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Hello, everybody, and welcome back to the P1 podcast with Matt and Tommy,
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the Sprint Race Guitar Edition.
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And my goodness gracious me.
01:56
What have we just witnessed?
01:59
I know that people joke about this, they say...
02:01
Well, no, they don't joke about it.
02:02
They say with their chest that it's better to have sprint sessions,
02:06
competitive sessions over practice.
02:08
Well, my friends, that was a shortened free practice too,
02:12
what we have just witnessed.
02:16
Look, you might be thinking,
02:18
if you make a podcast out of this, don't worry,
02:20
the worse the race, the more angry Tom Bellingham gets.
02:24
And that's what we want to see.
02:26
Well, the more annoyed I get at the sprint format
02:29
because the sprint format is useless
02:31
and this was a showcase of just how useless it is.
02:34
It's been saved quite a lot this year
02:37
from like random things happening,
02:39
like the McLarens colliding in Austin and stuff
02:43
and things like that.
02:45
But here it was just absolutely awful.
02:48
And this is kind of what the sprint does deliver
02:51
most of the time, made even more extreme
02:54
by the fact that this circuit is also equally useless
02:59
as the sprint format, really.
03:01
Yeah, it certainly is.
03:03
We'll get into everything to do with the format in a bit.
03:07
Of course, Oscar Piastri won the sprint.
03:09
He's gained two points on Lando Norris.
03:11
It's 22 points now, the gap between Piastri and Norris.
03:14
The question now, is it too late?
03:17
Is it too late for Oscar?
03:18
Has he found his or regained his form
03:21
with only two race weekends to go?
03:25
My answer to is it too late is most likely yes.
03:30
Had this been four races to go
03:33
with the championship well and truly
03:36
in his hands to decide,
03:38
then we would say, OK, look,
03:40
if Oscar can keep this up then absolutely.
03:42
But he has to hope for big things to happen to Lando.
03:46
Lando can still finish exactly where he finished today
03:49
in the race tomorrow and the race next Sunday in Abu Dhabi.
03:53
And he'll be world champion by a couple of points.
03:56
That being said, things can happen,
03:58
but he has to hope for that.
03:59
He has to hope for a rogue George Russell,
04:01
a Max Verstappen, a Yuki Sanoda even,
04:04
that has to hope for other drivers to be on the pace
04:07
in order for him to challenge for this world championship.
04:09
So it's not a big enough swing.
04:11
It's a great result for Oscar.
04:13
It's a brilliant drive,
04:15
but Lando just coming home in third.
04:18
It's not enough for Oscar yet.
04:21
Yeah, my thoughts were really like, why now?
04:26
Because a brilliant drive, a brilliant weekend so far.
04:29
Fantastic sprint pole position.
04:32
Again, equally a fantastic sprint race from him,
04:37
led from the front.
04:38
Very comfortable, of course.
04:39
It's very hard to pass,
04:40
but he led away and, of course, he did the job in qualifying.
04:43
So absolutely deserves the win,
04:45
not taking anything away from him.
04:46
The problem is he's lost so many points
04:48
over the last few races,
04:50
which is why Lando's kind of built up this massive advantage.
04:54
And the problem that Piastri has
04:56
and why in a weird way,
04:59
because McLaren are faster,
05:01
but it is true that in a weird way,
05:03
it's harder for Piastri to win the title
05:05
than the Stappen theoretically,
05:07
because the Stappen has a chance that,
05:10
and obviously this hasn't happened here,
05:14
that the Red Bull could be faster.
05:17
And if McLaren are off the pace,
05:18
people are going to get in the mix and stuff.
05:20
Whereas Oscar, if Oscar's quick,
05:23
it's more than likely Lando's going to be quick as well
05:25
because they're in the same car.
05:27
And Oscar, obviously, what Oscar needs
05:29
is a lot of people between him and Lando Norris
05:32
like Max does, but he's in the same car.
05:35
So that's going to make it incredibly difficult.
