2022 Bahrain GP Race Review | WTF1 Podcast

2022 is underway and what a race we had! The Ferrari hype train has left the station, Red Bull ended up pointless and K-Mag took the Steiner Ship to an incredible result. All this and more in our Bahrain Grand Prix race review.
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[@raffaelender9464]

the weekend isnt fully done and dusted until i've listend to the wtf1 race podcast😁

[@montymichael3480]

Too true

[@Jacobhatherell]

Couldn't agree more!

[@JustanOlGuy]

Agreed!

[@ianchinsor9248]

100% 🙌🏻

[@TobiF1MU]

Facts 👍🏾

[@OscarFinn]

There was a "Switched at birth" vibe to the Haas and McLaren cars after that race

[@malnfc8565]

This podcast aged hilariously coming in after the French GP

[@wazowski941]

Even worst now

[@varffman1053]

@@wazowski941 Or today 11.11 2022

[@colenewton5183]

I KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A MASSIVE INTRO FROM MATT, didn't disappoint!

[@jimbojones1848]

the yelling intro is kinda annoying ngl i have to skip it everytime. RIP headphone users type beat.

[@Zeegoku1007]

@@jimbojones1848 wrong

[@soundscape26]

Gosh, that was annoying

[@hectorshouse7348]

The dwarf 🤣

[@colenewton5183]

@@hectorshouse7348 dwarf?

[@TwoTwoFourSix]

I love that Matt's smug energy gets absolutely demolished over the course of the season, cos he doesn't get that energy from Tom when Max is absolutely dominating.

[@selder_7]

The battle for 4th will be immense this year: can Haas and Alfa keep the relative pace they have now all year, can Alpine get quicker and use it’s more reliable and even driver pairing to outscore, can McLaren drag themselves back up. Going to battles right down the field Edit: Alpha Tauri are firmly in that fight too, just didn’t have a question ready about them, suppose it’s reliability at this point

[@mawile3037]

Next Time! On DragonBallZ!!!

[@Good_Horsey]

Alpha Tauri can get in that mix as well if both of the cars can stay put together, and Yuki does what he did in Bahrain more consistently.

[@danielbatmanj349]

Don't forgot alpha tauri

[@stevenst6337]

I think all teams will easily get faster this year. New cars and still lots to learn

[@alexandercotman2553]

IIRC Mercedes said that for the first round of “testing” they noticed the porpoising but didn’t pay it any mind because they knew they had the “zero pods” upgrade coming. When they switched to the zero pods and the porpoising was still there and even worse they admitted they were completely caught off guard and ran out of time to react.

[@christianknight7120]

The “Orange is the new Haas” meme on Twitter had me properly laughing out loud. Feel bad for Danny Ric tho

[@aadhityalogeshen339]

Watching this after Monza, Matt really looked happy didn't he? And so full of hope? 😂

[@wilseph1]

Katy's description of the Checo 'pose' is hilarious!

[@toninavegan]

10s in and you can already tell Matt is full on Ferrari hype train mode 🚂🏎🔥! 🤩

[@mickyt9894]

I can already see it Drive to Survive Season 5 Episode 1 netflix gonna build up Leclerc and sainz to be this big rivalry

[@bencrysler7217]

it very well could be…

[@Alexandra31T]

F1 fans stop complaining about stuff that hasn't happened yet challenge

[@marcusberggren9241]

Ferrari nailed the pit stops themselves and the strategy as a whole. Ferrari is ahead. Even if Merc try to catch up, dont expect Ferrari to stand still. They will develop their car as well. I dont think Mercedes is even in the game this year.

[@taseenalrashid4168]

As much as I want that to be true I just think mercedes might be back by the 4th or 5th race at the latest. Hopefully Ferrari can keep the advantage and reward us for our years of patience. But we will see at the end of the season.

[@chrissio6746]

I agree Mercedes and redbull bought update cars to the 2nd test and 1st race ferrari didn't and ferrari were on top still it could be a ferrari dominated season

[@bekiarisrocks]

@@chrissio6746 if money was an issue for merc id agree but they can just keep throwing upgrades and catch up but ye we are gonna have to wait and see

[@bacunnnn]

@@bekiarisrocks can't do that when you're only allowed to spend 135M which for Mercedes who usually spends 400M per year on their car pre budget cap is quite hard to do

[@bekiarisrocks]

@@bacunnnn fair point

[@tomm1413]

Congrats on the 1 million subs guys! Can't wait to watch these podcasts after every race!

[@dragospahontu]

They got 1mjl because they forced ppl to sub on Livestream.

