Damon Hill

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2,334 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 15 Aug

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The Race F1 Podcast · Why F1 is braced for more yo-yo racing in Belgium · 15 Jul 2026 podcast

It's got to come some time.

And if you had to take a bet on which of the remaining races was going to fall, it would be this one.

I think in terms of the deployment patterns that we're seeing and who has the best use of the battery and most efficient use of that package,

As each race unfolds, we're getting a little bit more of the jigsaw with the different track layouts.

And I think one observation we could make, although the Mercedes still has better deployment than the Ferrari power unit, one observation we could make is that when it's spread as thinly as it was at Silverstone, spread even more thinly at Spa, the difference between good deployment and bad deployment is proportionally less.

So when you're at a track where it's quite dense and you can recover a lot, the deployment is a bigger advantage than when it's spread so thinly.

And I think that will probably help Ferrari and also the fact that Ferrari's got...

Low drag, it is very aero-efficient.

It seems to be aero-efficient.

So, yeah, I think Ferrari can go into Spa on the expectation of the back of Silverstone of being in reasonable shape, even though you would naturally expect... Mercedes is always the favourite.

Mercedes this season goes in any race, any circuit layout, as the favourite so far.

We may see a different pattern when Ferrari gets further upgrades on its car, when it gets its second PU upgrade.

We may see that pattern change.

But as things stand at the moment, it's Mercedes in the expectation of being at the head of the pack.

But I don't think Ferrari would be too...

going in.

Yeah, I think on a circuit like this, drag disadvantages is going to be exaggerated.

And I think you really don't want to have short overall gearing, which the McLaren has.

So, yeah, I think those two things in particular make it probably not a very good McLaren track.

But, yeah, let's see.

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