2022 Spanish GP Race Review | WTF1 Podcast

Against all the odds Spain produced a great race! We discuss the championship drama, team orders controversy and more in our race review podcast.
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[@cameronwilliams7372]

I’m with Katy, really enjoy these 2-3 stop races. Gives so much more room for variance in strategy and just shuffles things up much more throughout the race

[@chelly2615]

Ești un idol GIRS.SWEETHOT.CAM mereu în inima mea 💘 frumos, dragoste, alegere, cultural. Sunt unul dintrea cele mai bune concerte.... .,..

[@ehrlichgesagt863]

Ye i can understand why they dont want to do them (obviously making 4 times the amount of tyres is bad for the environment) but its so much cooler seeing a Vettel for example keeping his tyres in good condition and letting him mske 1 less stop

[@opoxetv6934]

Me too ! I can't understand people who wants one-stop or non-stop races because "it's all about sprint and speed". Formula One is also strategies and management.

[@opoxetv6934]

@nameless 2011-2013 tyres wasn't very bad for racing (Okay, maybe 2013 was too much)

[@PlittHD]

@@ehrlichgesagt863 The teams have a fixed amount of tyres for a GP weekend so if more tyres are needed in the GP they'll save them from earlier sessions. Dry tires: Hard c1(x2 sets), medium C2 tyres (x3 sets) and soft C3 tyres (x8 sets)

[@istdochegal274]

I Love the Podcast, Raceweek is not over till i heard it.

[@astroandyborgloh]

Ah, I understand. You mean Rawe Ceek ...

[@lfc7times830]

and you have heard it… and now it’s race week again.. Monaco 🇲🇨 baby

[@chelly2615]

Ești un idol GIRS.SWEETHOT.CAM mereu în inima mea 💘 frumos, dragoste, alegere, cultural. Sunt unul dintrea cele mai bune concerte.... .,..

[@SuperSteffanus]

Same,

[@sbinotto3780]

It is raw week though?

[@taylormitchell2978]

Imagine this situation in Mexico, checo leading and being asked to let max past. God help Horner he need a bodyguard

[@joeylammers3773]

maxico?

[@elplan3605]

@@joeylammers3773 bruh

[@commonguard3431]

@@joeylammers3773 nah mate if it's maxico they have a very, very tough love way of showing it. Bordering on hate, as a matter of fact it is hate. Nevermind I get your joke.

[@ntlespino]

If Horner asks for Multi 1-11 in Mexico he'd better have a small army on standby

[@ShaDowF17]

This will not happen. People keep forgetting that Verstappen is much faster and Perez has no chance if Max's car works correctly. Perez never came close to the pace that Verstappen is able to bring. So let's not be delusional here people. I like Perez , but he has no change against Verstappen.

[@Ramtinss]

Katy gave Checo A* but let's not forget that he didn't have a perfect weekend overall. Part of the reason he was behind Russell was because he qualified 5th with 2 runs in Q3 which is just bad considering the other car qualified 2nd with just the first run in Q3.

[@chorick2000]

Yeah, except Mercedes had lots of upgrades as well as Max Car being 6kg lighter than Checo's

[@alexmedrano7194]

@@chorick2000 As well as Checo not having first practice

[@ashishpuskur1959]

@@chorick2000 6kgs?source?

[@iancullen8314]

I love how Sainz was basically ridicules for spinning on turn 4, adding to his list of "mistakes"so far this season) Then Max does it, wind is attributed and Carlos' spin was legitimate.

[@rosek7114]

Yeah, but I think because the same thing happened to Max right afterwards it made people think hmm there might be some correlation here. Sucks, but kind of logical as well.

[@chinpokamuy7568]

I mean F1 showed rb engineers giving an explanation on why it happened (tailwind), while when Carlos went off track F1 didn't show any Ferrari engineers giving explanation, so ofc people will think Carlos did his usual mistake

[@formulah113]

gotta hate on the brown drivers.

[@formulah113]

gotta hate on the brown drivers.

[@lebzgold7475]

max didn't literally spin though he just went into the gravel a bit and controlled it better - hence the lack of car damage. carlos spun entriley lost control and damaged his car. both are mistakes - but one definitely controlled the car better during the event.

[@eljay543]

I personally think the team orders at the end were fine because max had way more pace and it is too much of a risk to let them fight, but i did think when max was stuck behind russel he shouldve returned the favor to checo and let him through earlier to let him attempt to overtake russel and not compromise his pace

[@annoyingrat3710]

Well it was indirectly done when they calle max to the Pit no?

[@eljay543]

@@annoyingrat3710 yeah but it took quite a few laps i think when perez had fresher tires

[@annoyingrat3710]

@@eljay543 I guess, valid point. Just don't know how much 2 or 3 laps really impacted everything, but we'll never know

[@thomasriishojgaard5677]

Idk I think team orders so early on in the season when both drivers are still in the mix is kind of weird. In 2021 it made sense for bottas and checo who were 200 points behind hamilton and verstappen to give way for their teammates but when both drivers are still in it its weird to just tell one of them to give it up, even if he is the so called "number 2 driver"

[@chelly2615]

Ești un idol GIRS.SWEETHOT.CAM mereu în inima mea 💘 frumos, dragoste, alegere, cultural. Sunt unul dintrea cele mai bune concerte.... .,..

[@elastiekeltjeshaar]

I was amazed how much traction Max had in/on the gravel. He absolutely floored it yet did not dug himself stuck

[@chelly2615]

Ești un idol GIRS.SWEETHOT.CAM mereu în inima mea 💘 frumos, dragoste, alegere, cultural. Sunt unul dintrea cele mai bune concerte.... .,..

[@bjornharder9789]

In the gravel speed is your friend. Most of the time you dig yourself in. Its because you are going so slow, the gravel had time to get out of the way

[@pflaffik]

Pure skill that he didnt go full 360, Max has shown before that he masters recovery, that time in Sao Paulo was a really beautiful save.

