“Midfield” means the middle of the pack—teams that aren’t at the very front or very back. Perez can fight other midfield cars, but not usually the top teams.
They’re naming another F1 team, Aston Martin, that Perez was able to pass/beat. The idea is that Perez’s car wasn’t fast enough to catch the very front, but it could fight this team.
A racing incident is when two cars collide during a race and officials decide it was just part of racing. If it’s ruled that way, the driver usually doesn’t get a penalty.
A sprint race is a shorter race on a Formula 1 weekend. It’s used to help decide starting positions and can also earn points, so it’s a big deal even though it’s not the main race.
Qualifying is when drivers try to set the fastest lap time. The results decide where they start for the main race, so it strongly affects their chances.
Disqualified means the officials decide the driver’s result doesn’t count because of a rules problem. It can happen even if the driver finished the session.
“Problematic this weekend” means the car wasn’t behaving well during the whole event. That can stop the driver from going as fast as they normally would.
A safety car is a pace car used when the track is unsafe. It slows everyone down and can shuffle positions, which can help or hurt a driver’s race.
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car shock
A “shock” is part of the suspension that helps control how the car moves over bumps. If it’s not working right, the car can feel unstable and the driver can lose speed.
Esteban Ocon is the driver being discussed. They’re talking about where he started and finished in both the Sprint and the main race to explain his rating.
Haas is the name of one of the Formula 1 racing teams. The hosts are saying Haas didn’t look as fast as usual in Miami, compared to other teams.
Company
Oliver Berman
Oliver Berman is a driver name referenced in the context of Haas’s performance. The hosts compare Ocon’s results to Berman’s pace, using Berman as a benchmark for how competitive the Haas car was.
In F1 qualifying, there’s a rule that says you can’t be “too far off” the pace. If your lap is slower than 107% of the fastest lap, you might not be allowed to race unless officials make an exception.
It means the driver was supposed to race, but they never got going at the start. Usually that’s because of a problem with the car or the driver before the race begins.
“Data” is the car’s performance information the team records. If the car doesn’t run or the driver can’t start, the team has less to learn from, so it’s harder to fix things.
When brakes are too strong for the grip available, the wheels can stop turning and start sliding. That’s called locking up, and it makes the car harder to control.
Term
anti-store
It sounds like they’re talking about a car control mode that changes how the car behaves when braking hard. The point is that it affects stability—how likely the car is to slide or lock up.
A pit stop is when the race car pulls into the pits to swap tires (and sometimes make changes). Doing it at the wrong time—or needing an extra one—can cost position and make the race harder.
A “spin” is when a race car suddenly rotates and loses grip. If someone else spins, it can let other drivers move up because the spinning car falls back.
“Aero performance” is how well the car’s shape and wings push the air in a way that helps it stick to the track. If something goes wrong early, the car may not grip as well, so it can’t fight for top positions.
“Race pace” means how fast the car can be over and over during the race. If a team “didn’t have the pace to win,” it means they weren’t fast enough for the front.
“Cutting all the corners” refers to taking shortcuts through corners—using the track limits incorrectly—to gain time. In F1, that can trigger penalties or force drivers into unstable situations, and here it’s described as part of a costly chain of errors.
A drive-thru penalty means the driver has to go through the pit lane and keep going without stopping. It costs time, so they usually fall to a worse position.
A five-second penalty adds five seconds to the driver’s race time as punishment. It can change their finishing position depending on how close the cars are.
A 20-second penalty is a bigger time penalty than five seconds, so it usually hurts the driver’s position more. They’re comparing whether similar mistakes got punished the same way.
In F1, an “unsafe condition” means the car has a problem that could put other drivers at risk. If the car is wobbling or not handling correctly, officials can treat it as unsafe and penalize the driver.
Corner cutting means taking a shortcut through a turn instead of staying within the track lines. In F1, it’s watched because it can give an unfair advantage or be dangerous.
In F1, the stewards are the officials who decide what happened in an incident and whether someone should get a penalty. They review video and other data before making a call.
In F1, “upgrades” are new parts the team adds to try to make the car faster. Here, they’re saying the new parts seem to fit Verstappen’s driving and setup best.
“Turn in too early” means you start turning into a corner sooner than you should. That can throw the car off the right path and cause you to lose control or get forced out of the race.
Qualifying decides the starting positions for the main race. If you qualify second, you’re starting near the front, so you usually have a good shot at a strong finish.
Term
driver of the day performance
“Driver of the day” is a compliment meaning the best overall performer of the day. The hosts are using it to justify whether Max’s actions deserve a high score.
Term
P2
“P2” just means he was in second place at the time. If you’re already near the front, a mistake like a spin is more damaging.
Red Bull is the Formula 1 team behind Max Verstappen, and the hosts credit it with “bringing lots of upgrades” that improved the car’s straight-up speed. In F1, upgrades can change aerodynamic balance and tire behavior, which is why they can show up as better “pure pace.”
A “stint” is how long a car stays out on one set of tyres before it pits to change them. Longer stints can save time, but the tyres may wear out and lose grip.
“Hard tyres” are the tougher, longer-lasting race tyres. They usually don’t grip as well as softer tyres, but they can handle more laps before wearing out.
McLaren is another F1 team they’re comparing against. The idea is that McLaren brought improvements that could have made them faster than the Mercedes.
A sprint weekend is when Formula 1 adds an extra shorter race during the weekend. That sprint helps decide where cars start the main race, so it can affect the whole weekend.
Track limit warnings happen when a driver goes outside the allowed track boundaries. It’s basically the race officials saying, “You went too far,” and it can lead to penalties if it keeps happening.
Track position is where a car sits relative to others on the circuit at any moment. Many F1 strategies—especially pit-stop timing like the undercut—are designed to gain or defend track position.
“Passing” is the act of overtaking another car during a race, and it’s often discussed in terms of whether a driver can find an opening. The hosts emphasize that it took “hard work,” implying limited speed, grip, or timing to complete the overtake.
“Tenths” refers to timing gaps measured in fractions of a second, commonly used in racing to describe how much faster or slower cars are per lap. A gap of 2–3 tenths per lap is small but meaningful, indicating a clear pace difference over a stint or race distance.
“Qualified seventh” means the driver set the 7th-fastest time in qualifying, which determines the starting position for the main race. Starting further back makes it harder to reach the front, so a podium from 7th is a strong result.
