2022 Canadian GP Race Review | WTF1 Podcast

The Canadian Grand Prix provided a thrilling end with Carlos Sainz narrowly missing out again on his maiden win. We discuss whether anyone can beat Max Verstappen right now, Fernando Alonso's El Pain and how Haas threw away a massive result.
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[@lukemontgomery1774]

The season-long battle with Hamilton to win that title will probably be the best thing that'll ever happen to Max. I doubt he'll ever face a tougher competition than that, a 7 time champion in a car that's dominated F1 for nearly a decade, and coming out on top. Anything that comes his way will either be as difficult or easier, the pressure he'll have will never be as immense as it was then, so long as he doesn't get complacent from now... the world's his oyster.

[@isaacm2374]

True. But Mercedes have always the potential to create a monster car in the next few years giving Russell and Hamilton if he still has it to compete for a title in a faster car than the RedBull.

[@mohammeded-dahbi7603]

With that defense George has shown in Spain, and with the overall performance he's shown during the past few years, I say Max haven't seen shit yet. Lewis was pretty has been pretty conservative when it comes to wheel to wheel racing, and he did make a couple mistakes last year. George on the other hand looks pretty consistent and is as aggressive as one can be (with getting over the line, for now at least). I guess we'll never know until it happens but this is just my take on it.

[@shakamaro2601]

@@mohammeded-dahbi7603 I have been saying George Russell can beat him by literally saying everything u have said in your comment

[@joostprins3381]

@@mohammeded-dahbi7603 Max never needed to be on the edge, just because CL didn’t have a car for it on the long run. Now that he has, it’s CL who’s in for a surprise, because it’s easy for the one time, it isn’t for a season for the DWC, and trust me, like CL wasn’t up to it in carts, he isn’t up to it here. CL already made his first mistakes, and he will make more.

[@Sr68720]

With fia help

[@christianknight7120]

Matt Katy and Tommy being the perfect color pattern with their shirts is oddly satisfying: from white to grey to black

[@hlopez5279]

Katys glasses keep getting bigger. Pretty soon, it'll be a pair of glasses on a neck.

[@rosek7114]

Credit to Matt for praising Verstappen the way he did👍He's right about people just getting used to Max being there (in top form) every weekend. It's kind of taken for granted now and one P3 is suddenly perceived as a bad result. Which just shows how good the guy actually is.

[@timoooo7320]

And one time his teammate had a better result people suddenly said maybe Perez has a chance, because he beat verstappen ONCE. In Monaco!

[@GonzoDonzo]

@@timoooo7320 the monaco train and people have goldfish brains

[@rosek7114]

@@timoooo7320 Yes. Not to mention that Max's lap in Monaco quali got ruined by said teammate crashing...

[@Sajuuk9]

He gives Max credit for 1 min, then he(they) do what they always do, brush aside that Max won this on merit, and not because Sainz was less or leclerc wasn't in the car.. Max drove the pants of that car, and i think even with Leclerc in the car he would be nr1.. Sainz needed 3 drs zones to keep up with max.. max had 0 drs..

[@peeturpain9379]

helps when he has the fastest car.

[@christinagrieser5664]

Max won Canada for the first time so we added a new winner to the winners of the Canada GP

[@pyron4913]

I was baffled when I heard Katy saying that, however now I think she meant a new winner as in a person who hasn't won before. Like Hamilton who won his first GP in Canada or Kubica who also won there only a year later.

[@sebastianmandrean]

WTF1 are so biased and anti-Max/anti-RB. Makes them look a bit childish.

[@Mountain-Man-3000]

@@sebastianmandrean The founder is LITERALLY a declared Max fanboy...

[@markoes28]

@@sebastianmandrean 100% Except Tommy 😅

[@jeevandalip1082]

@@sebastianmandrean clearly you’re just talking and not listening to what they say in the podcast 🤦‍♂️

[@BOBBOBBOBBOBBOBBOB69]

Max is a beast at the moment, I can't see RB throwing this away.

[@Chyeahokay]

Especially since they haven’t even upgraded any powerunit parts like Ferrari have.

[@joostprins3381]

@@Chyeahokay they are 2 of 3 with Max, but only did 2 races with his new elements and his old engine is still working although it’s a used one.

[@user-wp2fm9dk9u]

@@joostprins3381 Indeed. Azerbaijan was a good weekend to place new power unit components. Track with a long straight, so heavy on the engine and about a third into the season

[@ND9HighlightsComps]

the merc boys his worst and red bull's worst nightmare. Extracting performance out of that shitbox

[@flowmeful]

Still a long way to go, 2 more races of DNF and the fight is on again.

[@dennisp.6265]

Timestamps: 00:00 - Greetings and three word race reviews 01:46 - Katy: "Sainz so close!" 07:14 - Should Sainz have pitted for mediums? 11:45 - Best opportunity for Sainz gone? 15:27 - Commercial 16:54 - Tommy: "Max's form: Scary!" 22:39 - Fast corner speed vs. straight line speed 26:15 - Will Ferrari & Red Bull's reliability issues continue? 30:20 - Matt: "Alonso's 'El Pain'!" 37:45 - Biggest disappointment: Alonso's P9 vs. Haas 41:51 - Was the meatball flag for Magnussen fair? 45:48 - What to do against DRS-trains? 50:22 - Did Russell throw away a podium during qualifying? 55:33 - ABCDEF1 1:11:20 - Predictions 1:15:36 - Final Thoughts

[@robertkennedy9369]

Legend!