[@carrotplox]

@@pflaffik And he actually almost lost the car later in the race when going after Russel, and recovered it nicely

[@mha2263]

I think it was Martin brundle that said Max has got some of the best car control hes seen since Gilles Villeneuve.

[@BOKtober]

Max has won every race he’s finished this year, won last years drivers title and had better race pace, I don’t understand the uproar over checo being told don’t fight max for first

[@lolumo]

Anti max propaganda has to say that, while Merc reain shite

[@dirkstrickland135]

They were hoping for a potential Red Bull bottle job. None of them cares about fair racing.

[@f1freakf127]

@@neuricas it was the best chance to get Max in 1st with Charles out. As a Lewis fan i understand the reason behind it no matter how much haters try to twist and bend things. It shows the cluelessness of the sport

[@ivanpratama6857]

I mean here's the things why don't idk just let them fight for like 2 lap, I mean is not like russel might catch up in those 2 lap, like to me, even team order after 1 lap fighting is kinda okay, is not necessarily people hate Max, it's just people hate team order period....

[@Karincl7]

You love sport ? Probably not than

[@AkshatKai]

Somehow I feel Sainz didn't have as bad of a season as it seems. In the two DNF's, one of them wasn't his fault. In the most recent race, he did had a spin going into gravel but so did Max with the gust of wind upsetting the car. Still including that, he has made 2 big errors, which agreed when you are fighting for constructors, this isn't acceptable, but still his season hasn't been abysmal. He still got podiums in all the races he finished apart from Spain. He just needs to have a few clean races like Miami.

[@TheStargov]

Yeah, I think Tommy is going very hard on him. 4th should be the bear minimum he should be able to get and he hasn't finished lower yet.

[@BZ_-zd3ph]

Agreed. I think he’s at fault of setting high standards in all previous seasons and is now having a slightly sub par season rather than a terrible season

[@danyb97]

Sainz is slow as fuck !! He can’t match the pace of Verstappen and Leclerc

[@MyLO_06]

01:19:20 Katy being the absolute queen that she is, just waged war with Matt.🤣🤣🤣.

[@Norbie09]

Emotional Damage !

[@markusnitsch8309]

Apply cold water to burned area*

[@leonfranswa]

"Mercedes are back".... no. They finally became quicker because of the updates, thats good. But they are still a lot slower than Redbull and Ferrari. People need to start putting things in context. Binotto: “[In qualifying] they were seven tenths off the pace in the quali lap, which is still a short circuit. [In the race] they finished 30 seconds or more from the Red Bull, and it could have been maybe 40 seconds to Charles [Leclerc]. “Forty seconds, 66 laps, is still six, seven tenths per lap. Six tenths, seven tenths a lap is still significant. It's like Ferrari last year." Totally true!

[@Muhammad-gw8oy]

this is true..people hyping merc comeback is crazy..

[@MrJohnhunk]

They have a car that can race now, Ferrari and RB didn't have a problem to fix. Merc has now fixed the problem and this is the first race that they were in battle, unlike the other two teams. If the next 3 to 4 races merc will have the deficit you are pointing out then your point will make sense.

[@MrJohnhunk]

@@Muhammad-gw8oy They aren't back?

[@Muhammad-gw8oy]

@@MrJohnhunk just like binotto said numbers dont lie..in miami russell finish 18 seconds behind max..in spain russell finish 32 seconds how is that is improvement???if charles finish in spain russell will 50+ seconds behind..

[@MrJohnhunk]

@@Muhammad-gw8oy in Spain Russel started p4 in Miami he never got even into q3. In Miami Merc were nowhere near Ferrari and RB. In Spain Max couldn't get past George and the GOAT easily breezed past Carlos before being told to slow down after falling behind to p19 at the beginning of the race. RB didn't allow Checo to defend against Max in Spain while he was in a battle with Charles the entire race in Miami. There was no safety car in Spain that helped out George strategy in Spain unlike in Miami. You can't just copy paste times and compare the difference without looking at circumstances. Toto also said Lewis would be battling for a win with Max and Charles had he not been taken hit by the Haas.

[@DiabloDevilsBA]

Sainz is too eager to prove himself, and I think We all know that he thinks he is better than Charles, so his main goal is to beat Charles and prove he is the best, this lead him to make crucial mistakes. In italy Ferrari planned for glorious day, they even didn't risk and used new engine. Sainz tried to prove himself to tifosis , So made many bad mistakes and ruined Ferrari plan. In spain, his hometown, he wanted to have a great day so he has very bad start and then span. he can not tolerate pressure.

[@PozzaPizz]

Tifosi is already plural no need for s at the end! And good point sainz is definitely chasing Charles more than anything

[@DiabloDevilsBA]

@@PozzaPizz first of all I should correct Tifosi

[@enotdetcelfer]

Exactly... the difference between the best and the ones that languish in second seem to be concerned with where they think they should be and what result they want to get vs just kicking ass and racing perfect laps / perfect races. Unfortunate about the tail wind spin, and I'm glad Verstappen had it too because everyone was too fast to jump on the Sainz criticism, but the fact remains that his head is not in the race/lap/sector at hand, and it makes them vulnerable to getting their head out of the game once they try not to lose or spin instead of finding the edge and focusing on point.

[@DiabloDevilsBA]

@@enotdetcelfer 😍 exactly

[@purpledahlia1969]

I don't think he does think he is better than Charles. Have you seen what he said about him? "Leclerc’s strong start to the season has impressed Sainz, who said his team mate is “driving at a very high level. “He’s putting together super, very impressive lap times, staying aggressive in his way of driving and I can only admire and in some ways copy and in others try to put it a bit more to my liking to be faster and that’s it.”

