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00:00Sure a big smile there because I mean the weekend didn't start out looking great
00:04And then it's just come to you through the weekend when you saw that incredibly committed move at the start
00:09Was it then his race to lose? Yeah, I mean we we definitely managed to improve the car yesterday and
00:16You know his start and that first corner was it was kind of win it or bin it
00:20You know the commitment that he had that was his move into the points
00:25And you say the Oscar has a championship to worry about a little bit
00:29Surely max has got to be thinking about the championship results like this results like Jeddah at some point surely
00:34You've got to think that you've got a chance that may be going for the championship
00:37I think I've always said this Mara this championships a marathon. I mean
00:41Race seven we've managed to win two of them now
00:44and
00:45It's all about where you are at the end of it
00:47You've got to make sure you stay in touch through this phase
00:50You know, we're finding form and you know
00:53This is sort of a triple header now completely different challenge next weekend
00:56Then a regulation change the weekend after so, you know, the races start coming up coming at you thick and fast now
01:03Talk about championship
01:04We've seen that McLaren has focused on the constructors championship a lot and damaging the chances of a driver's championship
01:11In your situation you have max fighting the championship and the other car is a little bit further back in the points
01:16There's the focus more to driver's championship. Yeah for sure. I mean we've got a
01:19full focus is on the driver's championship and
01:23You know, obviously both points both cars are scoring
01:27But and the more that Yuki works his way up the order the bigger role he can play
01:30I mean you saw him play a small role today working, you know hard to keep Oscar behind him for you know, a crucial
01:38lap or so, but
01:40Yeah for us all focus is on that driver's championship
01:43We've got a very clear number one in our team and that's where obviously the the main focus is
01:49Are you surprised that McLaren didn't swap their drivers to launch a bit more of an attack on max?
01:53What do you very hard because you know when you've got two drivers racing each other
01:59you just want to deal with it as even-handedly as you can and and
02:03You know to do that is then sort of favoring one driver over the other so, you know
02:08they they allow the drivers to race and
02:11Yeah, that's good to see and has to be commended but of course sometimes that's perhaps
02:16Against the interest of the team because the drivers have their own interest before we let you go
02:21Just a quick word on Monaco. I mean these races are coming in thick and fast. How will the car fair there and will the tech?
02:28Regulation change in Spain that we're that we're hearing about with the front wing will that affect you in any way?
02:33Well, I think Monaco's as we know is a completely different challenge. We've got two mandatory pit stops in the race
02:39I'm hearing there's a bit of weather around as well for the weekend. So that can always play a factor and then of course
02:45Yeah, Barcelona. We're not we're not expecting any major shakeup, but you know for sure. It will have an effect
02:52Okay, well listen well done today make the most of it. We're going racing again soon, but relax tonight you you thoroughly deserve it
02:58400 from free start and a win for the team. Okay, let's head over to Ted who is with Andrea Stella
03:06My dress so many twists and turning points for that race was the crucial one really
03:11Tamburello chicane lap one
03:14Yes, you say it was an eventful race with many episodes that changed
03:20The course of the race, but they didn't change the leader
03:23The lead was taken as you say in corner one and from there
03:28Fair play to max today was very fast
03:30So we tried a few things to put some pressure deviating with the strategy
03:36which what didn't pay off like there wasn't much on the hard tires and
03:42Yeah today, you know we won the race in Saudi in corner one with a good launch and with a good
03:49Maneuver in corner one today was a little bit of the opposite a bit of variability in racing that
03:54That's okay with that to McLaren's on the podium strong for the constructors and good points for both drivers
04:00And at the end when Lando was on the fresher tires and Oscar was not it seemed like it might be a Japan situation
04:07Once again, maybe you're allowing
04:10An immediate change to give the guy with a better chance the chance to overtake max
04:15But was that even a thought Lando did of course get past Oscar eventually
04:19Maybe did you waste a couple of laps, but in the end with maybe Red Bull too quick
04:24It was definitely a thought considering all the options as to how we were managing that situation, but you know
04:32certainly we want to have
04:34Oscar having his own chances. So we wanted him to have his own chances at the restart and
04:43We also assume the principle that if Lando was able to pass max
04:48He should have been able to pass Oscar pretty easily considering that he was on very old tires
04:53So in reality if the pace Delta was enough things would have taken care of themselves
04:59So we are happy with our things unfolded
05:02I think both drivers think that that was fair and that's the way we go racing. Okay, very interesting Grand Prix. We'll see you Monica
05:08Thanks very much
05:12Well
05:14Started today
05:15You thought it'd be quite an uphill battle and a tough one to finish in the position that you have
05:20So do you have to be relatively content with with how it's gone?