Concept
Q1
In F1 qualifying, Q1 is the first “round” of timed laps. Drivers try to set a fast lap so they can move on to the next round and improve their starting position.
Lando Norris is a Formula 1 driver for McLaren. The hosts are rating his performance, discussing how qualifying, race strategy, and overtaking opportunities influenced their score.
An overcut is when you delay your pit stop. You try to use the later fresh tires to make up time and improve track position after the other car has already pitted.
Brand
Kimmy
“Kimmy” is the name of another driver being talked about. The hosts are saying that with the right power/overpass settings, Kimmy might have been able to pass.
“Overtake mode” is a driver-selectable performance setting in F1 that prioritizes acceleration and responsiveness to help create passing opportunities. It’s typically used strategically because the extra performance is limited by the car’s energy/power management rules.
Topic
P1
“P1” in this conversation means the top-ranked driver—their number one pick. It’s a rating label, not something about a specific car.
Free practice is the early on-track time in an F1 weekend. Teams use it to figure out how to set the car up so it feels right before qualifying and the race.
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championship crown
In F1, the “championship crown” means being the overall champion for the season. They’re saying this could help him get back to the top.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 Podcast with Matt and Tommy in flesh.
Finally, finally, Tommy's off from holiday, you know, finally turned up to work and we
are here in person to do our driver ratings.
Very exciting.
We're in Adelaide.
We've got our show literally tonight and Tom Bellingham.
How are we feeling?
Very good.
Really excited for the shows and yeah, great to be together in person again for our favorite
podcast driver ratings, of course.
Indeed.
And sprint weekends are the easiest ones to grade, so let's get straight into the news,
shall we?
And begin with Sergio Perez, sprint qualified 18th, finished the sprint in 16th, qualified
for the main race in 20th and finished the race in 16th.
Sergio Perez is receiving a 7 out of 10, had a great weekend, Sergio Perez in a Cadillac
that appears to slightly be moving forward, I say moving forward, still absolutely nowhere
near the main sort of midfield teams, but he, despite having a little bit of qualifying
problems I believe for the main quali in particular, Bottas did cook him there.
That was the only time where any Bottas cooking happened and Perez was very strong in both
races, it has to be said.
So yeah, I think that he is fully deserving of a 7 out of 10 and the Cadillac is always
a little bit like, oh, they've had problems here and problems there and it's nice to see,
despite there were some minor things that were going on, a pretty strong performance
from Perez, so a 7 out of 10.
I have gone.
He's already changing.
First grade.
I'm thinking it was going to be a 6, but I think you've convinced me for a 7.
Who is the Perez stand here because I believe it was you?
No, it's because of the other person's grade that was beat to afterwards, his teammate's
grade, but no, I will go for a 7 for Perez because yeah, it's a difficult one because
of the Cadillac and where it is, but you're right, he's had a strong showing and realistically
there's not much he can do in that car other than maybe beat an Aston Martin which he did
in both the sprint and the main race and also have a bit of fun on those first few laps which
he has consistently kind of been doing this year where he kind of has those great starts
and has a bit of fun at the start where he's never going to be able to beat these midfielders
in the main race because his car's just not there, but he has fun at the start and mixes
up with them.
So yeah, I'll go for a 7 for Perez as well, another strong showing from him and the superior
Cadillac driver.
There you go.
All right, the fans, they were in agreement with you initially, Tommy, with your grade
until you changed it, unbelievable.
6 out of 10 from the fans.
Valtteri Bottas, sprint qualified 20th, finished the sprint in 19th, qualified for the main
race in 19th and finished 18th.
I've gone for a 4 for Bottas.
He was obviously the slower Cadillac driver, didn't manage to mix it up with the Aston
Martins in the sprint or the main race and picked up a penalty as well for speeding in
the pit lane.
So not the best weekend for Bottas when we saw a side to him where qualifies well, that's
normally been his big plus, but you look at that result and how he's just finishing at
the back of the pack, I'll go 4 or 4.
OK, I'm not going to be as harsh for Valtteri Bottas.
I'm going for a 5 out of 10 for Valtteri.
He did out qualify Perez, which is where we know Bottas is usually strong, is qualifying.
As for the penalty, which clearly you've downgraded him for, there was a problem with his switch,
so I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt of the reason why he did not slow down
in time for his stop as well as being on one of the strangest, clearly gambles of all time
from Cadillac, putting the soft tyres on after the early safety car, clearly hoping
and praying for rain so that it would then be a perfectly timed switch to maybe to the
intermediates.
So they went for a really weird gamble with Bottas, but I mean, you may as well, right?
You're not scoring points unless you get a thunderstorm, or not a thunderstorm, a rainstorm
at the perfect time.
So it was a bit of a weird gamble and kind of one of the reasons why he was so far back.
So I'm going to go for a five.
Perez was still better, but I don't think Bottas had exactly the most optimum strategy.
The fans gave Bottas a five out of ten as well.
Franco Colopinto.
Sprint qualified eighth, finished the sprint in tenth, qualified for the main race in eighth
and finished seventh.
I am going for a nine out of ten for Franco Colopinto.
The reason it's not a ten, it's close to a ten.
I think it's one of, if not his best weekend in Formula One so far.
Is the sprint, I think that there was an opportunity, of course, starting in eighth, where he may
well have scored a point, but it was Gasly that was able to finish eighth in the sprint.
But as for the main race, he was beautifully controlled.
Of course, there was the contact with Hamilton, which of course didn't get penalised for.
It was a racing incident, but he was fortunate, I guess, to not come away with much damage
himself there as he lost the back end and took out a lot of Hamilton's car.
But all but pretty much positives for Franco this weekend, you know, to finish seventh
in the end after Charles Leclerc's penalty, God damn, Charles Leclerc's penalty, seventh
is a phenomenal result from Colopinto and exactly what he needed.
So yeah, nine out of ten.
I've gone for a nine out of ten as well for Colopinto.
Almost the perfect weekend for him.
The only blip is probably the contact with Hamilton and also the sprint race, where to
be fair to him, he was caught up in the fact that he was side by side with the Stappen
and Hamilton at the start, had nowhere to go, and that meant he dropped a little bit
further back and unlucky not to score.
But I think his qualifying has really let him down this year, and that's where he's
kind of been way off Gasly's pace.