[@Ellie-bn6xz]

My driver of the day was definitely lando. When I was younger I was hospitalized at least twice because of severe cases of tonsillitis and even now when I am still hit by it I can’t move for at least two days .. what he did in that heat driving that car and still getting points is nothing short of superhuman

[@eslixgaming756]

I feel like people keep forgetting Max was on ALOT flesher tires. Even without DRS im pretty sure he would pass Perez on the long straight because Max' exit out of the last corner would be much better on newer tires. Theres no reason to hold eachother and risk losing a 1.2 for the team. Keep in mind that Russel was still in play and could potentially get back to p1 on fresh tires if Max and Perez were holding eachother off for too long. Im prettt sure Perez knows this by now and isnt mad or anything. The team knows the data at the time and knows that its important to get Max through quickly to secure a 1.2 for the team. I still hope Perez will get a chance for a win soon tho. He drives amazing this season.

[@chelly2615]

Ești un idol GIRS.SWEETHOT.CAM mereu în inima mea 💘 frumos, dragoste, alegere, cultural. Sunt unul dintrea cele mai bune concerte.... .,..

[@IAmKry]

This 100x. Max and George lost like 6 seconds on leclerc when they battled. why have your drivers battle it out when 1. Max was on newer tires and 2. he wouldn't even be in that track position if his DRS worked.

[@eslixgaming756]

@@IAmKry exactly

[@cbreazienutz]

Now what would’ve happened if the roles were reversed?

[@eslixgaming756]

@@cbreazienutz I wanna see that happen aswell. Sadly Perez isnt rlly on the same pace as Max most of the time so idk if this will happen. What I wanna see is Perez take pole for once and maybe Max P2 and then see what happens. Perez deserves to get wins, hes a solid driver.

[@KrsJin]

I'm pretty new to the sport, even newer to following this channel. But man this podcast is a bright spot in the day. Ongoing thanks all.

[@Allblue1]

Had high hopes for him after last year. As he was being praised a lot. Hope he can turn it around before he becomes Number 2 or the new bottas

[@ShadowGhostHD]

Isnt he already degraded somehow? Too many mistakes and leclerc is the favorite

[@alphaprawns]

Yeah, honestly the saving grace in my view that makes me want to stay patient with him is the confidence factor. He's had a huge knock to his confidence, and that psychological factor can play a massive role in your performance as a driver. In my opinion the demonstrator of that is the lack of consistency, which is something he used to be known for at McLaren. I want to see him get that back so he can really show what he can do. Still though, this year really is his last chance to prove he has the ability to be on the same level as the front runners.

[@soundscape26]

He's not as good as Charles so the Bottas status will be a reality sooner rather than later. But hey, doesn't mean he cannot win races or get poles here and there like Bottas did.

[@kevinhanandi]

If he continues this trajectory, he probably worse than bottas

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

He's a №2 in waiting after yesterday's bottle. God help that kid once the championship fight tightens up. I am surprised Ferrari is having so much patience in him. Carlos has lost it. He just can't deal with the car and I dunno how Ferrari can't help him work that out. I can't see them compromising much when Charles is on top of it.

[@Bilal-xp8de]

Totally disagree with the over the top Sainz criticism. Verstappen made the exact same error which tells you it was purely bad luck from tail wind gust. Max had better fortune to not have damage to his floor. Also when Carlos spun he was immediately down 6 spots whereas Max lost one spot?

[@Mazil_5]

Max didn’t spin, he got off track, but could rejoin faster. I think Max’s car control was better than Sainz.

[@kastanjer18]

How many times sainz spun that car this year?.....

[@lebzgold7475]

why do people keep saying max spun, carlos spun hard but max manadged to correct and control his car in time a lot better to stop spinning uncontrollably. he just went off into the gravel straight.

[@fingerprints2983]

Even if we count this spin as half mistake, he has already made 3 (now it's 3,5) mistakes, meanwhile Charles - 1, Max - 0,5 Checo - 0.

[@f1freakf127]

It was going to be quite dumb not to use the opportunity to put Max in 1st place in general standings with Leclerc out. Totally understandable team order. If Max finished 2nd he was going to be 1 point behind Charles

[@_qwe_fk_1700]

after last year i don't understand how people can't understand this. People say it is early in the season but every race matters the same, they are all equally important and if they lose the WDC by less than 7 points they would look like the biggest idiots in the whole Paddock.

[@pflaffik]

@@_qwe_fk_1700 That wouldnt have happened, Max would get by easily even if Perez fight him, old mediums vs fresh softs, just go round the outside like Max is so good at. Perez never had a chance, team order was to avoid incidents, if you followed F1 long enough you know Perez is not the safest driver to get too close to, he had his fair share of penalties already before his Force India seasons.

[@f1freakf127]

@@pflaffik yup his fights with his teammate Ocon come to mind. Also yes the tyres was the other factor and on the start he immediately dropped off

[@erin6379]

I agree with this and switching them since max is overall more likely to have more points but I think the problem was with giving checko 3 team orders in one race…. I think the main problem is that when Checko had younger tires and came up behind Max trying to overtake George (with faulty drs) the team didn’t allow a switch between the two drivers to let checko overtake George (which he would’ve done easily with fresher tires, a quicker car and drs working) rather than holding checko up and letting max have several unsuccessful attempts at overtaking George. Whereas when checko earlier in the race was behind another driver the team gave him one lap to overtake than ordered him to switch with max. Do you not see the problem there? Checko was given one chance then told to move out of the way. Then when he was quicker per lap than max the team continually allowed max to make unsuccessful attempts rather than switching. I think the final switch at the end half of the race was just the last straw that checko had had enough of team orders (3 in one race…)

[@_qwe_fk_1700]

@@erin6379 they did switch position because they could not overtake Russell on track so they had to do it with strategy, is that so hard to understand?? They literally could not have swapped them.

[@mosu8779]

I love looking forward to these podcasts after looking forward to the race weekend.

