2021 Brazilian GP Race Review | WTF1 Podcast

The Brazilian Grand Prix had EVERYTHING! We discuss Lewis Hamilton's epic drive, his disqualification, Verstappen's fine, F1 Sprint and how could we forget THAT incident... Was it a penalty or not? Join us for our race review WTF1 Podcast.
00:00 Intro
02:55 Hamilton's epic drive
17:50 Max vs Lewis incident
34:48 No fastest car
43:35 F1 Sprint
52:40 ABCDEF1
01:09:50 Predictions
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[@chrisb18741]

WTF1 managed to record an entire podcast and publish it quicker than the FIA have retrieved Max’s onboard footage…

[@hamzaqaisir9822]

The Bottas pitstop at Monaco was quicker than the FIA at releasing the onboard 💀

[@mziyabo]

Because they are hiding something. We will never see that onboard .

[@billmolloy4053]

@@mziyabo hiding what exactly?

[@ahmadmuhdi190]

@Bill, The way max was controlling his car through that corner, and showing us where he point his car to the inner curb or intentionally pushing Hamilton.

[@brakefast3930]

@@ahmadmuhdi190 if you look at where both of them braked compared to Eachothers normal you can see neither of them were going to make the corner, Lewis had more front end so he turned more, while max tried to get grip back, so they nearly touched

[@gizmomypet4359]

Horner's snipers got Matt for suggesting a 5 second pen!

[@jasonjansen9831]

I know you're joking but, ngl, Horner seems like the kind of guy who might actually have snipers.

[@zishansyed8905]

Yup

[@rottieshepcalibre9156]

Helmut on the trigger

[@McPlayer8t]

This race really highlighted all of the flaws in F1. Tsunoda made an aggressive, but not ridiculous move on Stroll and was penalised when Stroll didn’t see him coming, meanwhile Verstappen escorted Hamilton half way to French Guyana and apparently that’s fine. The DRS was also way too powerful yet again, they need to significantly reduce its effect and range if the cars can follow more closely next year. Drivers are losing their racecraft abilities because they rely too much on DRS to make overtakes. Good passes like the one made by Gasly on Ocon should be celebrated, not called out for being aggressive.

[@johnnyweaver9946]

@@J0rdanIRL I think it was fine it’s just lewis passing everyone made it look worse than it was good example was Alonso hunting down gasly at the end

[@Sha-yw6fb]

yeah .mate ....Blooming Fia steward..inconsistent in their decision ....

[@sarahmonserrat6552]

The most consistent thing about the FIA is that they're inconsistent. Brilliant.

[@GloomGaiGar]

because no two incidents on different tracks are consistent either

[@raketman101]

@@GloomGaiGar idd people don't get F1, was the legend Senna so CLEAN, no, that is what we want to see.

[@gaurav1265]

@@raketman101 this is true but rules are rules but i wouldnt mind if they didnt give perez a penalty and norris no penalty then max also no penalty but when they gave them both penalty they have to here too so either this side or that side im fine with just go with one mate

[@tensevo]

Red Bull: (furiously fixes rear wing after realising it was out of spec) Also, Red Bull: Hey, disqualify them, their wing is out of spec.

[@kumaflamewar6524]

Especially when the stewards came out and said they didn't do it on purpose.

[@g.g.baxter4868]

It was an amazing drive but i think its hard to ever look past Silverstone 2008 as his best ever drive. Every car falling off the road due to torrential rain and Hamilton casually wins by over a min. In only his 2nd home GP.

[@AliAdam80]

We need a Katy rant compilation please!!!!! At the end of the season when there's not much happening... Make it happen

[@kendrinkofficial]

Matt just needs to get a Charles Leclerc tattoo on his arm and he'll never be accused of being a Lewis or Max fanboy ever again!

[@simonzdrenka3851]

Hmm.... Only if its on the forehead - Otherwise you can never be sure.

[@thelonesculler]

But he's not a Leclerc fanboy either, he's just passionate

[@quigley_cav]

😂😂😂 The Matt disqualification right after the FIA discussion

[@arjunnair8037]

Horner took his penalty suggestion personally!

