Chapter 1: What were the highlights of the Miami GP race?
Hello everybody and welcome back. Back to the P1 podcast with Matt and Tommy. A big old sigh with the back this time. It's usually got some good passion behind it. This time, it's exasperation. We'll get into all of that very, very shortly. But what a race it was. If you're not a Charlotte Glare fan, what an incredible Miami Grand Prix. Easily the best Sunday we've seen around Miami this year.
And maybe even safe to say that it's the closest Formula One has been to being Formula One or feeling like Formula One and all that good stuff. But overall, you know, if I'm able to compartmentalize how I'm feeling and not think about a certain driver and their last lap, it was it was very entertaining.
Yes, my driver also had pain, but it was an absolutely incredible race. Worth the wait. We've had a long time to wait for a Grand Prix, and boy, did it deliver. Even without rain and things, the first lap was absolute carnage. The final lap was carnage as well. And just throughout the whole race, really, didn't know who was going to win. Battles for all the top positions.
You can't really ask for much more than that from a Grand Prix. Well done, Miami. It was absolutely awesome.
Still waiting to see if the rain is in the room with us. I'll be honest with you. A few drops was all we got, but perhaps this race didn't even need it. Now, before we dive into all of that and much more, so much to get into. A quick shout out to our wonderful patrons who'll be getting extra chat at the end of every single F1 race review this year.
And a pretty good race for us to start with right here, as there is a lot to talk about. I will also say that if our voices feel a little bit softer, it's because we've had an entire Grand Prix and it is still 5.37 in the morning where I am. Just to be wary of that.
But I'm sure once we get into certain topics, which actually it's my most memorable moment coming up, so it might be getting loud quite quickly. So my most memorable moment, why don't we start there? The thing that you're all probably tuning in for, Leclerc losing P3 at the end, P3 right at the end. These race reviews are raw. They're very quick after the race. I feel like a driver, right?
The driver, they have a microphone put in front of their face immediately after the Grand Prix. This is the same thing. Tell us what you think. Because this was the final lap of the race. Look, at the start of the race, Charles Leclerc led from P3 on the grid. Gorgeous stuff. A lot of chaos going on, but he was out in front. I am a decorated Charles Leclerc fan at this point, right?
I've got a lot of experience under my belt. I know how these things usually go when Charles Leclerc is leading. And that is exactly what happened once again, is that the pace wasn't there and he wasn't able to hold on. And then at the end, which is this more specific memorable moment, of course, he was fighting Oscar Piastri.
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Chapter 2: How did Charles Leclerc's strategy impact his race results?
some overtake chicken. He's trying to get that overtake mode for the final lap because he believes that's the best chance for him to be able to get Oscar back on the final lap is to be able to have that extra bit of boost in his car, which I think is a fair analysis to have made. Oscar nearly got through on the penultimate lap, didn't.
And so Charles thought, look, he's probably going to get me this lap. However, terrible exit out of the final corner. Well, I guess it's the second to last corner because a little kink isn't there before you go over the line. The last hairpin, terrible exit out of there. Not a great exit out of turn one either. And then it all happens. And then the incident. And then the incident happens.
And losing P3 was only the beginning.
It is mad to think that you were kind of a bit down about the fact that Charles Leclerc had led the race. At one point, you know, Antonelli got through and he thought he was going to check out, but then Charles was still leading. And then, you know, finds himself at the end thinking, how has this race got away so badly? 20 seconds off the lead, but still in P3, so at least something to salvage.
And then, yeah, it goes all wrong from there. The moment at the final kind of couple of corners, the overtake chicken and then the spin as well that caused all sorts of issues. But yeah, bad times for Charlotte Clare, just when you thought it couldn't get any more painful for you.
Exactly.
I'm going to be keeping, because obviously this race review comes out quite quickly afterwards, I'm going to be keeping an eye on any updates that the FIA might come out with, because there's a lot of drivers under investigation, Charles Leclerc included, so is George Russell, so is Max Verstappen, all three of those that were fighting at the end are all under investigation for one thing or another.
I will say, hands down, without even having the update, Charles Leclerc is getting at least one penalty, if not more, for driving in an unsafe manner. Because I don't think commentary quite realised just how bad Charles Leclerc's car was. When he went into the final corner, when he made contact with George on the last lap, He turns his wheel to make it around the hairpin.
You can see the front left literally wobbling like that. It is ridiculous. And it's no wonder he was cutting corners left, right and centre. So it's no excuse. He's driving his car in an unsafe manner. He's corner cut, which is track limits. He's going to get at least a five-second penalty, if not more. So he'll be lucky to finish ahead of Hamilton.
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Chapter 3: What were the key incidents during the race?
Yeah.
What a, what a question, right? So I'm in Australia. I'm in Adelaide. We've got a show in a couple of days and we've bought some Tim Tam bars, which if you're in the UK, it's kind of like a penguin, right? Like they have similar characteristics. It's similar character. Well, On a visual, they look basically the same. They don't taste the same, I'll be honest.
But anyway, so on lap 51, so I think that's like seven laps or so from the end, I was a little bit hungry, a little bit peckish. I was like, oh, what can I have? And all I've got is some kind of chocolate at the moment in the apartment. So I was like, right.
