2022 Dutch GP Race Review | WTF1 Podcast

Max Verstappen took victory again at the Dutch Grand Prix. We discuss that Yuki Tsunoda retirement, another disaster for Ferrari and whether Mercedes have missed their best chance at a race victory this season.
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[@jcolowracing987]

The way you guys addressed the Yuki controversy was completely correct. Listening to The Race and other large media sources they seemed to tiptoe around dismissing it outright for fear of outraging certain listeners. The whole theory is outlandish and it deserved to be dismissed in the strongest of terms, especially given the awful hate received by Hannah Schmitz and the Alpha Tauri team members since the race. Edit: Changed "British Listeners" to "Certain Listeners" as it's unfair of me to characterize a whole country based on the actions of a few

[@devinmattingly5998]

Tommof1 did the same thing. Props to both WTF1 and Tommo

[@jus_tin6724]

Agreed. WTF1 doing Yuki and Alpha Tauri justice.

[@DavidGarcia-oi5nt]

Lewis is against discrimination and abuse unless it's for his rivals and Latiffi

[@wesselr01]

Well said, completely agree. It also didn’t help that Toto Wolf also mentioned in the post race interview that it was “very convenient timing” for Verstappen that Tsunoda had an issue, insinuating it was on purpose….

[@TonyMezaXD]

I don’t think it’s completely ridiculous of people to ask for transparency of what happened. The optics of the situation were undeniably questionable. But all it needed was a thorough explanation. The other personal attacks are of course uncalled for.

[@backnine39]

Good point by Tommy re: on how Valteri can be viewed as conspiring to help Merc come back to the 2021 championship by taking out both red bulls at '21 Hungary GP. Especially after Lewis took out Max at Silverstone a week before AND Toto dropping a comment saying "We are 2 DNFs away from being in contention again". Conspiracy theorist could have read so much into that

[@LordWay]

If I remember rightly they did

[@backnine39]

@@LordWay exactly

[@joyl7842]

15 races in you can count on 3 things to happen in every race left: 1: Ferrari will mess up their race in some weird public way and continue to deny they have serious problems 2: Hamilton will not win a race 3: Verstappen will extend his lead by even more points

[@Allblue1]

no not really ferrari sfill have won a race which means the still have potential to win a race probably in japan or Singapore the would win. Hamilton can win if they have a completely clean weekend with no qualifying mishaps or race mishaps. And verstappen yea depends if his engine blows which you can't guarantee so your 3 points completely wrong

[@davidmatthewvinotjr8396]

1: Binotto will be OUT at the end of the season 2: LEWIS HAMILTON WILL WIN A RACE IN 2022. TAKE IT TO THE BANK. I'm Not sure where, BUT IT WILL HAPPEN. 3: Verstappen will likely clinch the title at Japan or COTA

[@8thlvlMage]

@@Allblue1 So even though Ferrari hasn't won a race in the past 5 despite being on pole in 2 of them, Hamilton has to have a perfect weekend, and Max has to have an engine failure, it's Joy's points that are completely wrong? Clowny ass.

[@donniebamberg1508]

Williams could honestly park Latifi, run only one car with Albon and still come out ahead of letting him keep running.

[@pauls5745]

when the space on the track is worth more than a teammate

[@Southpawdg1]

Right! Max is up over 100 points. Why would they need Alpha Tauri to help them?

[@ismaelhernandez6866]

That's what they want you to think! (Being facetious. I don't want anyone calling me a flat earther)

[@iliasmoufakkir2359]

It's okay this isn't to popular enough for you to get attached I know your kidding.

[@gpaje]

Actually, AT has hurt Red Bull more in races this year than helped.

[@ismaelhernandez6866]

@@MDE_never_dies hahaha. Just realized I was asking for it.

[@toodsf1]

@@ismaelhernandez6866 "Facetious"? That's what you want us to think, you scamdemic-claiming flat earther you! (Being flippant. I don't want anyone thinking I believe the queen is reptile)

[@DugTheDog]

There needs to be an A, B, C, D, F1 for teams too, not just drivers!

[@saiyerugara9038]

Tbh, I wonder how that would have gone lol!

[@timoooo7320]

It's not really weird what happened with Yuki, he noticed the issue after he installed the tires, they didn't see the data on their end so told him to come back to pit and it's common sense to try another set of tires since he only felt the issue after the initial tire change. When he excited the pit he noticed the issue still there so now they know for sure it's not the tires and probably something else so they tell him abort. Very logical and you are this happens a lot when a driver exits the pit and feels something not right, if they don't see the data then the first thing to try is to replace the tires that they just installed. Quite normal

[@mgc7199]

Why could they not see the problem in the data sooner? If your driver reports a problem, obviously you look at what he thinks it is first. But if that's not it, and they knew that before ordering him back to the pits, they should have continued to look before ordering him to return. Just cause it's not what your driver thinks it is, doesn't mean him feeling a problem is not accurate. They risked damage to components and an unsafe situation on track causing yellow flags by continuing before finding out what the real problem was. Schoolboy error, imo.