[@rickybernardino8167]

Love how Matt got DSQ

[@hamzaqaisir9822]

It should have been a 5 second penalty. But as a Lewis fan it gave me so much satisfaction seeing him overtake for the race win instead of being handed the position. Either way it's game on in the championship

[@jaketadhunter6309]

Literally been waiting all day for this, thank you team WTF1 team 😍

[@SilentSzZ]

Katy’s rant about regulation inconsistency was brilliant 😂

[@NunoSalvaterra]

Katy's rants are always on point!

[@justinm.1]

Where was the rant? I’m trying to find it 😅 Edit: @23:10 nvm I found it lol

[@sebastiandierks7919]

I have noticed that Katie's contributions to the podcast feel sometimes redundant. That's not her fault, I love Katie and her opinions, it's just that she usually is third in the order to answer and cannot bring something completely new to the table when it's her turn. She sometimes starts her part with something like "as you have already mentioned...". In that case, I would suggest try to keep it short if there knowingly won't come something new. Maybe try to change the order, that she answers first more often. Today, as soon as Matt dropped out, she was much more relevant and I loved listening to her because her opinions weren't already preempted by the others. I think she is actually very well prepared and it's a pity that she cannot show this so well if she always answers last.

[@deezelkane]

She’s literally only there because they need a female for “diversity” lol this pod could be done with just the two guys

[@bernardomacara6284]

I disagree actually, she a lot of times takes in the actual results and other facts, like more of an analytic review while the other 2 are almost fully based on feelings. In terms of agreeing, and keeping it short, yeah sometimes I feel it too, however, it is not like a scripted conversation, where you make the speech fit perfectly each others.

[@isaacm2374]

@@deezelkane What is Matt is only there because he is a man. Just making the stupid argument of assuming that people are only hired because of their gender. Toxic way of thinking.

[@deezelkane]

@@isaacm2374 because it’s true- why is a woman there and not a man ? Is it her incredible f1 knowledge ? Why did a woman replace a woman ? I pity your iq

[@isaacm2374]

@@deezelkane IQ? Why is a woman there? You sound like a stereotypical incel? Why is Matt there? What more qualification does he have to speak about F1 than Katy? None. You're basically arguing that any women that is in F1 media isn't needed. That is the type of intelligence we're dealing with here.

[@Lord_Lambert]

The idea that any unbiased party doesnt want to see that move by Max penalised is baffling... Do you want him to keep getting away with this bullshit racing time and time again? If everyone drove like Max THERE WOULD BE NO SPORT.

[@mccoelho7398]

Great job on the new mics, guys. 100%

[@damsel5755]

I just love this podcast, Tommy, Katy and Matt are all so likeable and respectful, without being boring. Really enjoy listening to these, great job guys 👍🏻

[@t.mcgarry4]

The thing that gets really weird, is that Verstappens onboard is working for the entire rest of that lap. The video of the incident shows his onboard, and then for that ONE corner it switches to the rear facing camera and then back on once he rejoins the track. I hate conspiracy theories, but this is just such a bizarre coincidence

[@cbj4sc1]

Well, if I was directing the cameras for a race I'd do something similar. Lewis was getting ready to pass Max, that was where the action was at. No real reason to use the cockpit camera because there is no action happening in front of him.

[@t.mcgarry4]

@@cbj4sc1 that's not what I was saying, it's more the fact that you literally can't find onboard footage anywhere. Tv direction is one thing, but the onboard cameras don't switch off. So it's weird that the footage is missing As they said on the podcast, they can capture Max's car doing a tour of an Italian village but they can't capture the 5 seconds that would tell you if he turned his steering wheel or not

[@Atlas_R2363]

Can't wait for the end of this season, the tension is building and building!

[@JayGamer27]

Same! As much as I would like it to go down to the wire with everyone tied on points for the last race. I have a feeling lewis could pull it off if it happens that way. So i’m hoping max wins one of the next two races 😂. My heart can’t take all the pressure

[@rodclark5831]

@@JayGamer27 Abu Dhabi is not worthy!