But for him to beat Gasly in both sessions, it's not a case of, you know, the only reason
he's got a fantastic result here is because Gasly's ended up upside down and out the race,
Colopinto has genuinely been the better Alpine driver all weekend.
So an amazing drive, completely agree the best driver's career so far, and hopefully
for him that continues on and gives him like the confidence boost he needs to kind of continue
with that great form.
Good stuff.
The fans also gave Franco a nine out of ten.
We now head to Pierre Gasly, sprint qualified tenth, finished the sprint in eighth, qualified
for the main race in ninth, and did not finish.
I've gone for a seven out of ten for Gasly, of course he was unlucky and the main race
wasn't his fault, got that sprint point, but he did look the slower Alpine driver, you
know, beaten by Colopinto in both qualifying sessions, so that's the reason I've gone for
a seven.
He's been incredibly consistent this year, obviously didn't get the race to show it,
but the reason I can't go for like an eight or anything is because Colopinto really looked
the stronger Alpine driver this weekend.
Yeah, I've gone for a seven as well.
It's a shame that he wasn't able to finish the race because I'm sure he would have been
knocking on the door of the points again.
He was hindered by Max's spinning car at the start of the Sunday race, downgraded one
because he didn't finish the race, so it's hard to give him any higher than a seven,
but also the fact that I completely agree that over the qualifying sessions he was lacking
and I don't think he even said it was anything like problematic with the car, it was just
more about the feeling.
So yeah, it's a seven from me and it's nice to see this Gasly vs Colopinto rivalry actually
in a position where the points could be scored, whereas we were jokingly looking at the comparison
between the two of them while they were fighting at the back not too long ago.
So it's great to see Alpine move forward, to see these two drivers battle it out.
The fans gave Pierre Gasly a seven as well.
Gabrielle Bortoletto, sprint qualified 11th, got disqualified from the main sprint and qualified
21st and finished the race in 12th.
I am going to go for, and this might seem a little bit left field, a seven out of ten
for Gabrielle Bortoletto, because at all points where his car was working he was doing very well,
like to qualify at the back for the main race because of the fact that he was basically
trundling around and to finish the race in 12th.
There's a very strong performance and one that I think has gone a little bit unnoticed,
of course disqualified from the sprint as well, but again in sprint quali performed very well,
put it just outside the top ten.
So I've gone for a seven for Gabby and I think it's fair.
It's not a hot take because I've also gone for a seven out of ten for Bortoletto.
I think, yeah, a very underrated drive with how it's gone.
I think the fact that he qualified, you know, the reason he qualified poorly was because
his car has been very problematic this weekend, didn't get the chance to really qualify at all.
So started at the back and to get through all the way to 12th place.
You know, we saw in the sprint qualifying him, qualifying 11th in that showed that the Audi
did have pace, but unfortunately this seems to be the case of Audi where their reliability is
so poor.
But Bortoletto, despite this, did a really good job to get through the pack
and deliver a good result for Audi even though it's a shame for him not to score any points.
Indeed, Audi, please just have a reliable car.
I beg because both these drivers, Audi, are struggling with the amount of problems they're
having.
The fans gave Gabriel Bortoletto a five out of ten.
Any comments?
Yeah, I think that just screams to me like a lazy five.
Oh, my God.
Wow.
Wow.
Look, the amount of slander we get for this series, sometimes we buy back.
Yeah, that's part of the fun, right?
Do you watch the races?
Sorry, no, that was harsh.
Right, let's move on to Nico Holkenberg.
Sprint qualified 12th, did not start the sprint because it blew up on the way to the grid,
qualified for the main race in 10th and then did not finish.
So Nico Holkenberg, I've gone for a five out of ten.
He, you look at his results here, qualified, decent and then failed to finish.
The reason it's not higher is because of how far he was off his teammate in qualifying.
And then, of course, they have had their problems with the start,
whether they dropped back, but he fell all the way back to 19th.
Of course, DNF'd anyway.
But disappointing, really want to see what Audi can do.
You know, there's been a lot of talk about how these regulations have been brought in
to give Audi a chance and to be in Formula One.
And it's a shame that that has happened because it should be a very exciting thing that Audi
are in the sport, but they are very kind of anonymous in that midfield.
I do think they've got a lot of potential.
But yeah, for Holkenberg, a shame that he didn't get to deliver what he could.
But yeah, I've gone for a five.
I've gone for a six out of ten for Nico.
Yeah, there were big gaps in qualifying and a really poor start to the main race,
but he bounced back pretty well.
A little bit of fortune has to be said with the safety car,
but he was back up to 11th before obviously problems with his car shock Audi.
Can you please build a reliable car?
So I'm going to give a nod to that because there was a there was a decent drive in there
and and still solid qualifying despite, you know, there being a lack to his teammate.
He was still, you know, very much in the mix, both with Sprint,
Quali and the main race.
A shame.
But, you know, there is there is speed in there and Audi will have a phenomenal result
at some point, but they just need to get to the end.
That would be a good start.
The fans gave Nico a five out of ten.
Esteban Ocon, Sprint qualified 17th, finished the Sprint in 11th,
qualified for the main race in 14th, finished 13th.
I am going to go for a six out of ten for Ocon.
Now, when you look at the season so far, Haas has been really, really good,
especially in the hands of Oliver Berman.
But I feel as though they fell back performance wise this weekend,
potentially out updated, out developed by some of the other teams in Miami.
But I still think for both the Sprint race and the main race, it wasn't too bad.
He was comparable to Oli Berman at times.
And I think that giving him a straight down the middle is maybe slightly unfair
because I do feel like the Haas was potentially sixth or the seventh fastest car.
So I've gone for a six out of ten.
It's a shame, no points for Ocon, but not a disaster,
even though Sprint quality wasn't too great.
I've gone for a five for Esteban Ocon.
I think the Sprint quality was definite low light for him,
where we kind of thought, oh no, we've seen the old Ocon again,
where he's really struggling.
And he improved to get a decent result in the Sprint,
and qualifying wasn't far off his teammate again and kind of in that mix with him.
But yeah, let down by kind of the Sprint qualifying
and the slower Haas driver this weekend.
So I've gone for a five for Ocon.
Oh, slander, he beat Berman in the Sprint, that's crazy since.
All right, the fans gave Ocon a five out of ten as well.
Oli Berman, Sprint qualified 13th, finished the Sprint in 12th,
qualified for the main race in 12th and finished in 11th.
