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2:07

everybody and welcome back to the

2:09

P1 podcast with Matt and Tommy.

2:11

It's driver ratings time where we

2:13

will grade each and every one

2:15

of the drivers from zero all

2:17

the way to 10. For the

2:19

weekend, not just for one, two

2:21

sessions, the whole thing mainly waited

2:23

towards the races. I know there's

2:25

been an influx of new wonderful

2:27

P1 listeners and watchers, so welcome

2:29

in. We're very excited to have

2:31

you. And this is, look, if

2:34

you're looking for a non-divisive, really

2:36

on the fence kind of series,

2:38

this is the one you want

2:40

to tune into, because this is

2:42

like a, it's like an agreement

2:44

circle that we've kind of got,

2:46

isn't it Tommy? Everyone agrees on

2:48

what grades each driver should get.

2:50

Exactly. No, everyone perfectly agrees with

2:52

literally everything, but joking aside. We

2:54

always love a sarcastic intro to

2:56

drive ratings. This is the beauty

2:58

of drive ratings and it's another

3:01

sprint weekend where how do you

3:03

weigh things because you know some

3:05

drivers had you can sometimes have

3:07

a terrible sprint really good race

3:09

but sometimes the race can be

3:11

so good that it doesn't matter

3:13

and the same thing is just

3:15

how you weigh it up really

3:17

isn't it? It certainly is. Let's

3:19

get into it and start with

3:21

Nico Holkenberg. started the sprint from

3:23

the pit lane finished 19th started

3:25

the main race from 12th and

3:27

finished 15th now it's worth mentioning

3:30

of course as well we are

3:32

including the finish as the finish

3:34

as in after all the disqualifications

3:36

this is where they are classified

3:38

you got qualified if you just

3:40

remind of you I was about

3:42

to say if you I'm going

3:44

living under a rock the drivers

3:46

that were disqualified were ghazley Hamilton

3:48

and Lecla. Thanks thank you for

3:50

making me spell that one out

3:52

Fennika Holkenberg. I have got for

3:54

a whopping 5 out of 10.

3:57

Straight down the middle, thank you

3:59

very much, Niko Holkenberg. It could

4:01

have been so much better for

4:03

Niko as well. However, he decided

4:05

to lose seven places at the

4:07

start, where he went wide in

4:09

turn 1 and turn 3, went

4:11

off the track, through the gravel,

4:13

caused damage to his floor, and

4:15

essentially just undid all the amazing

4:17

work that he did in qualifying.

4:19

Started in 12th, there was a

4:21

chance of something crazy. It was

4:24

a boring race. It was a

4:26

boring race. but he just undid

4:28

everything so that's why I'm going

4:30

straight back to a five. How

4:32

did he finish like, well I

4:34

know he's finished 15th but realistically

4:36

what it wasn't 15th, he might

4:38

have got a six but sadly

4:40

it didn't happen. Interesting because I

4:42

do not agree. I've gone for

4:44

a four out of ten Phineka

4:46

Okamberg and I was actually weighing

4:48

up a three as well. I

4:51

think he's had an awful weekend.

4:53

I can't believe that the kind

4:55

of... people are going straight down

4:57

the middle with this one because

4:59

he has had a really poor

5:01

weekend and he messed up in

5:03

the spring qualifying qualified 19th got

5:05

out qualified by his rookie teammate

5:07

finished dead last in the sprint

5:09

and then in the main race

5:11

he actually had a good grand

5:13

pre-qualifying and bottled it immediately at

5:15

the first corner and damaged his

5:17

car and then finished behind his

5:20

rookie teammate again so I think

5:22

it's a poor weekend. for Nika

5:24

Halkembeck. Well, thank you. Welcome to

5:26

my TED Talk. Oh no, I'm

5:28

like in it, Tommy. Just before

5:30

we start recording, you did say,

5:32

I'm tired, which usually means Sassy

5:34

Tommy comes out and it's come

5:36

out in the first grading. And

5:38

you know what? You've convinced me.

5:40

I'm going to go for a

5:42

four. No, thank you. This is

5:44

what happens sometimes. The argument is

5:47

offered. and I accept that. I'm

5:49

not even going to argue it.

