The top-tier leader who turned McLaren into F1 winners again

Edd Straw is joined by Scott Mitchell-Malm and Mark Hughes to dissect how McLaren and Lando Norris were able to turn the tables on Red Bull and Max Verstappen to take a memorable first F1 victory together at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix.
00:00 Intro
02:20 How Norris beat Verstappen
13:00 Piastri’s fraught race
17:17 Sainz’s post-race penalty
18:57 Perez's underwhelming race
20:32 Ferrari close but not quite
22:33 Ricciardo's sprint race heroics
25:16 Mercedes disappoint again
27:09 Alonso attacks F1's stewarding
30:10 Ocon scores Alpine's first point
31:13 Valtteri Bottas sympathy corner
33:26 Listener questions
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[@ethanirwin21]

Maybe Max had damage, maybe he didn't. But Lando didn't make the mistake of driving over the bollard... Max did

[@AZBCDE]

Lando didn’t even make any overtakes did he? Totally relied on the rigged SC

[@Leith_Crowther]

You never know what tiny mistake might ruin whatever you’re trying to do.

[@legibby]

If you think about it…max driving the bollard lost him the race

[@AZBCDE]

@@legibby If you think about it more, the SC lost him the race

[@ethanirwin21]

@@AZBCDE if you think about it, the safety car won him his first championship

[@omrxblah4572]

Norris always makes me very rigid and excited in the trousers

[@James-gx9gn]

You too?

[@Dimich1993]

I cheer for him too, but never to this level, you're a real fan!

[@urbanstrencan]

It was awesome race Lando finally on the top step, and another great podcast guys ❤❤❤

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

My favourite pod on F1 along with Autosport and P1

[@alexkerr306]

Well done Wee Lando

[@WRXMAN-ms2mm]

Often in car racing there is a modicum of luck as well as skill and opportunism. And bad luck and less than optimal performance by others. Lando and McLaren seized the moment. Nice to see. Now the challenge is to repeat this win consistently.

[@mattcampbell9903]

You heard it here first, Lando loves Imola… another win coming?

[@mattcampbell9903]

You heard it here second, Lando to win again

[@illbeV.]

You heard it here third, Ferrari will be ahead of McLaren again, as they'll bring upgrades

[@Leith_Crowther]

You heard it here fourth, the safety car in Imola might pick up the actual leader.

[@MMAli-rq8kd]

​@leithcrowther6086 you said "might" 😅😅 that's not reassuring 😅😅

[@jethroabel4802]

I look at The Race, P1, etc...And then I look at WTF1 and what's happened to it - Sad. Well done to you guys though!

[@mikelewis495]

Matt and Tommy left and took all their mojo with them

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

​@@mikelewis495Matt and Tommy were WTF1. WTF1 created their own downfall not fighting to keep them

[@zulubunsen9067]

Keep in mind though that WTF1 is owned by The Race. Matt and Tommy established it, but sold it after a while and they've been essentially The Race employees for a good while before striking out on their own.

[@juggadaaku4219]

24:42 Yuki did blitz through in Sprint.

[@joshchana]

Charles had no water for an entire race in 30c heat, let's give him some credit for still finishing on the podium!

[@andrewafflick4104]

Soooo, according to Mark, if VER had the fastest car on track & is in 5th place, he would win the race from 5th as he has in the past, no matter where he starts under these new regs. But NOR with the fastest car on track would only have advanced to 2nd or 3rd?!?!!

[@roguecamel1828]

Sainz was robbed he is a beautiful man and plays paddle board

[@henrrryyyy]

Most of them play padel... Sainz is just the best on the grid at it [according to Williams drivers]

[@alanwilliams8908]

Why can't we just have minimum lap times for the in and out laps to keep the drivers from going too slowly and potentially causing an accident?

[@izieky]

lol if GR had the performance LH had you lot would be screaming it on the roof top. I’m not surprised

[@gelmir7322]

GR just doing experiments for the team.

[@emma-janeodriscoll2885]

@@gelmir7322like Lewis was when these regs came in

[@izieky]

@@gelmir7322GR had the same exact set up as Lewis and got gapped by 20+ seconds. Even he was mystified about the gap in performance.

[@rynosraceroom66]

Magnusen should be in an IndyCar

[@jarigustafsson7620]

he should team up with rasmusssen 😉.

[@rynosraceroom66]

U need the SAME stewards to have consistency🤘🏻🏁

[@soundscape26]

The same stewards all the time would carry their biases, even unconsciously, from race to race.