[@Daniboi971]

Since start of 2021, Max has either won or come second in 96% of races he's finished. Only ones that he hasn't have been recent monaco and Hungary where Bottas bowled him. He's close to unbeatable

[@mo215300]

Yes that is because he has the complete package besides his own driving, a world class team of strategists and pit crew plus a great teammate and a politically astute team principal and advisor. Of course he is a great driver but as a comparison look at Charles: as a driver besides imola no mistakes from his side causing points loss but his team far inferior to Max including race engineer in this scenario how can you expect any challenge Mercedes have a great team compared to ferrari but their car this year has flopped

[@versiable8041]

I agree that’s impressive. But your profile picture is just cringe and your hate for Lewis is unwarranted by looking at your other comments.

[@mugdho2494]

@@mo215300 true 👍 although i am a max fan , i like to see battles like last year , be it Lewis or Charles 😀

[@cuszco]

@@versiable8041 I wish people would point this out more. Not a big fan of Lewis myself, but these anti-fanboys are the absolute worst.

[@techpassion4126]

@@mo215300 Agreed wholeheartedly! People like to think it's "only" the car or "only" the driver or "only" the team, but in reality it's everything at once. More often than not WDC winners whether it be Max, Hamilton, Rosberg, Seb, Kimi, Alonso, Schumacher, etc had the whole package. If one or more of those criteria isn't good then their chances of winning are really low. So yes, these drivers wouldn't win without the top cars, and these top cars wouldn't win without the drivers. Can't discredit any factor honestly. Anyways, I hope Ferrari and Mercedes both get better! I wanna see RB win, but I wanna see an interesting title fight even more! I wouldn't mind RB losing if the top drivers fought tooth and nail for the win 💪🏻

[@mrc0a124]

The weekend is never finished until the podcast is uploaded to youtube!

[@hugonottmayr]

I am surprised we didn't get a Katy-FIA-rant about this: I think this sunday we were quite close to a potentially fatal incident. After tsunoda crashed sainz used the opportunity to pit, and since the pitlane exit is not speed limited under sc-rules sainz was pushing on the pit exit (as any driver would). As a consequence he arrived fairly quickly on the scene of tsunodas car in the wall, where marshals were currently trying to recover the car. If sainz had also gone of (which could have been likely if there would have been oil on the track, which could have been a cause for tsunodas crash) he would have crashed into the marshals on tsunodas car which as a result could have caused major injuries to the marshals. In my opinion (admittedly with the advantage of hindsight) the pitlane entry should have been closed after tsunoda crashed. Even if he had gotten out of the barriers with the car intact the rejoin could have been spicy.

[@davidyoung9392]

Spot on. Crazy that the stewards didn't closed the pit instantly - especially because they are so obsessed with safety these days.

[@adamahmed2449]

How we miss Charlie!

[@peter-tjallingsiertsema7600]

Hmmm. You might have a point there. I've heard or read nothing about this anywhere....

[@ayanchoudhury6697]

Wow I didn't even think about that damn! Pit lane should have been closed till the exit was clear. How did we gloss over this horrendous decision?

[@bsheaves]

I mean, that mini sector was under double waved yellows so in theory cars coming out of the pit lane were not going to be booking it

[@MsDDutch]

Senna got beaten, Schumacher got beaten, Vettel got beaten, Hamilton got beaten and eventually Verstappen will get beaten.

[@ddha0000]

well, he already has been beaten for all his years in F1 multiple times.

[@rohananil1266]

@@ddha0000 yes. Much easier to do that when you have a shite box for a car. Any time he's been given a competitive car, he's proven himself.

[@ddha0000]

@@rohananil1266 but he has still been beaten by teammates and generally.

[@mirrrie]

Schumacher always said records are there to be beaten and he is still right about that.

[@stephenwouw8624]

@@rohananil1266 so Max Verstappen is only good as the car he’s given!?

[@davyshah1074]

If Max wins 8 more races this season, he beats Seb and Schumacher's record of most wins a season as well as beating Alonso for number of race wins

[@ijustfelldown]

So it's a pressure cooker for Redbull garage.

[@karatekid951]

And it feels like he's gonna destroy at Silverstone in a couple weeks. That boy is mad on that track.

[@-racingfan2014]

Those records while it may look nice, are actually it not really comparable as there are a lot more races in a season now.

[@ijustfelldown]

@@-racingfan2014 it will definitely matter if he gets those wins before the 20th race.

[@davyshah1074]

@@-racingfan2014 Noone brought this up when Lewis achieved all this

[@BOKtober]

I don’t Sainz was as close to actually passing max as it seemed, 15 laps and he didn’t even get along side max at any point

[@advitrastogi736]

cuz its not easy to follow thru a hairpin and a quick chicane mate

[@jeevandalip1082]

Not that easy in Canada. The best you got is to hope the guy in front messes up slightly, and you get insane traction out of the hairpin and set up the overtake into turn 1. Max was simply flawless in defense this race.

[@Thunterise]

@@advitrastogi736 OK? He never claimed it was easy. Just that Sainz wasn't that close. And he wasn't

[@faff6763]

Sainz is a prime example when good driver is put in a championship winning car.

[@Dorfus2323]

@@advitrastogi736 without DRS Max would have been gone, driving away into the distance. The moment Max would have broken out of the DRS one time it was bye bye Carlos. Carlos had to give it more than everything those last 2 laps you could already see the tires were gone, it could have ended in the WALL.