5:51

I think that is a very

5:53

good shout. They're just so anonymous

5:55

that sometimes they slip through the

5:57

cracks. Gaggenberg, we'd both go for

5:59

a four for that one, which

6:01

makes sense, because I think when

6:03

we grade the next teammate, it

6:05

will be a little bit fairer

6:07

for him. The fans gave Nika

6:09

Holkenberg a five. Gabriel Bortoletto started

6:11

the sprint in 14th, finished the

6:14

race in 19th, finished 14th. I've

6:16

gone for a six out of

6:18

10 for Gabriel Bortoletto. He had,

6:20

you know, at the end of

6:22

the day he is driving the

6:24

worst car on the worst car

6:26

on the grid. I think we

6:28

saw that again it looked like

6:30

steak were very much at the

6:32

back again. And I can't just

6:34

go straight down the middle a

6:36

bit like Nico Holkenberg here when

6:38

it's very easy to just go,

6:41

oh five for both of them

6:43

because they're at the back and

6:45

it's a steak. But the guy

6:47

has basically beaten his very experienced

6:49

teammate in both the sprint and

6:51

the main race. He finished ten

6:53

seconds clear of him. He had

6:55

a great sprint qualifying where he

6:57

made it into SQ2 and yeah

6:59

it's unfortunately had that spin at

7:01

the start like a teammate but

7:03

he kind of recovered and made

7:05

it back ahead of him in

7:07

the end and he is showing

7:10

a bit of a bit of

7:12

promise I think it's no mean

7:14

feat to jump in as a

7:16

rookie straight alongside Nika Holkenberg and

7:18

essentially like out race him and

7:20

qualify very well against him as

7:22

well so I've gone for six.

7:24

Wow, Tommy is feeling very fruity

7:26

when it comes to the rookies.

7:28

I can go straight down the

7:30

line because I am going to

7:32

go for a five out of

7:34

ten for Gabriel Bortoletto. And that's

7:37

why I think it reflects better,

7:39

you know, in terms of his

7:41

weekend it was a better weekend

7:43

than Nico Holkenberg over the course

7:45

of when you think of, especially

7:47

as well, like we grade, taking

7:49

into account. the drivers and their

7:51

current career paths and statuses and

7:53

things like that. It's very hard

7:55

to grade the salbers because they

7:57

are so far back, but the

7:59

spin at the start has sort

8:01

of ruined any chances of him.

8:04

making a massive name for himself

8:06

both the salbers were out of

8:08

contention pretty much immediately Gabriel was

8:10

forced into a pit stop right

8:12

at the beginning and then just

8:14

had to to wing it on

8:16

the hard tires for a couple

8:18

of stints so yeah it's I

8:20

don't think it's it's difficult I'm

8:22

trying to figure out whether it

8:24

is Nika Holkenbo just performing really

8:26

badly slash not really caring because

8:28

he knows he's driving a dustbin.

8:31

or Gabrielle's doing quite well against

8:33

him because Nico is one of

8:35

the most highly rated midfield drivers.

8:37

Let's not say most highly rated

8:39

drivers, I don't think that's fair

8:41

because he isn't compared to some

8:43

of the drivers on the grid,

8:45

but he is a very consistent

8:47

midfield runner. Perhaps it just doesn't

8:49

switch on in his brain because

8:51

he's like, well the car's not

8:53

a P7, so can't be bothered.

8:55

Oh God, wow, Jesus. Anyway, Border

8:57

Letter gets a five from me

9:00

and a five from the fans

9:02

as well. On to Alex Albon,

9:04

started sprinting ninth, finished 11th, started

9:06

the main race in 10th, finished

9:08

7th. I am going to go

9:10

four, an eight out of 10

9:12

for Alexander Albon. I thought he

9:14

was well on the way to

9:16

a nine or a 10 at

9:18

some point, especially when he came

9:20

down the team radio and basically

9:22

just sounded like he was the

9:24

big dog. And I really enjoyed

9:27

that from Alex. I want more

9:29

of that. Basically, basically, I'll leave

9:31

me alone, I know what I'm

9:33

doing, but in a lot longer

9:35

and a bit more of a

9:37

confident vibe. And I've never really

9:39

heard that from Alex's album before

9:41

and I want more of it.

9:43

So it was still a really

9:45

good performance, don't get me wrong.

9:47

Obviously ended up finishing seventh with

9:49

the disqualifications, a good hall of

9:51

points for Williams. But yeah, I

9:54

think eight kind of reflects his

9:56

whole weekend. Yeah, I've gone for

9:58

an eight as well for Alex

10:00

Alvin. It's another good performance from

10:02

him. Maybe he could have got

10:04

a bit more out of the

10:06

car, particularly in the sprint because

10:08

we know that, well, himself is

10:10

showing the pace. in it and

10:12

we kind of are thinking of

10:14

Williams now as being able to

10:16

deliver it in that midfield but

10:18

a very respectable and a good

10:21

weekend all-round for Alex again and

10:23

he's having a great start to

10:25

the year. Certainly as the fans

10:27

gave Alexander Bonn an eight. Carlos

10:29

Sines started this winter 13th finished

10:31

17th, started the main race in

10:33

15th, finished 10th. for a five

10:35

out of ten for Carlos science,

10:37

expected a lot more from him,

10:39

I know he's learning, but again

10:41

a bit of an anonymous weekend,

10:43

didn't qualify well in both sessions,

10:45

obviously the sprint, he had a

10:47

problem and had to box, which

10:50

is why he finished so far

10:52

down the order, but just not

10:54

up to pace with Alex Alpen

10:56

just yet, so gone for a

10:58

five. I've also gone for a

11:00

five out of ten for Carlos.

11:02

anonymous race for somewhat of his

11:04

caliber. Surprised, I think is one

11:06

of the words, for a full

11:08

dry race, nothing as chaotic or

11:10

crazy as we saw in Australia.

