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1:22

Hello everybody and welcome back

1:25

to the P1 podcast with

1:27

Matt and Tommy. It is your

1:29

favorite number podcast right here

1:31

right now. from zero to ten,

1:33

where we grade the Japanese Grand

1:35

Prix qualifying session, because that's all

1:37

we really have to look at.

1:40

Because did anything really happen in

1:42

the race apart from free practice

1:44

four? I would argue not, especially

1:46

when you look at the position changes

1:48

of some of the drivers or no

1:50

position changes. It was a stinker, however,

1:53

we're still going to grade every driver.

1:55

We're still going to give our opinion,

1:57

isn't that right, Bob telling him. We

1:59

sure are. and yeah it's very

2:01

much a Monaco-esque session or

2:03

result wasn't it really with

2:06

very little changing at the

2:08

top. Don't know if that

2:10

makes it easier or harder

2:12

for drive ratings so we'll

2:14

see. Well I feel like

2:17

Monaco probably harder right so

2:19

let's get into the first

2:21

try. I didn't react enough

2:23

for me to okay all

2:25

right. Gabriel Bartletto! Started the

2:28

race in 17th, finished 19th.

2:30

For me, I am giving

2:32

Gabriel Bartletto a 5 out

2:34

of 10. I

2:36

think we might be rolling out

2:38

the bingo card. If you've got

2:40

on your bingo card, it's difficult

2:42

to overtake. They were pretty much

2:44

stuck. Let's start with Bordaletto. Although

2:47

he did go back a couple

2:49

of positions and finished in 19th

2:51

as he had a lot of

2:53

wheel spin at the start at

2:55

Bordaletto. But I'm very much considering

2:57

Sauber as one of the back-running

2:59

cars, slowest cars probably off of

3:01

the entire field. So I'm not

3:03

going to grade... Bautiletto or many

3:05

drivers, there is one I have

3:07

graded, very harshly, spoiler alert, but

3:09

Bautiletto, still a rookie, didn't crash,

3:11

5 out of 10. I've also

3:13

gone for a 5 out of

3:15

10 for Bautiletto, for Bautiletto. His

3:17

start wasn't great, of course. It's

3:19

hard to be too critical because

3:21

he was dying on hard tires

3:23

of course when the guy's behind

3:25

him wore on soft, so even

3:27

without the bad start, you could

3:29

maybe argue that he was probably

3:31

going to get mugged anyway. He

3:34

had decent progress and decent pace.

3:36

He ended up in the Dewin

3:38

train, which we saw at the

3:40

end of the race, which was

3:42

Deward in 15th, Holkenberg, Lawson, Occon,

3:44

Bordleta, who's on the back of

3:46

that, and obviously no one could

3:48

pass. So he has finished a

3:50

couple of seconds behind his more

3:52

experienced teammate, so it's not bad,

3:54

but just not great. Not bad,

3:56

not great. The fans thought it

3:58

was a little bit less great.

4:00

Four out of ten for Gabriel

4:02

Bortoletto, he will try to improve

4:04

from that. Nika Holkenberg started the

4:06

race on 16th, finished, guess a

4:08

16th. I've gone for a 6

4:10

out of 10 for Nika Holkenberg.

4:12

I think, again, the salbers are

4:14

difficult to grade. Do you think

4:16

that car is maybe a little

4:18

bit better than last year? That

4:21

they're kind of... not just far

4:23

and away last and they can

4:25

kind of fight it in the

4:27

mid-pack but it's still looking like

4:29

one of if not the worst

4:31

cars. So the fact that Nikaukenberg

4:33

has managed to kind of almost

4:35

break into into Q2 and then

4:37

do a solid job in the

4:39

race as well and actually battling

4:41

the midfielders is a fairly respectable

4:43

performance I'd say. Okay, I've also

4:45

gone for six out of ten

4:47

for Nika Holkenberg. Almost breaking into

4:49

Q2 is not something that we

4:51

wanted to say with regards to

4:53

Holkenberg for this season, but he

4:55

knew what he had signed up

4:57

for and it's definitely not 2025.

4:59

It's next year. Yeah, six out

5:01

of 10 for me finishing 16th.

5:03

Well done. Congratulations. Not a lot

5:06

to really report, but he did

5:08

slightly better than what we would

5:10

perhaps expect in that car. The

5:12

fans gave him a five. Alex

5:14

Albon started the racing ninth, finished

5:16

ninth. I have gone four. An

5:18

eight out of ten. Alex Albon.