[@ronitvaswani3880]

For people saying it was too early to introduce team orders in race 6 Mercedes last year introduced team orders in race 4 and max is the clear favourite to fight for the 2022 WDC

[@katerinagouda8880]

Katy doing voices is my new favorite thing in these podcasts!!😂

[@welern2liv815]

I think its better when you guys grade the drivers on your own time then reveal them to each other. You seem to influence each others grades! luvya

[@konstantinFPS]

This is the 3rd best thing after quali and the gp that I wait for.This podcast completes my race weekend,Love you humans.

[@philkakid5617]

Check out Missed Apex.

[@stephenmac23]

I agree, this caps off my weekend coverage same with Tommo post race chinwags

[@dylanchambers4109]

I love the face Matt pulls when he’s about to impersonate tommy 😂

[@vishekgopal9728]

I have been waiting all week for this!!!!

[@surtrgaming1730]

Unfortunately, I feel like the only case where Perez can have a point in asking to talk after the race is if there was a prior agreement like "If Max has problems with his car, you're fully allowed to pass him and finish ahead of him."

[@TeamSukiyo]

Matt: pole sitter wins the race Tommy: it doesn’t happen a lot in Monaco Katy: yeah, look at last year Matt’s face: 🔴

[@clay1929]

As a huge sainz fan this race hurt my soul

[@damionlee7658]

There really was never any question that Max is Red Bull's number one, and I think David Coulthard expressed the situation perfectly... Checo's decision is basically "Do you want to be in Formula 1?", because there really isn't anywhere else for him to go right now. With that said, he was on a suboptimal strategy but still put his car at the front of the pack on merit. And whilst he needs to find a way to be okay with what his position in the team really is, I would hope that if the driver's and constructor's championships are wrapped up before the end of the season, they take his reigns of and let the pair of them have at it. I have no doubt that Max is fine with Checo being told to step aside. But they're both racers; and I have to believe that if you take away the need to protect points hauls for the championships (ie they're both decided), Max would want to race Checo properly because it is so much more rewarding than being waved through.

[@peter4223]

Checo would easily find another team. He could replace Riccardo at McLaren or Zhou in Alfa Romeo or maybe Sainz in a Ferrari. Don’t forget Checo was already in McLaren and he was an Ferrari Academy driver. Red Bull should be happy to have him if you see how bad Gasly and Albon did. We know all very well why Riccardo left Red Bull because of the preference for Max. Don’t forget that Max get the Updates first and than Checo gets them. If he had the same Updates he would be easily faster.

[@PlayTrickBLOGSPOT]

@@peter4223 mclaren already put their money on arguably more successful driver (ric) and it didnt paid off. I doubt they will make same mistake again. Alfa Romeo needs external funding and they already have great driver (bottas) in 2nd seat. Ferrari already has great lineup, no point messing it up. If it's not redbull for Checo, its retirement

[@damionlee7658]

@@peter4223 whatever you say, where were all those teams when Red Bull gave him that lifeline contract? Ricardo is currently under contract until the end of 2023, Sainz until the end of 2024, why would McLaren or Ferrari go to the expense of buying out those contacts (and the likely eye watering penalties that are involved) just to get Checo? Zhou is probably only contacted until the end of 2022, but with Shanghai contacted until at least 2025, plus the finances behind Zhou, there isn't really a good reason for Alfa to want Checo in that seat instead. Checo's a really good driver, but he really doesn't have the options you would like to think he has.

[@chelly2615]

Ești un idol GIRS.SWEETHOT.CAM mereu în inima mea 💘 frumos, dragoste, alegere, cultural. Sunt unul dintrea cele mai bune concerte.... .,..

[@_qwe_fk_1700]

@@peter4223 you are wrong. Sainz has a contract, Mclaren have some drivers lined up, Alfa have Pouchaire in F2. Perez was not that much faster compared to Albon.

[@FdezJuan]

Love you guys! Regards from a Mexican fan living in Santa Cruz, California!

[@nokia5779]

IMHO, RB already said their aim for this year is to defend Max WDC title. So...

[@ACER-rk6jy]

WTF: "Carlos is bad for spinning out", also WTF "Oh Max doing the same thing - must have been something to do with the track"

[@yoeriw7099]

Guessing that was more down to the, hey another car goes off at the exact same spot. Maybe it wasn't the driver then.

[@pflaffik]

In linear time, that seems to be the correct order of things. Non-linear time would be like "Sainz who won next years championship will spin but finish 4th, and as you know Max will then spin on the same place"

[@ehrlichgesagt863]

@@yoeriw7099 ye sainz looked first like he had just extrem oversteer and lost it while max was drifting and still wasnt slowing down made it really obvious that the wind just pushed him but interesting how nobody else had it that day

[@7BD273]

I think the drone could be a good addition to the broadcast for corners where the view from the helicopter is blocked by trees and buildings. I don't mind them not flying the drones over the track, it's more about placement/angle i think. i'm sure they will improve

[@Ryzeex.]

Yeah that's what I was thinking. I quite like the drone shots despite the technical issue, and I appreciate different things being tried out... some people just love to complain.

[@hugonottmayr]

I think their major weakness is that they don’t have a separate pilot and camera operator like the heli does. Therefore in most of the drone shots the cars are on the edge of the shot and the 60% in the center are grass and/or gravel. With an additional camera operator on the drone with zoom on the cars it could be a nice addition.

[@Deploracle]

@@hugonottmayr It's a racing drone with a fixed camera that the pilot uses to fly the craft. If the camera turned away to follow a car it would become unflyable.

[@chelly2615]

Ești un idol GIRS.SWEETHOT.CAM mereu în inima mea 💘 frumos, dragoste, alegere, cultural. Sunt unul dintrea cele mai bune concerte.... .,..

[@Deploracle]

@Creative Drone Works The type of drone you are talking about has zero chance of keeping up with an F1 car. Only the light racing variety with a fixed camera, no GPS functionality at all, can manage.