[@ndautomotive]

I hope he isn't the next Jean Alesi

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

Definitely not.

[@jarigustafsson7620]

Dump for prison 2024. i've never doubted Lando's chance to win, he felt always like a Häkkinen type racer. Max seemed to some what "hold up his pace" and hard tyres could maybe work bit strange at that point of race. About Bottas, pretty sure this is his last year in F1, sure he would like to drive the 2026 cars but i think their is going to be a some what generation change of drivers like when Albon, Russel, Norris, Leclerc came in.

[@andrewmeadows2596]

What, a mistake from the safety car and Max hitting a pole that took downforce away from his car is nothing to do with with his car.

[@rynosraceroom66]

Magnuson should be in an IndyCar

[@lochiebevis1446]

audio quality for this ep was unusually poor - so much background noise

[@EhEhEhEINSTEIN]

40:54 Pineapple is okay on pizza as long as it is with jalapenos and a quality protein like spicy sausage or prosciutto

[@YVpilot]

Guys Nationality matters when is time to give a penalty, you guys disagree about that coment cause your nationality vert few times get penalized. So Hamilton bullrun was a misjudgement but got no penalty? So sure nationality matter. Pls be more partial when is time to comment opinions.

[@philippruest5577]

Sainz left far more space than Piastri did earlier.

[@glenrobinson10]

But Piastri also didn't park on top of Sainz's front wing.

[@petarmaricc9096]

@@glenrobinson10 The only reason why Piastri didn't hit Carlos is because Carlos avoided him.

[@sleepypixie8828]

@@petarmaricc9096 doesn't give you the license to be 3-4 tenths behind someone and dive in like a torpedo and lose control of your own car

[@ChrisMisMYhandle]

The new sporting regulations allow a defending driver on the inside to run the driver on the outside out. Piastri was fully within the rules when he ran Carlos wide. The incident that resulted in contact is not so clear-cut. The rules state certain things with regard to drivers being ahead at the apex. Given that the incident happened before the apex, it's hard to tell exactly who should be given room. No doubt Carlos was hanging Piastri out to dry, but there isn't really a clear cut yes or no as to whether it was within the rules. I would categorise it more as "causing a collision" than leaving racing room, but I'm glad the stewards didn't go down this road

[@petarmaricc9096]

@@sleepypixie8828 It dosn't matter how far behind the driver is, Carlos was infront of Piastri when they made contact. Piastri could have avoided that contact, just like Carlos avoided the contact with him. If Carlos deserves a penalty, then so dose Piastri.

[@oscarsands1237]

I beg this track makes it in gta6

[@a_n_t_o_n_]

I'am really happy for Lando, he deserves it. But he gets a 20!! second gift from the fia before he pits, see lap 28 till 30 when he goes to the pits. I hope and wish Lando gets more wins this year, but on merit, it will mean more to him also.

[@78drea]

Maybe watch the Palmer analyses on F1, he explains the saftey car situation very well. When the saftey car was deployed Lando was about 12 seconds ahead of Max. The pit time under saftey car was 9 seconds. Also, this happened before, Monza 2022 to if I remeber correctly the last time. Sometimes the timing in these things is off, it happens.

[@infinityg35jayne]

McLaren/Norris got lucky with the safety car n max had a hole in floor losing .2 sec everylap at t1

[@mutleyeng]

maybe he shouldnt have driven over the bollard then, huh

[@k.zinhtut7668]

What do you mean ‘wrong leader’ after the safety car. This is soooo unfair for Lando and in fact, any other drivers on the pole. I’m gonna stop listening to this pod cast lol

[@AZBCDE]

SC gifted Lando the race win, most undeserving win. Lando didn’t even do any overtakes

[@jedjohnstone3340]

It takes more than luck alone to win a race mate, and I think Lando and Mclaren earned this one. Think about it 🤔

[@mikelewis495]

Yeah pulling away from Max Verstappen for over half the race distance is no accomplishment at all

[@AZBCDE]

@@jedjohnstone3340 Not in this case, SC which guaranteed he stayed in front with fresher tyres 100% gifted Lando the undeserved win

[@AZBCDE]

@@jedjohnstone3340 The SAFTEY car couldn’t even pick up the correct leader, think about it kid

[@jesper4956]

I hope you're not a Max fan complaining about SC luck

[@roguecamel1828]

Norris did nothing to deserve the win , should have been banned for taking out stroll

[@DhStyleZz]

What are u smoking what race did u watch lmao