5:20

Gone other days now, I believe

5:22

that that Williams should be expected

5:24

as a midfield to slowest. car

5:26

on the grid kind of vibe

5:28

they are there now I think

5:30

Alex is doing a phenomenal job

5:32

in that car scrap that nine

5:34

out of ten sorry editor no

5:36

we've changed that we've changed it

5:38

on the fly and it kind

5:40

of works as well because you've

5:42

got GP Star ninth, finished ninth

5:44

and he gets a nine out

5:46

of ten. He scored a couple

5:48

of points. He didn't have any

5:50

retirements from the from the front

5:53

running crew. He beats Sonoda. I

5:55

don't think you can really mark

5:57

him down too much. Obviously he

5:59

had had a job that beat

6:01

him ahead of him but yeah

6:03

I think nine out of ten

6:05

for Alex album. I think the

6:07

Williams is a good car and

6:09

Alex has continued to do a

6:11

very good job this season. However

6:13

in a close midfield. You can

6:15

get more out of that car

6:17

and it's still a very good

6:19

result for Alpondot, get me wrong,

6:21

eight out of ten. It's still

6:23

a very good grade, but I

6:25

wouldn't go higher because I think

6:27

he's, there's maybe a bit more

6:29

on the table. Okay, what does

6:31

the table suggest Tommy? The table

6:33

suggests that, well, a V-carb was

6:35

eight, so there's time there, and

6:37

you've got to have some leeway

6:40

for... you know superior results so

6:42

that's why I'm confident. Superior results

6:44

when the top four teams are

6:46

untouchable. Interesting, okay this is what

6:48

drive race is all about. 8

6:50

out of 10 is like the

6:52

most horrific horrific. I know I

6:54

was thinking that I've slandered in

6:56

for 8 out of 10 for

6:58

finishing 9th at a Williams. The

7:00

fans gave Alex an 8. Carlos

7:02

signs started the race in 15th,

7:04

finished 14th. I've gone for a

7:06

5 for Carlos science. I think

7:08

on paper it looks. disappointing and

7:10

it is disappointing I think I

7:12

think Carlos I think looking at

7:14

it now he's probably be one

7:16

of the most disappointing drivers of

7:18

the year so far to think

7:20

how much hype he had going

7:22

into the season because a long

7:24

time ago he was topping bar

7:27

rain testing and he can't take

7:29

times for testing and thinking oh

7:31

science is gonna do an amazing

7:33

amazing job this year and he

7:35

was very close to his teammate

7:37

in qualifying just missed out but

7:39

as we know in this in

7:41

a track like Suzuki which apparently

7:43

is now Monaco part two you

7:45

can't over take and he was

7:47

always going to have problems and

7:49

then I actually watched the the

7:51

video back of the penalty that

7:53

he got of course which demoted

7:55

him even further and the team

7:57

don't even tell him that Hamilton

7:59

is coming up so I can't

8:01

really blame him for that one.

8:03

Okay I have also gone for

8:05

a five out of ten for

8:07

Carlos signs the penalty definitely hindered

8:09

his race even more so and

8:12

he said that himself after the

8:14

race that The reposition was what

8:16

cost cost him. The pace was

8:18

there. He said he was stronger

8:20

than everyone around him, but obviously

8:22

didn't have that 8th tenth gap

8:24

that Andrea Stella said after the

8:26

race that drivers needed to pass

8:28

their opposition ahead. But I have

8:30

to agree, it's been a very

8:32

mediocre start to Carlos's career at

8:34

Williams. I am of the opinion

8:36

that he will get his head

8:38

around this car and that he

8:40

will begin to perform. He just

8:42

might need a little bit of

8:44

time. And I think, you know,

8:46

some... when people listen to that

8:48

as well, they'll go, well, you

8:50

know, why is the likes of

8:52

law so not getting time? You

8:54

know, why are we giving Carlos's

8:56

time? He's an experienced driver. Some

8:59

drivers take a little bit longer

9:01

to embed themselves in the team.

9:03

I think even though Hamilton has

9:05

a sprint win, I wouldn't say

9:07

he's embedded himself in the team

9:09

just yet, and you look at

9:11

a weekend like today, and you

9:13

can see that perhaps it just

9:15

takes a little time to slot

9:17

in, but that we can't judge

9:19

Carlos on what we can't judge

9:21

Carlos on what we've seen is

9:23

not a lot. So five out

9:25

of ten from me and the

9:27

fans also gave him a five.

9:29

Isaac Hadjar. Started the race in

9:31

seventh, finished eighth. So ten. So

9:33

ten out of ten. Isaac Hadjar.