11:12

And he was just the slower

11:14

driver in comparison to Alex Albon.

11:17

He himself said post race that

11:19

he's a bit puzzled because since

11:21

he jumped in the car in

11:23

testing in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain,

11:25

he was quick straight away. but

11:27

he doesn't know where the pace

11:29

and that feeling with the car

11:31

has gone, which doesn't bode particularly

11:33

well, does it, for Carlos, but

11:35

it's very much a 5 out

11:37

of 10 performance and I really

11:39

hope for his sake he can

11:41

he can pick it up in

11:44

the coming races. The fans gave

11:46

him a 6. Yugi Sinoda started

11:48

the sprint in 8th, finished 16th.

11:50

I have gone 4. An

11:52

8 out of 10 for

11:55

Yuki Sonoda. He was

11:57

doing almost everything right. The

12:00

sprint was brilliant. The start of

12:02

the main weekend was great in

12:04

terms of the main qualifying session,

12:06

into Q3 again, made a mistake

12:08

on his final lap, which meant

12:11

that Hadjar qualified him. But then

12:13

he had a very good start,

12:15

got ahead of Hadjar at the

12:17

beginning, and you're thinking, all right,

12:19

all right, race symbols. What have

12:21

you got up your sleeve? Turns

12:23

out they had no sleeves and

12:26

went for two stops. and they

12:28

just completely threw it away. I

12:30

do think in some, like I'm

12:32

not blaming Yuki's note at all,

12:34

I think this is definitely down

12:36

to Arby in the strategy department,

12:38

but Yuki I think needs to

12:41

take a little bit more of

12:43

a stranglehold on what is a

12:45

good strategy and what isn't because

12:47

clearly Arby make more mistakes than

12:49

I think any team on the

12:51

grid when it comes to strategy.

12:53

He said post-race is a very

12:56

kind of PR-friendly-ish kind of the

12:58

strategy is the thing that probably

13:00

we have to improve. No, no,

13:02

you do. You really do. So

13:04

what I'd love to see from

13:06

Yuki is no, no, no, no,

13:08

we're not. No way are we

13:11

doing a two-stop strategy. That will

13:13

just put us in the pack.

13:15

It's difficult to overtake. Snowder as

13:17

well. Even the... the fan boy

13:19

in me was trying to justify

13:21

a nine is difficult because his

13:23

sprint was absolutely sensational you know

13:26

he beat a McLaren in the

13:28

in the sprint which was amazing

13:30

and then in the main race

13:32

until the V cut until basically

13:34

that that second pit stop he

13:36

was running ahead of Antinelli and

13:38

Occon so if they'd done the

13:41

one stop you never know and

13:43

this is why it's an eight.

13:45

because you know his tires might

13:47

have fallen off you can't just

13:49

say he would have finished there

13:51

but that's where he was at

13:53

that point and if he had

13:56

finished there he's finishing p5 and

13:58

we're probably giving him a 10

14:00

out of 10 but he's just

14:02

so unfortunate with the strategy. Obviously

14:04

the wing wasn't his fault. I

14:06

did panic when I saw it

14:08

thinking, oh no, is he kind

14:11

of clipped the back of someone

14:13

when trying to get back through

14:15

an overtake but wasn't his fault.

14:17

But it's just so disappointing to

14:19

see how many points he has

14:21

scored. And yeah, we now find

14:23

out whether he's going to be

14:26

in that. the big team in

14:28

the next race for Japan. There's

14:30

a lot of rumours now about

14:32

it. So that's the murmurs, isn't

14:34

it? For his home race, gets

14:36

to go in the Red Bull.

14:38

Is that going to be a

14:41

blessing or a curse? We will

14:43

have to wait and see. The

14:45

fans gave Yuki an eight. Isaac

14:47

Hadjar started this month, finished 13th.

14:49

The main race in 7th, finished

14:51

11th. I've gone for a seven

14:53

out of 10 out of 10

14:56

for Hadjar, much more solid job.

14:58

his highlight was you know the

15:00

the qualifying amazing job to qualify

15:02

seventh and he was running well

15:04

in the race behind Ocon and

15:06

Antonelli before of course that doomed

15:08

V carb strategy and very unlucky

15:11

not to not to get points

15:13

because one V carb definitely should

15:15

be and I don't think Hadjar

15:17

drove a bad race at all.

15:19

And yeah, he's actually showing some

15:21

good promise. I'm looking forward to

15:23

seeing what he can do for

15:26

the rest of the year actually.

15:28

I'm in complete agreement. And also

15:30

with the grade as well, I've

15:32

gone for a 7 out of

15:34

10. The sprint was nothing to

15:36

write home about, but he showed

15:38

glimmers of hope with a sensational

15:41

qualifying. The hype of him starting

15:43

right behind his idol, Lewis Hamilton.

15:45

And thankfully for him, he didn't

15:47

go spearing into the back of

15:49

the Ferrari either, so that was

15:51

a very good thing for him.