[@mikey_mag]

Thank you Katie for keeping Matt and Tom on topic

[@Aru_TK]

It's fitting that Hamilton may be remembered by this race in Brazil just as Senna is remembered by that first lap in donington park

[@petersims411]

Donington

[@Aru_TK]

@@petersims411 fixed, thanks

[@sportysp]

Smh… a rain race is 100% driver skill, especially back then. Driving a space ship that outpaces everyone is…. A lot less special. Yes, the outcome was a surprise as everyone thought the car wouldn’t be as good

[@Aru_TK]

@@sportysp one can argue Senna had a space ship back then, even though it was in the rain... Barrichello's first lap was amazing, but when people think donington, it's Senna's lap, not Rubens. Having a superior car does not define what people will remember

[@ramborigs]

@@sportysp Ahh yes, it's just the car.

[@adamstansfield7554]

Finally been waiting all night for this 😁

[@jasonbaroi4506]

ikr :D

[@ThatLaloBoy]

30:18 Well this aged like fine milk 😐

[@abolished-kaleidoscope8776]

Katy putting the "Fair" in "Fairman" with the FIA rant 😂

[@nadiyahsulayman703]

Thank you for bringing back the timestamps!!

[@0xTJ]

I've kept pulling up the channel and refreshing, waiting for this!

[@filippofanin7664]

What an awesome race and awesome season. please, don't let it end!!!

[@Krovven]

Why did Hamilton get a penalty fine) for removing his seat belt in the cooldown lap...but Leclerc didn't last year at Spain (I think)?

[@icourant]

The camera's on a F1 car do not record locally. They choose 1 stream coming from the car. So, if they record the live front stream, they cannot record the stream on the back. it's not transmitted. When the incident happened, the recording was coming from the back of Max his car because seconds before that, Lewis was behind Max. If they want to record all the streams, they have to send them online and add extra hardware in the car. They will not do that because of the extra weight of transmitting hardware and the extra hardware to process and record the streams locally. You can not send multiple streams on 1 channel. You can design new hardware for that, like combine 4 1080p steams into a 1 2160p steam. But then you have to split them and need more hardware in the car itself. You will add about 200 to 300 grams to the car, with added antenna's even 300-500 grams. It looks like it not a lot, but with the cars are getting heavier and heavier already, it might be too much to gain a little.

[@ateyaba7253]

Hm okay, you got a source for that ? (And they still have access to telemetry data from the steering of the car, so yeah…)

[@kityhawk2000]

If I were Merc I'd make sure Lewis's camera is broken for the next few races just in case they try to peanlise him for the same thing. I mean why take the chance of the camera catching you out?

[@baksatibi]

Besides, I doubt they have the bandwidth to transmit 2x the data from every car. Even with modern digital codecs with high compression ratios there's only so much data they can transmit on the given frequency range(s) that they are allowed to use.

[@kityhawk2000]

Sorry OP but I think this completely disproves your suggestion kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHuylK2Zf6alis0

[@Dragon90210]

I love katys rants 😂 always so good

[@Questerer]

Personally I don’t. But I’m glad other people like the rands. Now it doesn’t feel like it’s wasting time from my perspective. I can appreciate it some people enjoy it and maybe I can enjoy it more later on if I can find the same enjoyment as you do.

[@jasoncrobar724]

I'd like to see a Sprint with just the Q3 participants. Picture it... Out in Q1 starts the GP in P16-P20. Out in Q2 starts the GP in P11-P15. Times in Q2 determine starting grid for Sprint, which essentially replaces Q3. Finishing order of Sprint is P1-P10 starting order of GP, with P11-P20 already determined. A DQ in Qualifying starts GP in P20, no Sprint. If that removes a car from the 10 in the Sprint, it would then run 9 cars, setting the starting 9 for GP, with the Q2 & Q1 eliminations becoming P10-P19, and the DQ starting the GP in P20.

[@PaoloVolpato]

I loved the calmer, soft-spoken second part

[@timzy4395]

On the Max Lewis incident. 13 years ago in Fiji Japan, Lewis ran himself and Kimi at turn 1 trying to re pass him after losing out at the start on the very first lap kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4i3noWNhLKibpY. Asphalt run off too and Lewis got a drive through for that. The fact the FIA got it right then and didn't even investigate it, let alone investigate it after the race is just unbelievable and unacceptable. Literally the easiest 5 second penalty to give and at least make it a post race penalty. The inconsistencies in the FIA is crazy.

