Peter Johnston

He was scintillating in the opening round of the season.

He has been absolutely trounced in qualifying and race day ever since by his teenage teammates.

That's not the way it should have been playing out.

You only have to listen to... I mean, he throws the toys out of the cot more than Max Verstappen, which is saying something.

So they are all drama queens on the Formula 1 grid.

But, gee, George Russell is having some hissy fits this year that he thinks the team is now prepping the car to favour Kimi Antonelli.

Like, it's crazy.

But I don't want to say he's home and hosed because I thought in August last year that Oscar Piastri was going to be the world champion.

And we unfortunately know how that turned out.

But, gee, it's going to take something...

Quite remarkable to see Antonelli not be the world champ this year, which in his teenage year, I know he'll turn 20 by the end of the season, but by every factor, the youth, the second year in the sport, the fact he's landed in one of the big teams, but the fact he's not daunted by that, the fact he's not daunted by...

his more fancy teammate in Russell, to be winning and to be dominating qualifying as well, just shows the class of the kid that we have got something really special in Grand Prix racing.

Yes, he's getting close to his first win as a Ferrari driver.

I mean, you do marvel.

Kimi Antonelli grew up idolising two blokes, Max Verstappen, who he shared the front row with after qualifying.

And shared the podium with Lewis Hamilton, who he idolized.

Like, it's crazy, isn't it?

So, yeah.

And even the fact that Monaco is the big ticket weekend for Formula One, you know, everyone knows it's such a tight and twisty place.

It doesn't provide a great race, but it is some sort of weekend that we probably both have to put together.