Barcelona-Catalunya GP Race Review
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What were the biggest surprises from the Barcelona-Catalunya GP?
Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 Podcast with Matt and Tommy. Today is a very special day as we all know in the world of Formula 1. Ferrari back on top and mixed emotions, you know, for this guy right here. Insanely happy for Hamilton. So depressed for Charles Leclerc. But lots of other things to talk about as well in this Barcelona-Catalonia Grand Prix roundup. Tommy, you are in your little Max Verstappen World Cup football shirt. I think I saw him for three seconds in this race. He was barely... non-existent but you know I love Max Verstappen but it's not the story the story is Hamilton and that amazing victory and it was just epic like that we saw a kind of a weirdly like a reverse of Canada where all the action came at the start and then nothing happened and then in this race we were going oh no it's a Barcelona stink and nothing's happening and then as soon as Hamilton went on that different strategy it all came alive and just what a thrilling end to the race and what an amazing story for F1 as well
Absolutely. Now, before we get into everything, a quick shout out to our wonderful P1 Patreons who'll be getting extra chat at the end of every single race review this year, as well as lots of other things, ad-free listening, access to our Discord and so on and so forth. Lots of benefits. Come and join the P1 Patreon if you haven't already. A lot to talk about, a lot to cover as well in the Patreon segment. But right here, right now, we're going to go straight to my most memorable moment, which is... Alpine double points. I'm kidding. Hamilton winning for Ferrari. It does not feel real what I've just watched. I don't know if it's because like so many things have gone on. We all know who my favorite driver is and he couldn't have had a worse Grand Prix weekend if he tried.
But when you isolate that and look at Hamilton winning for Ferrari, it is such an unbelievably special moment. It was always going to be. We felt as though, especially with how Hamilton has been this year, that it might well come at some point this season. And goodness gracious me, I am utterly... just bamboozled that it's happened in Catalonia, of all places. I firmly believed, coming into this, that Mercedes were going to be clear. I thought they were going to be so unbelievably strong. And instead, of course, Ferrari brought a whole host of upgrades into this weekend, and they actually worked.
How did Lewis Hamilton achieve his remarkable victory?
That, combining with a Lewis Hamilton 10 out of 10, Unk is back. You know, he was just... On it the entire weekend. Sensational. Combine the two, and it was an unstoppable force. That last stint from Hamilton. I'm sat there going, all right, maybe Oli Behrman's going to take Charles Leclerc's seat. Maybe this is it. Maybe my Formula One fandom of Charles Leclerc is over. I don't think it's like that. I'm only joking. But Hamilton... Simply amazing. I could not believe what I was watching. The lap times he put in at the end, just peak Lewis Hamilton. He's not going anywhere. Absolutely not. It was unbelievable. I mean, we'll talk about the penalties and things later, but there was, of course, the worry that he might have got a penalty, but he easily pulled away and made sure that that wasn't even an issue, even if it had been in the end.
It was an incredible final stint from Hamilton. Just an amazing race from him to do a complete different strategy. And just in terms of like the victory, it was so, so special and you could see what it meant to him. And the thing I loved the most was how emotional he got during the Italian national anthem. And it makes you wonder how different it hits from, when you're hearing the italian national anthem for you driving for ferrari obviously he's heard he's won this is 106th win he's had the british national anthem so many times up on the podium being on the top step i think why he got emotional was hearing that italian anthem probably thinking that maybe he'd never win for ferrari based on what happened last year looking down at the italian flags everyone's saying you know he's made the worst move ever to go to ferrari why have you done it he wanted to go there
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What were the biggest surprises from the Barcelona-Catalunya GP?
0:05–2:50
2
How did Lewis Hamilton achieve his remarkable victory?
2:50–6:34
3
What impact did Ferrari's strategy have on the race outcome?
6:34–10:35
4
Why was Charles Leclerc considered the biggest loser of the race?
10:35–14:28
5
What role did tire management play in the race dynamics?
14:28–18:44
6
How did the safety car influence race strategies?
18:44–21:59
7
What were the implications of the penalties during the race?
21:59–26:18
8
How do the results of this race affect the championship standings?
26:18–54:32