidanmagee2269]

I don’t totally disagree with you but you do have to remember that checo massively benefited off of last safety car as he was 22 secs behind Lewis while also having to pit again which would also have put him behind lando and alonso although he probs would have caught them and overtook them to get p4 but still.

[@menglei2527]

Zhou experienced so many mishaps compiled ib the first 10 races of his f1 career. Wrong penalty service, gearbox issue, pu issue, cooling system issue, small incident in Imola, huge one in silverstone. He could be considered as an experienced driver now🥺

[@quak6019]

reminds me of his first f2 season. Terrible luck every race.

[@joshm1668]

I've been hoping you guys would come up with a ranking system for your predictions for YEARS. I'm glad Katie's wild predictions sparked that conversation! My idea on how you evaluate the prediction's value is once you say the prediction, the other two give it a point value from 1-5 (1 being easiest, 5 being boldest). That way the value is set PRIOR to the race weekend so there's no debate later. And no partial credit! It's gotta be specific enough that it's either right or wrong.

[@rebeccagoodman1243]

Yes PLEASE do that point bartering system for predictions!!!

[@chrisparker6325]

Some of the Sainz hate is a bit not on for me; "he didn't deserve to win the race, he wasn't fastest", well he did win the race, and how many times has it been proven that it takes way more than just pace to win an F1 race.

[@adijain]

I agree. This. This is so true. The entire focus is on just 2 drivers this early in the season. The whole podcast was about making Sainz's win and Checo's P2 underwhelming. I mean, whatever the circumstances, they're up there regardless. I hate the argument that when Charles or Max win even after making mistakes, they're giving them A* and saying they were at the right place at the right time; and yet making Carlos/Checo's podium seem underwhelming. I mean, they were at the right place at the right time as well and made the most of the situation given to them. Why can't we treat this season like 2010 or 2012 where people talked about 6 drivers in contention for the championship by the time half of the season was over.

[@Sem5626]

question: with teams doing everything they can to strip weight off the car, even removing paint off them to save grams... should Ferrari just make a wing for Leclerc for the rest of the year that doesn't have endplates? seems like it didn't phase him and probably shed a bit of weight in the process

[@robertkennedy9369]

Nice one xD

[@DeKilla63]

As far as I am aware these endplates on the front wings are mandatory. Obviously if you lose them during the race and they are not a hazard you can go on, but at the start of the race they have to be there.

[@Sem5626]

@@DeKilla63 yeah I was kidding

[@ShiroZ31]

Is the roll hoop structure lower in the intake now due to the halo?

[@obud3777]

Have you ever looked into a plate of spaghetti? Italian strategy chaos !

[@brianolsen396]

Carlos once again saving himself from horrible team strategy

[@paintmeperfect]

Oh, Katy is here! :D Was looking forward to her comments on Carlos winning his first GP. :D

[@BelegCuthali0n]

When the safety car came out, if they had pitted both Leclerc and Sainz and Hamilton stayed out, they would have come back out in P2 and P3. Perez was 21 seconds behind when the SC started, so with the SC speeds that was well over 30 seconds. But that was irrelevant anyway as Perez needed to pit no matter what. He was still on the 33 lap old mediums he had put on with his wing change at the end of lap 5 (so he hadn't had the mandatory compound change yet). Also if they were worried of holding up Sainz with the double stack they could have told him: "Slow in... Make a gap to Charles for double stacking". I think Bottas did just that to Max with a VSC in Saudi Arabia last year. Sainz could have dropped back to Charles all the way down the straight and around Stowe to have that comfortable gap for the double stack. Lewis would not have been able to do anything about it and they may have come out in P1 and P2. I do think in that case they would have left Hamilton out though as his hard tires were only 5 laps old. With the better warmup, 2 compound grippier fresh tires and a car that's faster anyway, I think both Charles and Carlos should have been able to get past Hamilton quite quickly in that case even though Hamilton would have defended his position like crazy.

[@SriyanGaming]

would’ve made the race even more exciting too imho

[@heavenswords]

Second! The BritishGP is fantastic. All hardwork for this good race and safety is not in vain!

[@jjc1752]

Not many people have noticed this but mickks finished 6 times ahead of kmag compared to kmag’s 5. That why my point is to wait till the end of the season to judge mick and Zhou. Zhou could bottle it or get better in the latter part, same with mick

[@declan9700]

Counting dnfs and damage, on raw pace he’s not been on par

[@stevenjoseph6048]

@@declan9700 Quali has never been Mick's strongesr attribute. He's similar to Checo as they both have better race pace than quali pace.

[@ehrlichgesagt863]

​@@stevenjoseph6048 wtf Micks only talent is one lap pace and awareness his worst one is race craft cant keep speed over the race

[@ehrlichgesagt863]

Mick had i think just 3 GP where he was better bec if you crash out like miami you arnt better simple as that

[@jjc1752]

@@declan9700 was faster in Spain and canada

[@tiagoferreira5368]

Ferrari needs to grow a pair and realize that whenever possible they should prioritize Charles. I love Carlos I don't care all that much about choir boy Leclerc but he is clearly, by a huge amount the better Ferrari driver this season.

