Chinese GP Driver Ratings
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hello everybody and welcome back. It's the P1 Podcast with Matt and Tommy. Driver ratings, oh yes. Sound the alarm. Matt and Tommy are in the neighbourhood with their grades, ready to rock your world. That's right. We're here, of course, to talk about the entirety of the Chinese Grand Prix sprint weekend, which always makes our grades a little bit more difficult to decide on. But I'm looking forward to this discussion, Tommy. I'm looking forward to hearing what your grades are. And I'm also looking to see what the fans have gone for as well. Always, always on a sprint weekend as well. New regulations. It doesn't get tougher than this, but I like it because there's disagreements and opinion and chatter, and that's what makes driver ratings fun.
Oh, yeah. So let's start with Sergio Perez. Sprint qualifying 22nd and finished the sprint in 19th. For the main quali, 22nd and finished the race in 15th. On paper, you're thinking, that's a solid one. But he finished last. I'm going for a 5 out of 10 for Sergio Perez.
What are the main highlights of the Chinese Grand Prix sprint weekend?
It was a weekend plagued with issues. And the only reason I've not gone for a 6 is like, well done, you finished 15th, is that he dive-bombed the life out of Valtteri Bottas and almost ended both of their races. Thankfully, that didn't happen. And overall, Cadillac... you know they're doing they're doing something you know they're they're driving around they're existing they're doing more than Aston Martin um and yeah so it's a straight down the middle five out of ten because Perez got away with it because realistically was he going to finish anywhere else Oh, well, Bottas finished P13. That might well be the end of the championship battle between the two of them. And it could have been Perez, Tommy.
It could have been your boy. It could have been. I've gone for a five out of ten as well for Perez. Yeah, you kind of took the words out of my mouth, really. They were very comparable, Bottas and Perez, this whole weekend, really. um they were driving together for much of the the two races um but the problem uh for Perez and why he's not getting a whopping six out of ten from me is because he did collide uh with Bottas and it was Perez's fault uh at the start but yeah a decent finishing position 15th but obviously that was last on the road but he did have an issue at the end And I really would have loved to have heard Sergio Perez's team radio throughout the weekend. Oh, my word. Asking for mushrooms, which as a sentence sounds insane.
But of course, we're talking about the Mario Kart mushrooms. And there's so many team radios we have been missing out on because they just don't want to play it. And it's ridiculous. And then they just, you know, they come onto social media anyway. But I guess maybe the broader audience don't see it. And they think, oh, these regulations are phenomenal because they're not showing us the team radio anymore. Anyway, that's another topic for another day. The fans gave Sergio Perez a 5 out of 10. Valtteri Bottas, sprint quali 21st, did not finish the sprint in quali 20th and finished the race in 13th. I've gone for a 6 out of 10 for Valtteri Bottas. Yeah, P13 is a drive that may well make him ahead in the championship on Sergio Perez.
However, they were very evenly matched throughout the race. Both races, actually, Perez was slightly ahead in the sprint. And in the main race, Perez was right on Bottas' tail for almost the whole Grand Prix until he had a problem and dropped way back.
How did Sergio Perez perform during the sprint and main race?
So one more point for Bottas because he didn't yeet his teammate and it wasn't his fault. So I've gone for a six for Bottas. Okay, I've gone for a 7 out of 10 for Valtteri Bottas. I downgrade... Well, I would have given them potentially similar points, but Perez went for the yeet and Bottas beat Ocon. So, realistically, he's in a Cadillac... Perez would have beaten Ocon as well. Yeah, but he yeeted his teammate. Okay, two grades is quite crazy for them being together on track with an issue, but it's your grade. All right, Sergio Perez, stand boy. Well, you're a Bottas fanboy these days.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–1:12
2
What are the main highlights of the Chinese Grand Prix sprint weekend?
1:12–3:37
3
How did Sergio Perez perform during the sprint and main race?
3:37–13:53
4
What were Valtteri Bottas's results and challenges in this race?
13:53–25:18
5
How did Franco Colapinto fare in the sprint and main race?
25:18–33:47
6
What were the performance ratings for Pierre Gasly and his race outcomes?
33:47–54:38