[@christianorsa]

The best part of the last few podcasts has been Matt and his facial expressions🤣

[@DanielEscobar-en4cc]

regarding vettel doing the race on "used" tyres at around 10:30 ,this is something AM/RP/FI have always done. They take a set of tyres, srcub them by doing some burnouts or a few out laps and inlaps and put the blankets back on. The theory is that doing this makes the tyres become harder and more durable therefore giving them more tyre life. Even if its just a lap or 2, it still is a "used tyre" so thats why they show up as used tyres even if they only did 2 laps tops.

[@icem8n]

Honestly I feel like if Max was in Leclerc's position he still would have made it to 3rd or 4th. (Max has done that already so often) But Leclerc just didn't chew through the traffic fast enough.

[@MikeD-ej2ho]

100% was an average performance by Charles. I expected AT LEAST 3rd from him.

[@spzyt7629]

@@MikeD-ej2ho would’ve been 3rd if pitstop was executed properly

[@ijustfelldown]

I've only ever seen Hamilton and Max do that type of comeback. Though Hamilton did have the advantage of gaining extra places in the Brazilian GP last year.

[@mo215300]

I disagree if verstappen was a ferrari driver he too would have finished the same.Plus you are forgetting 5.3 sec pitstop and sub optimal strategy . Red Bull is far superior in both those areas to ferrari . In a Red Bull yes he would have finished on podium because Red Bull would have carefully pitted him at right time to avoid drs train and also done an excellent pit stop

[@felizdesdichado]

@@ijustfelldown Only Hamilton or Max? remember checo's first win? it was last to first.

[@elliottf1818]

Matt’s intro is going to get so long that one day the entire podcast is going to be the intro.

[@abolished-kaleidoscope8776]

Drink every time Matt said wtf1 in the intro 😂

[@oakleymakela2408]

Hey wtf1 thanks for another podcast 😀 Tommy looks like a very happy boy 😅

[@justiceleague5431]

Every week I know what you are gonna talk in the first 2 minutes but I hear it and enjoy it. From welcome everyone to elgato.

[@ardencassie5150]

Thank you so much for including the proper audio in the edit!

[@iwanevans607]

When Matt did the “GOGOGO” 42:38 it just threw me back to his old KZbin channel 😂

[@rhombingdog7978]

How the hell did Riccardo get C , Mclaren literally screwed him over with two slow pit stops which put him behind Zhou stroll and Yuki train

[@WsXr4de0n]

Same with Vettel, getting fucked by the team strategy but somehow Stroll is getting a B for being lucky with the safety car.

[@nicktrains2234]

For once he got a better strategy and better quali than Norris, but still ended up outside the points

[@ZaumasWow]

@@WsXr4de0n i mean, in Miami Seb started 10 sec behind the whole pack because of starting in pitlane due to AM fuckup, managed to somehow get into point scoring position but then got wiped out by mick... from last to 9th, wouldve been 8th with alonsos penalty, but these guys gave him a A (not even a A star) for that drive p20 to p8 in the 7th-8th fastest car ... so thats the standard around here lmao

[@bg22757]

Literally

[@TheStargov]

BrItIsH bIaS!!!!

[@jacobrev6567]

it was close battle in the finish line between max and carlos at the Canadian grand pix

[@rashadarbab2769]

Thanks I didn't realize.

[@hiufgterde]

Thanks for clearing that up

[@bynahelemaal]

Seeing Leclerc stuck in a drs train… I’m not so sure he would’ve gotten past Verstappen either… closer? sure! pass? Nah!

[@tharealmb]

I think even if they'd passed Max, they would probably switch again next lap. SO they'd have to do it last corner. But Max was just driving away more than half a second per lap. By the time they got to the long straight he was 6/7 tenths ahead again. With DRS Carlos could close the gap, then rinse and repeat. The speed just wasn't there.

[@Kessoku]

I think he will passed, but Max will surely take it back. Leclerc take the kerb very aggressively and that's the reason why.

[@sylmaron5859]

I agree. Probably wouldn't have changed a thing.

[@laurencampbell5893]

Oh yes because it totally makes no difference when the car in front has drs too just shut up

[@daanbesselink]

Keep in mind they gave leclerc a smaller reat wing so he could overtake easier, meaning he wouldn't get as close as sains before the hairpin

[@7BD273]

53:40 George was given the high downforce wing for the weekend, especially so they could test it in the rain, which gave him the advantage in quali, but was less good in the race. According to Merc they thought it to be a liability - still managed to get the three necessary overtakes in pretty quickly though. Plus he was told to lift and coast, but I guess that must have applied for both cars. I thought he might have also tried to save his tires for a possible defense against Leclerc, but Charles didn't manage to catch up to him in the end.

[@foxq6809]

He asked for a high downforce setup

[@youafruitcup]

Hamilton dominancy out, Verstappen dominancy in!

[@ImRezqoo]

Max didn’t have the straight line speed advantage because they put more down force on his car for the wet Quali.

[@edijzerman5880]

stupid comment from you the car is not allowed to have changes

[@ImRezqoo]

@@edijzerman5880 You’re obviously new, welcome to F1

[@e-sir3160]

That is a point most pundits seem to miss this week, Red Bull didn't have the straight line speed and the Ferrari had better race pace.