05:37
He's obviously won and Lando's third.
05:42
He needs that again tomorrow in the race.
05:44
Actually, he needs more than that
05:46
because Lando can just finish third
05:48
in every single race from here on now,
05:51
and including this one, which he did.
05:54
So it's a big gap to maintain
05:58
when you're driving the same car as your teammate
06:01
because Lando can afford to just be very cautious
06:04
and as we've seen, McLaren are very, very quick this weekend.
06:07
Yep, they've delivered and answered any questions
06:11
around whether they'll have to raise the car
06:13
and that will affect their performance.
06:16
Not that we've seen.
06:19
Of course, when we're recording podcasts,
06:21
usually things come in,
06:22
so I'm not expecting anything for a sprint race.
06:25
Let's now move to a driver that did phenomenally well,
06:29
Yuki Sonoda, question from Lumixion.
06:32
Hero to zero for Yuki?
06:34
I think it's zero to zero, isn't it?
06:36
Zero to hero to zero, then to hero, then to zero,
06:41
then to hero again.
06:43
That just hurt my brain.
06:45
Because Yuki's had obviously an awful run.
06:49
Brilliant qualifying session from him.
06:52
Again, got a great start.
06:55
Did what we thought
06:57
and he put pressure on Lando Norris,
06:59
which is, of course, what Max needs to happen,
07:02
but didn't have enough to go round the outside,
07:06
run out of room and then, of course,
07:08
Yuki did the right thing and just letting his teammate go
07:10
as soon as Max Verstappen was even anywhere near him.
07:14
I think this question obviously come in
07:16
during the fact that Yuki Sonoda
07:18
had that five second penalty
07:20
and we're going, oh, that's really, like,
07:22
soured it for Yuki, what a shame.
07:24
But actually, Antonelli then got a penalty straight after
07:27
which put Yuki back into P5.
07:29
It is a shame he got a track limit penalty
07:32
because it was an amazing drive from him anyway
07:34
and was very unnecessary, but thankfully for him,
07:37
didn't affect his position and, yes,
07:40
another, you know, we mentioned about
07:42
is it too late for Oscar Piastri?
07:44
It's certainly the same as we mentioned yesterday,
07:46
too late for Yuki Sonoda.
07:50
Not just for his Formula One drive,
07:53
but I'm sure probably Max Verstappen as well
07:55
and his title charge.
07:57
Yeah, it's been a mysterious weekend
08:00
how Yuki has just all of a sudden
08:02
clicked with a car around a place where Max
08:05
has struggled, of course, with a lot of bouncing
08:08
on the car, which I think for you, Tommy,
08:10
and everyone watching that's a Max fan
08:12
and maybe even a neutral wanting to see the championship
08:14
go down to the wire that they fix
08:16
ahead of the main part of this race weekend
08:19
to keep Max in the hunt.
08:21
Of course, if Max Verstappen gets outscored by Lando
08:24
at all, then he's out of the championship
08:26
as we head to Abu Dhabi.
08:28
But for Yuki, we were, I mean,
08:31
the five second penalty we were ruined,
08:33
we were going, oh no, Yuki, have you undone this
08:36
and lost a position to Antonelli?
08:38
Of course, Kim has given that back from what we've seen
08:40
at least at the end of the race.
08:42
And like it's obviously a very good performance
08:47
It stands out for him across a very poor season,
08:50
not quite enough to actually do something for Max.
08:54
I was thinking at one point when he was almost
08:56
side by side with Lando,
08:58
could he have gone even a little bit more aggressive?
09:00
Surely he's got one job as Yuki Senoda
09:03
in that situation, and it's to cause Lando problems
09:06
not to take anything away from Yuki's start.
09:08
It was absolutely brilliant.
09:09
But when I saw a little nose down the inside,
09:12
you're thinking, you know...
09:13
Stick a wheel in there, like even if it makes Lando
09:15
dive out of the way and, you know,
09:17
it doesn't obviously need to crash into him, obviously.
