Ben Anderson

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3,346 appearances 18 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 6d ago

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The Race F1 Podcast · Mailbag: Is Norris '27 title favourite + Why does F1 keep adding soulless street tracks? · 15 Sep 2026 podcast

I think the only one... matched

from recent years who got the reputation for just being a nightmare was Nikita Mazepin. matched

Everyone had a problem with him, particularly on track at almost all times in terms of getting in the way, just not having the awareness. matched

I think the level of the grid now is higher than it was then overall. matched

So generally, when you're running into these problems, it's not because of ineptitude or a lack of awareness. matched

It's just... matched

either the driver's deliberately trying to screw somebody over because they can and they want to or they're irritated, or it's a team thing where the communications let them down, they haven't got the radio message in time, and you just impede by accident. matched

But, of course, the driver being impeded never understands – matched

that situation so they they always rage against whoever it is in the moment regardless of whether they're a seven-time champion or a rookie and calling them an idiot or what's this guy doing because it just looks to them like they're in the way being a mobile chicane not knowing what's going on and sometimes of course they they literally can't see and they need to be told a track like madring so many blind bits you really need the help of your team and sometimes the communication is is better or worse depending on the team you're in as matched

think and also they're trying to get each other penalized aren't they so there's that element of like grassing each other up so even if it isn't really that big a deal you try to ham it up matched

to just to see if you can just get your rival in trouble maybe get them a fine maybe get them a grid penalty or just destabilize them so i think there's a lot of that there's a bit of theater going on too which kind of over eggs the whole situation matched

Yeah I think there's an inevitability about Slater actually I've got in-laws who regularly attend national race meetings at Brands Hatch and it was a few years ago now that they flagged Freddie Slater to me they said oh this guy he's going to be he's going to he's going to go all the way he's really special looks really good and it matched

every step of the way, I thought, okay, I'm going to pay a bit of attention to him. matched

He looked amazing at Macau when he was, I think, unlucky not to win. matched

I know, you know, stuffed it, but he was looking special against more experienced drivers. matched

And the fact Audi got their hooks into him when he's, he's been one of these drivers, a bit like I think Lando Norris was too, who, and Max Verstappen too, coming up was deliberately avoided tying himself too soon to one team and, matched

Obviously, that's to do with financial backing, but also to do with ability. matched

Like he's had offers and said no. matched

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luxury. matched

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