[@ImRezqoo]

@@e-sir3160 yeah they missed it indeed

[@edijzerman5880]

@@ImRezqoo you to??

[@jeroenbons637]

Even when Leclerc puts his car on pole he can not win, so why would Sainz succeed?

[@avinash_8723]

Maybe because Sainz himself said he had the fastest car?

[@MikeD-ej2ho]

@@avinash_8723 But an inferior driver.

[@dohtje5029]

@@avinash_8723 with 3 drs zones and fresher tires it really not hard to stay behind a driver, but if he had a faster car, Max should not have been able to pull away 7 tenths every time in the hairpin, if there was only drs on thr long straight Max would have opened a gap.. This is gonna br the same in Monza

[@anthonyreaves9029]

@@dohtje5029 Ferrari clearly was the faster car, Max is just a better driver than Carlos. Plus Carlos made some minor mistakes for instance in the second to last lap

[@lebzgold7475]

@@dohtje5029 Carlos's car was faster, he just doesn't have that extra bit to get passed.

[@NateFenix]

48:00 "a certain second per lap" That's Kers. I think they had 6 seconds per lap and they used it in both attack and defense so it became quite mute, since the guy infront had the same as the guy behind.

[@stubbywankenobi1]

Sainz fastest lap was on lap 63 Leclercs was on lap 62. Sainz was faster than Leclerc during the final stint of the race. No way Leclerc makes it past Max

[@Richardtv1968]

I believe Max does not really get the credits of making F1 interesting again and that him knocking on Lewis’ door opened up the opportunity for other younger drives getting a seat in a F1 team like Leclerc, Norris, Russell, Schumacher, Tsunoda etc

[@laurencampbell5893]

Tell me you’ve only just started watching f1 without telling me you’ve just started watching f1

[@prashanthdk264]

Hustle from Russel. Hands down the most "men of culture" moment on wtf1 podcast. Love the stuff

[@Nienke131]

That jingle was amazing. I love it! A* for effort!

[@falapomx]

This podcast always helps me sleep ☺️

[@jeane0253]

Is that a compliment or a criticism? :D

[@Vulpes_Shinbi]

​@@jeane0253 both

[@nestr2007]

To defend Ricciardo (because fan boy) mclaren also gave him a 6.5 second pit stop then immediately held Lando while they figured out where to go find tires. Horrible double stack

[@JoaoSilva-on4od]

One of the worst double stacks I have ever seen. Lets just hope they finally used all their bad "luck" and things finally start going their way. At least it looks slightly more promising in the wet. Would love to see how the car performs in a wet race distance.

[@EntropicExergy]

Should leave double stacking to RB, they are the only ones good enough to get it right.

[@joyl7842]

53:23 ah yes the old "things and stuff" 😆

[@user-ot4wm2fh8g]

Tommy not being able to say Ontario made me chuckle lol

[@Aemond2024]

Cant help but think Katy and Matt hate this season 😂

[@lilsloppynutsack1799]

It sucks

[@Aemond2024]

@@lilsloppynutsack1799 You can see the perfect driver every weekend 😉

[@lilsloppynutsack1799]

@@Aemond2024 I love max verstapppen been a fan sence 2019 and I’m happy with him having success but the season from an unbiased standpoint kinda sucks

[@danilicious2308]

@@lilsloppynutsack1799 gotta thank Ferrari for that

[@princemay73]

@mattywtf1 - when you say Leclerc could have beaten Max, I'm not sure how you're coming to that assumption. Based on what we've seen this season, it's always been difficult/impossible for a Ferrari car to overtake a Red Bull one.

[@Ceece20]

Shhh, people like to forget inconvenient truths. Especially Ferrari fans.

[@joostprins3381]

Yep the same like George is already the new goat, George got it easy, he is in a win win against Lewis, the point is as a team mate from Lewis you can’t lose. So no pressure , let’s see when he has to deliver, the pressure will go up and that’s when the mistakes are coming.

[@conanthelibrarian7807]

Exactly and he was in a similar position in Miami and Max dropped him out of drs in a few laps atleast sainz kept it close till the end.

[@melissadegroot1665]

If listened to the audio already, but ready for round 2 🏁

[@joereality1664]

That was speed tape on Yuki's wing. Literally used to patch air planes and race cars.

[@bg22757]

Literally

[@vidtrax662]

I was soooooooooo disappointed the Alonso attack didn't happen at all ☹😂 well I'll have to wait for another attack 🤪

[@Ronny999x]

Many including me was saying they should replace all parts on Perez his Car after the Bad Qualifying... Wasted points for Red Bull..

[@Catechuman23]

Like take a new PU, gearbox, turbo, MGU, just throw a whole new package in the car and have the penalty be absorbed now instead of round 15-18?

[@seanwalsh5989]

Tommy saying "bye Tommy" at the end really shows he's embracing life as a dad so much he's going to make horrendous dad jokes

[@worfoz]

CAN-A-DAdy buy you talent?

[@jordanhooper1527]

Tommy the new dad. Went for the ending dad joke. Excellent!

[@liukin95]

I think even if Sainz had gotten past Verstappen, there's nothing to say Max wouldn't have over taken Sainz againwith DRS before the chequered flag giving how quick the RB is on the straight line. So I think it still would've been a Max win even if Sainz did get past Max between the safety car and the chequered flag.

[@maxdenbreejen9844]

Probably not, since the Ferraris had a higher top speed max would’ve likely struggled even more than carlos if he wanted to overtake.