[@preachrem7182]

Everyone so angry about the checko situation but LISTEN TO WHAT WAS SAID, "If Max is faster let him through" Max was faster, why hold him up and risk not getting the 1-2 and potentially binning it. Checko wasn't told to just let him go, people need to listen to the words that are being said

[@syndicategaming1668]

Based on speed alone, checo didn’t deserve this win anyway. He’s a great guy, but he’s not as good as Charles or Max

[@erin6379]

I think the main problem is that when Checko had younger tires and came up behind Max trying to overtake George (with faulty drs) the team didn’t allow a switch between the two drivers to let checko overtake George (which he would’ve done easily with fresher tires, a quicker car and drs working) rather than holding checko up and letting max have several unsuccessful attempts at overtaking George. Whereas when checko earlier in the race was behind another driver the team gave him one lap to overtake than ordered him to switch with max. Do you not see the problem there? Checko was given one chance then told to move out of the way. Then when he was quicker per lap than max the team continually allowed max to make unsuccessful attempts rather than switching. I think the final switch at the end half of the race was just the last straw that checko had had enough of team orders (3 in one race…)

[@MrJohnhunk]

🤣🤣🤣 reverse the situation and honestly tell us if Max would have received the same message in that situation.

[@MrJohnhunk]

@@syndicategaming1668 LH44 beat Max in the first race of 2021 because he managed to defend perfectly. If Checo was given the opportunity to defend his position he would have won the race. Simple

[@BelegCuthali0n]

Everybody seems to be suggesting that Red Bull put Checo on the worse strategy on purpose, but they seem to forget that Max was on a 2 stop strategy as well because the seriously thought it would be the fastest. It wasn't until he got stuck behind Russell with his DRS problem that they switched him to a 3 stop strategy. And in all fairness, the 2 stop strategy could work if managed properly. Not counting his lap 1 tire change Hamilton made it work by looking after his tires and going long. Without the issues in the final laps he would have had the fastest race time of anyone. So yeah, it makes sense for RB to as Checo to be patient and look after his tires after that first pitstop.

[@giantflamingmonkey]

“😄 Hello Everybody and 😆 WELCOME BACK 😩 TO THE W T F 1 PODCAST‼️” istg this the best intro energy so far 😂😂😂

[@georgeretsides4293]

Valtteri is driving the wheels off that Alfa this year. Also the team fked up his strategy.

[@regism6239]

Team orders make perfect sense. The WDC is 110 to 104 for verstappen, if checo wins it, it would be 104 to 103 to Leclerc. So they would’ve given up the championship lead.

[@peterhuston7888]

The championship lead is imaginary until the last race. They're giving up a small chance that without team orders, Max somehow doesn't win, and loses the championship as a result.

[@regism6239]

@@peterhuston7888 you win the WDC over the whole season. So points lost a te points lost no matter it’s early in the season ou at the end. So they are right doing it, since Checo inst on Max’s pace.

[@rossevers]

I'm with Katy 100% max made a mistake, and checo had a clean race #blessed

[@jpcarriedo5983]

I think max passing checo at the end was inevitable in the way the race turned out, but in the middle of the race when checo asked for max to get out of the way for him to get the full potential of his strategy

[@Jimbo7]

Checo shouldn't have been significantly slower then? It's not like they held him up, Max just made up a huge gap in a couple laps. Letting them fight would have achieved nothing but Max winning anyways, AND depriving Checo of the extra point he got from being able to pit for fastest lap. You could definitely argue they should have gotten max into the pits sooner behind george, but there is not a single logical reason anyone can give for them not swapping when they had that many laps left. It was just a no brainer.

[@RhodiumMoviesMC]

People seem to forget that last year McLaren switched to Mercedes PU. It was new for Lando also.

[@shadowpowahful]

Yes matt if you say it every race... Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.

[@Peanutbutt101]

You're one of the only podcasts that doesn't have timestamps. You really really really need to add them

[@peterhuston7888]

I think this was one of the least egregious examples of team orders ever. Your teammate catches you with a huge pace delta, on a different strategy, with over 15 laps to go? You should let him through. It would be a different situation if the pace difference was less, or the race was closer to the end.

[@Sem5626]

Daniel has been put on notice by Zak as well properly for the first time after Spain with him saying he hasn't lived up to expectations he's gone at this rate the first chance they get so they can get one of their young guns in

[@karatekid951]

Gotta feel for DR but c'mon man this the top level of motorsport, there is no forgiveness to be expected. And McLaren has some young blood waiting in the wings.

[@Sem5626]

@@karatekid951 there's already rumours that Aussie Supercars are getting ready to snag him

[@karatekid951]

@@Sem5626 would be a smart move Marketing wise. He'd be a superstar in that series.

[@CraigBickerstaff]

I recall George Russell getting warned about overheating in the engine quite early in the race so if he was a bit slower than Hamilton sometimes that is probably it. He was also battling with the Red Bulls so the defense will have slowed him down.

[@mandla1335]

Hamilton was given a message to lift at 200m by lap 5 so overheating was plaguing both cars

[@pflaffik]

Russell was alone much of the race, he just didnt have better pace, while Lewis would have taken Perez had Kmag not rammed him. Russells severe hay fever may have contributed to his slower pace.

[@CraigBickerstaff]

@@pflaffik What are you? Some Lewis fan? This is totally false. Russell was ahead of or with the Red Bulls up until the last 20 laps. Lewis never had to race with the front runners so it’s impossible to speculate how he would’ve done without his first lap incident. He probably would’ve gotten stuck behind Russell and had an uneventful race.

[@As-qz5lr]

Hamilton was lifting but it was the greatest lifting of all time. No driver could have come from so far to almost win like Lewis did.

[@lochlinrecht1427]

In terms of lineup performance I still think Russell Hamilton are the best. Watch Mercedes get a 9th consecutive constructors championship.