[@josephward6021]

I just think they shouldn’t have sent him back out, he was 3 laps behind at that point, had a 2 hour pit stop to fix his seatbelts and had no hope in making any time back up in the race

[@timoooo7320]

@@josephward6021 yeah I agree but it's not that uncommon to see a team try to get the car out even when a lap behind. I think it has to do with collecting data in general about the car and responsibility to the sponsors on the car so people can see the ads on the car

[@timgriffith9149]

@@josephward6021 even then every lap is data. they now have a free time to work on car settings and the driver gets to try new things. So nothing is wasted.

[@thehuggingsimmy1765]

Having just now watched the Dutch GP because i was too busy this weekend, i do like the new graphic when you're onboard with a driver and whe it shows the gap and distance to driver in front like we've seen with Hamilton and Sainz at the start.

[@jamster251]

i don't get it, i feel like it is just something to add, rather than something with a purpose. Distance i don't think really matters, as it's constantly fluctuating. the time gap is nice, but that's already at the bottom of the screen generally. Isn't fewer distracting things on screen better?

[@kaapoXII]

@@jamster251 its just like they added a racing line from the game to real life lol, im not a fan of it either lol

[@GabberPinda]

@@kaapoXII but it helps allot in a online race. In gtr sport it's really helpful 👌

[@kaapoXII]

@@GabberPinda yeah but we are referring to real life racing? We don't need a racing line in real life racing lol

[@xtheamazingax]

Yeah, I like it a lot as well.

[@christianorsa]

Max needs 4 more wins out of a total 7 possible to break that record...I don't think he'll beat Seb's nine in a row since e.g. Singapore could be trickier but who knows, that 13 win record is definitely within reach though

[@QwoaX]

I think that unless anything drastic happens (reliability, crashes, covid), he can win every remaining race. The only hard one could be Singapore because RB's aero efficiency won't matter too much but Zandvoort is quite similar and he relatively easily won that one.

[@pranc236]

Agree 100%

[@joostprins3381]

Let’s take one at the time.

[@Ceece20]

13 win is within reach. Thats just 2 more wins to tie, 3 to break.

[@ehrlichgesagt863]

I think he will he has the same situation as Vettel a close start of the season fight looks decided by the winter break. Ferrari will invest into next year. Merc will probably have a completely new concept to build around. The only person to challange him isnt mentally there (see his radios in Dutch GP he is losing a lot of composure same as mclaren times) and Max has a car that is really hard to overtake. So Singapore will be tricky but then again its all about strategy and RB will be to ashamed to let perez stay out back others up and Max to get the win

[@DawidSikora]

5:55 didn't Bottas binned two Red Bulls in Hungary last year? Didn't again Bottas and Russel - two Mercedes drivers crashed just as Hamilton went off last year? The conspiracy for Yuki makes no sence now but if they want some conspiracy then sure, Mercedes last year was much more sus

[@sarifsamudra9970]

YEAH Mercedes EXPESIALY hAMILTON GOT MANY CHANGE AND POINT BY THE TEAM ORDER TO MAKE BOTTAS AND RUSSEL HIT WALL TO MAKE HAMILTON WIN RACE GP , THIS WAS THE FACT AND REAL CONSPIRACY AND NO BLOW OUT TILL NOW BY FIA WTF THE FXK ITS THAT

[@Qwerty2OG]

What about Toto remarking for the UK GP that Hamilton is only one DNF away from Max in points (paraphrasing) And then in the first lap they shunt Max into the barrier

[@PozzaPizz]

@@sarifsamudra9970 bro the caps man stop yelling

[@serxhioballa9223]

Yep

[@bigmini2870]

You're not helping descaling conspiracy theories in this sport

[@7BD273]

Sainz had damage btw, from the first lap contact with Lewis and George did not screw Merc's chance for a win. that was already gone with the VSC and the SC, and from then on understandably he was looking out for himself. George asked the team about changing to the softs the moment the SC was deployed. he realized that they were going to be sitting ducks to Max and Charles. he just read the race situation well and his call deserves praise. Lewis isn't in the title fight, his teammate shouldn't be expected to ruin his own race just so they can gamble for a Lewis win. and as we saw staying on the mediums wasn't the right decision anyway, had they both stayed out they're 3rd and 4th

[@WietseKuilboerPersonalFinance]

A Mercedes’ victory was never there mate. Max on fresher tires would have easily cleared the 5+- seconds after he would have done his second pitstop

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Christian said that even without the SC, they had Max winning by something like 15 seconds. He was probably just taking the piss with the 15 seconds, but Max would have won the race either way. I don't see how any Merc/Lewis fan could say that they could have won that race.