05:24I think so. I mean
05:27Yeah, I think second was best we could achieve today
05:31Max was fast the Red Bull was quick, you know, so I don't think we really had an answer to them
05:35even in the final stint, you know, so
05:38Yeah, just a long race a lot of options that came and went
05:42But I think second was the best we could do today, so I'm I'm happy with that
05:47I think even if we started on pole, I think max was too quick for us. So yeah
05:51Welcome to them. There's an unusual situation for the team
05:54Well, maybe at the end of the final safety car, you obviously had the better tires than Oscar
05:59Guess the team have got to respect the championship battles between the two of you and you seem to understand that as well
06:05That's the way I didn't I know I was on the better tires, but I didn't expect anything
06:11It was a lot of tough fight it was close into turn one
06:14So it's the way it is the way it should be. Of course, I lose time through that and he loses time but
06:22It's what we have to do in order to to battle for a championship, you know
06:26If you try and make someone happy the other one's going to be unhappy. So it's the way it is
06:30I think we handed it well and it was a good job by the team
06:32Listen, it's not your perfect weekend and you weren't happy with yesterday, but you've gained some ground
06:38You go away from here with a little bit of forward momentum in the championship going to Monaco
06:43Does that does that give you a more positive mindset?
06:47Well, I mean, I'm very happy with my Sundays. I have been the whole season
06:52And I still feel like I'm very strong it's just my
06:55my Saturdays just make my life way too difficult come Sunday and
07:00You know, I have to always fight back
07:02I always need to take risks with overtakes and I work harder than what I I should and what I need to
07:10So, I'm still I'm confident I'm happy I'm positive but
07:14I'm not happy with my performances in qualifying and I'm working on them as much as I can and I'm doing the best job I
07:21can but
07:22Still takes time. So I'll keep working on it
07:25Well
07:28Well, let's take a look at this overtake from Lando Norris against his teammate Oscar Piastri part of the car
07:34alongside and slightly ahead of your opponent
07:38That is what you're looking for in the rule when you get to this stage. The corner should be yours
07:43That's how the rule book says that's how the drivers and the stewards have decided on the regulation for this particular occasion
07:50So Lando is allowed and deserved the the right to be their own teammates
07:56I can't think of another time that we've seen them have a fair fight alongside each other without any team rules
08:01Getting into coming into play and Lando today for his own confidence. I think is a really
08:08Significant point and yes, he was on better tires
08:11But it's it's proved to himself at least and to his team and maybe to others as well that doubted his racing prowess and overtaking
08:19Capabilities, he can get it done
08:22Against other drivers the max is to happen at least
08:28So shot, what do you make of it all I mean
08:31He's still got smiles on their faces of the in fairness a decent recovery drive for both of their drivers
08:36And we'll talk more of that very shortly. But first up, what do you make of the way McLaren approached their race today?
08:42They show weakness
08:44Basically, they don't show the strength that Red Bull have are always showing year after year
08:49It's as if they're afraid to be aggressive in trying to win the driver's championship and they're afraid to go against gastri
08:56It's really really odd. He actually messed up that first corner
09:00He got caught out sleeping. He should never have come out of the corner second and then he didn't have the pace which was odd
09:07Norris has more pace on the restart
09:10McLaren knew that it was a matter of last before Norris would have take a castry with the tire difference
09:14It was obvious 100% sure you would get ahead
09:17So why make him lose three laps instead of giving him a shot adverse happen because there's happen is in for the championship
09:24You don't want to give your step and wins. That's more points for him in the driver's championship
09:27So they were putting off the inevitable and making him wait longer to do it
09:30Yeah
09:30And they seem to be happy with second and third
09:32McLaren has a car where a good weekend means first and second anything less is a bit disappointing first and third is a fairly acceptable
09:39But they seem happy with second and third. I'm not sure that they'd be entirely happy with second
09:44That Lando certainly wasn't he did accept. However that they didn't have the pace he believed today finishing six seconds off Max Verstappen
09:52What do you think?