15:53

Yeah, just fell foul to RB

15:56

strategy. Also drop back a little

15:58

bit in comparison to Sinoda. just

16:00

maybe lack of experience on, well I

16:02

mean literally was technically his first race

16:04

I guess in terms of will to will

16:06

combat in Formula One because he didn't actually

16:09

make it to the Australian race as we

16:11

all know. So yeah I think seven out of ten. Too

16:13

soon did you say? Yeah it is

16:15

sad but he's bounced back I

16:17

think well enough that we start

16:19

to see a bit of his

16:21

potential that is a brilliant qualifying

16:23

again and you know he might

16:25

well end up being a one-lap

16:27

specialist and he's even got Max

16:29

Verstappen questioning whether he could be

16:32

winning the world title in this

16:34

racing bulls car. So very interesting

16:36

the fans gave Isaac a seven.

16:38

Esteban Okon. started this print

16:40

in 18th finished 16th started

16:42

the main rest in 11th

16:44

and finished fifth it is

16:46

a 10 out of 10 for Esteban

16:48

Ocon and I will not hear anything

16:51

else than a straight stone cold

16:53

10 out the top of the

16:55

freezer draw that was unbelievable

16:57

in so many ways of course it

16:59

was seventh on the road

17:01

then two friars got disqualified

17:04

in front of him To

17:06

go from where they were in

17:08

Australia to hear, and even in

17:10

the sprint, for Ocon to deliver

17:13

that kind of performance,

17:15

is an absolute worldy. It

17:17

really is. And they've clearly

17:19

taken a step forward of

17:21

Haas. We thought they were the

17:23

10th fastest team, and then Ocon

17:26

just gets 10 points from

17:28

the Chinese Grand Prix. Beats

17:30

Antonelli, you know, Tommy's goat,

17:32

and... It's a phenomenal performance from

17:34

Ocon. So anything other than the

17:37

10 and also driver of the

17:39

day. What on earth? I know Antonelli,

17:41

Antonelli's wonderfully wholesome radio of being just

17:44

as surprised as we were that he

17:46

got drive of the day, but Ocon

17:48

was robbed. I've gone for a 10 out

17:51

of 10, of course I have. Yeah,

17:53

I was about to get sassy on.

17:55

No, no chance, and anyone that gives

17:57

him anything other than a 10 is

17:59

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Gazley started this winter 17th finished

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12th started the main race in

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23:56

a six out of ten Pierre

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Gazley. I think that the alpine

24:00

is actually, they've gone backwards, they've

24:02

gone backwards since last year. Are

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they, are they the first ones

24:06

to throw the talon and go

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straight to 26? Do they genuinely

24:10

believe, you know, with Flavio Briatoree

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trying to get them to be

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winners? Forget 25, we're after 26.

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right on the outskirts of the

24:25

points in P11, obviously gets disqualified

24:27

for being underweight. It's a six

24:29

out of ten. Pagazzy, I've gone

24:31

for a six out of ten

24:33

as well. Such a shame to

24:35

see Alpine where they are. The

24:37

car seems rubbish. Gazzy did a

24:39

decent job 11th on the road.

24:41

It's pretty good. But nothing insanely

24:43

kind of special, particularly as doing.

24:45

wasn't a million miles from him

24:47

as well, the inexperience of Jack

24:50

Dewin who thought Gazley would comfortably,

24:52

you know, beat him and be

24:54

really strong. And I do think,

24:56

even though the alpine doesn't look

24:58

that good, there is a chance

25:00

in the midfield when it's also

25:02

close and, you know, a really

25:04

good performance can bump you up

25:06

quite a lot of places, but

25:08

just didn't work out for Gazley

25:10

this weekend. The fans gave Pia

25:12

Gazley A5. Jack Dewin started sprinting

25:14

16th finished 20th got a 10

25:16

second post race time penalty for

25:18

causing a collision and then in

25:20

the main race started 18th finished

25:22

13th and also got a 10

25:25

second penalty for forcing had jar

25:27

off. I've gone for a four

25:29

out of 10 for Jack Dewin

25:31

and it's a disappointing four out

25:33

of 10 of kind of kind

25:35

of bit of sadness because I

25:37

think he's actually shown some pretty

25:39

good potential when he's not making

25:41

headlines for the wrong reasons of

25:43

you know. hunting Bartletto off for

25:45

absolutely no reason at the end

25:47

of the spread. and maybe being

25:49

a bit too aggressive with Hadjar

25:51

when he's not a million miles

25:53

off ghazly and sometimes even in

25:55

beating him so if he just

25:57

had a clean race I think

26:00

he would impress a lot of

26:02

people but again it was a

26:04

messy a messy weekend from him

26:06

and he's just getting an instance

26:08

that he doesn't need to be

26:10

in. Yeah the qualifying in particular

26:12

is pretty impressive when you compare...

