2022 Saudi Arabian GP Race Review | WTF1 Podcast

Round 2 of Leclerc vs Verstappen (or Matt vs Tommy) as the 2022 regulations once again provided some incredible wheel-to-wheel action. Our thoughts on the race, the new regulations and those excessive replays in our race review podcast.
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[@mizisawesome8442]

Pls add timestamps to the video

[@bynahelemaal]

who cares about Leclerc vs Verstappen, this is all gonna be about Matt vs Tommy

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

@@deeznoots6241 No place more dangerous than no man's land.

[@matembweremuzimbamunhumumw8505]

Probably at the business end things will change,

[@crzyshrf9836]

@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks taking him back to his 2019 Williams days

[@kingmal3463]

Facts

[@f1simracingdenyvps230]

@bynahelemaal sounds Dutch? But anyway. Did you know Matt was a super Max fan from the beginning . So in the end Matt is a defector !!

[@King0neEurope]

IF Max and Charles colide this season I want Charles to say: It was nothing, just an ichident

[@matembweremuzimbamunhumumw8505]

Yes , like what charles said when they had an accident with maxx during juniors race

[@prospekt_1]

On the race

[@mrrodman2k]

@@matembweremuzimbamunhumumw8505 that’s the point..

[@RobertoHa-rt3gi]

If tension heats up and the two collides, then one of them will be punished in better judgment compared to last 2021 season which was filled with dirty politics and unfair punishment. I have high hopes with FIA and Stewards team in giving fair judgment this season onwards.

[@damsel5755]

I love how you guys are really knowledgeable, critical, big fanboys/girls of certain drivers AND still really positive. Just such a fun and interesting podcast, keep up the good work.

[@DoddyIshamel]

I think Max is being more restrained because the cars allow more passing opportunities (and repassing). When you get one chance a race to pass its more all or nothing, same if you know there is no chance to repass.

[@amedeosantini3911]

I also like the fact that tactics are now part of the race.

[@31Blaize]

He's being more restrained because it's only the second race of the season :) This time last year, there was much respect between Hamilton and Verstappen too, it was only later on when the heat was turned up that things got rather ugly. If Leclerc stays in the fight and close to Verstappen on points, I suspect we'll see the same happening again. Will be interesting to see how Leclerc handles it as he's raced Verstappen in the junior formulas and has more experience at it than Hamilton.

[@DoddyIshamel]

@@31Blaize Thats not true at all, I think you are confusing the offtrack relationship with what happened on track. Max was slinging it up the inside from race one last year .... Hamilton finally had enough of it at what? Race 6? Can't remember which race was which but the early races last year were all about Max getting away with bullying others on the track expecting them to pull out.

[@chriscollins550]

To be fair f1 have new regulations this season about how overtaking is done and what max was doing last season is now illegal this session.

[@marcusberggren9241]

@@31Blaize currently It's leclerc ahead and whether Verstappen keeps up or not. :)

[@roberthoward9500]

Ricciardo was doing really well before the safety car. He was going a lot faster than majority of the field and was likely to fall into between 8th and 6th when all the other drivers did their pitstops. Problem was the safety car meant that he lost most of that as his competitors all pitted under safety car conditions so instead of ending up between 6th and 8th he ended up 11th with Norris right behind him.

[@doktorhund6926]

To the point of DRS: I think there shouldnt be two drs zones seperated by just a single corner. A driver passing with drs shoulndt have to wait to pass because that would mean the opponent has drs after the next corner. It makes the first DRS zone kind of obsolete.

[@jordy3525]

Actually is was 3 drs zones separated by only 2 or 3 corners, if a driver was within 6 thenths with the first drs zone he would have easily passed the other driver even before the last corner so let alone before the first corner

[@pandoe]

Same, I think it was coincidental that the first 2 races in Bahrain & Saudi had this back-to-back DRS zone. but most of the circuits in the calendar had different layouts for DRS zone. we'll see how it is turn out to be for this exciting season

[@ccramit]

@@pandoe Melbourne has back to back DRS zones as well, though the nature of the track made it a bit more difficult to overtake than the other two. The new layout makes it even easier as the first corner has been rounded out a bit but I'm not sure how the new track will affect the DRS zones on the start/finish straight and the next straight.

[@ccramit]

@@pandoe Strike that last comment. I just remembered the first two DRS zones at Melbourne only have the one detection point. Or HAD at least anyway. Again, not sure how the new layout will affect those two DRS straights.