09:52I think they were happy with second and third because I think they thought Max has the quicker car today and to be honest when
09:58Max overtook Oscar. I thought okay. Here we go
10:00Oscar's gonna really hound him for the next few laps and he didn't he didn't really have any
10:04Response to Max Max's pace on the first in was far superior
10:07It meant that Oscar was forced into a different strategy to box early that derailed his whole race to be honest
10:13That's where it kind of went wrong
10:14I think the strategy at the end I kind of agree a little bit with what Andrea is saying in that if
10:19Lando had that much pace he would have cleared Oscar earlier that said they didn't really give him an opportunity to fight Max
10:25I don't think he would have had anything to fight Max with and I think it was a bit of a risk because Oscar could
10:30Have himself potentially held off Lando and he did for a few laps
10:33It bunches things up a bit at the top of the standing 13 points now the difference between Oscar and Lando
10:40With Max a further nine behind more fun. Well, it's great for us. But yeah, they're
10:46It's difficult, you know that weakness thing. You can see it also in the strategy when Norris went long
10:51Why do you pit him you made the decision to go long you stay on the track? Your pace is still good
10:56So why pit a little bit early?
10:58It's as if you're afraid to go for it and then they didn't take advantage of the virtual safety car at the end of the day
11:02Would the other safe car didn't make a difference but still it shows that lack of let's go for it
11:07It's interesting isn't it because we talked about the sort of indecisive nature of their strategy last season and maybe
11:13Before that as well and we put it down to the fact they just weren't in the habit of winning in the way that Red Bull
11:18are
11:19It's less so the case, you know, they've got a very quick car and they need to get into that habit quickly
11:24Don't know it's the case of having two number one drivers. It's because there's not an obvious standout
11:29I think if Red Bull had another driver that was of equal talent to max then it would be probably the same headache there
11:35It's a good problem to have we've discussed that it's not a bad thing that they've got two great drivers fighting for a world
11:40Championship, but they can't start putting in those orders so soon
11:43The one of the drivers is already going to get the hump with the other one. So it's tricky
11:48I think there will be a clash at some point
11:50I think we can preempt that already if you even look at today already got close
11:53I think when that happens, that's when McLaren are going to have to handle it until then
11:58To be honest, I think they're playing a good team game. I think they've leading the Constructors Championship. I think max
12:04Outraced them today. We've grown to expect that and I think that's how it works out the irony, isn't it?
12:09You want the best driver lineup on the grid?
12:12But actually because you see the problems that come with it when you've got max and then nobody is a rear gunner
12:17You can't have two maxes in a team. You just can't these drivers are unique
12:22It reminds me a bit of Senna in a way no driver that could outwin your position
12:26So because obviously the Red Bull on paper is not the McLaren
12:29It's not at that level, but somehow as a unit they managed to do better
12:33They managed with strength with will to go for it and turned up winning grits and determination perhaps being on the back foot
12:39It's a good thing for them makes them rally and pull together as a team
12:45Well another couple of drivers that rallied today you'd have to say with the Ferrari Charlotte
12:50I was a bit disappointed
12:51But both of them got inside the points Lewis Hamilton finishing for Charlotte and six having started 11th and 12th
12:58So they were managed to rescue something from what was otherwise a very difficult weekend. We'll analyze that after the break
13:06Welcome back to Imola where Ferrari were able to give their beloved to posey something to cheer about
13:12Lewis Hamilton ultimately finishing fourth. He was on an absolute mission great straight line speed and the car really coming alive
13:18Let's hear his team radio
13:21Well, we always knew that the Ferrari had strong race pace they showed that in fp2 onwards
13:26So we expected great things for them. Maybe not quite as great as it turned out today
13:30But let's have a look at Lewis Hamilton's day
13:32first of all
13:33We're riding on board with Kimi Antonelli and we got Lewis over there on the right hand side after on the Tifosi's faces
13:39Because it might you must admit it was pretty desperate times and disappointment yesterday in qualifying back to you nuts
13:47Yeah, he'll be absolutely delighted with that his best Grand Prix results
13:51For Ferrari and the first time he's actually beaten Charlotte Claire. Look this lot are happy. You're happy
14:00That's time he's beaten Charlotte Claire in a Grand Prix this season
14:03Yeah, cuz the other times been in sprint races exactly brilliant where he made the difference with his calls and his driving and today
14:09He's almost happier than a podium because he's in Italy and he's the one who got forward and he beat his teammate Leclerc and
14:16Doing that in Italy trying to bring the team around him was super important
14:20The virtual safety car certainly worked in his favor
14:23You know contrary to what happened to Charlotte Claire. Charlotte Claire was actually looking incredibly strong in the early stages of that race, wasn't he?