26:14

him to Pierre Gazley, of course

26:16

he outqualified him in the sprint

26:18

and I think that if he's

26:20

able to tidy up his races

26:22

a little bit, maybe he does

26:24

have a shout of completing the

26:26

season which feels really like harsh

26:28

to say but like that's kind

26:30

of what we've been coming into

26:32

the season expecting is that he

26:34

will lose his seat to Colopinto

26:37

because Alpine want him in. But

26:39

Duan perhaps has surprised a few

26:41

people that... He has got some

26:43

potential locked in there. The races

26:45

is clearly where he falters a

26:47

little bit more. The will-to-will combat

26:49

definitely needs polishing. Very late defensive

26:51

moves. Obviously getting a couple of

26:53

penalties along the way for collisions

26:55

and not driving fairly. So yeah,

26:57

four out of ten for me.

26:59

I can't remember if you've said

27:01

four out of ten if I

27:03

just went straight into it. But

27:05

I've gone for a four out

27:07

of ten as well for Jack

27:09

Doing. So there you go. The

27:12

fans gave Jack Doing a four

27:14

as well. Lance Stroll, start the

27:16

sprint in 10th, finish 9th, start

27:18

the main race in 14th, finish

27:20

9th. Seven out ten for Lance

27:22

Stroll. Being the number one Aston

27:24

Martin driver has a lot of...

27:26

It bears down on some people,

27:28

but not Lance Stroll. Fernando Lonzo

27:30

is down there in 20th in

27:32

the championship. Lance can barely see

27:34

him all the way down there.

27:36

And Lance scoring points again. It's

27:38

a decent job. It's a seven

27:40

out of ten. It's nothing crazy.

27:42

People genuinely were saying that he

27:44

was the driver of the day

27:47

because he hadn't stopped. and was

27:49

running in 7th, then pit for

27:51

fresh mediums, and then didn't really

27:53

make that much progress after doing

27:55

that. And everyone was, oh land,

27:57

but what am I land stroll,

27:59

guys? What am I land stroll?

28:01

He literally finished in 12th without

28:03

the disqualifications. However, that being said,

28:05

he's doing all right. You know,

28:07

in the sprint, he was finishing

28:09

in 9th. Of course, he still

28:11

picked up a couple of points

28:13

after the disqualifications as well in

28:15

the race. So yeah, it's nothing

28:17

crazy. We're not talking tens, but

28:19

it's a seven and I'm I'm

28:22

respecting the fact he's the only

28:24

driver scoring points that has to

28:26

Martin right now I've gone for

28:28

a seven out of ten four

28:30

Lance roll. No bite at all,

28:32

Tommy. No, no by a new

28:34

viewers. They might be like what?

28:36

Matt? Why are you saying it

28:38

like that? Because Tommy is a

28:40

fan of Alonzo Stan and I've

28:42

got to get my own back

28:44

somehow. Fair fair fair. And yeah

28:46

Lance a seven out of ten.

28:48

A seven out of ten. I've

28:50

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38:00

It's an 8 out of 10

38:02

for Max Eustapin from me. He's

38:04

doing what seems to be a

38:07

great job in that car. You

38:09

compare to his teammate who was

38:11

trundling around at the back. Max

38:13

is doing things that we expect

38:15

Max Eustapin to do. Just lacked

38:17

pace in the race. He came

38:19

back towards the end. I think

38:22

he said that, yeah, the second

38:24

half phase seemed a bit more

38:26

competitive, which was a bit more

38:28

promising at least for them and

38:30

for Max. But yeah, I can't

38:32

really give him any higher than

38:34

an eight for this weekend. I

38:37

got for a nine out of

38:39

ten for months to happen. I

38:41

think his sprint was very impressive

38:43

to end up in the top

38:45

three, deliver somehow almost get pole

38:47

position. And I think the pace

38:49

in that car, particularly in the

38:52

race, was pretty poor, particularly at

38:54

the start. So I think P4

38:56

would almost feel like a win

38:58

for him based on how it

39:00

was looking at the start where

39:02

we very much thought he's hoping

39:04

for P6. Obviously the Ferraris got

39:07

disqualified anyway and he would have

39:09

just inherited it, but he did

39:11

beat them on the road anyway

39:13

and put in that move on

39:15

Charles. So yeah, they come for

39:17

a nine. Shalln't have the broken

39:19

front wing. The fans gave. Shouldn't

39:22

have crashed in something? I thought

39:24

you're gonna say you shouldn't have

39:26

been underweight, but that one was,

39:28

that was easy, wasn't it? Max

39:30

got an eight from the fans.

39:32

Liam Lawson, started this winter 19th,

39:34

finished 14th, started the main race

39:36

from the Pit Lane, finished 12th.

39:39

After all that 12th. I've gone

39:41

for a one out of 10.

39:43

It's so... difficult because he is

39:45

a capable driver and I will

39:47

keep saying this. It's clearly not

39:49

all down to Lawson's ability, but

39:51

you have to adapt and he's

39:54

been given the opportunity at Red

39:56

Bull. So, whatever you say about

39:58

the car and how it's clearly

40:00

not just the driver, he's still

40:02

the one that's qualifying P20 in

40:04

both sessions. He's the one in

40:06

the car turning the steering wheel.

40:09

He's the one racing a Sauber

40:11

and making absolutely no progress in

40:13

the race. And it's just so

40:15

poor, like no pace at all,

40:17

miles off Max every single lap.

