Nelson Valkenburg

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967 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 5d ago

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The Race F1 Podcast · Will a Monaco sprint race work? Our reaction to shock 2027 F1 calendar · 16 Sep 2026 podcast

But uh

Uh that being said, uh from a commentator standpoint, uh how often do we miss the first twenty minutes of FP3 because no one go ventures out?

Uh we've uh uh said on air either do more sprints or just take chunks of practice away and give it to the F two and F three kids.

Uh because if no one ventures out, there's no point, and that's not television, that's not

Not a product that you can sell, no cars on on track or only doing a a scrub lap.

So yeah, I think I think they're just going for more instant gratification, more sprints, more more highlights, more Instagrammable content, more, more, more.

But that's the way the world is going.

Well he's not wrong, but he's not the way F one is going.

And in an ideal world we'd be looking at a sport where everything is geared on getting the most out of the drivers into a race and that the sport is working at its very best.

But Monaco has never or is since the invention of of wings basically hasn't been about that anyway.

And imagine how mentally tough Monaco

Monaco is going to be on the drivers.

One free practice, and then you go for a sprint qualifying, then you have to nil the start, sprint start, etcetera.

Yes, the race will be processional as it will be uh on Sunday as well, but then you have to gear yourself up to do it all over again.

But now the stakes are m much higher.

Those drivers, luckily for them, they all live in Monaco, so that they can get back to their dark

Dark room again at the end of the day and just sit in a dark room and and and dec uh decompress a little bit.

But my God

Yes, and not even look at the data of the session because it's all uh balls to the wall kind of stuff.

It is going to be a huge challenge for the drivers.

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