I've gone for a six for Oli Berman.
He was the more consistent kind of Haas driver.
Obviously, beat Ocon in the race as well, and qualifying was decent.
It's a shame how Haas seemed to have fallen off from that big promise,
where it felt like they were best of the rest with Alpine.
Now they're firmly in that midfield,
and looking like they're mixing it up with kind of everyone,
like the Audis and the V-Carbs.
So it's a shame if that pace can't be kind of delivered of what we've seen,
because Oli Berman had arguably one of the best starts to the season with amazing drives,
but we're not really getting to see that.
So I've gone for a six for Berman.
I'm deliberating whether he deserves an additional point over Ocon.
I think despite Ocon beating him in the Sprint,
Oli Berman did do better in the main race and qualified better as well.
I'm going to go for a seven out of ten for Oli Berman.
Yeah, it's kind of the same as what I was saying with Ocon,
and the fact that I think this is a good set of results considering Haas,
I think were slower than some of their rivals this weekend.
So very close to scoring points.
He dropped back behind the Williams, which he said was unlucky.
And had that not happened, he may well have been scoring a couple of points,
and we'd be grading him a lot higher.
So he was very much in the mix.
I think it was right behind them come the end, if I have a little look and see.
Actually not that close.
9.7 seconds behind, not right behind,
but he was fighting them during the race.
So I think it's still a strong performance in a car
that definitely didn't have the speed this weekend.
So I've gone for a seven out of ten for Oli Berman,
as I try to find him back in my sheet on my phone that's on my leg.
How far have I gone?
There we go.
The fans gave Oli Berman a six.
Lance Stroll, Sprint qualified 20 seconds, no time.
Finished the sprint in 17th, qualified for the main race in 18th,
and finished the race in 17th.
It is going to be a phenomenal five out of ten for Lance Stroll.
I know you've all been waiting and tuning in for driver ratings for this particular grade.
Yes, I mean, no vibrations for Aston Martin,
but they're still fighting Cadillac and losing to Perez.
So how can I give any more than a five?
There wasn't really anything to write home about at all for Lance Stroll this weekend.
So I'm going for a five.
I've also gone for a five for Lance Stroll.
Of course, finished behind a Cadillac,
but I won't be too harsh on him because during the race,
you know, he got ahead of Alonzo a few times.
They were reasonably close in the race,
so can't give him worse than a five.
But again, an anonymous weekend really for Stroll.
And he's very, it's funny, as we mentioned,
one of the only kind of things you ever see from Lance Stroll now
is him slandering the regulations,
which I think shows that his seat is not under threat,
and he can say what he likes.
You know what, actually a nine out of ten.
Yeah. No, the least slander I think has come out of Miami
of the races we've seen so far.
The fans gave Lance Stroll a five out of ten as well.
We moved to Fernando Alonzo,
Sprint qualified 21st, finished the sprint in 15th,
qualified for the main race in 17th, and finished 15th.
I've gone for a six out of ten for Fernando Alonzo,
of course, whoppingly beat a Cadillac.
What a huge achievement in Aston Martin.
But a decent set of results, two 15th places.
How is that decent based on, you know,
Alonzo is going to win the championship this year
in a New York rocket ship, but this is where Aston Martin are.
And yeah, we didn't see maybe when we've given him a seven
where he's going around the outside of five cars
into turn one and having a bit of fun.
So it can't be any higher than a six,
but a little nod to the fact that he's got two 15th places.
Two 15th places and finishing both of the races,
which is always great.
Yeah, I've gone for a six as well.
Was fighting Lance at times, but of course beat him
ultimately in the end of both outqualified him.
I say outqualified.
I mean, he still was outside the 107% rule
in the sprint qualifying because of the fact he had track limits,
but still was the better Aston Martin driver.
And yeah, I've gone for a six out of ten,
although we hardly ever see him on the broadcast
because he's so far back.
The fans gave Alonzo a five.
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Next up, Arvid Lindblad.
Sprint qualified 15th.
Finished the sprint and did not finish the sprint.
He didn't start the sprint.
Qualified 16th for the main race and finished 14th.
I have gone for a 5 out of 10 for Arvid Lindblad.
I think it was a very, I just, yeah,
a very anonymous weekend once again.
It feels as though sort of trailing off at the moment.
After such a phenomenal start to his season,
he's just not been able to pull it together
as much as I would like to see.
I don't think VCarbar particularly fast,
but I think there were opportunities this weekend.
Let's not forget Liam Lawson was 8th in the race
at the start of the Sunday one.
Although obviously that didn't end too well.
So yeah, Arvid, I think a 5 kind of very much
just visually demonstrates how anonymous it has been.
So yeah, no notes really.
It screams a 5 out of 10 driver ratings grade, doesn't it?
I've also gone for a 5 for Arvid Lindblad
to give him a bit of credit or forgiveness.
It's a very problematic weekend with a lot of issues
similar to the Audis in the sense that
his car wasn't working a lot of the time.
So he didn't get much data from the sprint
that he didn't even start, which never helps things.
But yeah, very anonymous from him after his heroics in Melbourne.
But not a huge amount to say really.
He was just very much in that midfield pack in the race.
And yeah, 5 out of 10.
The fans agree they've gone for a 5 out of 10 as well.
Liam Lawson, sprint qualified 16th, finished the sprint in 14th,
qualified for the main race in 11th and did not finish.
I've gone for a 6 out of 10 for Liam Lawson.
A fantastic qualifying and what might have been.
It wasn't his, you know, massively his fault
because he had a gearbox problem
that put him into anti-store with the Gasly incident.
So it wasn't a case of, you know, him locking up
and plowing into the side of Gasly,
which, you know, if that was the case,
I'd be giving him a harsher grade.
But I can't give him any higher than a 6, obviously,
because we didn't get to see what he could do,
which is a shame because I think he qualified very well.
And he's kind of found a bit of his mojo back
in the last kind of couple of races and this season.
So shame for Lawson, but it's got to be a 6.
It is a 6 from me as well.
It was not his fault at all for the incident.
I don't think there's really any blame you can give to him
after what we found out with the gearbox.
Of course, that is a very important component when under-breaking.
And if you go into anti-store, you're going to roll forward more,
you're going to lock up,
and then you're going to take out Gasly
in a quite theatrical upside down incident,
which we're very glad Gasly was okay after.