[@jacklb4152]

Pushing wide off track etc should be self policing especially at tracks with tarmac run off. Where gravel is concerned such as Austria this weekend will be very different.

[@mrc0a124]

Yeah I would like to see that next year that'll be interesting

[@fidan2fast]

And I think that racing can be aggressive and fair, like two cars side by side at the braking zone seeing who can brake later and grab a better line... it's the same with cars getting side by side or at least half a car length by, it's hard racing and only should be penalized when a driver does deliberate corrections to push the competitor off, like weaving on the straight is banned

[@zeekeeren8423]

I think Mick finally scoring points and literally risking it in that last lap battle with Max shows how much he wants to stay in F1. I've heard so many people he's usually a 'late bloomer' based on his performance at F2 and F3 but I do hope it's the start of better things for him. I can't help but root for him.

[@sanderdeboer6034]

Ferrari also screwed up long term. Sainz will now being so close to Leclerc NOT easily take team orders. He might think (like with Perez a few races) he is in the race for the championship. In that sense Verstappen has won a lot even though he lost an almost certain win.

[@chrisclee6693]

Ferrari's primary job is the Constructors. Not the Drivers.

[@ThatLaloBoy]

@@chrisclee6693 LMAO no one cares about the constructors. Anyone claiming that is on that hard copium Even if Ferrari did care, it certainly doesn’t help to make your drivers fight each other and unnecessarily wear out their tires and potentially wrecking each other. Or screwing both with questionable strategies.

[@vedranb87]

About Zhou... Just to think he's going to race again this week after that is mind blowing...

[@ACsPianoCorner]

DEFINATELY next year should grade the predictions. i.e. Latifi win = 10 points, Verstappen win = 1 point

[@kingammar2191]

Mercedes are back for these next races where the track is smooth, it's gonna be so good

[@joostprins3381]

How do you come to that? Lewis was 3rd because Max had a damaged car and Charles had no tires left. It took Lewis way to long to pass Charles. He had the fastest lap in the last lap, but Carlos and Perez didn’t push any more.

[@w1nterf0x_19]

@@joostprins3381 I think he means that Mercedes can now partially challenge and break the Ferrari vs RedBull duel on top! I'm definitely excited for more upsets and seeing 3 way fights like the British Grand Prix final laps

[@themok3rify]

They are still P5&P6, still a big gap to RB & Ferrari

[@joshsmith7521]

I just want Lewis to get a win. Then I'll be happy he keeps his record. The championship was out the window after the third race but some wins would be nice

[@thandosocikwa]

Nah Austria is gonna be dark. Mercedes’ straight line speed is so clapped

[@baggygreen87]

I would have to ask about the failure of the hoop. While the halo did its job, the hoop failed and should be looked into. Thoughts please.

[@Neilios1000]

Could it be that the hoop failed because the cars are so much heavier this year?

[@baggygreen87]

Yes, good call but it still shouldn't have failed.

[@SWatchik]

Theyre not as strong as they used to be because the Halo exists and keeps the driver safe in a rollover. it doesn't matter if it fails

[@bizarrebunny5579]

@@SWatchik it absolutely could matter still. First thing that came to mind was Lance stroll 2020 Bahrain race, he obvs had to wiggle under the halo to get out but the role hoop propped the car up and helped provide a gap for him to get out that had it not been there, it would have been just halo on the ground and that’s dangerous, he’d have been properly upside down for an extended period of time, unable to get out of a dangerous car.

[@DannySB991]

@@Neilios1000 A possibility. Probably a contributing factor, but I am sure the safety tests put more weight on the hoop than the mass of a fully loaded F1 car surely? If not that would be a huge oversight on the safety side.

[@robinthebobin6537]

We were in club corner grandstand and I thought I'd witnessed a death. We saw the start, saw loads of smoke and dust then didnt really know what happened. Ambulances were streaming onto the track and we had literally no clue what was going on but feared the worst. It was my first gp in person, and just the radio silence and lack of replays (obviously I was familiar with what that means in motorsport) made me think I was literally witnessing a fatality. Romain Grosjean's crash was horrific beyond belief, but I guess the only "silver lining" for any spectactators would be that the replay was out within 1 min because of how quickly it was over, but waiting what felt like at least 10 minutes was agonising beyond belief. I cannot even begin to have any concept of how horrendous it would have been for the drivers, marshalls, Zhou and the people in village grandstand. I am just so thankful for the halo (and also the survival cell). It's saved several lives undoubtedly on its own and I'd say it's potentially the best safety innovation ever in F1

[@YSF_B28]

That is a truly scary story, yeah thank God for the halo, and investigations should 100% be conducted upon that roll bar, it completely disintegrated.