9:35

Rookie. Best of the rest. Qualified

9:37

ahead of Hamilton. You literally cannot

9:39

ask any more of this driver

9:41

at this stage of his career.

9:43

And that's something that you also

9:46

factor in to these grades. And

9:48

that's what I do at least.

9:50

There is no more leeway, there

9:52

is no more room for Hadjar

9:54

to have jumped into in my

9:56

opinion and that is why I'm

9:58

giving him a perfect score. Same

10:01

for me, it's a 10 out

10:03

of 10, amazing performance, only his

10:05

third grand Prix, and just the

10:07

perfect weekend has to be said,

10:09

we know that the V-carb is

10:11

quick, we've seen the potential of

10:13

it, and he maximised qualifying, you

10:15

know, out-qualified Lewis Hamilton, which is

10:17

an insane thing to think. And

10:19

then in the race, top teams

10:21

are, of course, difficult to beat,

10:23

but... did an amazing job to

10:25

finish peer and get his first

10:27

points. I know it was kind

10:29

of a monoco race like we've

10:31

said, but it doesn't take anything

10:33

away from him. An amazing job

10:35

and what a start to the

10:37

season he's had and how he's

10:40

bounced back from the disappointment of

10:42

Melbourne. Yeah, and that argument can't

10:44

even be used for Hadjar, I

10:46

don't think, because it wasn't as

10:48

if there was a Hadjar train

10:50

with five cars directly behind him.

10:52

He was comfortably running in P8

10:54

and he did a great job.

10:56

The fans, they weren't happy. Nine

10:58

out of ten. I mean, what

11:00

more do you want from him?

11:02

Do you want to win the

11:04

race? I know he's in the

11:06

V Cup, which is apparently better

11:08

than Red Ball. He's in the

11:10

fastest car on the grid, Matt.

11:12

Why are you giving him with

11:14

ten? Liam Lawson started the racing

11:16

13th, finished 17th. I've gone for

11:18

a five out of ten for

11:21

Liam Lawson. I don't think it's

11:23

as bad on paper as it

11:25

looks. Don't get me wrong. He's

11:27

gone back into the car and

11:29

how jog gets the praises he

11:31

deserves. But I think he did

11:33

have to kind of sacrifice himself

11:35

a bit and the strategy wasn't

11:37

there. It was the kind of...

11:39

hero V cub strategy we we

11:41

normally see which thankfully didn't affect

11:43

Hadja they did a more normal

11:45

strategy with him Lawson yeah could

11:47

have done better it kind of

11:49

all came undone in qualifying I

11:51

expected more from him of course

11:53

out of track that he normally

11:55

does well and of course doesn't

11:57

look great for him finishing P17

11:59

after the demotion but I think

12:02

you're about to expect. I've gone

12:04

for a four out of ten

12:06

for Lawson he was just slow

12:08

I remember looking at his lap

12:10

times it wasn't like he was

12:12

again caught in a train he

12:14

was he fell off the back

12:16

of where he was running at

12:18

the start of that race perhaps

12:20

trying to keep the mediums in

12:22

a good window to go really

12:24

long but it just was a...

12:26

Well, not a poor strategy, a

12:28

different strategy and definitely not the

12:30

best strategy, but also he just

12:32

wasn't quick. So that's the reason

12:34

why he finished 17th, despite going

12:36

on the soft, couldn't go on

12:38

any kind of charge. And yeah,

12:40

a performance to forget for Lawson,

12:43

for sure. The fans gave him

12:45

a four as well. Ollie Bairman

12:47

started the race in 10th, finish

12:49

10th. It is a nine out

12:51

of 10 for Ollie Bairman from

12:53

me. He's picking it up quite

12:55

nicely. I would say now, are

12:57

kind of slotting in and performing

12:59

to the level of which I

13:01

expected from him coming into this

13:03

season, because if you remember he

13:05

is my biggest good surprise of

13:07

this season. And yeah, he's kind

13:09

of translating that pace now. He

13:11

wasn't able to I think really

13:13

utilise his final Q3 lap, if

13:15

I remember, but to get through

13:17

to Q3 in general when his

13:19

teammate Okon, an experienced race winner,

13:21

being knocked out in Q1, Ocon

13:24

having his struggles in that house

13:26

and I think being knocked out

13:28

in Q1 twice this year already

13:30

and Berman obviously finished the race

13:32

where he started beautiful lovely Suzuki

13:34

I'm sure for him but scored

13:36

another point and I think he

13:38

can be very happy with that.