[@armingleiner5292]

That makes it exciting. Thats what made Malaysia great. I dont like Mexico where one detection point counts for both straights.

[@FormulaJuan75]

Will be interesting to see how Leclerc and Max will behave once they get into a real inchident.

[@fredflintstone7646]

They will because unlike Perez, Leclerc believes he's at the same level as Max. Max is faster despite a slower RB18 and Charles knows every time to let him through to avoid embarrassment and fan backlash like Lewis. Give the WDC to Max already

[@pandoe]

"Nothing just an inchident, on the race."

[@campbellshepherd7882]

@Fred Flintstone blind fans are funny haha

[@sinamf5890]

@@fredflintstone7646 whuh? What do you mean give it to him already? It is a weird comment not gonna lie

[@matembweremuzimbamunhumumw8505]

True, when maxx calls charles an idiot 🙄

[@quintuscrinis8032]

52:50 I dare say that the wording of that rule suggests it only applies to cars entering the pits rather than cars staying out? See the Austria entry which includes part of the racing line. Also nice to see that two fans supporting different rivals can agree and defend the rival.

[@colinfagan539]

The talk about being able to fight back this year and how the cars last year needed such an advantage to fight back, makes me think about Checo. What he did, on ancient tires, to hold up and then fight back and re-pass Hamilton in Abu Dhabi was just legendary. #mexicanministerofdefense

[@micahkiyimba8641]

Love how Katy is trying to stop these 2 from knocking heads. She has a long season ahead of her.

[@JimSemkiw]

Katy was on fire this podcast. So good.

[@ImRezqoo]

Aged like fine wine

[@damsel5755]

I loved the DRS chicken actually, both of them slamming the brakes to cross the detection line last was hilarious 😂. But fantastisch racing all around between them.

[@SW-8228]

It adds more than just who drives faster

[@jason9875]

Imagine the scenes if they messed up and Sainz caught them 😎

[@chriscollins550]

It's dangerous and silly. It doesn't bring anymore enjoyment to the race and just makes DRS look bad.

[@mesoanarchy]

@@SW-8228 - F1 never was that.

[@mesoanarchy]

@@chriscollins550 - Exactly. These could not possibly be the new regs that were supposed to happen in 2020 and that were suddenly put off again before last season. Of all people to further cheapen the sport it’s amazing that it’s Ross Brawn who is doing the job. Oh well, guess it shows he never really cared about that, just the accolades and the money that comes with those accolades.

[@amedeosantini3911]

Actually Leclerc didn’t do his fastest lap under yellow flags. He did it in his 48th lap and yellow flags were out on the 1st sector of the 49th lap.

[@TheLightningCruiser]

52:43 "any tyre of a car entering the pitlane" Leclerc wasn't entering the pitlane. How does everybody overlook that? You're referencing Tsunoda in Austria... he was entering the pitlane, not racing. And there are even tracks where the normal racing line crosses the pitlane entry like, like Interlagos or the Red Bull Ring

[@amedeosantini3911]

Exactly. You are perfectly right. In the event notes it was also stated that the track limits there were where the dotted line was. Not knowing rules and then complaining about them. It’s the same as last year all over again.

[@joshsmith7521]

as we found out last year. any does not mean all

[@cmac907]

I was thinking of Interlagos and the Red Bull Ring as well during the race....everyone crosses the pit entry line regularly.

[@TheLightningCruiser]

@@joshsmith7521 the relevant part still is "entering the pitlane"

[@mohammeded-dahbi7603]

@TheLightiningCruiser and the relevent part is "lapped cars"

[@HBee5]

I'm on a long train journey but want to save the podcast for when I'm relaxing at home with a cuppa. The race weekend ain't over till the podcast has been listened to 🙌🏼

[@jackrackham2243]

Hamilton: After a disputed season now the car is a tractor and a new young teammate outpacing me. Seb: First time?

[@TheDiasporaMedia]

its one race. relax. HAM isnt becoming VET

[@isaacm2374]

Woah - one race. Still 21 races to go to see how Russell stacks up. Even Bottas used to out-qualify and finish ahead of Hamilton 3-4 times per season and look how that turned out.

[@chriscollins550]

Lewis outpaced Russell last race. This was down to Mercedes trying something new on setup and didn't try it on Russell car. Do you never pay attention to everything

[@titancheat]

@@TheDiasporaMedia right Hamilton could never win in a toro rosso. Or beat alonso in a season finale.