[@Anurag-ig4uh]

While it's a bad start for Max, he should catch up because of how long the season is and Sainz and LeClerc taking points off each other which won't be a problem at Red Bull

[@HpArtcraft]

If you look at last season and of course Bahrain, Leclerc beat Sainz a lot. It was only horrible bad luck that cost Leclerc huge points last year. Leclerc was 18 seconds ahead of Sainz before the safety car in Bahrain.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

@@HpArtcraft There were races last season where he was on pace. Just because Sainz took a lot from Leclerc's misfortunes you still wanna sleep on him, wait til he figures out the car and gets on pace. Ferrari are the fastest now, the spotlights on them, there will be no excuses for people not seeing just how good Sainz is.

[@ehrlichgesagt863]

@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks ye i see sainz more consistent Leclerc has his stupid moments where his wheel to wheel is to aggressiv or he pushes to hard

[@Spike-sk7ql]

@@ehrlichgesagt863 we shall see. I know it was only one race, but Charles looks a bit more mature this year. He had the presence of mind to make sure that Max was ahead before the DRS detection line at the end of the pit straight, and didn't really seem to panic, even when the SC came out and the restart happened with Max playing games. (Which did not seem to help Max out one bit, even if his car would have finished.) Anyways.... I know it's early, but Charles looks a bit more mature and rounded this year.

[@ste9856]

Hope he will be last every race, lec or sainz or ham to win 2022 wc!!!

[@rbrinks5]

Great podcast guys! Best race recap by far. Love seeing Matt so happy 😀

[@colemanf1628]

I definitely think it’s too soon to thank the regulations. Bahrain always provides good racing especially down the main & second straight. We’ll need a couple more races to see if these regs have had the desired effect imo

[@DeKilla63]

I somewhat agree, but: you can clearly see that these new cars are definitely more comfortable following each other. You can clearly see it from the T4 (after the second straight) until T10, where there are continuous flowing corners, wich were difficult to follow through before the new regs. So I would be vaguely optimistic, that these new cars are more consistent in following especially through the corners. If those cars couldn’t follow as close, you wouldn’t have multiple fights for the lead over a couple of laps. That the cars also have to break off a bit is probably down to cooling and tire degradation, so it can’t be under a second for the entire race probably.

[@benn8793]

True. After the first race, it is far too early to judge the new rules. It can look very different depending on the track.

[@HpArtcraft]

Leclerc seemed to be fine with tyres. He only stopped when Max did to cover him off. He could have easily gone another 5 laps on both sets of softs and he was going to the end on the mediums before the safety car. So it looks like the Ferrari is best on its tyres so far.

[@doktorhund6926]

He was First so Low degredation.

[@furiousscotsman2916]

@@doktorhund6926 sainz also did well on his tires and only pitted to cover perez , so i still think Ferrari was kinder on its tires and to top it off Ferrari where running a lot more down-force than RB so i still think they where far superior than all other with their tire degradation .

[@rahulallam65]

@@furiousscotsman2916 I don't think so. He asked to consider 3 stops.

[@furiousscotsman2916]

@@rahulallam65 Yea everyone wudda had to do 3 stops , leclarc would of been really really lucky to get to the end on his 2nd set , still that's not what i was saying , i was saying ferrari looked better on their tires than almost everyone else , while running more down-force .

[@certifiedbidry]

I've been waiting for this.

[@2ELI0]

I have been looking forward to this, as Count Dooku would say.

[@Raphael-en6db]

I have a gut feeling that Matt's only saying these pessimistic stuffs about Ferrari to anti-jinx them 😂😂

[@maddockjr]

Matt, Charles can only win every race if he can defeat his mortal enemy not binning it in quali on street circuits

[@Tapash479]

Couldn’t wait for the podcast to be released on KZbin. Heard it on Amazon Music. Please next time release it simultaneously. Although hearing was a nice experience, but I would love to watch the reactions of all 3 of you. Anyways, great work as always 👏👏

[@RobertoHa-rt3gi]

From my personal point of view, this is the best WTF1 season opener.. I'm also very happy for Matt that his turn has come as Leclerc passionate tifosi to be happy and optimistic for all races in this season. 😁

[@Fpvpilot928]

@49:22 not ashamed to admit that I shed a few tears when Checko won his first race. Even watching the highlight reel of his race and win still makes me well up slightly.

[@christinagrieser5664]

Great to have you guys back and congratulations on 1 Mio. Subs. That race was interesting, on the one hand I am so happy for Ferrari on the other hand I am really sad because of Red Bull

[@shensley27]

"I appreciate your dedication to the Ferrari hype train" needs to be a tee shirt

[@Sem5626]

WELCOME BACK was skimming around for something to watch while eating dinner and look who shows up

[@V1tes]

Love the content ❤️

[@brianmajor5874]

Congrats on ONE MILLION subscribers!!!