13:40

I've gone for a nine out

13:42

of ten as well for Ali

13:44

Berman, not quite a ten because

13:46

I think there was more time

13:48

to be had in Q3 and

13:50

maybe... had he qualified better as

13:52

we know with the struggles to

13:54

pass he might have maybe even

13:56

got a P8 in that race

13:58

but ollie bam an amazing job,

14:01

particularly with how

14:03

Pauli, his teammate did in that

14:06

race. And yeah, I've really impressed

14:08

the start to the season

14:11

for Ali Berman. Very, very

14:13

impressed with him. The fans

14:15

gave Ali Berman a nine out

14:17

of 10 as well. Estebanokon

14:20

started the race on

14:22

18th, finished 18th. I

14:24

have gone for a three out of

14:26

10 for Estebanokon. So

14:30

another is all gone wrong in

14:32

qualifying and there's nothing

14:34

more he could have done really.

14:36

But you have to be harsh because

14:39

you know he's the experience

14:41

driver. Yes you can't overtake

14:43

but he's the he's the

14:46

one with experience in Formula

14:48

One and after what was

14:50

an unbelievable drive in the

14:53

last race is proper like hero

14:55

to zero for the next

14:57

race to qualify 18th. when

14:59

your teammate might have even

15:01

got a P8, just shows

15:03

the potential of that car.

15:05

The teammate did obviously get in

15:08

the top 10, a really

15:10

disappointing weekend for Ocon and

15:12

just prayed for something to

15:14

happen in the race that never

15:16

happened. I have also gone for

15:18

a three out of ten for

15:20

Ocon, really disappointing, the expectation,

15:23

I think a lot of

15:25

us have is that Ocon should... in

15:27

theory, on paper, be delivering better

15:30

performances than bare men at

15:32

this stage. Of course, as you say,

15:34

he had a great performance last time

15:36

out. It's kind of gone zero to

15:38

hero to zero in terms of his

15:40

first three grand Prix so far this

15:42

season. But it's hard to really understand

15:44

why and he can see his

15:46

sort of post-quality post-race interviews, does

15:49

seem quite down in the dumps

15:51

at the moment with what's going

15:53

on at Haas, and very unlike

15:55

Okon. because I do think he's

15:57

a very quick driver so whatever

15:59

there it is, needs to figure

16:01

it out soon, otherwise the bareman, what

16:04

could be a good alliteration for bareman,

16:06

the bareman, bus. The bareman bus will

16:08

be boarded by a lot of people.

16:11

I mean I was already on there,

16:13

I was already driving the bus, but

16:15

I think the people should probably get

16:18

quite excited about bareman at this stage.

16:20

But back to Okon, yeah, three out

16:22

of ten, the fans also gave him

16:25

a three. Jack Dewin, started the race

16:27

in 19th, finished 15. I

16:30

have gone for a four out

16:32

of ten for Jack Dewan because

16:34

he's one of the only drivers

16:37

to have actually made progress in

16:39

the race with quite an aggressive

16:41

but decent strategy. Started on the

16:43

soft, pitted really early, pushed hard,

16:45

had ailing hard tires towards the

16:47

end, but kept a few positions

16:49

and he only finished a couple

16:51

of positions behind his teammate. Of

16:53

course for race time it wasn't

16:55

the fastest strategy but to get

16:58

a few positions out on track

17:00

it was so that's why it's

17:02

a four the reason it's no

17:04

higher than that is because he

17:06

smashed the car to pieces in

17:08

free practice too which has to

17:10

be a mark against you and

17:12

also to qualify 19th you're basically

17:14

just signing and sealing your fate

17:17

of not scoring points around a

17:19

place like Suzuki. It's still a

17:21

disappointing weekend, despite him gaining four

17:23

positions finishing two places behind Gazley,

17:25

it's still not good enough because

17:27

of the fact he's obliterated the

17:29

car and free practice. I've gone

17:31

for a three out of ten

17:33

for Jack Dewin. It's such a

17:36

shame doing with how his career

17:38

is going because I think you've

17:40

shown surprising pace compared to his

17:42

teammate and actually the... The speed

17:44

he has is certainly not bad

17:46

at all, but he's making too

17:48

many headlines for errors and things.

17:50

He could have, I think he

17:52

could have got away with it

17:55

for what happened in Melbourne because

17:57

it was a tricky race. And

17:59

I know a lot of people

18:01

are jumping on the, oh well

18:03

he didn't have FP1, so he's,

18:05

it doesn't mean you smash it

18:07

into a wall into term one

18:09

by not taking your DRS off.