09:20
No, it's not what we're joking about.
09:21
It's not what we're saying.
09:22
No, but he was in that position.
09:24
He was literally fighting Lando into turn one.
09:27
So I was a little bit surprised to not see Yuki do
09:30
something a little bit more daring.
09:32
But that being said, still a great sprint race for Yuki
09:35
and scoring some points, thankfully, finally.
09:39
Let's go to a question from Mike9614.
09:42
Do you think a mandatory pit stop in this sprint race
09:44
would have made it more entertaining?
09:49
It's not to do with...
09:51
I mean, it's a 19 lap sprint.
09:54
Well, it was over in a flash,
09:55
but it also felt like it was 12 hours long.
09:57
It's a short race, isn't it?
09:59
So I don't think a pit stop would have done much.
10:04
It's the fact that they all start
10:06
in the order that they qualify.
10:09
And it's as simple as that.
10:11
We've spoken about sprint race, you know,
10:15
reversing the top eight.
10:17
That's what I would love to see.
10:18
But of course, that would then need to be combined somehow
10:21
into the main race weekend.
10:22
Otherwise, why would anyone try and bother to get sprint pole,
10:25
whether there's a point available for sprint pole,
10:27
something to incentivize the drivers.
10:29
But then again, if you think you're only going to get third,
10:31
why would you push and then you try and get seventh or eighth?
10:33
Then you're on the front row.
10:34
There's plenty of loop holes to be figured out
10:36
and to work out here.
10:38
But I enjoyed the sprint format
10:42
when it was all involved in the race weekend,
10:46
because it felt like there was more importance
10:49
throughout the entire Friday to Sunday,
10:52
where we have competitive sessions all the time.
10:56
I genuinely just feel as though
10:58
there isn't a fix for sprint weekends.
11:00
Like sprint weekends, there will be some kind of failure,
11:04
whether it is the racing action,
11:06
what time it's on, how they put the grid together,
11:09
what the points they give out are for.
11:11
Of course, this is a cash grab for Formula One.
11:13
The only reason they do sprint races
11:15
is so that they want more people to watch.
11:18
But is it sacrificing other areas of the sport?
11:23
I'm still not completely, as you can probably tell,
11:27
set on exactly what I'd want to see from sprints
11:31
that would tick boxes like
11:33
not having a huge session on a Friday.
11:36
Myself and Tommy, we are very lucky that this is our job.
11:39
We follow the sessions, we get to do it
11:41
and the time is flexible for us.
11:44
People that have real jobs, I'd be absolutely paved
11:48
to have main qualifying on a Friday
11:51
or something that means a lot for a sport I love
11:55
at a time when I'm at work doing something else
11:57
and can't watch it live.
11:58
I think sprints are pretty much screwed
12:01
no matter what they do, to be honest with you.
12:03
I think, I mean, I've said so many times
12:06
that I don't like this format.
12:07
I don't like the fact that the sprint is today
12:11
and then we go straight into qualifying
12:12
for the main race afterwards,
12:13
which kind of null and voids the sprint.
12:15
Although this being said this time,
12:17
I do want to wipe that one from my memory
12:20
because it's absolutely awful
12:21
and will not be remembered for anything
12:24
because it was terrible.
12:26
Mandatory pit stop, yes, something.
12:30
I think for me, there's always been the issue
12:33
and I said this before that like,
12:35
the sprints a lot of the time do get saved
12:37
when there's been an incident
12:38
that we can at least talk about
12:40
but the sprint realistically always is going to be like that.
12:44
This was made even worse by the track
12:46
which we'll talk about next
12:48
but you're taking, other than the race start
12:51
which is the most exciting part of a Grand Prix
12:53
that's where the sprint obviously brings the excitement there
12:56
that you're getting another race start.
12:57
We're all very excited for it
12:59
but as soon as you've had that first lap pass or whatever
13:03
and they settle in,
13:05
it's not, it's just too, there's not enough variables.