[@TheDiasporaMedia]

@@titancheat n*gga what?

[@98MTBiker]

50:10 was absolutely hilarious, we love Katy!

[@Ticklestein]

9:51 - I love it because it adds a level of tactics to the racing. Brake later and risk missing the corner or having a defender come back with DRS… it’s exciting and adds a balls of steel element to the braking zone of that corner.

[@Nqwilliams]

Charles' comments about loving the racing even after losing the race sounded exactly like Rosberg in Bahrain years ago. But within only a few weeks they were completely at each other's throats. I think it will ultimately come down to how mature the drivers and the teams are to prioritize diplomacy over gaining every tiny advantage. With verstappen and horner on one side I don't really expect much restraint come the business end of the season. It really depends if leclerc and Ferrari instigate the situation further or not.

[@alifpr]

50:05 I chuckled so hard at Katy's impression 😆

[@dislexyc]

having watched cycling for years, DRS chicken game seems natural I've seen people with a 15 minute lead playing chicken and losing like a minute or two in the last KM because they didn't want to be the first to go

[@christianorsa]

Hopefully Checo can keep it up, he looked great in Saudi and Bahrain was solid as well!

[@chandramoulipalit]

He definitely is much closer to Max this year, i see multiple wins this year for him

[@davidrubinstein5359]

@@chandramoulipalit I pray he wins the Mexican GP 🙏🏼

[@Abhishek-qj2iz]

Been waiting for this yesterday!!

[@David-ii1vg]

I think Matt's glass gets taller every podcast.

[@ccramit]

Move the DRS detection to the exit of the previous corner and not at the entry to the next corner before the DRS straight. That way, if the driver in front tries to slow down to get DRS, they run the risk of not only losing their position coming out of the corner, but then NOT having DRS after losing said position as well down the DRS straight after the next corner. It doesn't benefit them at all to try and slow down to get DRS at corner exit, whereas now, there are less risks as evident by the race this past weekend.

[@simonwhitehurst]

I think DRS would be good if the flap closed once you were level with the driver you were overtaking. It would put drivers side by side into braking zones rather than alow them to breeze all the way past.

[@shakamaro2601]

Yh that would be sick

[@VithorLeal]

Katy was superb this episode, just awesome, I laughed my a** off! Great episode, guys.

[@davey2487]

The helmet cams should be reserved for showing the impact of a crash or things like the effect of porpoising. It works really well for that stuff, but not for showing overtakes or other racing actions.

[@enotdetcelfer]

It's also good when a driver is on the chase but not close enough to make any moves yet, as it gives a great sense of speed and challenge / intensity of it all

[@Budzlist1]

Let’s see how it works during a day race, I think the artificial lights play a part in the bad visuals.

[@nagenbn3197]

Aston has a great looking car but will end up struggling throughout the season. Not sure if Seb wants to stay there for next season.

[@kimi88cz]

Not sure he has another option

[@ClaudioMartella]

And go where?

[@wilseph1]

Wouldn't be mad at Seb joining Bottas at Alfa. Zhou can go to Aston Martin.

[@ClaudioMartella]

@@wilseph1 I’m sure AM would love it…

[@boomdaus]

@@ClaudioMartella dtm?

[@lyleclarke619]

52:15 because it's not illegal, firstly, it's only illegal if you're coming into the pit lane, in which case you have to have all 4 wheels within the white line from the very start of the pit lane entry and they must not cross the line thereafter, Tsunoda was penalised as he missed the start of the pit entry and crossed the line late, secondly, they do it in Brazil every year. Max was investigated but not penalised for it earlier in the weekend.

[@Evan102030]

Latifi giving back his lifetime supply of Red Bull

[@Fpvpilot928]

DRS could be made to function like push to pass (engine overboost function), in IndyCar, where there's a limited amount of use of the function, but it can be used anytime, whether attacking or defending, and once you've used all of it you have none left to use.

[@sebastiandierks7919]

The DRS chicken thing also happens in Belgium, where drivers don't want to be in front after La Source to get the DRS after Eau Rouge/Radillon.

[@saiyerugara9038]

Maze pin leaving has exposed how poor Latifi is tbh.

[@ClaudioMartella]

I wasn’t doing so bad compared to Russel last year. I think he has not figured out the new car yet.