[@patrickdowling6695]

Hi guys, love the podcast and look forward to it every race week. Just an fyi Ive had 5 YT adds in the first 29 mins which does take way from the enjoyment a bit. Otherwise keep up the great work.

[@ordinary_olive]

I got a double unskippable ad not even 2 minutes into the video😣

[@chelly2615]

Ești un idol GIRS.SWEETHOT.CAM mereu în inima mea 💘 frumos, dragoste, alegere, cultural. Sunt unul dintrea cele mai bune concerte.... .,..

[@mark4motion68]

Russel was slower because of a different setup they tried. wolf said so after. Great podcast guys!

[@prettymotubatse648]

The pace is there for Carlos it’s not like he’s qualifying badly or anything. He just needs a string of good results that’ll bring his confidence back

[@tarunreddy335]

He is absolutely miles off race pace wise. Was outqualified by 4 tenths at catalunya by charles and is 0-6 in quali.

[@yousafshahid7311]

before this season started ,Ferrari seemed to have arguably the best driver pairing on paper with both drivers in their primes, sainz has made alot of mistakes and can't seem to get into the groove, you can argue this one was not his fault but when you see his previous mistakes such as the DNF in Australia, it gets really hard to argue against the pattern. He might cost Ferrari the constructors tbh

[@danyb97]

Yes Exactly ! He is simply not fast enough to overtake the Redbulls and he can’t match the pace of Leclerc on qualifying and Race Pace !!

[@chriscollins550]

In 1999 Ferrari lost the title because of team orders they gave the team order to Michael and lost the title by few points with BC. If they never done that would of won the title that year.

[@albaTF2]

Feels like people are forgetting that Max was 1 second a lap quicker than Perez anyways. Even without drs and Checo defending it would probably been a somewhat easy pass

[@ItsTheMaddMark4Realz]

Cuz RB gave him the strat to go faster by putting more often

[@richardscott4758]

Best Podcast online regarding FI by a country mile .

[@commonguard3431]

7:50 "I think we've covered that already" Rehashes it again verbatim just a few seconds later.

[@onlyme4741]

Matt Gallagher’s comment calling Aston Martin ‘The Greenbulls’. Funny. Classic. Haha.

[@saiyerugara9038]

"If it's a fine, it's fine!" 😂😂 This lady is something else.

[@Thomas-jl8xr]

They should have let perez go by to attack Russel, thats the fault of rb imo. The last one was reasonable cuz of differences in tyres

[@chrisfloyd7316]

Glad the camera direction was significantly better this week.

[@jarredkoerner6529]

You should give Tommy 60 seconds to update everyone for Indycar. Especially with the 500 this weekend

[@duykhanhle99]

Perez was held back 3 times this race and was put on the worse strategy in the 6th race... and points wise he's still in the mix.

[@TheHidalgo99]

at the end of the day. 1:5 in quali an generally much worse race pace. Perez beating Max is just not gonna happen.

[@chelly2615]

Ești un idol GIRS.SWEETHOT.CAM mereu în inima mea 💘 frumos, dragoste, alegere, cultural. Sunt unul dintrea cele mai bune concerte.... .,..

[@_qwe_fk_1700]

Because he only had 1 DNF and not 2. Pace wise he isn't.

[@faraichinyoka4456]

Im a Mercedes fan, obviously like Lewis, but George's driving, consistency, little or no mistakes and ability to defend, attack and car placement is really really good...a little overlooked too

[@DawidSikora]

Imagine both Max and Leclerc crash in Monako and Perez wins with the fastest lap, taking the championship lead

[@mha2263]

Mercedes upgrades have worked very well, I think they might be in contention for pole at Monaco. Lewis has a very good record there and we all know George is Mr saturday so pole is up for grabs.

[@theglitch312]

Monaco is actually one of his weakest tracks. 3 wins, and only 2 in dominant Mercedes cars. One due to a RB pitstop mistake, the other due to Nico being absolutely terrible in the wet. To compare, Nico managed 3 in a row. And before people say, “Well, Mercedes were always bad at Monaco.” That’s just wrong. They won 5 of the last 7.

[@scotthenderson1218]

@@theglitch312 The Merc wasn't that dominant around Monaco in 2016. Overall obviously but there's a reason other than Riccardo's brilliance he got that close to the victory he ultimately lost due to that pit stop. The RB was pretty damm good that weekend.

[@theglitch312]

@@scotthenderson1218 Yeah exactly, one out of 2 years (2016, 2018) the Mercedes had basically no chance of winning at Monaco was one where he did win with a lot of luck. 2017 Bottas had a good shot at pole. Barely missed out by less than a 0.05s. Hamilton had trouble finding a clean gap, didn’t even reach Q3. 0.05s to Bottas’ a time Lewis should be able to beat. Same story for 2021, Bottas qualified within 0.03s of the race winner, Hamilton was a full 0.5s away. Likely again trouble finding a good gap. He won Monaco on pure pace once in 8 attempts at Mercedes while Rosberg managed 3 wins in only 4 attempts and didn’t get 4/4 since he sucks in the rain. 2018 Mercedes was nowhere. 2019, they qualified half an insane 0.5s clear of the RB. At Monaco… With a super short laptime… So Hamilton finally got a second win with Mercedes, but he did have a vastly superior car to do it in. I’m just trying to say that Hamilton’s track record at Monaco isn’t as stand out as the first commenter claims it is. I think he lost to Rosberg/Bottas in qualifying and/or races more at that track than any other track. It’s objectively one of his weakest tracks. While Hungary and Silverstone are some of his strongest.

[@timwattrus7886]

Lewis is terrible at monaco

[@aliaainuddin9119]

Petition for baby Grace to also get a Leclerc onesie and we get a raceweek ‘spin the wheel’ to see which onesie she should wear, to keep the Drivers Championship battle interesting.