13:08
It's basically like the worst bit of a Grand Prix
13:11
where you're basically settling down
13:13
waiting for the pit stops before anything's happened.
13:15
No one's going to take too much risk.
13:17
People are going to save their tyres, things like that
13:20
and be in saving mode.
13:23
That's the part of that race that you see in the sprint
13:26
so it just makes no sense for it to be the case.
13:29
You're picking, of course, a third of the race
13:33
and the most boring part of the race
13:35
because there's no strategy in pit stops
13:37
and things that can change
13:39
is always going to be bad
13:41
and the only way the sprint can be saved
13:44
is by doing a mandatory pit stop
13:47
or having reverse grids or something like that.
13:49
They've got to do something that mixes up,
13:51
that makes it entertaining, makes it different.
13:53
From Formula One's point of view, they're fine anyway
13:55
because, obviously, us as hardcore Formula One fans
13:59
we know what a good race looks like
14:01
but they know that they're going to get
14:03
many more people watching anyway
14:06
and more casuals as well
14:09
watching the sprint over a practice session.
14:11
So for them it's still more entertaining
14:13
and they're winners
14:14
but it doesn't make it any less frustrating
14:17
because the sprint is just a useless format.
14:21
I forgot to mention my main bugbear
14:24
and it's the fact that they can't overtake
14:26
and they can't follow.
14:27
That's the problem with sprint races.
14:29
If we had close competition
14:32
and they could follow and we get overtakes
14:35
then the sprint races work just fine
14:37
but the problem is they can't...
14:38
I disagree in the fact that they're in tyre management.
14:41
They're in full flat-out mode
14:43
but it doesn't matter
14:44
because there's no pit stops
14:45
and they just push to the end.
14:46
It's not like they're in conservation mode
14:48
through a 19-matt sprint.
14:49
Yeah, I didn't mean tyre management.
14:50
I meant more like...
14:52
Basically once like a second-and-a-half gap
14:54
opened up between everyone
14:55
everyone kind of knew that was the race done really
14:58
Oh yeah, they can't make any...
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15:02
They're all struggling with dirty air
15:03
apart from Oscars, of course, out in front
15:05
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Let's now head to talk about the circuit from TOTE.
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What can be done to make the racing exciting
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it's a completely different circuit
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or they need to change the circuit in some way,
20:48
but they're not going to.
20:49
At the end of the day, it's a Moto GP track.
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This track was bought in
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during the COVID calendar
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as a way to get an extra race in
20:56
and it's stuck around.
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You can have more interesting races there
21:01
and I think we will get a more interesting race.
21:04
Again, not by any good reason for the track,
21:08
but I do think that there'll be
21:10
an element of interest tomorrow,
21:13
the fact that we have this tyre situation
21:15
where the tyres are going to go off
21:17
and it's so hard on the tyres
21:19
that they can only do 25 laps
21:21
and they're basically forcing to have more pit stops.
21:24
At least there's some entertainment there,
21:26
but in terms of overtaking and opportunities,
21:28
it can't really get much worse
21:30
because it is a Moto GP track.
21:32
You can see drivers getting
21:34
within getting DRS,
21:36
sometimes even with half a second
21:38
and there's no heavy braking zone
21:40
going into the corner because
21:42
it's fast-flowing corners
21:44
that's made for Moto GP,
21:46
so you're never going to see people
21:48
passing there because you can't
21:50
outbreak it, people in Formula One cars.
21:52
So it doesn't work.
21:54
It's obviously been made even worse
21:56
by the fact it's a sprint
21:58
that nulls a lot of the entertainment
22:02
but yes, the circuit is also
22:04
really, really bad for Formula One cars
22:06
and particularly this year,
22:08
which we all know are worse than ever
22:10
when it comes to overtaking.
22:12
It is brilliant to watch in qualifying
22:14
to see these cars go around here.
22:16
It is so fast in that sort of
22:18
mid-to-end part of the lap,
22:20
those sort of fast right-left.