[@lsemaldokhar4154]

2nd and 3rd imo, but yeah totally agree otherwise.

[@7BD273]

@@lsemaldokhar4154 Leclerc is overtaking at the very least one of them.

[@lsemaldokhar4154]

@@7BD273 He only passed Lewis because of tires they were both on. He didn’t get past Russell on softs as it was and I’d argue that Lewis is faster than George in the same machinery, so put Lewis on soft tires and it’s highly unlikely Leclerc is getting past the Mercs.

[@loudamir7390]

Matt sarcastically: Expecting Monza to go smoothly Ferrari truck: And I took that personally

[@remy4320]

I think you should listen to the pit radio's of Max, George, Hamilton, during that entire safety car situation, pretty interesting differences. George did not call for them last second, well he did, but that wasn't the first time he asked for them. He was basically asking for them from second one of the SC, he repeated that two times (I think) before calling out his yellows where shot and needed the red as they drove in to the pit.

[@hanskuijsten2380]

And it turned out he was absolutely right.

[@CraigBickerstaff]

I watched George’s onboard as well and he’s talking about putting the softs on as soon as they tell him the safety car is out. Hamilton asks about changing tires but he sort of drops it where George kept bringing it up again until finally when they’re about to go through the pit lane and he basically tells them to change his tires.

[@remconoordermeer7015]

29:11 Indeed, yes Katy! I’m a RB fan and I found myself shouting “Noooo!” to the Ferrari pit crew for binning Sainz’s race. Sure I’m rooting for another driver, but not like this.

[@jdbb3gotskills]

Exactly I’m excited to see Max win his second championship but Ferrari could’ve made it a battle. Of course Ferrari is gonna Ferrari.

[@Painlesscoward]

I was watching with my friend and he had just stood up and went to the fridge. I just shouted "ferrari again" and he genuinely said "what now have they forgot tyers".

[@philbear21]

Yeah, I just shook my head, knowing something had to happen, just a matter of when and what.

[@FullTimeGaming360]

It's fun when your driver wins because they are better than their opponents, not as much when they win because their opponent can't pit properly or any of the other things Ferrari have been up to.

[@alessiocarlevaro6934]

As a ferrari fan i did the same in Bahrein and Australia, how the turntables

[@malnfc8565]

Hamilton should have a B for that restart performance. Was in the wrong engine mode and he picked a horrible place to do it

[@pauls5745]

well if engine mode, then thats not his call. they tell him what buttons to push

[@Milkywayboy]

@@pauls5745 no he chooses what engine mode to be in, the team tells which one but it is up to Lewis to select it. He admitted he was in the wrong engine mode, he says it was his fault

[@As-qz5lr]

They always inflate Hamilton’s grade. They do it for all the big 3 teams drivers but more so for LH

[@vertigo545]

@@pauls5745 they told him to switch it and he didn't do it in time. He admitted it himself. I'm sick of LH fans blindly defending him like he never makes mistakes. You don't have to try and prove that he is one of the best ever by defending his every move. He has already cemented his legendary legacy.

[@aidanmagee2269]

If that had cost him the win yes but let’s honest if he didn’t get overtaken at restart he would have most definitely been overtaken next lap

[@downydutch3203]

To be fair, Fandom in general has been a problem as of late. In all kind of sports fans have been misbehaving more than ever since the Covid/Lockdowns ended. I hope it calms down a bit.

[@31Blaize]

Not just fandom. World's gone a bit feral since lockdowns :/

[@falcovg2]

Katy: "What if Giovinazzi stops next to the track and it benifits Ferrari and they can get a pitstop" Come on, I expect a bit better from you guys, we all know Ferrarri isn't going to benifit from a pitstop, it involves strategy and tires.

[@Spike-sk7ql]

This is so unfortunately true😭

[@philbear21]

I spat my drink through my nose just now. Thanks falco

[@Memer856]

So true🤣

[@falcovg2]

@@philbear21 I hope it wasn't carbonated.