40:19

And even, even... in a race

40:21

where three people have been disqualified

40:24

is absolutely nowhere near the point.

40:26

Yeah, shocking. I have also gone

40:28

for a one out of ten

40:30

for Lawson. It's tough to watch.

40:32

As you say, we know he

40:34

is a driver that can produce

40:36

results. The racing bulls team probably

40:39

looks like the red ball team

40:41

now to Lawson in the sense

40:43

of please just go there. That

40:45

would be great. If you wouldn't

40:47

mind, just let me go. Can

40:49

I go back? Is that possible?

40:51

Because this car is not something

40:54

that Lawson can drive. I think

40:56

it's as simple as that. And

40:58

I don't think Red Bull are

41:00

going to give him the time

41:02

in order to learn that. You

41:04

can't learn on the job in

41:06

this sport, especially in a top

41:09

team like Red Ball. It just

41:11

doesn't work that way. And as

41:13

hard as the car is, we

41:15

have to judge him on his

41:17

performances. And he's being beaten by

41:19

everyone in qualifying. Everyone. In a

41:21

Red Ball. I know

41:24

that he can't find the window

41:26

of balance and he said it

41:28

was one lap in the race

41:30

and it was gone again and

41:32

can't get the tires in the

41:34

right window etc etc etc etc.

41:36

Yeah these are reasons excuses whatever

41:38

you want to call them but

41:40

it is still a one out

41:42

of ten performance sadly for Lawson

41:44

and you can tell it's seeing

41:46

the interviews it's not nice to

41:48

watch because that red ball second

41:50

seat just saps the life out

41:53

of you. So yeah, Lawson, one

41:55

out of ten, the fans also

41:57

gave him a one out of

41:59

ten. Lewis Hamilton started sprinting first,

42:01

finished first, started the main race

42:03

in fifth, and got just qualified.

42:05

I've gone for an eight out

42:07

of ten for Lewis Hamilton. The

42:09

sprint was the most stone-cold ten

42:11

out of ten you can ever

42:13

see in your entire life, obviously.

42:15

Sadly, the waiting of our ratings

42:17

go more towards the main stuff.

42:19

And the main stuff, quality was

42:21

all right, nothing to write home

42:23

about for either Ferrari, but he

42:25

was in the mix. And then

42:28

in the race just really struggled.

42:30

He just didn't have... the pace

42:32

despite his teammate having a broken

42:34

front wing he just couldn't really

42:36

get close and of course went

42:38

on that two-stop strategy which turned

42:40

out not to be the right

42:42

call either but overall it was

42:44

about to say it was a

42:46

reasonable weekend of course it wasn't

42:48

he was disqualified but I'm not

42:50

we're not factoring in I think

42:52

this is worth as a reminder

42:54

we're not going to give Hamilton

42:56

a two out of ten or

42:58

a three out of ten or

43:01

a five out of ten because

43:03

he was disqualified that's not his

43:05

fault that the rear skid plank

43:07

has worn away by more than

43:09

half a millimetre that it should

43:11

be. That's not down to Hamilton

43:13

in my opinion and that's why

43:15

an eight out of ten I

43:17

think is fair. I've gone for

43:19

an eight out of ten for

43:21

Lewis Hamilton as well. His sprint,

43:23

well his whole sprint I think

43:25

massively over-delivered to put in you

43:27

know pole position in the sprint

43:29

particularly against you know Charlotte Claire

43:31

who's been... so good in qualifying.

43:33

And then yes, he had the

43:36

clean air, but his drive was

43:38

amazing. And to deliver a win,

43:40

I know it's a sprint win,

43:42

but a win for Ferrari in

43:44

only a second race, as it

43:46

were, is really, really impressive and

43:48

shows that when the car is

43:50

there, even at his kind of

43:52

age and everything, he still got

43:54

it absolutely. and will be able

43:56

to deliver no doubt in my

43:58

mind whatsoever. Main race, a bit

44:00

more disappointing of course, don't think

44:02

Ferrari had the pace and probably

44:04

slid into where they normally were.

44:06

And again, like you said, just

44:09

the fact that he got disqualified

44:11

is not, you know, if his

44:13

skid block was the width of

44:15

a credit card more, he's not,

44:17

he's not suddenly finishing like... P9

44:19

or something. It doesn't really make

44:21

that much of a difference. It's

44:23

just an unfortunate miscalculation and it's

44:25

driver ratings. So Hamilton is getting

44:27

an eight from me. That's very

44:29

fair. The fans gave Hamilton an

44:31

eight as well. So they agree,

44:33

Tommy. All good. Charlotte Claire, start

44:35

the sprint in fourth, finished fifth,

44:37

started the main race in sixth,

44:39

and was disqualified. I've gone for

44:41

a seven out of ten for

44:44

Charlotte Claire. Disappointing sprint, of course.

44:46

looked much better in the main

44:48

race and maybe had the pace

44:50

compared to Hamilton that we expect.