22:22
It's brilliant to watch there,
22:26
they can't be going that quickly
22:28
through those corners if they're suffering
22:30
with dirty air from a car
22:32
that's a couple of seconds ahead.
22:36
is these heavy braking zones.
22:40
go to a circuit that has not been
22:42
made for Formula One cars, what do we expect
22:48
quite surprised that
22:50
Formula One haven't been able to have
22:54
how the track layout will be
22:58
These fast-flowing corners,
23:00
it's good to have some of them
23:02
to see the cars go at absolute top speed
23:06
but there needs to be heavy braking zones.
23:08
Turn one needs to be a hairpin.
23:10
There needs to be other...
23:12
I don't know which corner number
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it is, I always get so confused
23:16
around the Qatar Circuit,
23:18
but the only hairpin pretty much on the track
23:20
is where we've seen moves in the past,
23:22
right into that left-hand hairpin.
23:24
But that's because that's the only place
23:26
you can outbreak your opponent
23:28
other than if you're side-by-side
23:30
into turn one and you swoop round the outside,
23:32
which we saw a lot last year.
23:34
So, for me, I'm surprised
23:36
that Formula One aren't able...
23:38
Qatar has more money than cents.
23:40
How are they not able to make track changes
23:42
between MotoGP going there
23:46
When Formula One goes there, I don't know exactly when MotoGP
23:48
actually races there, Tommy.
23:50
But is there enough time for them
23:52
to make these changes or not?
23:54
No, you can't change the MotoGP
23:58
I was just looking this up.
24:00
No, I'm saying between, you change between.
24:02
You have the Formula One layout
24:04
and then you have a MotoGP layout.
24:06
Oh, right, I see what you mean.
24:08
Is the date difference big enough?
24:12
Well, the card has a thousand layouts.
24:14
It's in a desert, there's plenty of space.
24:16
Yeah, why can't they just add to it?
24:18
I was just checking something here
24:20
because I was making sure that I wasn't losing my mind
24:22
that this was the case and it was that
24:24
it was heavily rumoured that this was the case.
24:26
That Qatar, obviously,
24:28
was on the calendar
24:30
on that COVID calendar,
24:32
as mentioned, and it was kind of like,
24:34
okay, we've got the
24:36
Qatar Grand Prix now
24:38
and they were basically talking about
24:40
that they were going to move to a
24:42
different circuit, like a Doha street track.
24:44
It was a placeholder, wasn't it?
24:46
But actually what's happened is
24:48
this circuit has just continued
24:50
to stay on the calendar, despite not
24:52
really being suited
24:54
to Formula One at all.
24:56
And that's the problem.
24:58
And it's on the calendar for how many more years now?
25:00
I feel like they've signed for a...
25:02
Probably till infinity.
25:04
Like everyone, it feels like.
25:06
Come on, Formula One. Surely you can
25:08
work with the circuit
25:10
to create an alternative layout.
25:12
As you say, they're in the desert.
25:14
More money than cents.
25:16
Surely you can try and make something that works
25:18
for Formula One cars. I mean, that's how I see it.
25:20
Of course, not having to
25:22
dig up the circuit and change it.
25:24
It's 10-year. So yeah, it was
25:26
there for 2021. They didn't have it
25:28
in 2022 because of the World Cup.
25:30
And then there was obviously rumours
25:32
that they would do this street race
25:36
And then they were like,
25:38
no, actually, we'll keep it on this MotoGP track
25:40
that doesn't work and we'll have a 10-year contract.
25:42
Very much. So yeah, I don't think much
25:44
is going to change here. And
25:46
do they have a sprint next year?
25:48
I'm trying to remember the sprints
25:50
because that could be fun.
25:56
No, they don't actually.
25:58
At least that's one race has gone.
26:02
Not that we'll miss it at all.
26:04
Another thing I won't miss is
26:06
Ferrari's performance so far
26:10
On the 18th and 17th
26:14
Charles Leclerc started 9th
26:16
and dropped down four positions at the start
26:20
dipping a wheel here there and everywhere.