[@saiyerugara9038]

@@ClaudioMartella I guess, but he got destroyed 20-2 in qualifying and 14-3 in the races plus both of his points finishes were pure blind luck although he was unlucky in Monza so fair is fair. I think that Williams team as a whole isn't great, Russell leaving and Magnussen replacing Schumacher has shown us all the real level of that team imo.

[@yorkick19]

Great podcast ! :) This is from the event notes: "Except in the cases of force majeure (accepted as such by the Stewards), the crossing by any part of the car, in any direction, of the painted area between the pit entry and the track, by a driver who, in the opinion of the Stewards, had committed to entering the pit lane is prohibited." So yes you could easily argue everyone could see and notice Leclerc was not about to pit, and therefore it's "okay" to cross the line. But again it's showing a rule by the FIA that's depending on the stewards interpretation.

[@johnhillary7923]

Speaking of tv coverage, remember the 2019 British GP of Lewis and Valteri going side by side and they go to the crowd....

[@MrMasrosh]

Great review.. funny and knowledgeable. .

[@Twhyte96]

The problem is with the old cars, even one DRS zone wasn’t always enough for overtakes, so they’ve designed a lot of tracks with back to back DRS zones. Now that allows the chasing car to close right up to bumper of the leading car, and when they take the turn the dirty air isn’t nearly as bad as it was so now they just blast past on the next straight. They should look at moving the zones so that they aren’t as back to back

[@conflict-tv]

Bless Katie with the Yorkshire accent attempt, ye ol'most there pet! 😆

[@maxcuevas1359]

I enjoyed the DRS Chicken, yes it's dangerous, but it isn't required by the drivers. It's a risk that they can choose to take, and just the possibility of someone trying to get the driver behind to pass before the detection point adds another layer to the battle on track

[@amedeosantini3911]

54:40 that is not the pit lane, it’s the pit entry. Different things. The pit lane starts at the line where the cars need to be under 80 kph, I think.

[@justice4g]

I think 90% of grades given by fans are based on where drivers placed, it's not easy to follow multiple drivers closely

[@mohammeded-dahbi7603]

Especially if you're watching on sky sports

[@Sem5626]

its not the fact that max was complaining about leclerc crossing the line... the reason why people were giving him shit about it is that him and his fans always moaned about how much lewis complains? its just very hypocritical because max has been moaning on the radio all race for both of the races

[@High_Heels_Lady]

50:11 a very realistic representation of the investigation of Laps 49 and 50 :D well done, Katy :) - to all viewers - GO and watch this!!!

[@tiagoferreira5368]

Latifi never fooled me. He simply does not belong in F1.

[@prince_julius]

1:05:14 I was literally nodding along with Katy when she said that about the helmet cam. Couldn't agree more!

[@ShadowsBehindU]

Wow, we're still 'partially' blaming silverstone on verstappen.

[@Zarzar22]

57:45 Can anybody explain what Nick Heidfeld saying "rankings" was misheard as? Im trying to think about it but I havent got a damn clue

[@lochlinrecht1427]

I totally agree about playing the replays during the live action. However on F1 TV they have started using double boxes on the main feed. But not during replays so you still can't see what's going on in that case.

[@ktjohnsey4659]

Love the podcast! I’d like to highlight that yuki got the two 5 second pens in Austria because he was putting and crossed the pit lane line, if it was for crossing the line whilst taking the racing line then every car would be 5 metres of the apex so it is clear that this is not the rule when not pitting! Would love to hear back with your thoughts on this!

[@aquila8819]

The rule about the pit lane entry line is to prevent drivers from faking a pit entry. So if you're intending to pit but cross it, as Yuki did, its a penalty. Crossing it otherwise isnt illegal. Canada is the most obvious example where its literally on the racing line. They also sometimes cross it at Baku and Interlagos. Same thing with the pit exit line. Cars on track can cross it but not cars rejoining from the pits.

[@Racer01]

Two possible changes about DRS: 1. Change the detection zone to the apex or right on the exit so that the drivers don’t play chicken in the brake zones 2. Shorten the DRS zones on the straights because it seems a little too powerful with these cars (I personally like the game of chicken because it adds another point of strategy during a battle)

[@douwe1995]

The DRS zones in Bahrein and Saudi are just too close after one another. Which creates the 'DRS-chicken game' removing 1 DRS zone in this kind of tracks, shorten it or replace the detection zone would resolve a lot of the problem. I do agree its needed to create a fair chance to overtake in a battle between very equal cars.