But yeah, once again, it looked like potentially
Lawson could score some more points this season.
But I can't give any higher than a 6, similar to you, Tommy,
because despite the amazing qualifying,
which is what the 6 kind of represents there,
we don't know where he would have ended up.
So a shame for Lawson,
because there could well have been a point,
I think maybe up for grabs.
He could have fought the Williams for sure.
So the fans gave Lawson a 5.
Not happy at all.
Carlos Sainz,
been qualified 14th,
finished a sprint in 13th,
qualified for the main race in 13th,
and finished 9th.
I am going to go for an 8 out of 10 for Carlos Sainz.
I think it was a very strong weekend.
Of course, lots of chaos going on around the Williams drivers,
but they managed to capitalize pretty well.
The sprint stuff was not great for either driver,
worse for Albonn, it has to be said.
So, you know, 13th was all he could really do.
But then in the main race,
yeah, capitalized on all the opportunities available,
Williams just found themselves in a points-paying position.
And they were able to drive pretty strongly,
it has to be said.
So, well done to Sainz.
There wasn't much to really separate the two drivers,
it has to be said, between Sainz and Albonn.
But he came out on top where it counted on the Sunday.
So, an 8 from me.
I've gone for an 8 out of 10 as well for Carlos Sainz.
It's a great result for Williams.
More points for them.
A good set of results for Carlos
when you look at that.
It's kind of qualifying and his sprint as well,
because that is sadly for Williams where they are.
But the highlight, of course,
being the race and him capitalizing on the misfortune
and a bit of chaos as well to grab a 9th place
and some much needed points for Williams.
So, yeah, Carlos again kind of showing
why we need someone like him in a top car,
because he's got the consistency and he's a great driver.
And it's a shame to see how far Williams
have kind of fallen this year.
But 9th place is a very strong result for them.
Absolutely. The fans gave Carlos an 8 out of 10 as well.
Alex Albon, the sprint qualified 19th,
finished the sprint in 18th, qualified 15th
and finished 10th.
I've gone for a 7 out of 10 for Alex Albon.
Great points for Williams as well.
He was comparable to his teammate in the race.
The reason I can't give him the same grade
is because of the issues that he had in the sprint,
the track limits violation.
And, you know, his sprint ended up being a bit of a write-off
and, of course, qualifying behind Carlos as well
in the main race.
So, can't give the same grade,
but it's still great credit to Alex for scoring a point
in that, Williams.
I've also gone for a 7 out of 10 for Alex.
Yeah, the sprint problem with qualifying
put him down all the way in 19th, despite still...
He was quite close to Carlos, I believe,
but then had to do an extra pit stop.
And then for the main race,
it kind of similar to Carlos in a lot of ways.
He was able to take advantage of the Verstappen spin,
but I don't think I can give him the same grade as Carlos.
So, it's still great, still scored a point,
but, you know, there were some...
I mean, yeah, the Gazzley Lawson incident,
of course, presented that opportunity for the pair of them.
So, Alex, I'm going to give a 7 out of 10,
and the fans agree they've gone for a 7 as well.
Lewis Hamilton, sprint qualified 7th,
finished a sprint in 7th,
qualified for the main race in 6th, and finished 6th.
I've gone for a 6 out of 10 for Lewis Hamilton,
and that's all I can really give him.
He was lacking in the sprint side of things.
There's not much I can really...
There's obviously a benefit of the doubt as such,
and I can't grade him any lower,
despite him being off the pace for the Sunday side of things,
because qualifying wasn't too bad.
He wasn't far off of Charlotte.
It was just quite close in that pack.
And then for the main race, Colla Pinto swiping out,
you know, a huge amount of his aero performance
very early in the race meant that he couldn't
mount any kind of challenge into the top six.
So, of course, it gets promoted
when Charle Leclerc had his penalty,
but, yeah, very much restricted by that early incident,
which he couldn't have done anything about.
So, I've gone for a 6 out of 10.
I've gone for a 6 out of 10 as well for Lewis Hamilton.
It's such a shame to see this after kind of what he did in China
that seeming like sort of struggling a little bit
with the car again and worrying signs.
Of course, he had the damage,
so he didn't get to see what he did in the main race,
but he looked far off Charle Leclerc's pace this weekend,
even when his car was working.
So, it's a shame for Hamilton.
Hopefully, this is just a blip,
but, yeah, we'll see how it goes for Hamilton this year,
but it's got to be a 6 because, yeah, it just seemed kind of
as the kind of tail end of that top pack again,
like we saw much of last season.
He was pretty unlucky as well
at the start of the Sunday race with Max's spin.
He had to take pretty large avoiding action
because shock in the Ferrari had had a pretty good start,
but it was all unraveled with Max heading the wrong way.
Gave Colopinto the finger as well if you didn't see that.
Did, yeah.
I like some sure Colopinto.
He's going to be upset about that because he says hero.
Yeah, not ideal.
Don't really see that from Hamilton either, do you?
So, he must have been very, very annoyed with that one.
The fans gave Lewis a 6 out of 10.
Charle Leclerc!
Sprint qualified fourth,
finished the main sprint in third.
Qualified for the main race in third,
and then I can't read that last bit.
What is it?
He finished the race.
That can't be right.
Eighth, that can't be right.
I thought he was third, wasn't he, when you ate that Tim Tam?
Shut up.
I've gone for a 5 out of 10 for Charle Leclerc.
This is a really, really difficult grade, I have to say,
and I do understand why some people would give him
higher than this, give him lower than this,
because at the end of the day, he was so strong, so fast.
Yeah, Ferrari didn't have the pace to win,
but he was comfortably quicker than Hamilton on weekend,
but I have to downgrade him for a big error,
and it's a big, big error.
He was going to finish that race in third, even fourth.
You could have been forgiven for just settling for fourth,
but to spin and then to basically just...
And you understand in the panic of,
oh, my God, I've just thrown this away,
cutting all the corners, which then threw him down even more,
it's a massively costly mistake when he was going to get
a fantastic result, really, really strong,
even if it was just a fourth place,
and for him to drop all the way down to basically behind
an Alpine, a midfielder, I have to be harsh.
So I've gone for a 5.
Perfect.
Trying not to be blinded by my fanboyism,
but I still back it.
I'm going to go for a 6 out of 10 for Charles Leclerc.