[@abhishekab1]

Ferrari thinking that a race car has 3 wheels is a new for me 😂

[@jayneswinnerton8812]

@Jack Wrath no one cares

[@pranc236]

Yet no surprising op! 😂

[@matt5721]

Schumi made it work

[@_ariosto1519]

Please remember how RedBull only became a winning team after Seb won in 2008 in Monza, and Toro Rosso ended the championship ahead of RBR. Max and Ricciardo also came from Toro Rosso, so great ROI so far. Great video, thank you so much for the thorough analysis.

[@abhijeetsingh1387]

On a complete tangent - Matt, Katy, and Tom remind me of the Harry Potter trio! Great discussions guys - started watching recently and I enjoy them a lot!

[@joyl7842]

32:00 That's a good point. If I made an amateurish mistake at work which caused the entire product to miss the targeted goal, week after week after week, I'd be let go so fast just to stop me from messing up any more weeks to come. I really do wonder why this hasn't happened at Ferrari after so many mistakes only amateurs make. It makes no sense to me.

[@Spike-sk7ql]

At this point, I think actual amateurs would be better running Ferrari right now. Binotto can go back to being the chief technical director, but bring in some amateur to run the pit wall. Hell...I would do it for far less than they are paying their idiots now.

[@jelle_smid]

Tuesday after a race, relive it all with the podcast... great stuff

[@wyvern3525]

Danny Ric was the first driver I started watching and have been a red bull fan ever since, Even met him in Miami and had my #3 hat on and it definitely caught his eye which was nice of him to stop with all the people escorting him about the grounds to acknowledge me. I just really really wish he had the machinery to do what he does. Him and Seb going away i'd be gutted as well. Good review as per the usual cheers guys.

[@ApaX1981]

If there was no sateycar Max would have still won it. He would go to soft with 15 laps to go. and would last past both Mercs. The RB was just a rocket on the track.

[@moneyequalshappiness65]

Only in the hands of the GOAT

[@Nelson-rw2yd]

Until the VSC Mercedes had no shot at winning. After the VSC they might have had a chance with fresh hards vs. fresh mediums, until Bottas caused the SC and their chance of winning was gone. If anyhting, Yuki helped Mercedes.

[@ApaX1981]

@@Nelson-rw2yd after the vcs Max was a long way ahead. 13 seconds. Unsure if Mercedes could close the gap. And if they did they needed to pass on the main straight. That would be a tough job...but it was their best chance.

[@philbear21]

@@moneyequalshappiness65 easy there big guy. I’m a Max fan, but it’s still a bit early to start throwing the G word around bro.

[@moneyequalshappiness65]

@@philbear21 I meant hamilton

[@rosek7114]

Do you guys know that the second flare on track was actually not thrown by a fan? It was a security guard that took it from a fan and threw it over the fence I guess to get rid of it? Weird move by him, but there's very clear upclose footage of it. Edit: here's the video kzbin.infowOmwx8Hk5rs And the other fans are calling him out for his dumb move. The guy filming is saying 'What an asshole'.

[@may-ru7gq]

It was a fan dressed as a guard

[@rosek7114]

​@@may-ru7gq lmao sure it was😂 Can't tell if you're joking or not.

[@timgriffith9149]

@@may-ru7gq yep always a max fan's fault. 🙃

[@SDRaygon]

For the pit lane, they could remove the pit wall and then have the lane being wider by that, and then ofc having to build a pitwall room above the garage, like monaco.

[@HBee5]

To be fair to the pit crew, they were late getting ready because Sainz was called in at the last second. They never should have called him in that late and I have no idea what they were thinking.

[@PapaSchlumpf1515s]

The guy with the tire was there. The car just came in to the box to fast for him to get into position and because those boxes are so tight he had to awkwardly run around the hole team. The whole thing was a strategy problem and had nothing to do with the pitcrew.

[@philbear21]

I could be wrong, as I’ve not really cared enough to watch it closely, but why did 3 of 4 guys have their tires where they needed to be, yet 1 guy didn’t? And when is the last time you’ve seen ANY team trot out 3 tires when they called them in quickly? You kinda sound like a certain team principle. Do you think they just “didn’t have the pace” as well? Edit: I think the 4th tire carrier just didn’t have the pace.

[@HBee5]

@@philbear21 What the fuck you chatting? 🤣 Binotto literally said it after the race that they made the call on the last corner. You could still see them scrambling when he came in. This isn't complex

[@thana01ich19]

The problem on the pit stop was that 2 tyres were on the front right an 0 tyres on the back left.

[@joyl7842]

32:15 I remember Binotto going for a toilet break himself during one of the races this year. I've never seen a Team Principle do that. I thought he had gone to scream into a pillow.