26:24
absolutely dreadful.
26:26
It feels like they've finally given up
26:28
on the car and this is what happens
26:32
It's not a disaster
26:34
because I want them to finish fourth
26:36
in the constructors anyway
26:38
if they continue this form.
26:40
Maybe they've heard my cries
26:42
of get that extra wind tunnel time
26:44
forget about the money
26:46
and we'll win it all in 2026.
26:48
Yes, you could almost call them
26:50
a big flop, couldn't you?
26:52
A big flop for the year, Ferrari.
26:54
Do you want to give some context there?
26:58
We've got two weeks till predictions
27:02
checking back on the year
27:04
the season's almost over. Watch them win
27:12
A Charles Leclerc victory to end the season
27:14
lovely. Stops Max from winning the title
27:16
underneath that across my room.
27:18
He'll be out the title by tomorrow
27:22
Ferrari just shocking.
27:24
I don't want your thoughts on Ferrari
27:26
to be honest with you because
27:28
people are here for Max.
27:30
Exactly. Max thoughts are
27:32
he's only lost a point.
27:34
He needs some kind of miracle anyway.
27:36
As I said yesterday
27:40
in the main race. He needs to hope
27:42
that they can turn something
27:44
around like they did last year
27:48
But even if he dominates the race
27:50
it's still going to need
27:52
Lando to be lower than third, fourth
27:58
if he wants any chance.
28:00
It's not looking great as it
28:02
looked for Max and McLaren
28:04
as we expected are looking
28:06
very, very good around here.
28:08
I thoroughly enjoyed the parting
28:10
of the Red Sea in those first couple of corners for Max
28:12
and then you had Fernando Alonso and Yuki
28:14
that just of course Yuki got out of the way
28:16
but Fernando was like you know what
28:18
come through my guy don't worry about it
28:20
whatsoever not even going to fight it
28:22
and Max was up to P4
28:24
in a matter of corners.
28:26
It was literally how I said in qualifying
28:28
well after sprint quality but I didn't think it would happen
28:30
because that got close to Lando got in DRS
28:32
a few laps and we thought maybe there was
28:34
a chance to see an overtake around Qatar
28:36
but oh no no we can't
28:38
because nobody can follow after a few laps
28:40
because the tyres overheat and then it is game over
28:42
right I think that is
28:44
us done and dusted for the sprint race
28:46
as you can probably tell
28:48
slightly fed up tones after that one
28:50
but hopefully you enjoyed the podcast more than you did the race
28:52
because that's what we aim to do
28:54
with our rants and everything else in between
28:56
congratulations to Pierre Gasly
28:58
for getting fastest lap on the last lap
29:00
on the soft tyres of course Lance Stroll as well
29:02
paving the way for a different strategy in the race
29:04
and doing a mandatory pit stop
29:06
for themselves trying to get some
29:08
quality practice in before
29:10
quality later on today. Tommy what are your final thoughts?
29:12
My final thoughts are
29:16
don't have to cover
29:20
basically watch another sprint
29:22
for a long time now
29:24
not till March next year
29:26
and I will just say to Formula 1 please do something
29:28
please just do something to them
29:32
they'll just hope the cars are better and the sprints will
29:34
will get better because of the cars being
29:36
yeah and then we'll have sprints at Singapore
29:38
and Zandvoort they're going to be fun
29:40
and lots of overtaking on those ones
29:42
hey you never know let's you know
29:44
this is 2026 we need to
29:46
have a glass half full here Tommy
29:48
for a new era of Formula 1
29:50
also want to say congratulations to Carlos Sainz
29:52
for scoring a point again in the sprint
29:56
right that is it we'll see you later on
29:58
literally a podcast later on today to talk
30:00
everything qualifying for the main race on Sunday
30:02
live on Twitch and YouTube as always
30:04
Matt P1 Tommy see you later bye bye adios
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