It was a 9 bordering on a 10 if he had finished third
in the main race as well in a Ferrari
that absolutely was not the second-versus car this weekend.
I'd say third, Max Verstappen in that red bull who knows,
but the Ferrari was not ultimately that quick this weekend.
I think Charles was, now that we've seen more leaning towards
with these tweaks, with the regs, a bit more pushing,
a little bit more down to driver skill and not just battery,
and I think Charles Leclerc was having such an amazing weekend,
but it's a huge error, and I can understand probably
three different grades for Charles Leclerc,
depending on how heavily you weigh this against him.
Of course, had he crashed a bit out the race,
then it would be lower than this.
He managed to just about crawl his way to the finish
and picks up a drive-thru penalty, which drops him down to eighth.
And something I want to discuss because I've seen a lot of people
talking about this, and I've looked into it a little bit more,
is the consistency of this penalty.
So Lewis Hamilton at Singapore got a five-second penalty
for doing what I believe is very similar to what Charles Leclerc did.
When he had no brakes.
When he had no brakes, which is still a car failure,
which is still a driving a car in an unsafe manner.
And Charles did that on the last lap when he'd had the incident,
and I can understand if both of them got 20 seconds or both of them got five.
So I was quite surprised to see the 20 seconds,
because when you look at the document as well,
they don't say, they don't penalize him for the unsafe condition of the car,
which I think is mental because I saw his left front wobbling.
The reason was insane.
But it was like, he cut the corners for an unjustifiable reason,
which I'm like, that's such a strange way of putting that.
Yeah, because it was a justifiable reason,
because his car was broken, but that is why he should be penalized,
because he shouldn't be doing it.
So what they penalized him for is very strange,
because I thought that the heaviness of it would have come
because his front left was wobbling.
So that has left me a little bit like,
not really sure what the difference is between those two,
because I think Hamilton did it for multiple laps as well,
whereas Charles did it for literally the last lap.
So yeah, that's kind of made me question the stewards
for the 500th time in a couple of years.
So still, I'm going to back a six out of 10.
It gives me hope because it's great to see Charles battling at the front,
taking the lead, utilizing still the Ferrari great starts and whatnot,
but it's a shame to see the race pace just not there.
And I mean, had he spun out of the lead,
then I wouldn't even be on this podcast,
because I'd be in a dark room.
So six out of 10 for me, the fans gave me seven.
My God, who is the fanboy?
Because it ain't me, apparently.
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Let's now go to Isaac Hadjar.
Sprint qualified ninth, finished a sprint in ninth.
Did qualify from qualifying after I think he did qualify ninth.
That was another nine.
And then did not finish the main race.
My grade for Isaac Hadjar is a three out of 10.
Pretty terrible weekend.
It has to be said, Red Bull bringing huge amounts of upgrades.
And I understand some people questioning how on earth he's now miles behind Max Verstappen.
I'm not really on, and if you were listening, I think maybe to the qualifying podcast.
You'll know that I'm not on the boat at the moment of
Red Bull have brought upgrades that only suit Max Verstappen because he's an alien
and no one else can drive around it.
It's just a really poor weekend from Hadjar.
And of course, he couldn't do anything about the disqualification in qualifying,
but he was one of the only ones to make such a huge error by crashing out of the race.
So it's quite funny to be grading Hadjar straight after Leclerc,
who almost did the same thing, but in a different part of the track.
But yeah, he was off the pace, miles off the pace of Max, then a crash as well.
So I have to give him a three.
I have gone for a two out of 10 for Hadjar.
A really, really poor weekend has to be said.
Even had he finished the race, it would be a low grade
because he was absolutely miles off the Stappen this weekend.
When Max was mixing it up at the front, Hadjar was fighting midfielders in Alpine,
even if they are kind of upper.
They are the kind of first midfielders that seem to be in a pack of their own.
But there's a big gap between the kind of top teams in the midfielder
and Hadjar found himself kind of within that fighting the Alpenes
and unable to beat an Alpine in the sprint race to even score a point.
And then to get into the main race and just a really clumsy, silly error
to basically turn in too early and take your tire off and take you out of the race.
It has to be a really harsh grade because he had no pace
and he crashed out very early on.
So that's why I've gone for a two out of 10.
Very fair. The fans gave him a four.
Great performance.
It's pretty good. That's like a Cadillac finishing where they should do.
It's a four out of 10, but it's wild.
Is that another lazy grade, Tom?
It's not lazy, it's just wrong.
Oh, goodness.
Goodness gracious.
We're feeling sassy and outlaid today.
Let's go to Max Verstappen.
Sprint qualified fifth.
Finished the sprint in fifth.
Qualified second and finished the main race in fifth.
I've gone for a 10 for Max.
A driver of the day performance.
Great spin. Genius spin, in fact.
It was genius, actually, the way he floored it.
Just pure genius.
To the sake of the editor, say your number real.
My real number, exactly.
Max Verstappen and I have gone for a six out of 10 for Max.
He cost himself a fantastic result.
Of course, he mixed it up at the front.
I think he did an amazing job to put that Red Bull second in qualifying.
They've had a lot more pace.
The fact that he finished fifth in the sprint,
fifth in the race is a good performance on paper,
but I have to downgrade him a bit like Leclerc.
Not as harsh as Leclerc, but it's a spin that's cost him a big opportunity
and to do it right at the start of the race, when you're running P2,
what might have been podium potential for him to essentially spin off
and undo what was an amazing qualifying have to be harsh on him.
So, you know, well clear of his teammate this weekend,
but it is a what might have been and that spin,
despite being, you know, genius because he saved it,
kept out the wall and floored it, but it's a mistake.
It is a mistake and it's cost him, I think, a much better result.
OK, I've gone for a 7 out of 10 for Max,
because I can't give him the same grade as Charle-Claire.
So, 7 out of 10 I think I feel pretty comfortable with,
because it was still a strong weekend for Max,
the best we've seen from him in terms of like actual pure pace
with Red Bull bringing lots of upgrades.
So, I think, Matt, Tommy, you can be pretty happy
with where Red Bull have managed to get that car.
But yeah, such a huge error, you know,
so eager to be fighting Charle-Claire for the lead,
despite being quite far back that, yeah,
we see a pretty unprecedented Max Verstappen mistake
at such a lap one, you know, he's so lucky
to not get collected by someone else coming through.
Great recovery of the car, but it was a big mistake.