[@likemyposttovisiblydislike1997]

Let’s just clear the air while we are at it: Toto knew full well what he was doing when he made the Yuki comment during the post-race interview. Politicking and jostling for desirable media coverage is one thing. Perpetuating damaging conspiracy theory is another, and we should call Toto out for his bullshit.

[@ddha0000]

Horner started it all so Toto is just fighting back.

[@prospekt_1]

My three word race review is: Tyre tyre tyre Because the fourth has gone missing

[@BarelyA1ive]

Love these podcasts btw morning i heard in Spotify lol

[@florisbackx1744]

I think Ricardo would match really well with Indycar, it has a much more layback vibe and he loves the whole US culture. As I believe he actually resides in the US at least partially.

[@philbear21]

Yep, Vegas I think. I also agree he’d fit in well, but I really hope he stays in F1. As cliche as it sounds, I’d love to see him back at Alpine.

[@blakebarone1809]

I thought to myself after Abu Dhabi, that for as controversial as it ended up being that Latifi crashed, there would have been a full blown, tin foil fest if it had been one of about 10 other drivers. For example: - Either Alpha Tauri or Perez = obviously team play. - Mick = didn’t want his dad’s record broken. -Seb = didn’t want his idols record broken. - Fernando = hates Lewis - Bottas = a middle finger to Merc on the way out. - Russell = starting the mindgames with his soon to be team mate. - Carlos/Danny= protection an old team who they want to see win. I swear. People find conspiracy everywhere.

[@philbear21]

You forgot literally any driver at all, because, you know, racism. Lmao.

[@vasudevdehariya1269]

I don't think people understand that DTS is not F1. They think everything is dramatic in F1 when mostly F1 races are pretty boring. They want everything to be Silverstone or a Monza...and if its not they pick out little things as if it was an episode. That's not how this sport works.

[@recipoldinasty]

@@philbear21 what? Elaborate…

[@GloomGaiGar]

We know the punishment/penalty for race fixing. Why Red Bull would risk that is beyond me. Toto throwing fuel into the fire is just pathetic. From tossing his factory under the bus live on air to suddenly expecting to beat Red Bull on pure pace.

[@fkez0510]

@@davidbrown8517 Renault weren't fighting for the championship

[@philbear21]

Not to mention begging for a TD that literally stood to negatively impact his own team more than anyone else.

[@philbear21]

@@davidbrown8517 this one time, at band camp……..

[@joyl7842]

43:28 I know why: Russell is not Bottas. He won't do it if he has a shot at finishing P1 or at least a guaranteed podium.

[@pepeyacaman1453]

Plus, Tommy said that Russell has the 3rd best car and is technically in 3rd place in the championship. But he actually has the 5th or 6th best car. He's been spectacular.

[@ddha0000]

@@pepeyacaman1453 he has also been very very lucky a lot this season.

[@Real28]

WTF1, thank you for saying what needed to be said and not pandering to fan bases or conspiracy theorists like other channels (some huge) have done.

[@ch1vas17]

Anyone know if it’s possible to see Williams higher up than usual at monza like in spa ?

[@JayAreEm]

BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE SINCE THE END OF THE RACE

[@davelangford2439]

So has everyone

[@Rob2]

Plot twist: the second flare thrown on the track during qualifying (the one that only resulted in a yellow flag) was actually thrown there BY A SECURITY GUARD!!! It is unclear why. Maybe he found it in a dangerous place or seized it from someone, but he threw it over the fence and it rolled to the track side.

[@crazychimp1324]

I watched the video and he got removed because he felt scared the videos on Reddit

[@flooshephegus8855]

1:23:12 "and also we've got an app, go f*** ***" I almost had to change my shorts, lol!

[@stuartayre7618]

Matt channeling some Rik Mayall during the jingle at around 59:10--nice!

[@johnhonee5898]

Was at the track Saturday. Backpacks were barely checked. Asking for problems.

[@tpf1ferrari]

You should go to Monza someday, Matt! I was there in 2013 and it was quite a thrilling race, with the Ferraris finishing P2 and P4, battling it out with the Red Bulls. Let's hope for a similar result this weekend - although you never know with this year Ferrari's strategists ...

[@9NineVolt]

F1 should do what they do at the Singapore Grand Prix. Been in it for many years, and they've got excellent security with them taking away anything that even resembles something that can meddle with security. I've been to 2 other ones (Abu Dhabi & Hungary), and they're certainly more lean with security checks. They definitely should up their levels of security Edit: After listening until the end, do the other F1 grand prix's not even have BAGGAGE CHECKS!? That's wild, they definitely need to upgrade it

[@joostprins3381]

The pit lane makes it fun.