[@IsabelleLight]

I think the replays might be reassuring for a grand prix in person watching but a spectator on tv, I found it quite nice to not see the actual footage untill I knew Zhou and Albon were fine. The accidents are still hard for me to watch but it was not nearly as horrofying as watching Grosjeans incident.

[@robinthebobin6537]

@@IsabelleLight No don't worry I fully agree. Showing the replay of a driver being seriously injured/what happened would be way worse than showing nothing, it's just kind of terrifying either way

[@robinthebobin6537]

@@YSF_B28 Fully agree, the roll bar is there for a reason, and it didnt do it's job. It's a very good job the halo and rest of the survival cell is so insanely strong

[@santoshsco]

Best race of the year

[@nikolasmichaelides9444]

I think that if you have a damaged car and the other driver is the pole sitter, you prioritize the pole sitter. Keeping Leclerc out in order to grab the win with the undamaged car of Sainz was the correct decision for the team. Stop watching the world through charles-tinted glasses.

[@rjfaber1991]

Leclerc was demonstrably capable of driving the same, if not better, pace as Sainz despite the damage though. It looked visually impressive, but clearly it didn't slow the car down that much. I think it was a very difficult call to make, as it always is when you have to give up track position from the lead, but the damage to Leclerc's car isn't the argument to be making for or against Ferrari's strategy.

[@mrmathh3680]

Leclerc was faster even with a broken car Sainz managed to prove that even winning, he doesnt have the pace to be number 1 driver Impressive

[@GloomGaiGar]

So I imagined it when Charles was dropping Carlos when he was let through? Maybe you should look at lap times.

[@vaibhavsehgal9917]

I'm not a longtime F1 fan but wasn't Mercedes criticized for prioritising Hamilton over bottas for many years. How is what Ferrari did this weekend worse? For Ferrari to win a title, both of their drivers have to be excellent like verstappen and checo at redbull. Now that Sainz has got his first win, we would be much more confident and assertive in his driving which would keep Ferrari in the hunt for title and also in some races he could help Leclerc like checo helped verstappen in Abu Dhabi last year.

[@Jur1_00]

It's worse because they threw away an easy 1-2 with both redbulls out. If they have switched the cars during the first stint instead of putting sainz so they don't have to make a decision, they could have gone longer on the mediums and would have had enough space and time to double stack

[@Jur1_00]

And Leclerc is the one in the championship fight, every call should be in his favour to close that Gap. If Sainz was in contention for the championship then fair enough I would still have switched the cars then maybe repay the favour in another race

[@colenewton5183]

I think hopefully now Carlos has his win, they will favour Charls for strategy

[@davidaprians]

The last 10 laps is just amazing.. hard but clean racing.. comparable to last lap of abu dhabi 2021, or even better..

[@chriscollins550]

The only problem was cars forcing each other of the track and it was happening up and down the grid. This to me is the only mistake by the stewads at Silverstone. Apart from that it was amazing race.

[@davidaprians]

@@chriscollins550 that part even makes the battle even better.. (from a spectators pov, without thinking all the regulations and stuff).. and no contacts made..

[@chriscollins550]

@@davidaprians yes but it could of happened. Don't forget of line is really dirty and can cause lost of traction resulting in a car spinning out and crashing into others. That's why it's in the rules for safety. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYCqlaqKpt11qqM

[@chrisfallon9811]

1) Horrendous to see the roll hoop fail like that. FIA needs to investigate the Alfa car (and possibly all cars) to make sure they are appropriately fixed to the car. The halo has saved the day once again. Thank the lord he's ok! 2) Absolutely mega racing through the field. I honestly don't mind any of the moves on track that people seem to be upset about. Either from Charlie outside the track vs. Perez (and vice versa), Perez nudging Lewis out, or Max on Charles. All fair racing IMO as long as it's not egregious. Max vs. Mick was epic! 3) I'm really interested to find out whether that red flag was so quick because of the accident or if it was actually because there were 5 twats sat on the track half way through the lap. 4) Hardest call for driver of the day ever. Lewis, Checo, Charlie all in with a shout for different reasons. Lewis cause doing Lewis things and making some delicious moves. Checo cause last to 2nd and could have beat Carlos IMO if he was P2 after the SC restart. Charlie cause he had better pace than Carlos with a damaged car and made some outrageous moves on tyres that were put on in Canada. 5) Lewis hit the apex at Copse proving it is possible to leave the car on the outside sufficient space!

[@dayasingh799]

Yeah that 3 way battle was amazing,what’s even more amazing is that ferrari doesn’t realize who they have with charles and not be totally behind him,nuts.

[@jacobrev6567]

i glad zhou guanyu save by halo hopefully might be win in next race 😀👍

[@antonioarrieta4591]

Halo looks slick! You should make a video about when the halo has saved drivers!

[@simonbrunner3062]

46:51 *3rd. Leclerc would've been 3rd after the pit stop at worst. Perez hadn't made his mandatory compound change yet and was always going to pit anyway. So really they were just racing Hamilton when it came to making the decision whether or not to pit.