Despite that, was able to, you know, pick quite early,
go on to the hard tyres and make a pretty long stint work.
Of course, gets promoted after Charle-Claire's crash and whatnot,
so yeah, overall pretty strong in terms of Red Bull and performance.
Max, it's a shame, because I would have liked to have seen
where he would have finished, but to be honest,
finishing fifth, I genuinely don't think he would have maybe
got any higher than fourth, despite that spin.
So, 7 out of 10 for me, the fans have given him an 8 out of 10.
They really do think that's been the genius.
They enjoyed the entertainment.
Yeah, and to be fair, the overtakes as well.
My goodness gracious me, that on the brakes he was phenomenal,
and was not caring in the world who he was going up against.
So, we moved to Kimi Antonelli,
sprint qualified second, finished the sprint race in sixth,
qualified first, and finished the main race in first.
I've gone for a 9 out of 10 for Kimi Antonelli.
Such a shame with the sprint race for him,
because of course that lost him a handful of positions due to the track limits.
Apart from that, yeah, it's, had he finished without that penalty,
he could well be knocking on the door of a 10 again,
but sadly for him that did not happen.
In the main part of the race weekend, qualified first,
in a Mercedes that could have easily been beaten
by McLaren this weekend with the upgrades that they had brought
in comparison to Mercedes that had brought hardly anything,
and then finished the race in first as well,
despite having a poor getaway.
Once again, it's a really strong performance from Antonelli.
You're kind of almost forgetting already that this is his second season,
and that he is putting in performances that will make George Russell,
and probably the rest of the championship contenders,
if you put McLaren in there, quake in their boots,
because this Kimi Antonelli, if he continues this up,
could be world champion come the end of the year,
but he has to put a consistent season together.
So nine out of ten from me.
I've also gone for a nine out of ten for Kimi Antonelli.
It's another nine out of ten.
I feel like his last three race wins have all been nine out of ten,
because they haven't been perfect.
His race was fantastic,
and for him to put the margin he did on George Russell
looked so much quicker than Russell this weekend,
but it can't be a 10 because of that unfortunate sprint weekend.
So talking about the bad,
the fact that he got those track limit warnings
did in the main race as well.
But that's the kind of bad side to his weekend,
but there's a lot more good than bad,
and what a fantastic performance where we've had this big break.
How's he going to handle the pressure of leading the world championship?
Well, apparently very well, winning the race again,
qualifying first in a crazy race as well,
where people were spinning off, making mistakes and stuff,
kept it together.
Yes, maybe a little bit fortunate that he got that undercut to win the race,
but it's still a fantastic drive from Kimi,
because the Mercedes certainly wasn't anywhere near
like a clear of the field like it has been.
So what to start to Antonelli season,
and it's going to be fascinating to see if he can continue that form,
because if he can, I mean, imagine at this stage
saying that Antonelli would be three wins from the next three
after what happened in Australia.
Absolutely.
The fans gave Antonelli a 9 out of 10.
George Russell, sprint qualified sixth, finished the sprint in fourth,
qualified for the main race in fifth, and finished fourth.
I've gone for a 5 out of 10 for George Russell.
Of course, on paper, a sprint fourth and a race fourth
is a decent result.
Obviously not compared to his teammate that's won the race,
but I have to downgrade him for being absolutely miles off
to be 45 seconds off in the race when there was a safety car.
That is, you know, Yuki Sonoda to Max Verstappen,
Sergio Perez to Max Verstappen levels of poor form.
And yeah, he did not have a great weekend at all.
In the sprint, didn't seem to have the pace,
and then in the main race, nowhere near the pace of Antonelli.
And then even when he was presented with that opportunity
with Leclerc at the end, you know, made hard work of passing Verstappen.
Of course, did it in the end.
Hard work of passing Verstappen, hard work of passing
Charlotte Clare, it seemed.
And yeah, it's a one to forget for George,
and he really needs to turn his form around desperately,
because we mentioned Antonelli,
but if you just said that after him comfortably winning
in Australia, I was like, well done, George Russell,
you're world champion.
I think a lot of people were almost saying that
because they were so clear.
He was much more comfortable than Antonelli.
We kind of saw that trend again.
And if you'd said in the next three races,
he wouldn't win, wouldn't win any of them,
never mind only one podium in those kind of following races.
It's insane that the kind of drop off that he's had.
So he needs to turn his form around very quickly.
Certainly does.
I've gone for a six out of 10 for George Russell,
yet miles off Antonelli,
but I can't give him lower than what I gave Charlotte Clare,
who literally almost crashed out of the race.
So two, you know, when you compare the two,
it's very different why I'm downgrading them.
But for George Russell, it's just a decent in terms of results
on paper, like it's not horrendous
from a championship challenge perspective,
if he's going to struggle
and if he's going to be a grass court player,
and that was a hardcore, as we know,
with Toto Wolfson allergy.
Like, yeah, he has said he was struggling a lot.
And towards the end of the race,
he was able to unlock a little bit more performance.
And fourth and fourth,
he won't be kicking himself too much
if he genuinely believed he was going to be off the pace,
much more off the pace than he was last year
in Miami when you compare him to Antonelli.
But yeah, it was a big struggle for George,
and he has to bounce back
when he had a phenomenal performance last year,
where he won.
If he's off the pace versus Antonelli,
I don't expect it to be anywhere near as bad as Miami,
but if he's off the pace,
that's when we start to really question
whether Antonelli's just going to romp away
with his championship, which is a mental narrative.
And one that we probably shouldn't do just yet,
considering what happened to Piastri last year.
But George, I've gone for a 6 out of 10.
The fans gave him a 6 as well.
Oscar Piastri!
Sprint qualified third, finished the sprint in second,
qualified for the main race in seventh,
and finished third.
Oscar is going to get an 8 out of 10 from me.
A strong weekend, not close to Lando in the main race for pace.
He was 2, 3 tenths, a lap slower
than Lando.
Came strong at the end and was able to, of course,
pass Charles Leclerc and caused Charles Leclerc
to clearly run over a banana or something on the final lap,
which should be downgrading him for that really, shouldn't I?
But no, Oscar, 8 out of 10.
It was quite clearly that he was clearly
the second McLaren driver this weekend,
but finished second and third.
McLaren have moved forward very nicely.
And yeah, I think it was a solid performance from Oscar,
and he executed the pace he had pretty well.