[@ronweasley5445]

i feel like they’re ignoring that checo also had car issues. he dnfed 1 time, and his engine issues in miami prevented him from challenging for P3/2

[@jordanmak23]

Katy acts like max was a long time behind russel when checo wanted the position swap. But it was 2 laps or something

[@10parth10]

It was definitely more than 2 laps

[@jordanmak23]

@@10parth10 it was around lap 26 when he asked for the position swap. Max pitted on lap 28. And it wasn't that perez was within a second of max when he asked.

[@mohammeded-dahbi7603]

Meanwhile Alpine in KSA: grabs popcorn and enjoys the show

[@MrTwers]

The Saintz and Verstappen off was pretty similar. Maby Saintz had a bigger gust off wind but he spun and whent in to the gravel sideways. Verstappen had or a bid less wind or just a better reaction. Verstappen hold the slide like he can like no other. At the end he just ran out of road straight in to the gravel. That little difference made a big difference at the end. Saintz lost a lot more time and had a lot more damage because off it

[@Drrolfski]

Please add markers to your show and play the ABC trailers on full audio. People put a lot of work into these.

[@lukemontgomery1774]

Ultimately if Perez and Max don't end the season within 14 points of each other, this shouldn't really matter. Perez would be the only person on earth who doesn't know he's the number 2 driver if he keeps having digs at his team this season, he does know, surely.

[@vgrin7307]

Was there no Team WTF1 live podcast this week??

[@jamesbradley1383]

I come back to this podcast every time Checo does well this season.

[@josefw.1934]

I hope Checo pulls a Kimi 2007 title turn around. Kinda in the hunt but boom wins it last minute

[@dislexyc]

no way he's allowed

[@mochagreen]

EMOTIONAL DAMAGE did Tommy drop a Steven he lolol

[@hazmania6073]

I do feel people are overlooking the actual issue with Red Bulls decision. Like Tommy said, the moment where red bull told checo to let max by, that wasn’t the problem. That was always going to happen because max had the significant tyre advantage. The ACTUAL issue was red bull placing checo on a strategy early-on that set max up to be in that position at the end. Team ORDERS was not the issue, it was a strategy decision which led to it.

[@raffaelender9464]

at some point Matt's "welcome to the W T F 1 Podcast" will take longer than the podcast itself

[@chelly2615]

Ești un idol GIRS.SWEETHOT.CAM mereu în inima mea 💘 frumos, dragoste, alegere, cultural. Sunt unul dintrea cele mai bune concerte.... .,..

[@benyahun]

Not sure if "improve" is the right approach for Sainz. We know for a fact that he is good, he has been most consistent last season and hardly made any mistakes in 21... I think he just needs to chill or somehow dissociate from all the pressure and just do his thing. He seems so jittery and on edge all the time and surely that doesnt help towards mistake free driving😁

[@chelly2615]

Ești un idol GIRS.SWEETHOT.CAM mereu în inima mea 💘 frumos, dragoste, alegere, cultural. Sunt unul dintrea cele mai bune concerte.... .,..

[@pflaffik]

HAM passed him too easily, i would assume Sainz' car had minor damage from the gravel.

[@antonioarrieta4591]

Yeahh, on the drone shots, maybe they were trying what they did in testing, which look good and epic, but it didn´t work --+needs polishing. And, Hamilton, he was destroying that engine. Ironic. Those black and white flags don´t give out on their own. Good race, great episode!

[@Tapash479]

Love you Katy for the savagery. ❤️ And love you Matt and Tommy as well. You guys are not far behind Katy.😀

[@chelly2615]

Ești un idol GIRS.SWEETHOT.CAM mereu în inima mea 💘 frumos, dragoste, alegere, cultural. Sunt unul dintrea cele mai bune concerte.... .,..

[@danielaamador2720]

Katy, my fav checo fan

[@jeroenbons637]

YOUHOOO SERGIO -- DRIVE FASTER - DRIVE FASTER- DRIVE FASTER- DRIVE FASTER- DRIVE FASTER- DRIVE FASTER- DRIVE FASTER

[@stevenst6337]

Maybe if Checo hasn’t been dominated virtually his entire existence as Verstappens teammate it wouldn’t be a problem. It’s clear who the number 1 is, Verstappen is a level above everyone on the grid never mind his own teammate who has beaten by him in Quali as a teammate 26/28 times.

[@benyahun]

Checo knew he will be number2 when he took the job. All he can do is be faster than Verstappen which i dont see happening.

[@kuyt20]

I disagree with that view.

[@diehardpizza7107]

perez just needs to negotiate better , every time he has to give up a p1 for max he needs to get the p1 bonus aswell , makes it allot more bearable

[@maxniemela7398]

Hot take, Bottas will have faster pit stop than last year.

[@rick-potts]

*Checo/Max - The team orders thing leaves a biter taste, but 100% the right thing for RB to do. *Checo/Max - No way Checo doesnt know his place @ RBR. But Max is a significant step better and more likely. *Sainz/Le Clerc - fastest pairing on paper - but probably most "emotionally" vulnerable on the grid. *Hamilton/Russell - not so much good luck for George, but bad luck for Hamilton *Hamilton/Russell - Russell has always had good one lap pace - Lewis' issue is that he has to beat him on Saturday. *Ham/KMag - race incident and done with. Remember when we used to have those without all the blaming/flaming? Note to KMAG or anyone overtaking on lap 1..."you cant win a GP on lap 1 - you can only lose one" Note to KMAG or anyone overtaking on the outside of a corner... you do so at your own risk. *These 2 together - better risk assessment. Kmag had softs, Lewis tyres would be 2 or 3 laps to get up. Patience and pick a better spot!

[@Tragokafros]

1:14:29 Who farted? Hahah

[@chriscollins550]

Maybe they should shorten the drs time so they can get close but it's down to the driver make the pass

[@BeastlyGamerr]

I wonder what’s gonna happen between Hamilton and FIA in 3 days

[@gotanycash]

Pliers

[@jgagnier]

Matt calling out the chainsaw literally as I got my chainsaw out in Super Animal Royale. What a weird, weird moment.