[@wayneshamba6961]

Wow I just watched it and this makes the stewards look bad. Something fishy about them adamantly refusing to investigate further - especially on a weekend were the one driver was on the receiving end of penalties.

[@edwardization]

Wow that’s slam dunk penalty for Michael Masi

[@tiadaid]

Different circumstances. Nobody lost positions in Brazil 2021. Hell, Hamilton was able to do the deed later on. Whereas at Fuji, Kimi lost SEVERAL places because of the off. It's not an apple to apple comparison.

[@mitchellbaker6528]

@@tiadaid they don't judge based on the outcome of the incident but the incident itself. Well they say they do...

[@shaggydoggs]

“One of the big parts [of stewarding] that has been a mainstay for many, many years [is] that you should not consider the consequences in an incident. MASI AFTER SILVERSTONE

[@TheSharpoint1]

If Matt gets prediction points next week, we're definitely gonna have one insane weekend

[@migy5031]

FIA: After a thorough investigation, we concluded no investigation necessary. Okay.

[@admiralwombat1918]

Never heard @mattywft1 making such cogent, well thought out and brilliantly executed commentary. Well done, very professional Matt 😜🤣

[@marcusmattingly7591]

been waiting on this since yesterday

[@Sheamu5]

The end of this season is going to be nuts.

[@deezelkane]

If not for Lewis being extremely cautious of vercrashen, the season would’ve been done after Brazil.

[@deezelkane]

@@tharealmb if max didn’t turn into Lewis at silverstone, and had done what Lewis did in brazil(use caution and preserve own race) then it never would’ve happened- but no one expects such behaviour from Crashpad Also, are you forgetting max in monza ? “That’s what you get when you don’t leave the space” .. the kid admitted to punting ham 🤦‍♂️

[@deezelkane]

@@tharealmb Lewis may have gone wide, but max is in his SEVENTH season and should’ve known the danger he was in if he turned, yet he did anyway, like the crashpad he is. Lewis on the other hand, saw right through Max’s nonsense in Brazil and veered off- max is literally trying to sabotage Lewis into a dnf. You proud of that ?? Embarrassment

[@ilovebooks76]

this is an amazing season to get in to F1.

[@Mercedes0nTop]

Me: comes back from school waiting for this video 30mns later: *posts*

[@andrewroberts1526]

The way the onboard cameras work is they only send one camera at a time for bandwidth reasons, but all are stored to the car and can be downloaded later. This happened earlier in the season with the Bottas-Russell incident at Imola where we only had the front wing cam from bottas and not cockpit view. Just bad luck that the time this incident happened we had the wrong camera.

[@jasonbaroi4506]

I have waited so long :D

[@andydunbar3205]

Wow, the way Lewis overtook the rest of the field, he is on another level, and other teams must be thinking we are a million miles away from the world Championship.

[@juanrahernandez1288]

Oh yeah, it had nothing to do about that car😂

[@Vincrand]

It was more that the car/engine was on another level. Aside from the overtakes on the Red Bulls he did nearly all of them on the straight before even reaching the breaking zone, such overtakes are pure car performance.

[@chriscollins550]

@@Vincrand he did most of them on corners. At the start he did a lot but after that he found new lines to get out of dirty air to get closer. Don't matter how good the car is if a driver isn't good enough like Bottas.

[@thesamaffliction1572]

I don't understand with the DSQ why Merc weren't allowed to repair the car when the FIA and Stewards agreed it was down to damage that only one side of the wing failed. If that's the rules fair, but didn't Checo snap a wing in half in Mexico under parc ferme and RB were allowed to repair/swap it out? If they're allowed to repair the wing why weren't merc?

[@Sha-yw6fb]

stewards ....RB...mad max ...are a full load Bull...

[@zishansyed8905]

Remember, at the moment the rules and regulations are specifically designed to slow down Lewis and Mercedes!

[@thesamaffliction1572]

@@zishansyed8905 I mean the aero regs definitely looked like that but also the low rake cars destroyed the tyres way quicker so I get why they did it, but this was just a very odd one rule for one, another for them scenario. I’m actually kind of neutral too. I’m a Lewis fan but prefer Red Bull to Merc so I don’t care who wins just want a fair fight.