[@danilicious2308]

The Ferrari's had more pace and Sainz was a couple of tenths a lap quicker...

[@lewisunited3900]

As a Hamilton fan I was massively impressed with Max this weekend. He withstood unbelievable pressure for 20 Laps of racing not even giving Sainz a look in. It was an incredible drive and I have to say he is showing all the signs of being a future great. I don’t think he’ll ever get 7 titles but I think a potential 4 or 5 is definitely do-able considering how young he still is. It pains me to see him so much better than the rest with Lewis not in a race winning car. I think if Lewis had that Ferrari car the gap between first and second would be less, of course Charles has been unlucky but Hamilton would have never crashed at Imola and he would have finished on the podium in Canada. Lewis and Max are by far the 2 best drivers on the grid right now, all we need is Lewis back in a race winning car and the old Lewis will be back. Lewis has been unlucky this season although George has been better, Lewis in a race winning car is a different breed! But yeh, congrats to Max

[@eladrio2311]

The diff between 5 or 7 titles it's not driver based, it's car based. If RB has the monopoly that Mercs had in 2010's he for sure has a chance to get 7 titles.

[@lewisunited3900]

@@eladrio2311 I completely agree however it is very rare that someone will be lucky enough to have that kind of dominance for such a long period, with a teammate who is unable to challenge, however it makes it very unlikely that this success will ever be matched.

[@EagleDarkX]

I think Max will beat Lewis to 8 WDCs. I can't see Lewis beating George, especially from 2023 onward. No other top team will have him as a WDC contender. Max is starting out a new era as the best driver in the best team, he's he could very well get at least 3 from that alone, and he'll only be around 27 by then. RB determines it in the end. The only way I could see Lewis win another WDC is if he moves to Alfa/Williams and gives the team the guidance they need to jump back to the top. And that would easily be the most deserved and incredible WDC in his pocket. But having to get through Max, George, Charles, Lando, Albon (potentially), it's such a big uphill battle.

[@squeakybunny2776]

@@eladrio2311 with the new regulations a continuous dominant period for 1 team is very unlikely if not impossible. Winning one rear will mean less development time the next season. Teams can no longer combat the progress of teams behind them.

[@eladrio2311]

@@squeakybunny2776 I hope you are right, a monopoly by any team is boring, no matter what team it is, we shall see

[@wyvern3525]

Loved this one Katy very well done. xD

[@jordanmak23]

Leclerc 2019 (suzuka) had a broken wing with a front end plate hanging off. They let him drive on, eventualy that end plate flew off the ferrari and hit the mercedes of hamilton, causing the end plate to shatter. Luckely it didn't hit lewis.

[@JammyDo]

I can't remember a Ferrari, Leclerc or Sainz when chasing Max are able to pass him. Ferrari seems to be a very good qualifying car but when it comes to racing it's a bit slower.

[@joereality1664]

Kmag just needs to learn you don't overtake Hamilton on the outside, you'll pick up damage. Overtake on the inside and he'll jump off track and complain about aggressive driving instead.

[@cactusjax3779]

Are you really blaming Hamilton for Magnussen picking up damage? 😂😂

[@chrisfallon9811]

That jingle is absolutely wonderful.

[@MrSabumaru]

Tommy's idea on Silverstone.... 7 DRS straights ... lool

[@syndicategaming1668]

I said it in the beginning of the season as a joke, but I’m starting to think Carlos actually won’t win a race this season

[@hippobed2849]

Your reason for Charles not getting past Esteban is the same for Carlos and Max

[@phoenix2225]

Except Charles had much older tires and Carlos had 6 lap newer tires than max.

[@fkez0510]

lmaoooo what a fool you are

[@mzatzk5135]

@@phoenix2225 but Leclerc was fighting Ocon, Sainz was fighting MAX😂

[@alexlenas7954]

That was the cutest abc f1 one sound

[@flessuh]

You guys keep making them longer and longer for our entertainment? :)

[@zerokool327]

Lando had a cooling issue and ricciardo had hot brakes lol. Put had over 3 second pit stops, Mclaren was just awful that race. Ricciardo’s brake issue allowed stroll to get by.

[@AyyFuji]

In reference to KMag's meatball flag, would you guys have wanted Charles to get meatballed in Japan 2019, where his endplate flew off, and hit Hamilton's car behind him, and could have potentially severely injured Lewis if it got between the halo? I get KMag's point, but safety should matter 1000000x more than your performance. What if he goes side by side with someone and punctures their tyre, and it's down the back straight? There's your 300km/h crash you wanted guys.

[@8thlvlMage]

Matt (and to a lesser extent the others) have a bit of a hardon for safety cars and dramatic crashes. If there's no safety car they'll call the race boring or uneventful even if it had some of the best races of the year.

[@DonLee1980]

the hard tire was a c3 if i remember correctly, which would be the softs for many circuits out there. Hard was not hard at all, but the mediums would have been supersofts in many cases.

[@justinanderson7756]

Maybe to help with the DRS issue is that on the tracks with 3 or more DRS zones make it so they can only utilize 2 per lap. That way they could pick and choose which ones the DRS is activated. And the car behind would still have a slight advantage because they can see if the car ahead has activated theirs so they can choose to activate theirs or wait till the car ahead doesn’t have it

[@syndicategaming1668]

It almost seems like you can’t pressure max into a mistake

[@stephenwouw8624]

Obviously because any opportunities for other teams to catch up is restricted by regulations, hence this season is rather boring. It’s more about how can fix porpoising to be faster, not Red Bull faster just faster. Any chances diminished to cover ground, developments on the car restricted. What fun is that? If you’re a f1 dan rather than a Max fan, it’s getting boring already, the drivers championship is already settled before the mid season interval! Even in the brutal Mercedes domination that wasn’t clear as day so early in the season.