[@rdvanbilgic341]

The entire podcast is always quite enjoyable but 1:14:42 made my day

[@themelrijk]

If you watch the Sainz pitstop replay, for some inexplicable reason the left rear was at the front right position and the guy had to go all the way around to get to the left rear with the tire.

[@johncameron3972]

I watched back Sainz's pit stop and the pit crew just weren't ready for him. the guys on the guns were in place but the tire guys were still running into place while Sainz was stopped. the guy on the rear left tire started to go around the front left of the car then turned around and went all the way around the right of the car to the rear left. i cant understand why they weren't ready it was a scheduled pit stop, only thing i can think of is that they had the wrong tires then had to swap.

[@HoodieDayz]

I agree with Sainz on the unsafe release. There was a McLaren mechanic in his line when he was released. He was out of the way at the time Sainz was able to fully brake but he was damn near in the fast lane and I don't think he saw the Alpine coming down the pit lane.

[@jordanharris5013]

It's off topic but one thing that caught my eye was Mclaren on the straight. I watched Lando with drs open and overtake held down, barely catching Alonso. That's so insane that the car is that slow. It would be interesting to see the numbers on how many cars Mclaren have passed on the straights where the passed car didn't just let them by. I bet it's not many. Lack of straight line speed has to be one of the most frustrating things.

[@CihanDrwr]

Yeah their car is a tractor i feel like daniel isnt underperforming its just norris overly overperforming

[@09csr]

@@CihanDrwr that is pretty much what the data says. That and the car doesn't fit Ricciardo at all. Some analysts imply his driving style doesn't gel with ground effect cars, I sure hope that isn't the case.

[@m90regalgrandsport59]

All of the merc powered teams are down on straight line speed minus williams. Seems like to have the straight line speed you have to run no wing.

[@surtrgaming1730]

Looking forward for an 11th team trying to fit in the Zanvoort pit lane

[@ChrisAce117]

That intro is epic

[@DamienE11]

Absolutely love Katy's rant at the half hour mark, she absolutely nailed the Ferrari pit wall and she's 100% correct

[@galexo_]

Hello guys, first time i write a comment on yout channel. I do like your content. It has been 2 years i watched your vids and it is always great content. Although i'm french and english is not obviously my native language, i understood most of what you said, moreover my english level improved a lot thanks to you guys, so big thank you for all your hard work you put in all these years. Finally i totaly agree with Tom when he was saying that Abu Dhabi 2021 drama will last to the end in people mind, thats so annoying, but what can we do now, people will always do some weird theory.

[@hustler539]

Russell is definitely a future champion. A contender for the new car for sure

[@BarelyA1ive]

U guys didn't speak abt Alonso's overtakes though!

[@remcohageman3596]

I heard there was a wrong tyre in the stack and the guy had to find the right tyre.

[@timoooo7320]

I don't think it's possible to "loosen the belt" while it's fastened. The 5 or 6 point harness connect to one fast release buckle so the driver can quickly get out. Maybe we released the buckle and in order to put the belt back in, he would've had to loosen it, and definitely wouldn't have been able to tighten it again due to the tight cockpit

[@falcovg2]

Oh yeah that might be a possible, I thought it's just what they said in order to avoid a penalty for Tsunoda for driving around without a seat belt. (Because I'm pretty sure he would just undo his belt if he wanted out, not loosen it for some reason)

[@WaveFlightSimulations]

Lewis said he did that after winning at Malaysia to lean out of the cockpit to celebrate his win whilst driving by lossening the belt straps

[@philbear21]

Could also just be semantics. I mean unhooking it is technically loosening it, right? Idk, either way, I wouldn’t want to drive around any track, especially that one, with a loose or unfastened belt with all the blind corners.

[@patricklemire9278]

The hilarious part is Bottas’ SC is where Merc really stepped on themselves. But that doesn’t feed into Cult44’s mental breakdown. Watching the insufferable suffer is fun.

[@Kessoku]

regarding the alphatauri incident, remember the pit crew literally patching Yuki rear wing in Baku? they're not want to lose

[@Erik_The_Viking]

Love that WTF1 jingle!

[@z4ngetsub4nk4i]

Am I wrong in thinking had Merc gone with a 2 stop they would have looked massively off pace and Ferrari would have had 2nd in the bag and how did the VSC benefit Red Bull when both mercs were able to pit for mediums and Max had hards?

[@aidanmagee2269]

Merc had committed to one stop and it worked for them and if you remember when leclerc made his second stop Lewis was two seconds behind which meant leclerc practically had make up a pit stop of time to catch up to Lewis and also Vsc insured unlike a safety car that max could keep his 12 second lead at the time and have a free stop.