[@Jay-qm8cx]

As a Verstappen fan, I was really upset after the race. But, it is a 23 race season and Verstappen can still catch up to Leclerc. If I’m honest, Leclerc drove better than Verstappen in that race and deserved P1.

[@Anurag-ig4uh]

Sainz will take points away from LeClerc as well

[@taseenalrashid4168]

Yeah Charles was on it this weekend.

[@zidane1tribal]

@@Anurag-ig4uh RB need to step up their engine and electrical personal. They have the best car designer, but engine and electrical need improvement after honda left

[@Visual_Ghoul]

@@zidane1tribal It was an FIA standardised part that caused the issue, theres nothing wrong with the engine. They just didn't do long run testing to identify it could be a problem. The MGUK is the part that failed for Gasly, its a Honda designed part. It was just bad luck.

[@zidane1tribal]

@@Visual_Ghoul i agree, it a standardized part. But it could be avoided. I just want RB to fight for title, since 2022 season will depend on consistency to get podiums

[@Sanrael]

So excited to watch this!

[@frangeek90]

Leclerc ahead after only one race and Matt already writing off Sainz lol

[@xxxtracionlljllgripxxx2469]

Charles 2022 Champion 🅱️it’s the 🅱️Lan 🙌

[@saiyerugara9038]

Congratulations on 1 million subs gents and lady!!

[@TheCrownJules17]

As disappointing as Bahrain was as a massive McLaren fan, I’ve been a fanboy of Leclerc since the beginning (Bianchi will forever be my favorite driver so can’t not be a big Leclerc fan) and it was so fun and exciting to see him ace this weekend. Plus Sainz is getting to drive a championship contending car which is amazing!! Get in there boys 💯

[@Agent_Onocaid]

Congratulations on 1 mill guys. 🎉

[@konstantinFPS]

Love listening to you three while working out in gym ❤️

[@jaymate4556]

Over a million subs!!! Congratulations WTF1!

[@gandalf6700]

45:31 great podcast as always and nice to hear im not crazy for thinking it might happen with current pace ;)

[@yoda-1551]

Leclerc for 2022 WDC!!!

[@mattlovelltv3794]

This 1-2 for Ferrari will have a whole different vibe than McLarens from last year. Ferrari is all business, they have their eyes set on the goal, and its gonna be a hell of a fight

[@daviddelara7158]

This was so much fun to watch live now I’m gonna listen to this while I do some housework :) #TeamWTF1

[@gabz-26-gb80]

End of a race weekend means IBR and Race Review!!! Never miss an episode. Great chemistry among all 3 of them and great people in general

[@jggonzalez2109]

Im a Mclaren fan, And I just got a subscription to F1tv which allows me to watch the cockpit view. I’m really getting my moneys worth cause from the mclaren cockpit I get to see the whole grid in front. Some cars even pass by twice!

[@8thlvlMage]

Lol brutal....

[@anshak5162]

Most enthusiastic intro ever 10/10 matt!

[@superxavxii421]

I really hope Carlos gets his win soon.

[@asas-ct7vs]

Most anticipated podcast

[@JustanOlGuy]

Great Stuff, as always, Thanks.

[@mayraalejandramoralesqueza5203]

I really had fun listening this podcast

[@alanheavey6005]

Best Katy performance ever. Sassy, funny, great body language. . . Great show Ty guys ✊

[@andrewfiorini8169]

The line from Matt about haas’s daylight robbery killed me. 😂😂 it’s so true.

[@arnejordaaen8339]

Even though we are maybe not seeing as close racing as we’d hoped for, we cannot forget the fact that in the end, the best driver in the quickest and most reliable car is going to be up front. It seems like the discussion is mostly about the regulations not being as affective as predicted etc, but we should keep in mind that there will be spread in the field - because Formula 1 is a constructor motorsport, and the cars will perform differently.

[@patricksibiya7861]

Beeeeeen waiting for this.

[@HpArtcraft]

Tommy with the angry man meme wearing a happy face mask.

[@nilssurkovs9228]

Nice review!

[@mezcashis]

Why give Ricciardo a lower grade than Norris when he finished ahead of Norris?

[@tamryn2967]

Lando was ahead of Daniel when the safety car came out but if you listen to the team radio you’ll hear McLaren massively screwed Lando over. Lando had softs on from pitting 3 laps before on and his engineer asked if he wanted to pit for newer softs. Lando asked if he would lose a position if he pitted and McLaren said no so he pitted but came out behind Daniel.