[@MrCHILLn01]

"Very well thanks" lmao this was a fun 1 #wtf1

[@moomsquad8705]

I was SCREAMING at the t.v because of those replays! I think even JB said I didn’t quite catch it as I was going nuts

[@SebiStr99]

About the Pit-Lane Line: I think it's about cars going into the pits, not about cars staying out. That's why Tsunoda got hit twice last year, because he failed to stay within the lines when entersing the pit lane. LEC was clearly staying on track, and was therefore allowed to cross the line (same as the pit exit line: you can't cross it coming out of the pits, but you can when you're on track)

[@mariusciprian24]

Bruh you underrate Ricciardo asf

[@ezio9973]

ricciardo doesn't help himself

[@mariusciprian24]

@@ezio9973 did you atleast watched the race?

[@ezio9973]

Yea I did. He did relatively well before stopping, but that doesn't change the terrible year he had last year. I think he peaked at red bull

[@mariusciprian24]

@@ezio9973 i think he can still be at hus peak , people seem to forget 2020

[@Pragmatic__]

i feel like the only problem with drs is where its 2 zones one after the other like in saudi where they basically hit the last drs detection right after the drs zone before it

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

That's a really good point and I think you're absolutely right. Now that I think about it, it was weird that the 2 zones were so close together.

[@Pragmatic__]

@@BiggieTrismegistus yeah i mean it was a similar situation in bahrain where its only a single chicane between the pit straight and the second drs zone, couldve been some drs bullshittery happening there if max had thought of it like leclerc did

[@gabrielleirbag2030]

1:39:59 that katy face is the best way to end the podcast hahaha

[@kurtru5selcrowe607]

Wasn’t Hamilton trying a different setup during qualifying and that made the car more difficult to drive?

[@FinnDeJong]

The thing i missed while watching is sector times between two cars. In the race it was leclerc and verstappen. I like that to see if they have a good sector or not

[@britishrose9417]

They have delivered to a point - however we are back where we were last year, the lead driver in the top 2 teams fighting it out, and 18 also-rans

[@cats4cody58]

RIP Daniel Riccardo hope he does well in Australia/His team gives him a good car

[@chriscollins550]

The car is rubbish.

[@LaserEnginesAGC]

The rule quoted about the white line was for cars entering the pits, not just driving on the track. The example from austria also was a car crossing the line to enter the pits.

[@marstl8739]

Hamilton was told that his safety car put window is open and afterwords was to told to pit this round which was just repeated after he was telling them a car is slowing. He could and should have pitted. The fact that only the last communication was shown made it seem like it was on Merc, which it just wasn‘t

[@mohammedfaraj9680]

Well there was a car on the pitlane entry he didn’t want to get penalised

[@adrianacosta5863]

Tommy, the creator of WTF1, with some great insight with the perez Russell pitstop conundrum

[@sportsmag6148]

I quite liked the DRS chicken, but they can solve it by simply moving the detection zone to the apex of the corner and if drivers still want to play DRS chicken, they'll have to find a completely new line through the corner.

[@RogersBrewer]

Return of the mag shirt is too sick. I might need one. Or two

[@uKiiCarNaGE]

The flashing lights, we saw the lights flashing on Leclercs car multuple times after Max complained. Perhaps he wasn't harvesting at that point?? Also crossing the pit line, I sort of guessed you can cross the initial line, its only after the dotted line - it shows it in the rules sheet for this GP.

[@baksatibi]

Maybe I'm wrong but aren't they crossin the white line in Interlagos all the time?

[@GamerFlair]

@@baksatibi Theres usually a bollard after which you can't cross. See the Perez/Hamilton battle in... USA? They were fully using that part of the track but both come back across before the bollard.

[@Kessoku]

fair battle, I don't mind Leclerc P2. Australia next!

[@mattlovelltv3794]

I'm surprised Matt wasn't out partying still 🤣

[@NitronF117]

Did the rules change this year? I thought the whole “don’t cross the pit entry line” thing was only for when you’re ENTERING the pit lane. If you’re staying out on track, that line doesn’t matter.