[@zishansyed8905]

@@thesamaffliction1572 im a racing fan first and I will say I'm loving the close racing and this insane battle for the championship! But I have been a Lewis fan since 2007 and while I never really loved Mercedes, I definitely dislike Red Bull and the way Marko and Horner run their show. The comments they make are so cringe, you'd think a publicist would advise them to just stfu!

[@zishansyed8905]

@@thesamaffliction1572 but yes, agreed! This one really didn't make sense. It seemed like they just wanted to slap a penalty on Lewis/ Merc and made it happen...

[@LO-nu1ed]

while waiting for this pod to come out I went back and listened to the pods before Katy came along and she really brings so much more to the podcast and its so not the same with out her!

[@jgagnier]

Hearing Katy's rankings without Matt bullying her with a "WHAT? HOW ON EARTH IS THAT A B?!" was quite refreshing.

[@kityhawk2000]

I really wouldn't be surprised if this championship ends up like Suzuka 90 or Adelaide 94.

[@stbnesq]

It is actually really funny that Tom seems like a shy serious guy, but when he laughs he seems like a totally different person.

[@MikeLikesBikes095]

Matt should get penalties for the next podcast for his troublesome behavior!

[@ramborigs]

- Cristian Horner (Probably)

[@scottdonaldson821]

Tom stealing my future nostalgia before I've even managed to rose tint it!

[@strixaluco7423]

Vettel and Perez got bad luck with the safty car which threw Perez behind Bottas and Vettel behind the Alpines. Perez also fought Hamilton fairly with a nice move unlike max but just had no chance in the end. Both deserve 1 better grade, Alonso and Ocon got for their safty car luck a B and Vettel for the bad luck a C for whatever reason.

[@cybrpypr]

Ny new takeaway from this "ENGINE UNDERCUT" ! Yeah, It is seriously a thing now that it has been brought to light. Way to go WTF1

[@gauthamvadlamudi3500]

I think the major strength of sprint is that the cars in sprint are very light and easily manoeuvrable during the starting point in the race where the gap is very less offering very high overtaking opportunity. This makes overtakes exciting, dynamic and more fun to watch. Also watching the drivers drive the lighter easily handlable cars in close quarters, wheel to wheel makes it a visual spectacle. Later after may be 10 laps, gap will increase and it might become boring, due to the dirty air. If the dirty air issue is reduced in 2022, then sprint will be the best opportunity to make the races with low overtaking opportunity more interesting... And exciting. ____________ However I feel the length duration of the sprint should be changed in such a way that it exactly falls in the window of ambiguity to choose the tyres, like softs barely lasting the full duration (may be the deg skyrockets in last 5 laps if not managed properly) and mediums giving a safer but slower option. And I also feel that purpose of the sprint should be different from the main race from the audience perspective. Sprint should all be about overtaking and racecraft - purely driver skills and initial tyre choice of the team with no pitstops. This makes sprint distinct from the sunday main race having a different flavour. I personally don't want reverse grid even though it's exciting after seeing Lewis. It's very unnatural. I feel better way to approach it is modifying the duration of the sprint to make the tyre choice more ambiguous. And ultimately either take safer option or faster but riskier option leaving everything on driver's skill to push harder but preserving the tyres simultaneously. This type of Sprint format is more natural, and driver centric, offering different flavour of racing compared to conventional Sunday main race which involves driver, team, strategy etc. And i think sprint can make boring tracks objectively better as at least a short race session is replacing a practice session. I don't think sprint will bomb to become even more boring than practice session. F1 has hit a Goldmine with sprint format. If they had had replaced sprint with something more important than a practice session then there is clearly a red flag for sprint. We are too much spoiled by 2021 season that we feel sprint session is boring. But it is objectively better than practice session especially with 2022 regs. Just being hopefully optimistic. Ofc being said all these.. **** Ofc sprint shouldn't enter every GP, a sit would be a big NO NO... But sprint has to be used in those places where either having a sprint session will enhance the experience (which supports overtaking with lighter cars) or in the locations where overtaking opportunites are really poor. Sprint as of now is not perfect and I feel best and organic way to make sprint interesting is to have the duration be in the window of the tyre choice ambiguity, depending on the compounds and track condition. Ofc additionally an overtaking championship can also be started separately which will add some value to the sprint on its own. I FEEL SPRINT SHOULD BE ALL ABOUT OVERTAKING, TYRE PRESERVATION AND PUSHING CARS TO THE LIMITS FOR OVERTAKES WHEN CARS ARE LIGHT AND GAPS ARE CLOSER. ITS LIKE A TEASER VERSION OF SUNDAY RACE ON STEROIDS. AND SUNDAY RACE SHOULD BE AS USUAL ABOUT ACTUAL DRIVER SKILLS, RACING, STRATEGY, CONSISTENCY, PLAYING THE LONG GAME AND CHANGABLE WEATHER. if the two are having a distinct flavor of their own then when sprint is planned for a suitable weekend, it will enhance the enjoyment for both the sessions due to added jeopardy due to sprint. Sprint should not feel like shorter version of Sunday race. It should have it's identity but shouldn't have pitstops to make it distinct but not so much complicatedly interesting like Sunday race with more variables to play with for the teams. _________ I personally just want it to be called as just "sprint" not "sprint race" or "sprint quali" It is kinda poetic as just calling it "sprint" is like saying it's a sprint to the starting line of main race and who goes first will start first in the main race. Just "sprint!" Not sprint quali Or sprint race etc... There'll be no confusion as no already established terms like "quali or race" are used to fit into something new and unconventional as sprint. People will just accept it as it is "Sprint" ( sprint to the starting line)