14:29He was absolutely flying. I think the car clearly came alive today
14:32I don't know what happened yesterday, but today the pair of them were flying with either strategy
14:36I think they I like the fact Ferrari took a gamble with doing something a little bit different with the pair of them and it
14:41Paid off. I think Charles did an incredible job considering he lost out in the second safety car
14:46Both of them great pace. I think a great rebound from yesterday and look at this
14:49This is what it's about for them racing in front of the Tifosi fans and the sea of red
14:54It must have been definitely pushing them along down those straights
14:56And of course Charlotte Claire's wouldn't be racing in front of home fans again next weekend. I mean, that's a very different proposition
15:04Beginning of the season Ferrari certainly thought that Monaco might suit them. What do you think? I
15:09Don't think any track suits them this year. The car is just not good enough
15:14In Monaco you the car that changes direction very quickly
15:18that is super precise because in between guardrails and that was not the case here mainly in
15:22Qualifying and Monaco is all about qualifying. Although now with the two obligatory pit stops
15:28There'll be some really strange strategies
15:29Maybe a team will wait until the last five laps to do their two stops and hope for safety cars
15:34It will be a little bit odd. Okay. Well, they've all been under a bit of pressure coming into this weekend
15:37Not least their team boss Fred versus it. I'm sure he'll feel slightly relieved after that race
15:43Let's hear from him now
15:451.4 seconds 1.4 seconds off a podium
15:49yeah, it's
15:52The positive side of this is that the pace was strong from the beginning to the end
15:57strategy was good well executed and so a
16:00Bit of frustration because I think that if we start the race in a better position that we can even do better
16:06That's the point, isn't it?
16:07You know when you don't even make you three because the setup of this
16:10I mean, it's such a difference between the race pace and the qualifying. Yeah. Yeah, but it was the
16:15The last three or four events. We always had this
16:18Delta quali pace to race pace that Jeddah. We are probably the fastest on track on the race and
16:23Straightens off in quali Miami. It was the same Delta this weekend. It's probably the same Delta
16:28I think that we don't have the best car and max was faster than us today clearly, but
16:33We are really close in these conditions. I mean that we need to do a step on the on the quality mode
16:39Absolutely cracking drive from Lewis just a final question on on Charles
16:43What was the team's thinking in in asking him to give the position back?
16:46At the end to avoid to avoid a penalty and he's he's clearly thinking maybe you didn't need to do that
16:51yeah, but we were under investigation that at this stage that we had the
16:58Understanding of the situation that it was very on the edge and with five second we would have lost
17:03four or five position that
17:06I think make more sense to give up one for four. You're a racing man
17:11I mean, did it seem all right to you seemed all right to me? Yeah. Yeah, but I had a good reason to do it today
17:17All right. Thank you Fred. Thank you
17:20Sure, I see you speaking to Pierre you fought your heart out out there including that move on him
17:26So from your own side today, can you be proud of what you've achieved?
17:30Proud I mean I I
17:32Was saying before the race I it was one of the races where you've got to race with the heart and you've got to
17:38Put the elbows out a little bit and I know that
17:41When it's like this you go very much on the limit sometimes a little bit over but when you are starting p11, I mean
17:48as a driver, I just cannot accept the situation we are in and
17:52So yeah, I took risks. I don't think that with Pierre I was particularly at fault over the limit
17:59I mean it was just a racing incident and the way it was
18:03With Alex it was very much on the limit for sure. I thought that
18:07In the way the rules are written. I was right on the limit of those rules. Is it the case or not?
18:14I've got to check the images again, but but I don't regret anything. I've done
18:19I mean
18:19Today was all about giving it all and I knew
18:22From the moment that I didn't take the pit stop on the second safety car that it was going to be a very difficult
18:26Okay, you had no luck obviously with the BSC and then what happened happened at the virtual safety car
18:31Talked about asking for DRS at the end
18:33Do you think you could have got an extra place as a team if you'd had that or do you understand?
