{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"Driver Rankings: Who did we rank as the British GP's best driver?","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/driver-rankings-who-did-we-rank-as-the-british-gp-s-best-driver","audioUrl":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6819ae2bf30c20bff775e8a1/e/6a4d86a242872185ccfb17a0/media.mp3","description":"Our rankings podcast returns following the British Grand Prix, where Mercedes suffered only their second defeat of the season. But does that automatically make Charles Leclerc a shoo-in for number 1 in Edd Straw's driver rankings? This week's interrogator-in-chief Josh Suttill probes Edd on how he ranked the drivers, backed up as ever by questions from The Race Members' Club.Get 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":468229,"startTime":174.68,"endTime":267.52,"type":"person","title":"Max Verstappen","url":"/glossary/max-verstappen","quote":"And the number one topic that stood out to me was Max Verstappen.\nOf course, Ed, he was eighth in your rankings, even though, as you say, he was down on power when he was outqualified by Isaac Hedger on Saturday.","canonicalId":"person:max-verstappen","priority":0.9,"confidence":0.98,"source":"gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"Max Verstappen is a Dutch Formula 1 driver and one of the sport’s most dominant recent racers. In this segment, the hosts discuss his British GP performance and a mechanical DNF (did not finish) tied to a technical issue on his Red Bull car.","simplifiedExplanation":"Max Verstappen is a top Formula 1 driver. 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