[@sigildomaier989]

dont think so. Mercedes was driving fastest laps with the hards while ferrari was on mediums. and the vsc helped max a bit because he would have been ten seconds behind Lewis if there was no vsc or sc. With the VSc he was infront on new hards and hamilton was 12 seconds behind with new mediums. and with the straightline speed mercedes would not have overtaken him even with DRS. not saying mercedes would have won, but it did benefit max slightly because he had a free pitstop

[@Qwerty2OG]

Redesigning the pitlane will probably be dependant on wether FIA will take the 2 year optional contract extension for Zandvoort. Otherwise next year will be the last race. In that case I wouldn't count on a braider pitlane

[@philbear21]

Until Max either retires or falls off competitively, Zandvoort will be on the schedule imo. His home race, and it sells out a year in advance. Also a nice old track with some features you don’t get at most tracks like the banking. As long as they keep Spa, I can’t believe it was ever considered for deletion from the schedule.

[@Teutes1]

The issue of the flares in Zandvoort was that flares had been dropped into the dunes a few days before the weekend. So the security were searching people for flares but couldn't find them, because they had dropped or buried them in the dunes. The security just couldn't stop it from happening unfortunately.

[@arie2242]

for the security thing, in canada there were metal detectors and bag checks!

[@WilliamsWorldView]

For some reason I alway switched Mauricio Arrivabene with Ducati's Gigi Dall'igna. (Atleast Gigi seems to have his Italian team working properly, though...)

[@WezMan444]

8:04 I think Katy’s dad must vote Tory 😂

[@Smithmatthew9]

An other beautifully edited video Katy

[@aapopekkarinen5247]

Nice one

[@TRBrooks27]

There's a video on Twitter that shows one of the flares was thrown by a security guy onto the track.

[@digitalgulby]

Katy - Jolyon Palmer also used “Sainz Shocking Sunday” in his analysis on F1 TV

[@kda_1599]

How do I watch these live? I'm subbed on twitch but not seeing anything

[@fkez0510]

you need to be a WTF1 Memeber

[@joyl7842]

47:47 this is why I believe that of the other podium finishers, Russell is the most deserving of a win this season. He makes no mistakes and delivers every time.

[@PazuChill]

He does make the odd mistake here and there.

[@ImRezqoo]

He did make some crucial mistakes not just this year

[@suxix7312]

Soon as RB turned their engine mode up it made Mercedes look like last years Williams. Because even Williams this year as better straight line speed than Mercedes!

[@09csr]

Well, to be fair a more draggy car has benefitted Merc ever since say 2017 (I think?), so I don't blame them for wanting to stick with that philosophy. Issue is, now they cannot compensate for that drag by having the best engine anymore. They aren't far off the rest, but just enough so that it won't compensate.

[@selder_7]

On the one hand, I’d like Hamilton to keep his win a year record - on the other hand, the more wins Verstappen gets the more he could break the in one reason and in a row records

[@Chuyew]

Both is still possible.

[@joostprins3381]

Well we don’t.

[@DavidCP524]

The win a season accolade is so stupid anyway. All it does is proves he’s never had a bad car.

[@Roman500]

As a Verstappen fan, I’d rather have Lewis keep his record alive. There’s always next year and Lewis certainly deserves it, he still is one of the most insanely talented and gifted drivers on the track.

[@joostprins3381]

@@Roman500 in what way he deserves it? Because he had the best car for 10 years? Because he’s driving Mercedes? Because he’s black? Because he’s a BLM supporter? Because he has some idiot keeper as a fan in the Netherlands who has nr 44? Just tell me why does he deserves it?

[@CammyBouse]

I don't know if anyone heard Alex Jacques on the Channel 4 highlights but his comments about the Tsunodo incident were absolutely shocking.

[@jebus456]

COTA does bag checks for smaller events

[@davey2487]

Binotto needs to focus on the engineering aspect of the team (lead engineer or something like that) and they need to get a team principal like Horner or Wolff. Those two are by far the best team principals in F1. If they can find someone who is simolar to them, they're gonna be on the right track again.

[@09csr]

Agree 100%. Binotto is good at the tech stuff and should stick to that. They need someone else as principal.

[@stevemcrichards8768]

Helmut Marko to Franz Tost: "Execute order 66."

[@claycolbert7720]

How different is the broadcast on f1 tv I heard Tsunoda's radio and knew what happened did I miss something?