18:37Why why Lewis was allowed to go and attack? I understand. I mean my my dash was a lap or two
18:44Also, I thought it was the last lap
18:45So I was like no way Lewis can get Oscar, but actually there was two or three laps to go
18:49so then the team explained me and I of course understood that
18:53The situation and anyway, the team has asked me to let Alex by so wouldn't have changed much
19:01Got to feel a little bit. Sorry for Charlotte Claire the way the strategy you fell his way today
19:05Thanks to all the virtual safety cars and safety cars and in the heat of the moment
19:10Yeah
19:10He had some hard racing today to watch your teammate overtake you as well as we saw in the last clip of Lewis's day
19:16So I get what Shah was asking for in that he needed Lewis to drop back to give him the DRS and give him that
19:22protection fighting this guy behind him of
19:25Alex Albon, but it wasn't to be because he didn't know the speed that Lewis was able to start catching Piastri
19:32Also on the older tires as Leclerc was at the end of that race there
19:36So vulnerable to the threat of Albon on fresher tires and this only image I have of it
19:41The only other one obviously is the off-board, but I really want the Claire's on board
19:46Unfortunately as always in these situations, he's got the rearview camera and later in time
19:51Maybe we'll be able to see once the car image is downloaded
19:55We'll then find it. But right now right here right now
19:58We don't have that. So all we can go by is this kind of explanation this this image right here of
20:07Was he far enough ahead?
20:09by the letter of the law
20:11If I if I throw that rule book away for a moment
20:15Which I'm sure a lot of you will do at home and you just look at as a pure racing moment
20:19I actually think Albon should have been given enough room here to go around the outside in all honesty and
20:25He wasn't but knowing the rules like I do like all of these guys do hence Leclerc's message on the radio
20:32This is the these are these are the rules of racing too. So I'm kind of entitled to claim that as my corner
20:39That's what we had and this is the moment where he begrudgingly lets through the Williams
20:44I actually think Albon was probably gonna overtake him this time
20:48Anyway, little did they know that the stewards are going to make the decision afterwards that no further
20:53Investigation must hurt a little bit, but I do think the Ferrari
20:57Probably did the right thing. Anyway, as Fred Brasseur was saying
21:00So hopefully that I see it from all sides there as a racer
21:05I think Albon deserve the corner and if it was me, I'd be annoyed if I was Albon
21:10But by the letter of the law, it was close. I think it was just about in Leclerc's favor
21:16Very very diplomatic there and what do you think?
21:20100% help in school corner because
21:24Leclerc released the brake to get to the apex and then he just slid
21:27And there was nowhere Albon could go. It's not like Albon could back off. It was already committed
21:33It was already on the inside. He had the line
21:36Leclerc had to leave enough room for Albon to not go off and
21:39Albon and Williams will be really upset because that should have been p4
21:42They got p5 but p5 not before you're nodding in agreement completely agree
21:47I think the hardest part of an overtake is that initial hit of the brake it then becomes easier to roll off the brake if
21:53You break a little bit too early and find yourself alongside
21:56At the apex, especially if you're on the inside the difference with this corner to what we've seen
22:00Maybe previously and what people might compare it to at the likes of Jeddah and Miami even
22:05When you they run wide there often they've got the room to run wide because there's not the gravel trap
22:10So they actually break so late. They might not even make the corner, but they know they've got the safety of running wide here
22:15They don't have that. Alex was completely in control made the apex and unfortunately wasn't given the room. So I completely agree
22:21I think Charles on the limit. There's great racing. It's what we want to see but just a bit over the limit
22:25Okay. Well, let's hear from his teammate Lewis Hamilton because that was his best Grand Prix result of the year so far
22:36After
22:37The yesterday delusion does this race give you a little smile? Did you have your best?
22:44Weekend in term of feeling with this car. Hopefully you have something some nice things to say we speak
22:51I'm not saying you
22:54Making a sentence and hopefully you've got some good things to finally say
23:03Firstly I'm
23:05The experience with the Tifosi Wow. Wow. Wow. It's been incredible. So that's it to see
23:12Thank you everyone that came out and it was really
23:16very special for me to see
23:19the the sea of red I
23:21Didn't know what to expect this weekend. How many people would turn up but it looked like one of the biggest crowds
23:26we've had here or I think so and
23:29To see so many people. There's a huge flag on the Ferrari flag
23:34Exit of tone 7 and
23:36It was like it just felt really it felt vintage felt like
23:40Back in the day when you would watch like when I was watching Michael race here and you see that
23:44Bond it it was really really great to see an experience
23:47So I cherish that experience and then I definitely didn't expect for us to finish fourth today
23:52I didn't know where we would be able to come
23:56Giving was so far back
23:57But the car really felt great. The team did a fantastic job with the strategy
24:02You know, they were faultless
24:04and I think
24:05I'm getting we're slowly getting there and I think we mean
24:11Ricardo did a fantastic job with his communication with me. I was calm
24:15So then I think he was calm and the team were calm and executing
24:19the strategy and the pit stops were awesome
24:21so
24:22overall mega I
24:25Was hoping for some extra laps once in safety car lost them because it could have maybe fought for a podium
24:32Great to see him smiling again. Do you think this is the turning point in his season? I
24:36Hope so. We've had a few flashes where it's looked really good
24:39I think today was a really good day for the team
24:41They did a good job on strategy as Lewis said obviously got fortunate with the VSC initially
24:45But still a great job on strategy the car came alive
24:48They were both fast and I think because of that they got a great result today
24:51So they can be happy and carry this momentum forwards momentum. It counts doesn't it in this sport?