[@Minifliek]

@@stephenwouw8624 No team has ever been as dominant as Mercedes was during the turbo hybrid era, not even Ferrari under Schumacher. They had an easy 1-2 in 90% of the races. Sure Max seems to be running away with it this season but thats not thanks to the car being that much better. Ferrari and RB are very equally matched but the reliability issues for Ferrari some bad calls and Sainz finding every gravel trap on the calender have left them way behind for now in the constructors. But this is closer than any team ever got in the turbo hybrid era compared to Mercedes barred last year where Red Bull was about equally matched to Mercedes aswell.

[@stephenwouw8624]

@@Minifliek ok for starters it’s not even close to 90% 1-2’s for Mercedes that percentage dropped over the years. Then you rightfully points out that the cars are much closer (Ferrari and RBR) that’s true. But I see here a replay of 2017 2018. Ferrari was close or better in those seasons. Strong pairing of Vettel and Raikonnen. However whether it’s pressure or bad management, the mistakes took over and being ahead in points in the beginning ended up in a 80 point margin in favour of Hamilton. But my question to you is, most of us condemn in a way the domination of Mercedes, this year it turns out that RBR is taking over the throne. With incredible domination. The drivers title is already in Verstappens pocket and that’s well before the mid season interval! Do you think this is a good development? Don’t you think that the regulations has barred teams from the get go to get a proper car on the grid? Don’t you think it was luck that Adrian Newey is right this time whilst failing the last 7 years? So, do we have to suck up for another few years of domination of one team? After all the FIA changed everything to facilitate closer racing and create more competitiveness. I can’t see that this year, do you?

[@danilicious2308]

@@stephenwouw8624 of course you can't see it with your biased viewpoint. Seriously mate. 6/9 race wins is less than the number of wins that both Vettel and Schumi had in single seasons. What's worse, he should've had 4 versus Leclerc having won 5. "Dominance". Sure. Red Bull has 3 poles after 9 rounds against mercs 8/9 in 2014 (Massa took the only non Merc pole of 2014 in round 8). "Dominance" Red Bull has 4 fastest laps while Merc did 5/9 in 2014. "Dominance" Red Bull did 7/9 race wins (should've been 4/9 at least and considering the Ferrari speed, Leclerc would've likely won Canada as well). Still, Merc did 8/9 in 2014. So yeah, never has a team been this dominant. definitely mate.

[@karthikprakash744]

@@stephenwouw8624 if a team gets things right, how can you blame it as boring or blame the FIA standards? The dominance is also due to ferrari's mess ups. RB decided to go for straight line speed opposed to down force and the gamble paid off. It has been brilliant management and strategy. As for the porpoising, managing health is way more important than competitiveness. If you can't get your car to pass safety regulations, that's your fault, not on the FIA. RB have no porpoising and hence it is safe for driving standards.

[@lewisneedham2168]

If the Ferrari power unit wasn't made from Sandpaper then they would be the closest competition

[@rohrbrot4563]

lol good one!

[@DS-md7mz]

@ScarAngusArobieke RB's primarily small external component reliability issues, not major failure

[@lewisneedham2168]

@ScarAngusArobieke they aren't major failures for RB mate

[@lauraj6374]

With regards to the drs. BTCC now have hybrid system and they can use it for 15 seconds per lap and can only deploy it if over a certain speed

[@Lanse1984]

I think the cars are very close right now. Team advantage goes to RedBull and driver advantage goes to Redbull. Also, seems RB is bringing upgrades next race

[@maxwanders6219]

Will Verstappen break the record for most wins in a season? He needs 8 out of the remaining 13 races. (Schumacher and Vettel both have 13 wins in a season)

[@lukebland407]

Unlikely

[@Daniboi971]

No, but he does have an astonishing win % and top 2 position % since 2021. 96% of all races finished, he's either 1st or 2nd in that period. Crazy.

[@soundscape26]

It's within the realm of possibility even though the seasons are longer nowadays.

[@maxwanders6219]

@@soundscape26 22 races this season, I don’t know how long the seasons were where Schumacher and Vettel got 13

[@maxwanders6219]

Update Schumacher did 13 out of 18 in 2004 and Vettel 13 out of 19 in 2013

[@JustFun598]

Honestly, Max is the best driver on the grid currently, has great skills, can adapt to the car and track very quickly, but what makes the biggest difference is Max has cojones, especially compared to someone like Leclerc for example, Charles is good driver, but too nice and soft.

[@kevenharvey9711]

The SC actually hurt Stroll, he pitted just before and got stuck behind the SC, in the end he only really lost one position to Zhou, but he had to pass 3 cars to get to 10th.

[@karolinaC1997]

K-Mag did manage to overtake an entire train - tbt to that overtake of 3 cars at once 😂😂😂

[@bern7851]

DOUBLE YOU TEE EFFF ONEEEE!

