{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"Barcelona GP Driver Rankings: Who ended up bottom of the pile?","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/barcelona-gp-driver-rankings-who-ended-up-bottom-of-the-pile","audioUrl":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6819ae2bf30c20bff775e8a1/e/6a31577ec26a46aaa55cfe93/media.mp3","description":"The Barcelona Grand Prix proved a historic one on-track for Lewis Hamilton as he captured his first Ferrari victory - but can he do the double with his first visit to the top of Edd Straw's driver rankings since the 2024 British GP? And where did Edd place Hamilton's team-mate Charles Leclerc after another tricky weekend?In the latest episode of our driver rankings podcast, Ben Anderson returns, armed with questions from The Race Members' Club, to grill Edd on where he placed each driver in Barcelona - and this time he even gets Edd to concede he got one driver's position wrong! Listen in to find out who it was...Help shape the future of The Race. Take our short survey today: https://theracemedia.typeform.com/to/a6U6EGpsGet bonus F1 podcasts, extra content and ad-free listening, sign-up to The Race Members' Club on Patreon today.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information."},"annotations":[{"id":423743,"startTime":368.3,"endTime":374.0,"type":"term","title":"tier one","url":"/glossary/tier-one","quote":"it's hard to answer the tier one just just because of the amount of time I had.","canonicalId":"term:tier-one","priority":0.25,"confidence":0.7,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"“Tier one” is a ranking tier used to group drivers by perceived top performance. Here, the host says it’s hard to answer who belongs in that top tier because of limited time spent evaluating.","simplifiedExplanation":"“Tier one” just means the top group in their driver rankings. 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