[@scuderiajoe]

What a long Monday waiting for race review let’s get this season started!

[@theonlybucko]

I love how Matt is such a "passionate" Leclerc fan that he has already written off Sainz just after the first race.

[@TheUntaintedTreble]

Let's say somebody from the future told you that Ferrari would have the faster car all season. But you can only go and bet on which driver wins the WDC. Who're you putting your money on? Exactly.

[@sonyboybluespower]

Im here to absorb matts ferrari joy

[@alfredogedengbe2591]

This is the final piece of the puzzle to a race weekend

[@geraldjacobs7824]

What a race. Can't wait for rest of the season

[@Sanrael]

The race was absolutely amazing!

[@Hero_Of_Old]

Ehh it was enjoyable, wouldnt say it was amazing

[@mohammeded-dahbi7603]

Yeah I wouldn't call it amazing. The best is yet to come.

[@Sanrael]

I understand what you guys are saying, part of my excitement comes from it being the first f1 race. I use F1 to keep me sane while I complete my degree and have been needing it. Therefore I tend to appreciate any race regardless of whether my preferred team does well or not. Overall I am just really excited F1 is back and the grid is mixed up. I am a Mercedes fan but I still want to see competition and exciting racing!

[@mohammeded-dahbi7603]

@@Sanrael You and I are the exact same

[@aaronhughes6024]

Giving Ricciardo a lower grade when he finished better than Lando?? Interesting

[@tamryn2967]

Lando was ahead of Daniel when the safety car came out but if you listen to the team radio you’ll hear McLaren massively screwed Lando over. Lando had softs on from pitting 3 laps before on and his engineer asked if he wanted to pit for newer softs. Lando asked if he would lose a position if he pitted and McLaren said no so he pitted but came out behind Daniel.

[@chrislakous5236]

Welcome back!!!!!!!!!

[@meyrickjesudasan255]

What intrigued me the most is the three stops and some teams barely touched the hards. I'm all for it.

[@selder_7]

Ah, a new WTF1 feature film to celebrate the first race, you love to see it

[@Ash14760]

Katy's "the calendar just.. you know. Makes SOOOO much sense" got me good

[@brocksisson7128]

Katys a Rosberg fan, sold, i'm gonna start setting aside a block of time to watch these in full.

[@Fpvpilot928]

What I would have given for a race watchalong with WTF1 for this race!

[@kinomanssky]

Its crazy when you compare the race classifications of the Bahrain GP 2021 & 2022. 2021, you had Lewis & Max alone in front and the rest of the grid + 37 secs and almost half of them were lapped and 2022, no cars were lapped. I know there were some security cars, but still...

[@TheUSDebt]

Giving Carlos a different grade than Perez makes no sense. They were behind the pace of their teammates equally.

[@ultrafex1]

BEST…INTRO…E V E R!!!

[@Sparkle648]

Bottas' bad start was caused by a clutch problem that Alfa Romeo have been battling through Bahrain testing and the whole race weekend. They thought they were ok because it worked as it should throughout Saturday but on Sunday it once again acted up at the start.

[@Alexandra31T]

For Zhou GuanYu's name, his last name is Zhou, first name GuanYu In China, Korea, Japan, the last name comes first when you say the full name, so ZGY asked to keep that order. GuanYu Zhou would be to say it in the 'western' order

[@FarrYaweh]

Watch Lando's onboard during the race. He seems to understand very well the problems with the car and vocalizes quite a few. He's just not looking to feed these details to the press, I believe.

[@justice4g]

some drivers are better racers than qualifiers, eg. Dan with 3 poles, 8 wins.. The Race giving him 3.5 to Lando's 7 is ridiculous when he moved from 18 > 14 while Lando dropped 13 > 15

[@rubywest5166]

To be fair to Hulk, he also had problems with overheating during the race too, which may also help explain his slow pace

[@SandroDoulis]

Remember that Tsunoda had steering issues in FP3 and missed the entire session. Probably a similar issue to what the the other Hondas were having

[@jeffcarr392]

I'm glad you brought up the F1 graphics, I ONLY have a 32" TV, I was struggling to see the driver initials too, being in bold might help. Also I'm suprised F1 have never standardised car numbering, both size and position. And with the increased use of on board footage, why do they not all (some do) have driver name and or number on the halo ? Some drivers also have it on the back of their steering wheel for driver helmet cam. C'mon F1 sort it out !

[@brickisland6353]

Danny Ric missed one whole practice session as well.