[@YesBruv66]

Admit it. You all miss 2021

[@fkez0510]

Nope. the toxic fans were getting embarrassing and unbearable, i'm glad its behind us

[@hiufgterde]

@@fkez0510 you can just watch the races and ignore the rest

[@danilicious2308]

Definitely not

[@amchik3594]

don't forget, that leclerc had rear wing with lower downforce than carlos

[@allanfelix2613]

That jingle was amazing! From our very own Ontario kids!

[@ufrgrand5116]

Question for the comment section could max beat sebastian vettel's record of 9 race wins in a row

[@lucasmonteiro9886]

I think so

[@Allblue1]

easy

[@pianissimo7121]

His only compitition is the redbull engines /s

[@soundscape26]

Don't think so. It would be tragic for Ferrari considering the car they have this year.

[@pranc236]

Thats a rough one. Sure max could but i wouldnt bet on it. Lewis had how many years to do that? And didnt. 9 is allot.

[@jjc1752]

Mick’s been as unlucky as alonso this season. Team screws up when he’s doing well in races such as Spain and canada

[@armingleiner5292]

Mick is crashing all the time, Fernando is not.

[@enexius67]

@@armingleiner5292 “all the time” you mean 2 races out of 9 total? Yes those were hit fault, Miami was a racing incident but he was going to score points if that didn’t happen. Bahrain and Barcelona, Haas put him on old ass tires and left him to dry out there. Canada was a true glimpse that he’s capable of scoring points and is good in wet conditions. Baku he purposely was being careful and not taking any chances with crashing. All those other races he was either very close / made small mistakes / had damage / or Haas’ shit strategy.

[@armingleiner5292]

@@enexius67 It is insane how much more understanding and less judgemental people get just because of a last name. He is getting destroyed by Magnussen (a very average driver) who just came out of retirement. If Mick had a teammate like George, Lando or even Alex he would get beaten worse than Mazepin.

[@menglei2527]

But he wasn't unlucky as Zhou's level, who is a freshman in f1 and already grabbed a few points, no big crashes.

[@armingleiner5292]

@@menglei2527 Exaclty. Zhou is way better than Mick. His teammate is also way better than Kevin.

[@nadiyahsulayman703]

The song was adorbs. Esp when they shouted everyone's names

[@OscarFinn]

Best jingle yet

[@lorenzzockt3217]

This may be an unpopular opinion, but Leclerc had luck with the safteycar, because otherwise he never would have been close to the alpines, what would have mesnt a P7. From someone who wants to win a World Championship, you have to expect more than that, when he is in such a strong car.

[@Allblue1]

Just don't hype hamilton too much becuase of 1 race he already gets a lot of hate when he fails. The king is back when he does these results more than 3 times in a row just like George

[@martinberg3970]

To be fair Hamilton has done a good job he's just had bad luck with safetycar allot of the past races. BTW hate for Hamilton will always be there nomatter what he does on track you should've known this by now. So don't hype him up because of what? You don't want him to get positive comments?

[@stevenjoseph6048]

@@martinberg3970 The positive comments will always be outweighed by the negative ones sadly. I think the only driver that'll receive this much hate will be Max when him and RB dominates this season. You can slowly see some fans turning on Max, but the majority is still on his side.

[@TheDreamJP]

@@stevenjoseph6048 max is authentic and genuine. He will never be hated at the level lewis is hated. We hate lewis as a person and as a racer. Based of his behaviour on and off track. Same goes for toto wolf and mercedes. Max again is authentic, racing hard, but a good person

[@soundscape26]

@@TheDreamJP What's there to hate Hamilton as a racer? Because he won too much? Yeah, reason why Vettel was also hated in his winning years... and Schumacher before him. As for Max being a good person... is Lewis a bad one?

[@chriscollins550]

@@TheDreamJP max has never made a mistake on and off-track lol verbally threatening people pushing and threatening other drivers. On track he's worse to the point fia had to bring in new regulations this season to stop max in the way he aggressive driving style. He's worse than lewis in most ways the only difference is lewis is very PR in interviews max dosn't care a long with the most toxic team in f1

[@WTH1812]

Add 8 push to pass boosts to current DRS. The would help the second car in the DRS train to pass and split the train. They could use it going into, in, or out of the zone. Or any point in the race.

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

Just say you want kers back

[@cuszco]

Limit the number of consecutive laps in which a car is allowed to use the DRS is one way to mitigate DRS trains.

[@TheZimbeatz]

Hamilton has been 0.4 seconds per lap average faster than hype man George in RACE pace every race ...The hype around George is unreal

[@Kessoku]

top 5 every race? come on

[@faff6763]

Hamilton dropped Russel by 5 seconds. First time this season they have been together on the track and on the same strategy.

[@Marcushalberstram749]

'every' race is stretching it...imola and saudi come to mind. and yes ham fans will say he has different setups n stuff, but lets not forget that george this race and spain had more of a quali setup and lewis more of a race setup, so that explains why george is quicker in quali and lewis in the race

[@As-qz5lr]

He’s behind Russell 7-2. Was he much faster in Imola or Monaco when he was held up by slower cars he was unable to out qualify?

[@speedfreak9758]

@@faff6763 Hamilton managed to heat his hard tires before SC deployment because he pitted earlier, Russell didnt. You can even see Leclerc catching up to Russell until he managed to get tires working. Gap to Hamilton (infront)and Leclerc (behind) became constant

[@Boerkreeelis]

Magnussen was actually backing out in the corner with Lewis, not really sure how difficult it is to just look that up and see it for yourself before claiming he's going mental into every corner Matt, jesus. It cannot be that difficult to make sure of your statements before you start spouting around nonsense everywhere.