[@angelotripkos7567]

Greetings from sunny Arizona. Love you guys! Tell that chainsaw to shut up hahaha!

[@AntoineThisdale]

You guys coming to Montreal for the Canadian GP? by any chance?

[@rick-potts]

One point about DRS - Whilst Im not a massive fan, I have come to accept and indeed appreciate it. People wanting to get rid (sorry Pete Windsor) are harping back to a past era with "angry old men" energy. BUT - If DRS is too powerful on a weekend, move the DRS ACTIVATION zone 50/whatever yards up the road... if its not powerful enough, bring it closer to detection by 50/whatever yards. DRS then becomes dynamic for all cars and provides a way to fine tune it to get closer to the goldilocks target. You can even do it at half race point...add another variable to confound strategists...

[@philhellmuth2771]

How much is 50 yards in non retarded units?

[@rick-potts]

@@philhellmuth2771 around 200 EU bananas

[@philhellmuth2771]

@@rick-potts thanks, as a non-eu citizen this really helps

[@rick-potts]

@@philhellmuth2771 ah, well without knowing your nationality I cannot provide context. About 20 fridge freezers? Does that help?

[@philhellmuth2771]

@@rick-pottssorry for not giving you the context. The metric system definitely needs the context of nationality. I am swiss so you might want to use cheese, chocolate or stolen Jewish gold bars as a measurement

[@timezone542]

Sainz had floor damage when he ran off the track.

[@fallenshallrise]

Yup. They are commenting on the results without analyzing what actually happened. Sainz got caught out by wind, same as Max, except he had no warning because he had the bad luck of being first. The cars are super detailed under the floor so running through gravel or over the wrong curb can compromise your entire race.

[@davidreichert9392]

We all know that Latifi's days are numbered in F1, but really do you have to look so pained to give him some props when he has a decent race?

[@justice4g]

Dan needs to show some anger and frustration with his team, the amount of times he has been screwed is ridiculous, he had no grip whatsoever this race, obviously a different car to Landos for whatever reason. The sad part is he has had more pace than Lando at some tracks like Imola during quali but things haven't gone his way so it looks a lot worse.

[@JoaoSilva-on4od]

I agree with most of your comment, specially with what you say about the pace. There is a clear step forward from Daniel in leveling things, however Lando is doing a solid job and that cant be denied. That being said, the car is a disappointment, and seems to keep the same issues as last year, struggling with the slow corners (even worst) and not getting the braking zones and corner entry issues solved, which is surprising to me, as I thought that was why they went with the pull rod. It's important that Daniel keeps his cool, as he always has. That's a big strength of his, and opening the door to frustration is a path with no return. He is the same driver he has always been, as he proved in Monza, during the second half of last season and he is starting this season better than the previous. I'm not very confident of a technical department that doesnt understand their own car (as they have themselves said last year) but at the same time, the car did clearly improve since the first race. Ricciardo is a more experienced car developer and I hope he is being listened to (which I believe he is, hence the pull rod). I dont understand why they got the updates on Norris first, but it's a valid benchmark approach, so whatever works to get the date is fine. These updates will need time to be optimized, so lets wait and see (Monaco will be interesting, predictabily tough for DR, but useful for comparison with last year, keeping in mind that he won one - and a half - races there). To me, the pressure is on the technical department, not on the drivers, but unfortunately that's not how average fans see it, and average fans make a lot of noise. It's the technical department that picked Daniel (I would expect) and that made a car that so far seems not to be working well to either of the drivers (so we're celebrating a P8 now?). I feel that there's a bigger issue here, and its about management and communication, decision making and validation processes. Daniel needs to keep his cool, trust his skills, and stay away from social media. It's a jungle out here, but it's made of uninformed bandwagon people and little kids.

[@justice4g]

@@JoaoSilva-on4od yeah I said he should show frustration because so many trolls who haven't been paying close attention just take his passive/positive demeanor as acceptance that it's all down to his driving and not other factors.

[@patricktho6546]

1:03:08 that's like saying Hamilton no A*, because Russel showed, that in quali the car had more pace. That's why both are equal

[@SuperAwesomeCloudMan]

Matt you need to get a Ferrari onesie before this weekend, if that won’t break the Monaco curse I dont know what will.

[@lukerobson3043]

I’d love to DRS only be available for once per 2 laps. With the driver selecting which one. May help with DRS trains too

[@TheEloim_]

thats somewhat genuis but at the same time, it would basically make the 2nd to last lap in effect, "the last lap". This would be because if you catch someone on an alt strategy with marginally better pace with 2 laps to go, but no drs until the actual final lap, on tracks like barcelona , you would be held to making a last ditch attempt on the line with drs on the last lap which is highly unlikely.

[@nagenbn3197]

What RedBull has done by giving team orders just in race number 6 is making it clear to Ferrari that they have clear No1 and No2 at RedBull and fully behind Max for drivers championship. Now Ferrari is in a fix . Should they prioritise LeClerc over Sainz ? Ferrari can easily do that but Mattia has been consistenly saying there is no No1 or No2 at Ferrari and both LeClerc and Sainz are equal. So this is a clear strategy from Redbull to create some internal team dynamics inside Ferrari and history has proven that Ferrari in last 2 decades have always crumbled under pressure and make incorrect strategy decisions.

[@dechrigaming5936]

After they slightly blaimed Magnussen from the incident I had to go to F1 TV and watch the collision from on board cameras of both cars. It was interesting as from Magnussen's view, it does look like hamilton turns into him and therefore hamilton is completely at fault, but when viewed from hamiltons point of view, I cant really see any movement to the left. Both were holding their lines, I can't say neither was really in the wrong position (hamilton was a bit slow into the corner as he got stuck behind another car in the previous corner). As tommy said, that is pretty much textbook racing incident.