44:52

He wasn't miles quicker than Hamilton,

44:54

but was the quicker driver, of

44:56

course had the damage as well.

44:58

And we saw more of kind

45:00

of what we expect from from

45:02

Charlotte this year, but unfortunately for

45:04

him disqualified, but again, it's not

45:06

getting downgraded for the disqualification. He

45:08

just had a pretty decent but

45:10

not hugely spectacular weekend. I've also

45:12

gone for a seven out of

45:14

ten for Charles, the contact with

45:16

Hamilton at the start I am

45:19

putting more down to him just

45:21

purely because he was aggressive, eager,

45:23

wanting to get on the inside,

45:25

didn't anticipate where Hamilton was going

45:27

to position his car, very lucky

45:29

that we didn't see both Ferraris

45:31

out of the race or at

45:33

least with punctures or more front

45:35

wing damage. And then from there,

45:37

like it honestly, it pains me

45:39

to think or to hear from

45:41

Charlotte Claire afterwards that... He felt

45:43

like there was the potential to

45:45

win the race, which is... I

45:47

don't even want to think about

45:49

that, actually, no. I'm really glad

45:52

because then he would have won

45:54

the race and then been disqualified

45:56

and you would have never seen

45:58

me ever again. But he said

46:00

he did some changes to the

46:02

car and he was optimistic with

46:04

today, but they lost 30 points

46:06

of down force which was a

46:08

big chunk of performance. So, Charles

46:10

had a huge amount left in

46:12

the tank for today and sadly

46:14

we can't, I can't give him

46:16

any more than the seven for

46:18

ifs, what's maybe's, and everything else

46:20

in between. because sadly it was

46:22

slightly self-inflicted from the first lap

46:24

and then in the sprint of

46:27

course as well he was slower

46:29

than Hamilton. So seven out of

46:31

ten and the fans gave Charles

46:33

a seven as well. Oscar Piastri.

46:35

Start the sprint in third, finish

46:37

second, start the main racing first,

46:39

finish first. Ten out of ten.

46:41

Ten out of ten, ten, ten,

46:43

ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,

46:45

ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,

46:47

ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,

46:49

ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,

46:51

ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,

46:53

ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,

46:55

ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,

46:57

ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,

47:00

ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,

47:02

ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,

47:04

ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,

47:06

ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,

47:08

wonderful lovely performance to be putting

47:10

in so early in the season.

47:12

Don't need any of this ramping

47:14

up, don't need to kind of

47:16

settle yourself into the middle of

47:18

the season when Oscar performed last

47:20

year. To put in this kind

47:22

of performance, getting pole position, being

47:24

the one to make less mistakes

47:26

on that side of the garage,

47:28

and then to win the race

47:30

as well. It shows that if

47:32

he can put himself in that

47:35

position against Lando, I still think

47:37

Lando is the overall quicker driver

47:39

at the moment. when he delivers,

47:41

but if Oscar delivers more often

47:43

and more consistently to his level,

47:45

it could be very very close,

47:47

if not Oscar having the advantage.

47:49

So, brilliant performance from Oscar, it

47:51

was a 10. I've also gone

47:53

for a 10 out of 10

47:55

for Oscar Piastri, a brilliant race

47:57

from Oscar. Perfect race has to

47:59

be said he was great in

48:01

the sprint as well, obviously finishing

48:03

second. And if he keeps his

48:05

format... He's absolutely challenging for the

48:07

championship 100% because he's he's showed

48:10

that he's got the racecraft, he's

48:12

got every, he's kind of ice

48:14

cold, he is a proper like

48:16

ice man when it comes to

48:18

his driving and his attitude which

48:20

I, which I love. And yeah,

48:22

he is impressed so much even

48:24

despite the unfortunate race in Melbourne,

48:26

even impressed there, just caught out

48:28

by, you know, one, one corner

48:30

where a lot of people went

48:32

off. what a start to the

48:34

season he's had and that that

48:36

race was a proper I'm here

48:38

and I will challenge for this

48:40

this championship and it's very exciting.

48:43

Exactly the weekend he needed after

48:45

Australia where a huge amount of

48:47

points were lost and he could

48:49

very much easily be leading the

48:51

championship at the moment but he's

48:53

not but the fans gave Oscar

48:55

at 10 as well. Landonaurus started

48:57

the sprint in 6th, started the

48:59

main race in third, finished second.

49:01

I have gone for an 8

49:03

out of 10 for Land O'

49:05

Norris. It's a high 8, but

49:07

it's an 8. The reason for

49:09

the 8, you know, the main

49:11

race, he did a great job

49:13

of course. Not on his teammate's

49:15

pace, didn't ever look like he

49:18

was really going to win, but

49:20

got the car over the line

49:22

despite the issues, begged a lot

49:24

of points for the championship, which

49:26

is great. There were

49:28

some worrying signs that I think

49:30

crept in during that that weekend

49:32

again. I know the sprint isn't

49:34

where the big points are scored

49:36

and he kind of put it

49:38

behind him for the main race

49:40

to finish second and that's the

49:42

one way you want to have

49:44

the better result. But it can't

49:46

kind of be underplayed that, you

49:48

know, he did go off, he

49:50

made mistakes, he messed up both

49:52

qualifying sessions, it has to be

49:54

said. and the sprint. step behind

49:56

an Aston, finish behind an RB,

49:58

an Antonelli to be 8th when

50:00

it was a car that should

50:02

be winning that race and we

50:04

know is should be kind of

50:06

finishing one to every race now.