18:11

I don't buy that theory. Yeah,

18:14

you didn't have FP1, so you

18:16

fly into term one in free

18:18

practice too with DRS open. Yeah,

18:20

I don't remember any of the

18:22

other rookies doing that in FP1.

18:24

So I don't get that. I

18:26

just don't understand. Like obviously there's

18:28

the whole rumors of something in

18:30

the same rumors of something in

18:32

the simulator in the simulator of

18:35

something in the simulator and blah

18:37

blah blah blah blah blah blah

18:39

blah blah blah blah blah blah

18:41

blah blah blah blah blah blah.

18:43

makes kind of sense in some

18:45

ways because you wonder why would

18:47

he leave D.R.S. open unless he

18:49

literally forgot. This could be a

18:51

mistake, which is another one. But

18:54

it's a massive, massive mistake and

18:56

this is the thing with Jack

18:58

doing. Alpine and Flavio Briatore needs

19:00

half an excuse to get rid

19:02

of him, I think. and he's

19:04

given them more than that and

19:06

this and it's it's a shame

19:08

because like I said I do

19:10

think his pace is good and

19:13

he's I think his performances have

19:15

been surprising he's just having too

19:17

many kind of low lights of

19:19

like big crashes and silly incidents

19:21

and things and that and I

19:23

can't even though I think his

19:25

race was pretty good I can't

19:27

get away from the fact that

19:29

that crash in FP2 even it's

19:32

a practice session that's not where

19:34

the results are the results are

19:36

That will be such a huge

19:38

thing that Alpine will look at

19:40

and everyone will look at from

19:42

that weekend. From Tom Bellingham's looking

19:44

at as well. Exactly. I'm sure

19:46

it's going to be... Our F1

19:48

driver ratings are free practice two

19:50

of the Japanese Grand Prix in

19:53

and Tommy's gone for three. Fair

19:55

enough. Okay. I went for four

19:57

and the fans also went for

19:59

a four out of 10. Pierre

20:01

Gazley started the race on 11th

20:03

finished 13th. I've gone for a

20:05

six out of 10 for Pierre

20:07

Gazley. I think he was very

20:09

unfortunate with a slow pit stop

20:12

which meant that he dropped a

20:14

few places otherwise he'd have been

20:16

the whopping heights of P11 or

20:18

12 instead of 13th but jokes

20:20

aside I just did think Alpien

20:22

has got a point yet, insane.

20:24

after thinking that they would hit

20:26

the ground running after quite hyped

20:28

up in testing. Did we both

20:31

quit? Gazley and ninth for the

20:33

championship? We did. Or ninth, top,

20:35

I think I went tenth, you

20:37

went ninth I think. Yeah, good

20:39

lord, that's not looking very good

20:41

at the moment. It's not looking

20:43

very good at all. No, I

20:45

have also gone for a six

20:47

out of ten, exactly the same

20:50

reasoning as you, the pit stop

20:52

obviously screwed him a little bit.

20:54

He qualified quite well in 11th.

20:56

And yeah, what could have been

20:58

maybe, but... points still looked very

21:00

unlikely for that alpine and ghazly

21:02

in particular. The fans gave them

21:04

five. They weren't happy at all.

21:06

Speaking of not being happy. Lunch

21:09

stroll! Started the racing 20th, finished,

21:11

20th. I am locking in. A

21:13

one out of 10. Yeah we're

21:15

not going zero. We're not going

21:17

zero because zeros are locked in

21:19

for very special performances and don't

21:21

get me wrong. This was a

21:23

special stroll performance. However, he didn't

21:25

destroy the car. He was just

21:27

slow, just having a good old

21:30

time out there. Probably not in

21:32

any way. I say good, I

21:34

don't think he probably enjoys that,

21:36

and there's been questions about whether

21:38

he enjoys following one full stop.

21:40

And I'm sure that's a weekend.