I've gone for an 8 out of 10 for Oscar Piastri,
which maybe seems a bit harsh for, you know,
finishing second in the sprint and third in the main race,
but he did not have the pace of Lando this weekend.
He was nearly 25 seconds behind Lando in the main race.
And yeah, it was a good weekend and a great result for Oscar,
but he didn't have the pace of his teammate.
I'm really excited to see if McLaren can, you know,
basically improve even more and take that fight to Mercedes
because they've got two fantastic drivers.
And we kind of saw them mixing it with the Mercs this weekend.
And I hope that that continues for the enjoyment of this kind
of championship fight.
And it's always good to have people in the mix.
But Oscar, a very good set of results to say,
particularly in the main race, you know, qualified seventh,
he had those problems in qualifying so easily could have,
with the problems that he had, got knocked out.
So I think for him to get a podium in the end,
he will be very pleased with.
Yeah, managed the problems very well,
he has to be said, despite it being very close in Q1.
It was SQ1, wasn't it, at one point?
Was it the main qualifying?
Main qualifying, Oscar was almost.
Yeah, it was the main qualifying,
but still managed to put it seventh,
which I think was a good effort considering.
The fans gave him an eight out of 10 as well.
Lando Norris, sprint qualified first,
finished the sprint in first,
qualified for the main race in fourth and finished second.
I've gone for a 10 out of 10 for Lando Norris.
I think it was an absolute phenomenal drive from him.
The sprint, the whole sprint weekend,
part of the weekend, just completely faultless,
getting pole position, winning the sprint, absolutely amazing.
And then in the main race,
he could so easily have won that with a bit more good fortune as well.
He was racing for the lead,
he got into the lead and was leading before the team essentially.
It's not a huge error from the team,
but if he hadn't been undercut by Antonelli,
it was very, very close.
The smallest, faster pit stop,
and Lando's winning that race in my opinion,
so a really, really strong drive from Lando,
and I can understand why he was frustrated
that he didn't win.
It could have been a perfect weekend for him
with a sprint win and a main race win as well,
so a phenomenal performance.
Yeah, I was considering between a nine or a 10.
Of course, the downgrades would be for qualifying
for the main race.
Of course, he did undo,
but he kind of recovered that, didn't he,
from just having a pretty fast starting McLaren,
but can I give him a 10?
Can I give him a 10?
I guess, yeah, the read, do you just say wow?
I will die on this hill,
but I can't believe you consider a nine for Lando.
I think it was such a good drive.
You nearly won both races,
and I think Mercedes is still the fastest back in.
I think it was very close between Mercedes
and McLaren this weekend,
but I'm going to give him a 10 for Lando.
You've pushed me in the right direction, I think,
just purely because, yeah, the sprint was phenomenal
from them, well, them being McLaren and Lando.
He was miles clear of Oscar,
and yeah, I guess on reflection,
I don't think I can give him one grade more
than what Oscar put down this weekend.
So yeah, I feel happy with a 10 for Lando.
Yeah, qualifying was not great,
but McLaren kind of let him down ever so slightly
with the strategy,
and I think Lando was pretty aggrieved
with the fact that they weren't kind of
more on the offensive with that one.
They allowed Mercedes to undercut him,
and despite not being able to mount a challenge
towards the end,
which makes me think question,
perhaps Kimmy would have still got him
come the end because we know how the boost
and overtake mode and all that sort of stuff
potentially could have helped Kimmy to get through.
Yeah, I think it was considering everything as well
that McLaren have put down this year.
It was a brilliant drive from Lando.
So yeah, 10 out of 10 for Lando.
The fans gave him a nine.
Who was our P1 then?
That's the big question.
There's only one driver that got a 10 out of 10
for both of us.
So for me, of course, Lando Norris.
Yeah, a brilliant weekend from Lando.
Really, really impressive.
And this was exactly why I went for him
as a good surprise for this weekend,
was because he hadn't had a clean weekend
all the way up until this weekend.
And people are writing him off,
questioning what's going on with Lando.
And it's like, well, McLaren need to put a car together
that actually works and give him free practice
and give him things to dial in.
And yeah, this was the Lando from last year, really,
in a lot of ways.
So my P1 is Lando Norris.
Yes, my P1 is also Lando Norris.
I think a worthy shout to Colin Pinto.
Who, of course, we both gave a nine, I think,
close to a 10.
Definitely the best result of his career,
but it's got to be Lando so easily,
with a bit more good fortune,
would have come away with two victories.
And excited to see if he can take the fight
and try and regain his championship crown,
because his race, his whole performance this weekend,
if he has a working car and McLaren can iron out these problems,
I think him and Piastri could definitely
put in a challenge for the Merc.
So exciting times.
Exciting indeed.
So there you go.
Thank you, everybody, for tuning in.
Appreciate you.
We have our Adelaide show literally this evening.
So I was going to say, if you look coming,
then I hope you have a good time,
but I'm pretty sure this will go out probably afterwards.
But come to the other ones.
But yeah, come to the other ones.
We'd love to see you.
And Tommy, final thoughts, please.
Final thoughts are, yes, I will echo what you say
about the live show.
Super excited to go do these shows.
Been looking forward to them for a very, very long time.
Excited to see what an Aussie crowd is like.
I'm expecting big things.
And equally, going back on tour in the UK as well
and doing a show in Amsterdam.
So check that out as well.
There you go, Tommy.
He's reeling them off left, right in the centre.
We'd love to see it.
We'll see you very soon.
Of course, we have a little bit of a break now,
but we'll put some content out, don't you worry.
We'll be there no matter what.
Goodbye, everybody.
See you soon.
Let's love, take care.
Adios.
So bye.
Take care.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
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About this episode
Matt and Tommy work through Miami GP driver ratings, weighing sprint results, penalties, reliability problems, and missed chances across the field. Lando Norris and Kimi Antonelli come out as the standout performers, while Franco Colapinto also earns major praise for one of his best weekends. The hosts are frustrated by Audi’s repeated issues, question Leclerc’s penalty, and note how damage and strategy shaped results for drivers like Hamilton, Russell, and the Williams pair.
We’re together in person for the return of your favourite series, as we try to sort the fact from fiction after a crazy sprint weekend!
We're in Australia this month! There are a small handful of tickets for a few of our shows - get your tickets at: http:/tix.to/p1aus
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