[@bloke3958]

I love Katie FIA Rants..... MORE please!

[@viennatwntysx6075]

I just think its really funny how RB is complaining and crying about EVERYTHING but still lose eventhough Max tried to take lewis out of the race. I just can´t handle this much laughter. RedBull must be emberrassed. 😂😂

[@pots_83]

It was Merc that cheated though...

[@aakashmohite2337]

That penalty decision (or indecision ) could still play a major role at the end of the last race.

[@MassEffect1988]

Red Bull have obviously just binned all in car footage 😂😬

[@SBK_KARTING]

5 second penalty all day everyday but the rules always get waived for max

[@Alex-md6bu]

Sorry for me Max's move was a more audatios dive than Lewis's at Silverstone and Lewis got 10 sec for that.... Penalty's are given for moves not consequences. Easy a 10 sec penalty for me

[@SBK_KARTING]

@@Alex-md6bu it was indeed he braked later than Hamilton with a way more acute angle into the corner and sent them both to the outskirts of the run off it was that bad a move. The red bull was no where near the apex and that’s what they argued in the Silverstone incident. Plus how are we still waiting for an onboard clip that makes max even more guilty? If people didn’t think the stewards were biased before this weekend it’s hard not to now

[@Alex-md6bu]

@@SBK_KARTING even if he was on fill lock steering with understeer that is still his fault!! I don't get why people think overcooking a corner means it's not your fault?

[@SBK_KARTING]

@@Alex-md6bu yeh exactly not being in control of your car is a penalty in its own right if wheel to wheel racing

[@AMR-555]

Anyone has the link to the vid they're talking about with Sainz & Norris?

[@markcooper6855]

WTF1 Founder, WTF1 Author and WTF1 Mouthpiece in action!

[@djnaddy2339]

"It's also now in my contract." - So Matty got a raise? :D Give that man more money!

[@fraserhutchinson8559]

Love the Beavertown pint glass Tommy :)

[@checo2356]

I'm not subscribed to the F1 tv service, but aren't you supposed to be able to access every drivers POV on that? I seriously do not comprehend how that footage is not being available, is there footage from before and after but not during? Does it cut at a certain point?

[@michaelx4810]

For some reason VER’s t-cam isn’t on there.

[@Sem5626]

it doesn't need all these bits of footage and data checking... it was a penalty it's that simple, in any other race by any other driver it was a penalty... the only reason it wasn't was because of horner

[@my2cents366]

Exactly, this wasn't one of the close calls we need data. Max simply just didn't turn until they both leave the track and then turned when he felt like. There was no plan to make the corner.