21:42

He'll never want to think about

21:44

ever again. But he made up

21:46

one place at the start and

21:49

then stayed at the back. He

21:51

pitted twice. Why is he

21:53

doing a two-stop round a track

21:55

you can't overtake? Maybe he literally

21:57

just wanted to have fun on

21:59

some fresh tires. I wouldn't put

22:01

it past him. See it. it's

22:03

a one out of ten. I've

22:05

gone for a two out of

22:07

ten for Lance Stroll. Oh my

22:09

god. Yeah I know, highly arrayed

22:11

him, continuing his epic start to

22:13

the season as one of the

22:15

best drives in Formula One. Now

22:17

it'd be easy to jump on

22:20

and give him like a zero

22:22

because it's Lance Stroll. Of course

22:24

it's a shocking weekend. You made

22:26

the mistake in qualifying which he

22:28

deserves to kind of have a

22:30

bad grade four, but it all

22:32

kind of came undone then. And

22:34

in the race, yes he was

22:36

at the was at the was

22:38

at the back. It looks worse

22:40

than it was because he made

22:42

two stops, but it's still an

22:44

incredibly poor weekend that all went

22:46

wrong and qualifying. And then in

22:48

the race, Dewin showed that that

22:50

strategy could maybe do something, but

22:52

Lance instead, yeah, pitted early and

22:54

then, yeah, pitted again and went

22:56

for the two-stop and just did

22:58

some maybe testing for Adrian Nui

23:00

or something, I don't know. But

23:02

yeah, testing, Andrew knew his patience

23:04

probably. Come on. More of that

23:07

for this season to come. The

23:09

fans, they weren't happy at all.

23:11

Zero out of ten for lunch

23:13

stroll. Lunch roll could have finished

23:15

12th and the fans give him

23:17

a zero with our vote. It's

23:19

a bit last roll tax on

23:21

that one, isn't it? It really

23:23

is. Zero for him. Fernando Alonzo

23:25

started the racing 12th, finished 11th.

23:27

I've gone for a seven out

23:29

of 10 for Fernando Alonzo. I

23:31

think he's done a good job

23:33

to almost get points. Aston Martin

23:35

are so locked in in that

23:37

midfield now. I think we're going

23:39

to see races where I generally

23:41

think pretty much everyone out of

23:43

the top teams minus Sauber could

23:45

have these really good results where

23:47

they maybe... pop-alite P8 and then

23:49

equally they can have one mistake

23:51

in qualifying like a learnt stroll

23:53

and finish 20th and I think

23:56

that is going to be a

23:58

trend we see in this this

24:00

season but Alonzo's car finally decided

24:02

it fancied finishing the race. And

24:04

in doing so we kind of

24:06

got to see that Fernando isn't

24:08

a finished driver and can still

24:10

deliver a decent job, but I

24:12

don't think the car's there for

24:14

points yet. Still trails, lunch trial

24:16

by 10 points in the championship.

24:18

Can you believe it? I have

24:20

also gone for a 7 out

24:22

of 10 for Fernando Alonzo. Yeah,

24:24

I was gonna, my brain wanted

24:26

to take the Mickey out of

24:28

you for going for 7 out

24:30

of 10. I knew he was

24:32

gonna go for 7. But I've

24:34

also gone for a 7, so

24:36

I can't quite say that you're

24:38

a year you're a fan. It

24:40

was a much stronger if you

24:42

want. I will at several points

24:45

I'm sure coming up but I

24:47

think that yeah it was it

24:49

was a much better performance a

24:51

shame for him that he couldn't

24:53

actually put some points on the

24:55

board but it's just a bit

24:57

of a settler I would say

24:59

and people that are saying Alonzo's

25:01

too old and finished obviously I've

25:03

joked whenever I said about that.

25:05

He's not and I think he

25:07

did a great job so seven

25:09

from me and the fans gave

25:11

him. a six. Jimmy Antonelli started

25:13

the race and sixth finished sixth.

25:15

My grade for Kimi Antonelli is

25:17

an eight out of ten. I

25:19

think he did a very good

25:21

job. I think his strategy was

25:23

absolutely on point. I don't think

25:25

there was a more perfect strategy

25:27

out there. For Antonelli who was

25:29

kind of it towards the back

25:31

of obviously the front runners had

25:34

enough space to be able to

25:36

go as long as he wanted

25:38

and on the mediums to come

25:40

back out on fresh rubber. and

25:42

then pushed for the rest of

25:44

the race. I think that strategy

25:46

wasn't open to a lot of

25:48

drivers just purely because of the

25:50

traffic that they would have come

25:52

out in. Whereas Antonelli, he had

25:54

nothing to really lose. Don't get

25:56

me wrong, he still had a

25:58

great race. His pace was really

26:00

good. The tire whisper, etc., etc.