[@matt_dobson0614]

Like Matt, I remain cautious about the effectiveness of the new regs. While it does seem like they can follow closer without a huge loss of downforce and tyres overheating, the slipstream and DRS seemed less effective, so I'm not sure we will necessarily see more overtaking, but we hopefully won't see them trundling around 2-3 seconds apart from each other. K-Mag seemed to be very optimistic about it in his interviews after the race at least. Also, Bahrain has always been good for racing. If we get good action at tracks like Catalunya, Suzuka and Mexico City then I'm sold.

[@jalanhart]

True, but if you can stay closer through the corner you don’t need DRS to be as effective. Still a long way to go but so far it’s promising. Jeddah might be a better test because narrow street circuit.

[@RockPhonic]

Not sure if I’m looking forward to watching this. Matty is going to be fanboying all over the place. Haha

[@orange8003]

Imagine the scenes if Merc pick it up and you have Leclerc, Sainz, Max, Perez, George and Lewis all fighting for race wins

[@pietrodicanio9404]

it’s more like Lec, Sai, Ver, Ham

[@mohammeded-dahbi7603]

@Pietro Di Canio George spent 3 years in a shitbox, you think he's just gonna sit there in a competitive car and watch? Checo on the other hand will do anything to keep his seat, understandable but yeah, he won't be in the title fight.

[@hocinesalaheddine6401]

@@mohammeded-dahbi7603 yeah he will just sit there and help lulu , he is the new pet

[@DR-hh4ts]

Lol dream on……

[@mohammeded-dahbi7603]

@@hocinesalaheddine6401 We'll see about that

[@steener3334]

Holy crud - Katy came prepared with the Norris stop times and what not! Got to step up tour game Matt & Tommy!

[@TeamSukiyo]

Split screen is a must for replays

[@alenbhaii]

Waiting for this since Sunday.........

[@josiahboatengmyrie]

Ricciardo should be higher than Norris imo Daniel missed all of testing had issues in practice which contributed to his poor quali and still finished ahead of Lando

[@RyanJohnson-sy1ud]

It's infuriating seeing everyone rate Lando ahead of Ricciardo. It's a RACE! Ricciardo finished ahead

[@chasefitzhugh1242]

@@RyanJohnson-sy1ud fun I’m bed I’m c nbb B I’m by UFC I’m

[@chasefitzhugh1242]

@@RyanJohnson-sy1ud in

[@tamryn2967]

@@RyanJohnson-sy1ud Lando was ahead of Daniel when the safety car came out but if you listen to the team radio you’ll hear McLaren massively screwed Lando over. Lando had softs on from pitting 3 laps before on and his engineer asked if he wanted to pit for newer softs. Lando asked if he would lose a position if he pitted and McLaren said no so he pitted but came out behind Daniel. Lando had the better race even and was ahead even with the bad strategy if it wasn’t for McLarens mistake. That along with him out qualifying Daniel by nearly a second means he definitely deserved the higher grade.

[@RyanJohnson-sy1ud]

@@tamryn2967 How much practice did Daniel have?

[@DarioDarrow]

26:41 “Spirited Away” *groans* btw thats on UK netflix anyway along with all the Ghibli movies.

[@sparkypete9221]

Ferrari and Max fan boying is a tradition here. We never really fan boy out with Mercedes lol..great work regardless, nobody is perfect lol

[@ellas4875]

As a fan that started to watch F1 last august and becoming a fan of mclaren, it’s painful to see them now I really hope in a few races they have fixed some issues so they actually can fight at the top, otherwise this will be a long and painful season…

[@Kezyma]

For car identification, it should show the colour of the car/team as a bar, with a small strip at the end in either black or yellow to denote the colour of the camera on top. Then it'd be pretty easy to match things up without prior knowledge

[@prizfizz7305]

For some reason, Michael Schumacher’s name was mentioned during the race.

[@THELEFTflange]

Relating to the graphics, Multiple times, the driver in 20th would just disappear 😂

[@nellikorpi7937]

Matt! Did you follow the midfield and the bottom's race at all? There was plenty action and following, wasn't there? I'm confused, am I remembering it wrong?

[@joshjackson5867]

The Hamilton Rosberg battle was 2014!

[@codybutler1012]

Now my race weekend is complete.

[@hisham_hm]

the first thing that crossed my mind when the Red Bulls broke was "Tommy won't have to drink pepsi with milk!"

[@akashbalakrishnan1865]

YESS FINALLY 😭❤️

[@zakhassan965]

Lewis podium is too inevitable😂😂

[@hectorshouse7348]

Max magic kept a stricken car in P2 until it stopped.

[@andrewmelton2686]

@@hectorshouse7348 😂😂😂

[@nooballgames3547]

Lovely morning Start ❤️😚