[@alanblanco930]

Waiting from Mexico for this!

[@aprilkurtz1589]

Jim Clark-Spa-1965. Greatest drive ever, IMO. Thirty five isn't "past it."

[@sigmundferd1359]

1965 and 2021 are very far apart. Not many 20 year olds in 1965 with 15 years of racing experience like it is nowadays

[@Mitch3po]

While watching this my brain went straight to the Tim Minchin beat poem "Storm" just before Katy started the rant (I must admit I enjoy them), particularly the part that says "My hostess throws me a glance. She, like my wife, knows there's a chance I'll be off on one of my rare but fun rants"

[@Isaiah_McIntosh]

Great timing.

[@RCRitterFPV]

Love the sprint being reverse grid, separate championship, points for passes.

[@joshsmith7521]

3 word race review. ICE ICE BABY

[@paulog8813]

I really liked the drive by the winner. That Hamilton driver have a brilliant future in F1. Maybe he win one or two titles!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@harley6314]

Greatest f1 wins that would be a good video matt🤔

[@malloriebiron5918]

Katy has the FIA rulebook printed and bound as a coffee table book.

[@chrisdarby9528]

Concerning the f1 quali format, why not make Fridays quali ceremonial but 3 points for fastest lap 2 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd, the the sprint should be set up in reverse using the drivers current standing in the points. First race of the season would be set from the previous season finish, and would only decide the GP grid positions

[@baksatibi]

Unfortunately the rules are written to be consequential, for example look at the term 'gained a lasting advantage', isn't that consequential? Besides, the stewards are switched around every race weekend, partly to prevent favoring a driver or a team over a season. I heard this weekend there were two former F1 drivers instead of the usual one, maybe that's why they were more lenient with Max in that incident.

[@my2cents366]

There are rules those could be used to determine the penalty. The rule also say, if you are on the inside and behind, you must not miss the apex. That is why Hamilton got penalty in Silverstone because Hamilton's wheel was not hugging the inside curve. The rules also says, if the car on the outside is substantially along side (Hamilton was ahead when they enter the turn) at the turn entry, you must leave 1 car width for the car. The rules also say, you should not intentionally run the opponent wide or try to crash. This is why I don't believe they will release Max's onboard. Because, if Max is try to crash, that will comes with a very hefty penalty. So, it is not only one rule, there are several rules which they completely ignore and picked one that was the lap time was slower. When you are in wheel to wheel battel, your lap time will always be slower. That is why slower cars sometime don't fight wheel to wheel because they will lose time to their opponent.

[@JimTheFly]

You know, there might be something OTHER than the footage that the stewards can use. The telemetry. I wonder if the stewards can request the telemetry for the lap where Max and Lewis went wide and the 2 laps before and after. Overlay all 5. One of the lines is the steering graph. If the steering graph for that lap is significantly different than the other laps, then you can extrapolate what the steering angle was and just how much he may or may not have tried to push Lewis off the track.

[@carchocolate93]

Maybe. He sent it into that corner, so whether he was trying to push loois out or not the steering would be different...

[@simonzdrenka3851]

Hmm. Yes and No. Verstappen was on the inside and therefore did not enter the corner the same way as his other laps. When you enter a corner in a different way to your normal racing line its not an apples to apples comparison in regards to steering angle. And then there is the matter of tire slip. The car is not glued to the track. It does have a slip angle in a corner (usually in a oversteery direction from mid corner onwards) so you would have to take that into account.

[@gaurav1265]

@@simonzdrenka3851 true but even for inside turned in itself preeettty late

[@simonzdrenka3851]

@@gaurav1265 No arguing there! I was merely pointing out that the steeing angle telemetry alone cant tell the whole story.

[@gaurav1265]

@@simonzdrenka3851 yes but we don't have the data and from what I saw it was verstappen fault and shud get 5 sec penalty but the telemetrics could prove me right or wrong we'll see :) btw not arguing here either

[@peterfconley]

The way you Brits pronounce "adios" hurts my soul every time. Love the channel. I look forward to joining you all at Silverstone one day!

[@worldofpools9107]

A-dios

[@davebradshaw6494]

Yes! Finally! 😂

[@JamiesonCurrie]

I like how they say "argued", then follow it with Matt voice.

