Ben Hawking

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13,472 appearances 24 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 12 Aug

Ben Hawking’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 24 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 10.

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The Late Braking F1 Podcast · Our verdict on all 11 teams in 2026 so far · 9 Aug 2026 podcast

And we saw quite frequently, particularly with Red Bull, they would get quite a bit closer at the end of seasons and we'd go into a winter break. voice-verified

If they keep that going, when we start this next year, this is going to be close. voice-verified

And then Mercedes just take that jump again. voice-verified

And I do wonder with Mercedes essentially having... voice-verified

taken the second fewest updates so far this year, whether they're playing the same game again, whether it's going to be, I wouldn't be surprised at all if McLaren, Ferrari, maybe Verstappen start to pick up wins between now and the end of the year, but Mercedes still win the titles and they begin next year with the same advantage that we saw at the beginning of this year. voice-verified

Wouldn't surprise me. voice-verified

I'm not saying they necessarily stop, but we know that up until this point in the year, they've already brought less. voice-verified

So even if they brought the same amount as, say, Ferrari and McLaren for the rest of the year, they would still probably have saved more for 27 than the other teams have. voice-verified

I know Toto Wolff has made some comments, obviously, about Ferrari and how much they've spent. voice-verified

But yeah, you're right though. voice-verified

It's not... voice-verified

it's closer than it was. voice-verified

And the way with the budget cap works as well, I don't think you can dominate in quite the same way. voice-verified

I think the one notable difference is that with the lineup, and I know we've spoken Antonelli and Russell earlier, voice-verified

When it was Rosberg and Hamilton, I know that that brought its own problems, but they were essentially the same group, similar age, and it was pretty close. voice-verified

I feel like if you told Toto Wolff at the beginning of this year, okay, midpoint in the season, summer break, you're going to have one of your drivers in first having won six races, and the other one's going to be about 60 points back having won two races. voice-verified

Toto Wolff would have said, yeah, that sounds about right. voice-verified

Russell's ready to win now. voice-verified

Six race wins. voice-verified

Antonelli's going to get there. voice-verified

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