50:08

And yeah, it's a shame that

50:10

that happened because it kind of

50:12

has put a little bit of

50:14

a question mark again of, oh

50:16

I thought it sorted this out

50:18

after his mega drive in Australia.

50:20

But he did turn it around

50:22

in the main race of course

50:24

and that's the one where you

50:26

get the big points and hopefully

50:28

it's just one little blip. I've

50:30

also gone for an 8 out

50:32

of 10 for Lando. The downgrades

50:34

for me come from obviously the

50:36

sprint, finishing 8th, making that mistake

50:38

on lap 1. Just putting himself

50:40

on the back foot really like

50:42

it was it was it was

50:45

genuinely just driver error He positioned

50:47

his car wrong dipped a wheel

50:49

and in the sort of gravelly

50:51

grassy area and from there on

50:53

around China You can't really make

50:55

up for your mistakes all that

50:57

much because it's so difficult to

50:59

overtake like we saw and of

51:01

course their entire conservation as well

51:03

because they couldn't pit and then

51:05

also yeah the qualifying being behind

51:07

Russell showing his pace, like there

51:09

is so much raw pace in

51:11

Lando Norris when it is hooked

51:13

up, we saw that in Q2

51:15

of main qualifying. And then he

51:17

didn't improve into Q3 and that's

51:19

why he didn't get pole position.

51:21

And of course he was slightly

51:23

unlucky towards the end of the

51:25

main race as well with his,

51:27

where he was unlucky with his

51:29

break going long, because he felt

51:31

like he could challenge Piastri for

51:33

the win in the last sort

51:35

of 10-15 laps and I would

51:37

have loved to have seen if

51:39

he could genuinely have caught him.

51:41

and that's why I've gone for

51:43

an 8 out of 10 and

51:45

the fans have gone for an

51:47

8 as well and that is

51:49

it we are done wrapped up

51:51

driver ratings locked away I hope

51:53

you've enjoyed it episode 2 in

51:55

the bag 22 to go and

51:57

plenty more podcast coming your way

51:59

as well. Tommy what are your

52:01

final thoughts please? My final thoughts

52:03

are for the second week in

52:05

a row not put who is

52:07

our P1 in the sheet so

52:09

of course you didn't remember. That's

52:11

crazy. My P1 whilst you do

52:13

that Tommy my P1 has to

52:15

be Esther Banokon because he was

52:17

drive of the day he was

52:19

robbed of that and it's the

52:21

only 10 I've given so it

52:23

has to be. No I gave

52:25

it to us well as well.

52:27

But no, it is going to

52:29

be Esteban Okon because I do

52:31

feel like he was robbed of

52:33

not getting drive of the day.

52:35

So he's getting P1 of the

52:37

day from me. I will go

52:39

for... Oh, it's difficult. I think

52:41

I'm going to go for Pastri

52:43

just because he delivered in the

52:45

sprint as well and it was

52:47

a proper, I think it was

52:49

a proper statement weekend from him

52:51

to be like I am here

52:53

to challenge for this world title.

52:55

Ocon. for me no doubt the

52:57

star of the race but the

52:59

start of the weekend and go

53:01

for Piaestri. Okay, well there you

53:03

go. Thank you everybody for watching

53:05

and listening. As always, I'm sure

53:07

you've left your comments of why

53:09

you believe that you have got

53:11

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53:13

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53:15

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53:17

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53:19

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53:21

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53:23

enjoy this podcast and that is

53:25

it. We'll see you very soon,

53:27

Japan in a couple of a

53:29

couple of a couple of weeks.

53:31

Hopefully we get a more exciting

53:33

race than we saw in China.

53:35

Hopefully we get less excitement after

53:37

the race in terms of FIA

53:39

drama. And that is it. Bye

53:41

everyone! Bye! My chore is to

53:43

just go to sleep. I cannot

53:45

wait to just get all myself

53:47

to sleep. Yeah, my sleeping patterns

53:49

obviously been absolutely destroyed. and I

53:51

cannot wait to just rest, although

53:54

I'm flying to Sweden tomorrow. I'm

53:56

flying to Sweden tomorrow for the

53:58

F1 Sim Racing Championship. It starts

54:00

on Tuesday. all the way through

54:02

the Thursday. This is not sponsored,

54:04

sure part of the podcast. So

54:06

yeah, not a lot of sleep

54:08

to be had, but Tommy are

54:10

you going to be sleeping? I

54:12

will be going to bed immediately

54:14

and catching up on some sleep.

54:16

Yeah, because it's been quite the

54:18

crazy one, sleep schedule wise, doesn't

54:20

it? It certainly has. Sweet dreams,

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