[@campbellshepherd7882]

I really enjoyed watching the fight at the end, but the other thing annoyed me was that the timings on the left stopped so couldn't see what the rest of the field was doing

[@alanheavey6005]

Katy in shock/love/awe of her boys ranting filled me with Incredibly irrational happiness. Go WTF1 Author. You are crushing the airwaves this yr ✊

[@HexAyed]

I like how on teh race highlights, they completely ignored Albon's crash

[@dohtje5029]

This was kinda funny... Max from 4th to 1st by overtaking both Ferrari's on track. (only got lucky overtaking Perez with the safecar) That's an A couse his qualifying wasn't really good. (just 2 tenth btw) Perez from 1st to 4th couse he got shafted by safety car but didn't do anything after that... Yah now that's an A* drive.... Couse he had pole.... Then Lewis.. Thats a D couse He qualified on P16! he drove from P15 (free spot couse Tsunoda dropped) to P10 in a Mercedes while there were only 13 cars still on track and 3 in front of him dnf'd in the last couple of laps... getting overtaken by K-Mag in a Haas... While Russel was on P5... If you are honest Lewis deserved a big fat "F" this race and didn't deserve that 1 point. He qualified 10 places behind his team mate..... In a MERCEDES..... And Zhou got a C finishing 1 spot behind Lewis including a bodged 5 sec and drive through penalty...

[@Albibotta]

On sky sport Italia there is a double direction of the race, the international one and the sky's one, that sometimes in a second box show the live during the international replay. It's something that i thought in all countries happens. Sorry for the bad english

[@stevochang]

Love your Star Wars mug Katy!!! :D

[@hayleytruth]

Please make these rants a tradition!

[@mikelewis495]

I can confirm that when they go to split screen in the F1 tv app, they do say that it's exclusive.

[@OscarFinn]

When ye were at peak rant that's when I remembered to hit the like button :D

[@davidearthling5123]

Peter Windsor noted that at Jeddah it was better top speed that ultimately trumped cornering speed. And in speed traps both Checo and Max were very fast. Still it took all of Max’s skill and effort to make the overtake that finally stuck. Those last four laps were thrilling.

[@christianorsa]

Yes, finally it's here!

[@CJ2by4]

Yo Katies impression was GOLD . Def need more of that haha

[@agustinnieto8987]

Do we know if the DNF on the three cars have any relation with fuel issues the RB had the race before, I think there are some issues that are related.

[@christophfischer4796]

They Almost missed Ocon vs. Norris in the Last Corner with their TV Direction. Noone has mentioned that as far as I could see, but Ocon just pulled of what Verstappen and Leclerc tried at the DRS Detection Point before the last Corner against Norris. Because of that Ocon had DRS on the last straight, otherwise Norris would have overtaken him like Bottas last year.

[@oj_lewis0996]

But he didn't

[@suxix7312]

You just have to move the DRS detection line to the end of the corner not before. It should eliminate all issues.

[@lichonski128]

I like the timed system that Push to Pass uses. DRS should adopt something similar.

[@THEVENGENCEGURU]

The streaming was similar to that of a cricket match. We saw no battles from back of the pack unfortunately.

[@admiralmacbar]

I remember someone - Perez maybe? Doing the DRS game into T1 at Spa. They were both going so slow and wide.

[@davidearthling5123]

LOL Tommy is giggling with glee over Max’s win. Ah, Tommy me boy, I’m right there with ye.

[@Doe808eoD]

They took away the Pit Lane Channel on F1TV this year and I'm so upset. It was my favorite way to watch.

[@nevilleneville6518]

Two ad breaks in the first 7 minutes? C'mon guys, are you that strapped for cash?

[@gastoncohen3992]

I think the problem is having two drs zones so close to each other, the same happened in Bahrain, the driver who was ahead on the main straight always eneded up behind cause the other driver would get DRS into the second straight

[@igordemetriusalencar5861]

What is clear to me is if you start in 1st place and nothing happens you will win the race. I don't see so much battle in the first 4 places without pitstops or safety cars.

[@GewoonGw]

I think the TV direction was very good apart from the replays. Other than that they showed the action and even used the split screen for the right reasons!

[@murraymckechnie2086]

Regarding the pit lane rules; isn't that just for cars who end up entering the pit lane? Not ones that end up staying out on the track.

[@davidearthling5123]

Latifi as Galactus: I alone decide who wins!

[@liamtheurchin5569]

58:45 not gonna rant too much about the tv direction......... 10mins later lets move on. 🤣🤣 love all the content btw.

[@kylekuppens2277]

IMO I think the DRS issue might be track based. Very few have 2 DRS zones one after another