[@Boerkreeelis]

Judge for yourselves: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2Pdd5hmbcuLd8k

[@madmax6220]

Tommy, do you mean to use the DRS like the old KERS system where the driver has a fixed units of use per lap. If so I would like that, I miss the strategie whitch came with the KERS button.

[@connorwhite2782]

this wa one of the most complete weekends in a while, just dominant from quali on.

[@anasnurhafidz]

Vettel era> hamilton era> verstappen era

[@Vidyagameenjoyer]

Bruh he gets one WDC and you start calling it an Era. What is this tomfoolery.

[@DS-md7mz]

@@Vidyagameenjoyer statistically, we can see it's going to be a VER era, he started it years ago, now it's locked in and he's not even at his prime yet lol 24 years old, Lewis at 28 was still wrecking everyone and desperate for his 2nd

[@chriscollins550]

@@DS-md7mz he's not even won a world championship yet how is it max era

[@syndicategaming1668]

@@chriscollins550 did you forget last year, or are you one of those who calls it the “Masi championship”?

[@chriscollins550]

@@syndicategaming1668 it was masi championship a paper championship for max

[@franklinjoseph9067]

What an immature thing to say that "Charles would have won if it was him and not Sainz". It's disrespectful to both Max and Sainz and Max passed Charles twice this year for the win can't say the same about Charles though.

[@kimi1845]

fun fact: 100% of charles race wins have been from pole

[@pranc236]

Its like saying max would have won the two races he dnf’d if he didnt dnf. 1st race max would have gotten another chance to pass but who knows. 3rd race charles had it no question.

[@syndicategaming1668]

Let me guess, Matt said this? He used to be a lot more objective, but his fanboying is starting to actually hurt the content of this channel

[@spinksinator1997]

The question regarding what could be done about DRS trains, to back up what was said I would use the analogy of its a bit like asking what can be done about 0-0 games of football, a boring fight, or if the rallies could be made longer in tennis. Some things are just a product of the sport.

[@RCRitterFPV]

the engine / part penalty phase of the season is going to be in full effect. still up in the air.

[@Son-Of-Gillean]

Max is the best driver since Senna. Recognise greatness when you see it.

[@Vulpes_Shinbi]

Prost and Prime Vettel tho

[@chriscollins550]

No he's not. Way to early say things like that. He really hasn't proven anything yet.

[@soundscape26]

A very premature evaluation.

[@zafert85]

@@chriscollins550 lemme guess u a salty britt

[@Son-Of-Gillean]

@@chriscollins550 No its not. What do you mean he hasn't proven anything? He's a world champion, and well on his way to being a double world champion 😂

[@mattle841]

Let me change that for you: "Can anyone beat Redbull?"*

[@tommybambam]

Nope Max.. Max is on a different level compared to Checo, if you like it or not..

[@lucasmonteiro9886]

Max*

[@soundscape26]

I think Charles would be pretty capable of winning this race had he not started from the bottom of the grid.

[@mo215300]

@ScarAngusArobieke not just max. It is Ferraris pit crew , strategists and unreliable engine. Nothing to take away from max but ferrari have been unable to capitalize when qualifying ahead of max. Barring Miami and Jeddah, Charles pole in Spain and Monaco should have been a win. Maybe Baku was debatable but the point is that max is not the only factor making difference

[@fritsieboiker8449]

Yeah I think Charles can beat Perez

[@hisham_hm]

Katy's shoulder moves are now an integral part of Matt's "welcome everybody to the W-T-F-1 podcast" intro

[@KaarthiBlaze]

Will reintroducing the Engine Mode changes during race help with the DRS train and encourage more overtakes?. Just a thought

[@taurusbelos6479]

Lewis Hamilton in equal machinery

[@mellevangils5350]

No

[@admzlkrnin_4302]

@@mellevangils5350 Yes he can… dont let your hate towards him blind you from his capable performance

[@stijnrousch4319]

Well maybe he should start with consistently beating his own teammate

[@admzlkrnin_4302]

@@stijnrousch4319 I still dont see you disagreeing of me talking about his capabilities performance..

[@admzlkrnin_4302]

@ScarAngusArobieke And you are not including he beats Fernando who was a 2x WDC and he was a rookie.. Or Fighting vettel in an equal machinery in 2017 and 2018? Of course another lewis hater just speak nonsense..

[@julianhornquist3339]

Props to Tommy for not saying irregardless at around 49:30

[@TheKillkorde]

How the turns have tabled. It does seem like Verstappen and Red Bull's title to lose, but there have been so many swings in the last 2 seasons and I could've said the same thing about Leclerc and Ferrari only a couple races ago. I don't think we realise how blessed we are to be able to witness it.

[@EntropicExergy]

Six races isn't a couple, Max and RB aren't going to give this away anymore.

[@thecremeegg]

What a jingle!

[@lewisunited3900]

Those Ferrari hype train hoodies have backfired a bit 😂😂😂😂

[@Leighb2282]

with these new cars do you think KERS would be better than DRS? with drivers having to thinks about when to use it during the lap versus DRS every lap?

[@wackyd9863]

Indycar has 200 seconds of push to pass for every race.

[@iwanevans607]

Aaron Martin could just be getting used to the new tyre rules coming in and adjusting themselves for when there is less tyres or maybe they scrub them in practice so when it comes to the race they can warm quicker on track