24:55It counts but yesterday at a qualifying was not because they messed up
24:59Pace simply was not there. So you can't have a turnaround with that
25:03You still need the whole car the whole team. It needs to get better
25:07Obviously we we saw today Lewis is capable when it's there when there's an occasion he rises like you did today
25:14Yeah, you don't always want to have to rely on a recovery drive
25:17Do you don't want to be on the back foot going into the race?
25:19That's why you take a driver like like Lewis or max you these drivers do make a difference
25:24They certainly do and max did exactly that today in classic result then for max Verstappen
25:30He wins a race six seconds ahead of Lando Norris Oscar Piastri rounding out the podium double points finish for Ferrari and indeed
25:39For Williams Alex Alborn getting his fifth place finish the third time this season George Russell
25:46Continuing his record of scoring in every Grand Prix this year. Yuki Sonoda inside the points from the pit lane
25:55Fernando Alonso
25:57Still looking for that elusive first point of the season difficult day for Aston Martin finishing 11th and
26:0515th two retirements including that of home hero Kimi Antonelli a sad end to his weekend
26:13This is what it means for the drivers when it's bunched up now at the top Oscar Piastri leading the way but only by 13 points
26:19Now from Lando Norris who's a further nine ahead of Max Verstappen George Russell still in fourth
26:24Lewis Hamilton jumps above Kimi Antonelli for sixth place
26:31And the bottom half
26:33Remains like this Carlos Sainz
26:36In 11th Yuki Sonoda up with that one point is in 12
26:42Isaac had your decent weekend for him to Franco Colopinto
26:45Not the first race weekend for Alpine and back in the sport that he was looking for
26:52And then the constructors
26:54Well, McLaren still out in front on
26:57279
26:59Mercedes still in second on 147 but Red Bull have halved their deficit to Mercedes
27:04They're on 131 in third as I say double points for Williams great weekend for them and for Ferrari
27:12difficult time for Alpine and Sauber
27:16But
27:19Despite a difficult day yesterday in qualifying is all smiles for Lewis Hamilton and the Tifosi today
27:26Great celebrations for him because he had the strongest race result of
27:322025 in a Grand Prix
27:33He did of course win that sprint in China, but he hasn't finished as high as p4 at all this season
27:39So perhaps maybe just maybe it's the start of great things to come and Bernie has rejoined the team. How are you, Benny?
27:47I mean, how do you feel about the race as a whole? Yeah good. I'm struggling with the light on the hair
27:53That's fine
27:54Yeah
27:55The race, you know way more exciting than we expect to going into it not the one-stop strategy that we've had over the past
28:00Lots of different things happening with tires safety car decisions
28:04Many of the drivers have a lot to go through and the debriefs that are happening behind us in order to
28:09Really understand why decisions were made and that's up and down the petty and there's a lot of questions to be answered
28:15Does it make you sad that we're not going to be racing here?
28:17Well, at least the rumors have it that we won't be coming back
28:19Yeah, it does, you know and we could have had a very different weekend here and then we would have thought that that would have
28:25Maybe been slightly different than we're thinking
28:28but yes when we were fit to make these races that sometimes have been very
28:32Squared on one stops into two stops through tire selection through what happened yesterday not through rain or any of these other things
28:40It means that there's hope for many of the circuits that we think of maybe I grow on everyone
28:45Let's talk about Aston Martin for a moment
28:47Are you surprised that they weren't able to convert what looked like great pace yesterday?
28:52And that actually seemed that they could be on for a double points finish today
28:56Disappointing well, I'll also had a puncture but still the the pace was not there
29:01But let's remember they got in q3 with a medium tire
29:04So it was their pace in qualifying was faster than than what they deserved
29:09Had there been the same tires as everyone but still lacking in in in speed in the race
29:14Okay, well George Russell managed p7 today. Let's hear from him now
29:19Well George you came into the race with hopes of the podium, obviously you stand to your p7
29:25Strategy put you on the back foot early on. Would you say no?