26:02

It went really long, led the

26:04

race, which was quite cool I'm

26:06

sure, for Tommy to see, and

26:08

then finished only a few seconds

26:10

off of George Russell. But I'm

26:12

not also going to ignore the

26:14

fact that Russell. you know was

26:16

also stuck in traffic he pitted

26:18

early couldn't make use of of

26:21

the under fresh rubber just purely

26:23

because he was put out into

26:25

traffic and it wasn't the smoothest

26:27

race for Russell but for Kimmy

26:29

yeah still a very just strong

26:31

foundation to be building from for

26:33

him. I have gone for an

26:35

eight out of ten for Kimi

26:37

Antonelli. Very good performance again. I'm

26:39

proud of you because I thought

26:41

you would have said he led

26:43

ten laps. That's a ten out

26:45

of ten. Ten out of ten.

26:47

No he's he's had a fantastic

26:49

start to his his formula one

26:51

career. done everything Mercedes would have

26:53

asked for him I think have

26:55

absolutely taken the results that he's

26:57

had and yeah he of course

26:59

had a great strategy which I

27:01

think worked in his favour but

27:03

I think he deserves credit for

27:05

making it happen because he took

27:07

the ties longer than anyone else

27:10

could and as a rookie I

27:12

think that is still impressive to

27:14

do so and then you know

27:16

led the race which was a

27:18

cool thing to happen and break

27:20

that record of Max's by three

27:22

days I think it was. And

27:24

he also got the fastest lap

27:26

which I think is a nice

27:28

one for the record books particularly

27:30

as I am one of these

27:32

people that was anti fastest lap

27:34

point. So I'm glad that that

27:36

record that now stands is for

27:38

a legitimate fastest lap that's been

27:40

earned and not just because he

27:42

pitted with like three laps to

27:44

go on soft tires. So you

27:46

may as well have, mate, you

27:48

pitted like 12 laps later on

27:50

ours. Well, but it's a warranted

27:52

strategy. And that's part of Formula

27:54

One. So I'm glad that's the

27:56

case. And yeah, Antony's continued his

27:59

strong start to the season. Maybe

28:01

we bring back the fastest lap

28:03

points, but people can't get the

28:05

fastest lap if they like pit

28:07

random. I don't know. Let's not

28:09

open that kind of win. The

28:11

fans gave Kimmy an eight as

28:13

well. George Russell, started the racing

28:15

fifth, finished fifth, I've gone for

28:17

an 8 out of 10 for

28:19

George Russell. Another solid performance from

28:21

George. I think it'd be quite

28:23

disappointed. Maybe the... best he could

28:25

have hoped for his fourth so

28:27

not too disappointed but he had

28:29

he had a lot of pace

28:31

I think and in qualifying look

28:33

like he might be the one

28:35

to challenge the McLarens but instead

28:37

he has you know I think

28:39

he made a mistake on his

28:41

on his qualifying lap and then

28:43

no fault of his own got

28:45

stuck in the the kind of

28:48

traffic with the way it's worked

28:50

but bagging more points in the

28:52

championship and another side job from

28:54

George Russell. It's an eight out

28:56

of ten from me as well

28:58

for George, but a very different

29:00

race to Kimmy's. As you say,

29:02

I think he will be slightly

29:04

disappointed, missed out narrowly in qualifying,

29:06

he tried to get his tires

29:08

in a good window where they

29:10

were slightly cooler at the start

29:12

of the lap to be able

29:14

to attack at the end, but

29:16

he misjudged it and it was

29:18

too cold and then made that

29:20

mistake. But yeah, he could have

29:22

easily. He looked quick. I've seen

29:24

him on boards, into the Degnas

29:26

in particular, that Mercedes looked hooked

29:28

up. It does it really good.

29:30

So I reckon if George had

29:32

qualified in a second or a

29:35

third, he would have caused some

29:37

serious problems for the McLarens. But

29:39

alas, that is all just in

29:41

our imaginations. And we have to

29:43

grade him on what he's done,

29:45

and it is still an eight

29:47

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29:49

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29:51

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46:57

Again, just kind of copy and

46:59

paste, Piastri, very close in qualifying.

47:01

And I can't blame Lando for

47:03

not going for it. I think

47:05

there's even more of a... On

47:08

Lando here, it's kind of a

47:10

boring watch to watch him maybe

47:12

sit back and it's frustrating as

47:14

homimo on fans to go. He's

47:16

got a really quick car and

47:18

the step... It's much quicker than

47:21

Vastapin's. Why isn't he overtaking? But...

47:23

One, it's incredibly difficult to pass.

47:25

And two, he's leading the world

47:27

championship. And I don't think there's

47:29

any problem in selling for second

47:31

in that race. I think it's

47:34

a sensible option personally with how

47:36

kind of championships can be won.