[@mohammadshafi645]

Please put time stamps in these podcast It will be very helpful

[@1fadf23f]

All bags were checked Katy, and you can't give everyone an airport like scan and patdown, it will cause massive lines

[@cpasa798]

Pits must be square painted delimitating the area where a mechanic and his tools can sit

[@Semtx552]

pit lane isn't to small, the cars are to big!

[@Chyeahokay]

Cota is way to bumpy and fast for merc to have a chance. Singapore is a street circuit which doesn’t work well with merc .

[@Drrolfski]

Pls, add markers. It would help a lot.

[@soumighosh6279]

If you watch the pit stop video in 0.5x you actually see what happened. The tyre guy was there but got stuck as Sainz came in and panicked about not reaching his position.

[@Ceece20]

Remember last year when Mercedes #2 driver went bowling and knocked out BOTH Redbull drivers from the race on turn 1? Was there any investigation or anything done then? No? Then why would there be any done for this?

[@battlesheep4137]

Exactly! And even though Horner was angry about it, he didn't say that this was on purpose. Sadly Toto doesn't remember apparantly and is even fueling the conspiracy theorists now

[@Spike-sk7ql]

@@battlesheep4137 Toto has been adding fuel to the fire of Max hatred since last year. Every chance he gets. Why nothing is said to him about this is beyond me.

[@marcelrenes2435]

I am so sorry Matt about Ferrari. Perhaps next year? Greetings from The Netherlands. 😎😇

[@joyl7842]

Vettel did the get the radio call that Hamilton was going to be meeting him at the pit exit, so there's that theory out of the window. I haven't seen a good explanation for him holding up Hamilton, yet.

[@bengaliinplatforms1268]

Vettel is usually up Hamiton's arse, so it wasn't to help Max

[@synysterscot5827]

Matt - "Ferrari are more worried about this fire than that fire" Meanwhile, the Ferrari truck carrying the PU's from Zandvoort to Monza is surrounded by fire engines cause the trucks brakes caught fire 😅😅😅

[@purpledahlia1969]

Wtf1 don’t seem to realise Sainz had Venturi damage from his first lap incident on top of the team’s mess up.

[@blakebarone1809]

To be fair, Weber passing Alguessari was one of about 2 overtakes at Abu Dhabi 2010.

[@fkez0510]

Different layout and different cars/tyres etc

[@armkidmustang]

I've been saying this for months now about Ferrari, there's literally no grit or mudslinging going on at Ferrari's pit wall. They're all literally willing to bend over and give up when the option presents itself. As a Ferrari fan myself I wish we had a boss like Christian Horner that's got that competitive edge and attitude that will have their rivals shaking or just highly overwhelmed

[@Vaark]

Agreed. Toto and Horner have winning mentalities for sure. How often have you seen them lose a sure race win and be all smiles and "Oh we did good. It's all good". Ferrari needs a true leader. Otherwise this whole regulation change till 26 is not gonna net them any trophies.

[@Spike-sk7ql]

I think Binotto needs to go back to being the chief technical director, and bring in someone, ANYONE who will push for accountability on the pit wall. The whole strategy department needs fired. Break every one of the computers they are using, and just be strategists. Their computers are definitely a huge problem this year. They rely on them far too much. Any time a situation pops up, they can't jump into action, and think on their feet. My 10 year old son has called out their stupid strategy many times. It's so bad that he has jumped ship years ago. He is now a RB/Max fan, and I'm still stuck being a Ferrari fan since 1982. This is killing me inside.

[@christianfolk]

32:40 - 35:12 - Tom and Matt are spot on regarding that one. Binotto Pinocchio sad after Hungary's GP that they didn't have the pace anyway. Not true at all: Leclerc was flying on 'mediums' before Ferarri destroyed his race giving him the 'hards' ; ). Not taking ownership of their mistakes and no win mentality from a team principal will never win championships.

[@JP-gd1ln]

You guys each need Audio Interfaces I'd recommend the evo 4 great price point easy to use aside from all 3 of you having equal gain & sound level no more playing songs on a phone through a mic or anything similar

[@samleicester8863]

Sorry I work in IT and I just can't not correct Matt on the advertisement for ExpressVPN - if you're from the UK the correct pronunciation of router is 'Roo-ter' & also you don't have a router at home, that's a 'hub' that connects you to the router somewhere along the street you live on. Love your F1 content though! 😝

[@jonjojr]

38:30 Merc have a good strategy team and have been maximizing that part of the team all year, and could snatch P2 in constructors.

[@09csr]

No doubt. I do think Ferrari still have the upper hand overall, but if this continues that is likely.

[@xtheamazingax]

Petition to have all 3 of you say W. T. F1 podcast at the same time? Just a thought.