29:30Definitely not bad luck. We were just dead slow. I
29:36Mean the trends are pretty clear when it's hot with slow when it's cold. We're quick and that was the same last year
29:42We've been doing everything with the setup to try and find solutions. But
29:45There's clearly something more fundamental in the car and it's not the first race of the season where we've been slower than Ferrari
29:51Slow and even slower than Williams or the same pace as Williams
29:54But we've just somehow managed to get a result out of it
29:58on these occasions, but today
30:01We were more we were very lucky to finish p7 in all honesty. I mean you did bring me up some upgrades
30:07Yeah, I mean is is the were they targeted?
30:11I would say we're running out of ideas to solve for tires, but
30:17Said it sort of baked into the car and you look at
30:21Ferrari a few years ago. They used to be mega quick and qualifying and slow in the race now
30:25They've kind of done a u-turn and they also don't really understand why that is. So we need to find a better compromise
30:32Especially ahead of an x-races good one
30:34Why that is so we need to find a better compromise
30:38Especially ahead of an x-race because we're approaching summer and it doesn't really bode well for us. So
30:44Yeah, we need to think quick. Thank you
30:48Throttle issue I think ended ended your day early. Um, but there was some interesting parts
30:54Partly a year of learning for you. What what about the defense from lewis for a good period of that race?
30:59What did you learn from that? Yeah, definitely. I mean, uh
31:02You know, we
31:03on the first thing we were all in a drs train and
31:07You know, we were we were lacking a little bit on top speed. So I was always a bit weak, uh going down the straight
31:15But yeah, I mean that was a good thing, you know trying to to keep him behind
31:19And then on the on the medium as soon as I put the tires, I mean after a couple of laps
31:24I started to have the throttle issue
31:26and
31:27You know, I was uh
31:28On the straight. I was losing power
31:30And uh, sometimes the sensor was going crazy
31:34um, so yeah, it's a shame, uh, but you know, these are things that can can happen and
31:40Uh for sure. I don't know
31:43without the problem
31:44the pace
31:46Should have I think would have been much better
31:48um, but yeah need to
31:51Still work on uh on my driving
31:54To see, you know, so where I can improve and in order also to improve the race pace
31:59Especially with the hot temperature because I think when it's cold the pace is uh is really good
32:03Uh, I mean it's much better and also for me. It's much easier to to
32:08Manage the tire and I need to still work on it when it's uh, when it's hot
32:11Yeah, I mean that's a perspective george can have on things from last year. He thinks it's carried on listen
32:17It's been that you've been a busy week
32:19How much does this wet your appetite for monza a little bit later on in the year as well?
32:22Definitely this weekend was uh was a really good learning
32:25Uh, especially because I think on my side I didn't I didn't manage, uh everything well, uh, I think you know
32:34I I didn't take enough time for myself
32:37uh in most of the occasions and that kind of hurt me for for the weekend because
32:42uh, you know, I was just spending wasting energy, uh in some occasion and that
32:49You know affected a little bit the performance once uh going back in the car
32:53Uh, so I think on that side was a really good lesson, especially ahead of uh monza, but now, you know
33:00Still european season, but it will be much much calmer. Okay. Well done. Thank you. Thank you
33:06So not the ferrari tail ending to his first f1 race in front of his home fans a loss of throttle control there for antonelli
33:13And issues with the rear of the car for george russell. I mean, I guess they're just going to be
33:17Well questions to be answered but also keen to go racing again next weekend
33:21Definitely but very surprising on george's side. He um, obviously
33:24Felt like he might have had an issue. He talked about it on the formation lap or the laps to the grid
33:29Then it was even worse his first stint on the tires was a big struggle
33:32Then the pace wasn't I think too bad, but they had already lost too much track position
33:36and then kimmy to be honest similar with the pace, I think
33:39They tried to do something a bit different with the trash. He had the issue and yeah
33:42Just not a good weekend for them as a whole to be honest
33:45But they talk about these cold conditions monaco. It has potential to throw some different conditions into the case
33:50so let's see it does
33:53Look like being potentially a bit wet next weekend as well
33:56Yeah, but I don't think we can
33:58Even imagine what can happen in monaco because of that obligatory two pit stops. Normally you base your pit stops on tire wear
34:06Uh on what is the quickest?
34:08When you have an obligatory pit stop with a tire that pot potentially could do the whole race
34:13It becomes a little bit artificial and you can try some really funky stuff. You say obligatory much better than I say obligatory
34:20Obligatory obligatory. No, we say obligatory. Don't we don't we? I don't know. What do you say?