[@benstylus]

I was never a fan of the idea of reverse grids until this last sprint race. Now I've been converted.

[@andreasgunnarsson7276]

Matt looks really happy to be DSQ

[@markomandrusiak9086]

every time when Hamilton has a faster car more than 0,5 seconds per lap WTF1 goes like We are not fanboys - Lewis just the greatest driver ever.

[@chriscollins550]

That's more because any driver can have a little more power but it doesn't mean they can pull of as many overtakes also finding new racing lines to get closer. Many things Lewis did that a lot of other drivers will not try.

[@britboy70]

What if we tried a lottery for the sprint starting positions? Leave quali to set the Sunday start positions but let the sprint be random to see what happens. Need to figure what the rewards are for the sprint but would get mixed up weekend,

[@MrjHimself]

How about the Bottas & Russell Collision at Imola we had no in cockpit of Bottas for that one as well.

[@4cryingoutloud187]

Is it possible that its broken? The impact did happen near it

[@Squall1800]

Toto was pointing at this yesterday, let's go!!!

[@k34437]

I do like the sprint but not for qualifying. My idea would be Practice 1 and 2 Friday, Saturday Qualifying in the Morning and Sprint Race in the evening/afternoon(reverse grid with points for the top ten, point for each place 1st=10/10th=1) and Race Sunday using qualifying results. Basically you lose one practice(Less info, Tommy would like that).

[@davidwilliams5497]

30:40 Well, that aged well, didn’t it? “No new data.” Forgot about that sus missing onboard, huh?

[@FlorenceDays]

Pérez: *the only driver to overtake Hamilton during their fight* WTF1: That's a B

[@hamishdengate3526]

when you stop studying for one minute to listen to katies rant and you get a add right at the climax of the rant

[@bradyhill2136]

How does engine swaps effect the cost cap? Is it a real viable strategy for merc to swap engines or is it just a rumor?

[@Model_Student]

Nah, that would destroy the cost cap, or at least limit normal spending in other areas.

[@1AngryPanda]

I think what brings more movement in the field is that with a regular weekend, you have 2 types of strategy in the field. From P11 they can go long thanks to free tyre choice. With the sprint who is mostly boring after the start, because drivers just settel for the position, its also set the tactics for the whole field at the same strategy, because only one is the fastest. You get a boring sprint and on top a boring race because all drivers drive the same strategy. Maybe you have to add that the top 5 from the sprint have to use the sprint tyre for the start of the race or something.

[@ary6039]

Max literally on the radio: is lewis out of his mind? He probably wants to blow up his engine in the second race itself. Ok no worries, carry on 😂

[@yachthvac469]

I think that F1 has already decided to implement Sprint races, they are just moving slowly for the people to catch on.

[@ateyaba7253]

I love sprint races, it switches things up a bit, love it

[@Vincrand]

@@ateyaba7253 I'd prefer shorter sprint races. Something like 50km, with all soft tyres. The 100km doesn't really feel like a sprint.

[@chanhw]

MB’s strategy for the remaining 3 races (when appropriate): (1) new ICE, (2) “party” mode, (3) 5 grids penalty, and (4) let LH storms up the field.

[@tensevo]

It is more like a football foul, in that, if the other player (driver), gets out of the way of the tackle, then no red or yellow card, despite the intent to cause harm, or reckless abandon.

[@sarahmonserrat6552]

Agree that Sprint Race should be independent of Quali and Race itself. Maybe they can base the grid according to driver's standings or constructor's standings. But there needs to be some points for the top 10 too, not just top 3.

[@MIGBMWLOVER]

We have a seb onboard who is joking about the inspection fines but no max onboard

[@jamesnewton651]

Not that Matt isn’t important, but just like Hamilton winning on 3 wheels, you two nailed the end of the podcast, and made it exciting and fun that Matt wasn’t there to defend himself. Professional and opportunistic, true greats!!!

[@jdbb3gotskills]

Sprint can be just for extra points just to spice up the weekend for the fans but quali stays as it was for the race. I wonder if that could work.

[@mposner]

Please light up Katy's pillows. This is madness.