47:38

And yeah, he drove a good

47:40

race, fine margins. The pit exit

47:42

thing I think has been maybe

47:44

blown a bit out of proportion

47:46

of like... Just trying to go

47:49

down this Norris bottle of thing,

47:51

I personally would see... match just

47:53

happened doing exactly the same thing

47:55

trying to overtake someone and if

47:57

it doesn't work you snitch at

47:59

them on the radio welcome to

48:02

formula one that's literally what every

48:04

driver does so yeah decent performance

48:06

from Lando but should have won

48:08

the race but he didn't but

48:10

still p2 is a great result

48:12

I have also gone for an

48:15

eight out of ten for Lando

48:17

similar boat both both McLaren drivers

48:19

An 8 out of 10 is

48:21

still a decent score. May I

48:23

remind you, we are not giving

48:25

them 2 out of 10s. It's

48:28

just that there was more time

48:30

on the table. Norris missing out

48:32

by a hundredth of a second

48:34

in qualifying. That is the difference.

48:36

And then following Vastapin into the

48:38

pits, I know that's a McLaren

48:40

call as well, but like, why

48:43

just? That is frustrating, is more

48:45

of a team element maybe than

48:47

Lando specifically, but then we've seen

48:49

in the past many times where

48:51

drivers take it into their own

48:53

hands and do something slightly different

48:56

to make something work. I don't

48:58

think in this occasion it could

49:00

have, because then he would have

49:02

fallen behind Oscar, and if there's

49:04

not been prior conversation with the

49:06

two McLaren drivers and McLaren themselves,

49:09

then Oscar will keep that position,

49:11

and then that'll be it. So

49:13

there wasn't much that Lando could

49:15

do after not getting for stapping

49:17

at the start, still had a

49:19

good getaway. But I think we

49:21

expected the McLaren 1-2, you did

49:24

in particular Tommy, in coming into

49:26

this one. So yeah, it's an

49:28

8 out of 10. The fans

49:30

gave him an 8 as well.

49:32

So who is our P1? My

49:34

P1 has to be Max for

49:37

Stappen, just purely because it was

49:39

a perfect weekend. I know Hajja

49:41

obviously I gave a 10 as

49:43

well too. and he does deserve

49:45

a shout-out because it was a

49:47

great performance, but Max is fully

49:50

deserving of every bit of the

49:52

spotlight after this weekend. It's one

49:54

of the best weekends he's ever

49:56

had in Formula One. Well done,

49:58

Max. Yeah, heart says, headjar. head

50:00

says for stappen because he is

50:03

basically put in I think any

50:05

other weekend had jug gets it

50:07

but the stappen has put in

50:09

one of those performances that makes

50:11

even you know I've seen a

50:13

lot of funny memes of people

50:15

sharing about certain individuals in the

50:18

sport that have maybe been quite

50:20

critical of match for stappen and

50:22

then putting that I'm going to

50:24

need new haters because even my

50:26

haters are starting to like me.

50:28

it's so accurate because I think

50:31

the Stappan having had that dominant

50:33

and best car for so long

50:35

and winning so many races in

50:37

a row it was easy to

50:39

kind of dismiss what he was

50:41

doing but now he's not got

50:44

that and he's still you know

50:46

putting in performances like that and

50:48

winning that that was a race

50:50

where so many people even that

50:52

that kind of didn't want to

50:54

admit it I've kind of gone

50:57

Okay, this this guy is the

50:59

best driver in Formula One and

51:01

is, you know, one of the

51:03

greatest we've ever seen in Formula

51:05

One. So, amazing performance. Amazing indeed.

51:07

And that is it. Thank you

51:09

everybody for tuning in to the

51:12

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51:14

Grand Prix. We're back again this

51:16

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51:18

Twitch for the Bahrain Grand Prix.

51:20

Just bring it on, please. We

51:22

are begging for some overtakes. we're

51:25

begging for some strategy and just

51:27

generally entertainment. Isn't that right Tommy?

51:29

What are your final thoughts? Final

51:31

thoughts are respect for us speaking

51:33

for two hours about that Japanese

51:35

Grand Prix if you include this

51:38

drive ratings and the podcast added

51:40

together and yeah bring on Bahrain

51:42

now because I'm glad to put

51:44

that one behind us. Did you

51:46

just reward yourself with respect? That's

51:48

impressive. You're like, respect to us.

51:50

Respect to us. Well done us.

51:53

love. Okay that's a great final

51:55

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51:57

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