34:25I want to hear I want to hear the irish person
34:28I'm, not the person to ask for pronunciation of what I do. I go with what either you do
34:32Everything you say is right birdie. Okay, let's hear from alex albon. Now. He's in the pen with lauren sporetto
34:40Hey alex, uh heck of a drive, but i'm
34:42Assuming it's going to be a case of mixed emotions, I guess because it could have been even better when you were fighting for a podium
34:47Yeah, yeah, we weird, isn't it?
34:50um
34:51On a pure race. We were fighting for p3 p4, but that's that's no safety cars. That's just a pure
34:56Pure pure situation. Obviously, maybe a little bit lucky with the vsc admittedly, but at the same time
35:02Got unlucky again on the last safety car. So, uh, um
35:06Yeah, packed back p5s and coming away today a bit disappointed which is a bit
35:12strange to say
35:13yeah, I think
35:14Maybe could have raced charles a bit differently
35:17I
35:19Could have done a bit better there obviously lost out to lewis and then uh,
35:22Maybe could have been a bit more patient with my with my overtake to charles
35:25I was kind of honestly licking my lips. I thought I could even get oscar up in front as well if um,
35:31Such was the pace and the the new tires we had on the car. So
35:34Yeah, uh, very happy. How insane is it that you are racing in mercedes defraud?
35:39He even said you might have had a shot at mclaren today. Um, and is it real?
35:43You know, can we start to think that this is something that could happen more regularly
35:48um, it's a weird one, honestly, I keep telling myself it's it's uh,
35:54It won't happen again and it's this race and then we go to the next race and we're still
35:59we're quick again, and it's a bit like
36:01Is it circumstantial is it not I would honestly say miami and and here we've been quick
36:06Um
36:08In my opinion almost unexpectedly quick this weekend. I I expected miami to be good but not not not here and uh,
36:15um, it kind of opens the
36:18The window for what else, you know, maybe maybe next week we're going to be good
36:21Um, I actually think monica won't be too bad. I think last time we're going to struggle but let's keep going enjoying this
36:28While it lasts congrats. Thanks
36:31He's just such a lovely bloke, isn't he?
36:33You can't help but like him and that's actually williams's best result here in imola since juan. Pablo montoya when he finished third in
36:402004 and as ambassadors of the team you must be delighted as well
36:45So happy and I think to be honest, he says he felt like maybe he could have been more patient
36:48But I like the fact he went for it because I think that would have potentially given him the opportunity
36:52To go after oscar. I think if he waited more laps, he would have minimized his chances
36:57So I like the fact he went for it. It's a great result for the team
36:59The morale is incredible as jack knows as well. It's a big uplift this year and it's exciting time you say a big uplift
37:05It's unbelievable. You're already on 40 points last season. You only got 17
37:10In the whole in the whole year. Oh, they're 500 constructors and they've got a gap behind them as well
37:15So they they can work on that and to come after two good races like this just before monaco. It's fantastic
37:21They have a good qualifying car as well great for monaco. So can they dream big?
37:25Where can they finish up the end of the year? I say to get big you need to dream big. Yeah
37:30You dream big though. They do big
37:31I mean in fairness james fouls has put all the pieces in place to really build a strong future for this team
37:36The team is working well because no upgrades, but they still get better which means they work well with the engineer
37:41They have good momentums and that's how you get a tenth or two
37:45By maximizing what you have in hand and that's where the team has been very strong right now
37:49Okay, before we go off a quick word on isaac hadger. We haven't talked about him at all
37:54What do you make of his weekend bernie? Yeah, he had a brilliant weekend
37:57I think the race today showed really good potential, you know
38:00Seemed to he did the right thing from the stop when he allowed for stopping to open that pit window
38:04Which allowed him to extend and extend and then ultimately allowed him to get the v the vsc that happened
38:10So very important race for him
38:12He did a brilliant job defending holding some much faster cars behind
38:15And that secured the points on the board at the end of the day
38:17It's been an absolute pleasure to have all your company. Have you enjoyed yourself this weekend? Had a blast. Yeah loved it
38:23Lovely sunny emily. What's not to love? I mean what is not to love and we go racing again
38:28Next weekend in monaco the jewel of the crown of formula one. Thank you so much for your company this weekend
38:33It's max verstappen who has won here in imola fourth consecutive year of doing so the 65th
38:40Career win of his and the second this season things are really hotting up in formula one. Bye
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