And I don't know why I said this, but I was like, I'm going to have a celebratory Tim Tam bar for Charles Leclerc getting a podium when it looked like he might well have the measure of Oscar. I think Oscar was two, two and a half seconds back at that point. Stupidly, I've done that. And then obviously everything has gone so downhill from there that Charles has been
absolutely nowhere near the podium uh come the end and will i ever have a tim tan power again no they will be going directly into the bin thank you so triggered so triggered by it um yeah it was quite the moment on the watch along that you immediately as soon as you said it i think you regretted it and went oh wait actually no i didn't say why did i still time here yeah yeah because
Obviously, you never would have expected how badly it would go for Charlton, but it would just be a P4. You'd have taken it at that stage. But yeah, it was a horrible moment and could be even worse for him.
Was it a horrible moment for you? Did you find it horrible?
I found it quite amusing, but my driver also spun, which we'll talk about in a bit.
Yeah, he did. He did a lot earlier. Actually, we bookended the race with spins for our drivers, lap one and the final lap. Let's go to a question from P1 Patreon member Zingy13. Why did Charles think it was necessary to play games with Oscar at the end of the race and let him through with the idea to repass him into turn one?
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Chapter 4: How did the weather affect the Miami GP race?
I really don't. I think that it was one way to try and put the ball in Charles' court, right? He had seven lap older hard tyres than Oscar. And as I said earlier, I think, you know, on the penultimate lap, he barely kept ahead of Oscar and Oscar was closer. So Charles, of course, as I mentioned, turned off the straight line mode.
I say turned off, you know, had the wings closed so Oscar could breeze past. And had he got a good run out of that final corner or the final hairpin, he could have slingshotted back ahead in term one, or perhaps he was trying to shape a move even for the final lap with the final hairpin. But...
Yeah, it's easy to say now that we've seen it that it was a terrible decision, but I think Charles loses P3 if he stays ahead. He tried to do something a little bit different to perhaps throw Oscar off a little bit with a move on that final lap. So as for the idea, I don't mind it, but obviously it's ended terribly.
It's like a hero zero call, isn't it?
yeah uh well it shouldn't have been it should have been a hero or p4 but it was a hero zero because of the fact he was overcompensating as you said uh you know he may have even just brought up the temperature of the tires ever so slightly you know spiked them with with those couple of mistakes uh trying to stay with oscar and then having the big slide with 36 lap old hard tires come the end of the race so
Yeah, it's a shame. You know, Charles' post-race interview was very down, as you can imagine. And he said it himself, you know, it was his mistake. And yeah, it was the wrong decision. So it's a shame. But as for the idea itself, I don't mind it. But it did not end particularly well. A few questions to sort of cover. So will Leclerc get a penalty for cutting the corners at the end?
I have already said yes, I believe he will slam dunk get a penalty for that. Tommy?
I think he will as well. I'm trying to remember, was there not an incident fairly recently where Hamilton and Alonso, it was at Hamilton at Singapore, he had like a brake failure and he kept cutting corners. And I'm trying to remember, did he get a penalty for that or not? Yes. I know it was quite controversial. He did, didn't he? Yeah. I'm pretty sure he did, yeah. I'm pretty sure he did.
And obviously, yeah, they were kind of, because I think Alonso is very annoyed about it on the line. And then, of course, you've got a penalty anyway. You can't just, you know, he's made the error. So he's put his car in that situation where it's essentially broken. And, you know, you still have to stick to the track. Now I can already hear some people probably going, oh,
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of penalties for drivers after the race?
So that's why I think there could be a handful of penalties. So good. How far was Colapinto back? 17.6. Oh God, you're really looking that. Just keep an eye. And then another question with regards to penalties is to do with George Russell and whether he will get a penalty for moving under braking. Of course, probably by the time this podcast goes out, the decision should have been made.
So this is more a case of us guessing. You'll be able to check and see if we were correct. For this one, I do not think Russell is going to get a penalty for moving under braking. I think it's marginal. And yes, the stewards, as we joke about many, many, many, many, many times, need to take into account the actual incident and not the external, which is Charles Leclerc had a broken car.
But I think without Charles Leclerc having a broken car, Charles is moving slightly to the left there and it's fine. So I am leaning towards racing incident for Russell, but it's close. I can also understand if he does get a penalty because it is pretty marginal.
I don't think he'll get a penalty, but I think he should. I think it's an illegal overtake regardless of the car being, you know, Charles Leclerc's car being basically broken and beaten up and he's passing a limping car. at the end of the day, there's rules in place to stop you moving under braking and you do that anywhere else, it's a penalty.
And it's a very, I think it's a very unnecessary move from George as well, because essentially he's fighting a completely ailing car anyway, why he needed to make such hard work of it.
um and then for him to yeah like move under braking uh and kind of like bang wheels again um you know i don't i don't think the incident with the stappen is under investigation as well but obviously he got contact there as well so two bits of contact for russell at the end when realistically he should have just passed the stappen
fairly easily and then and then definitely pass Leclerc easily without this issue so it puts him under a bit of pressure for a penalty but I think you should get a penalty for that move under breaking it's a dangerous change of direction but then I don't think you will because I think they will go with what you say in the fact that Leclerc's already got damage okay all right well from one spin to another Tommy what is your most memorable moment
Well, what a surprise. It's my driver, Max Verstappen, spinning off at exactly the same part of the track. But because he's the superior driver, of course, he kept out the wall. No, joking.
Actually, we're going to go into technicals. He spun earlier than what Charles Leclerc did.
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Chapter 6: How did McLaren's performance compare to Mercedes in this race?
And he went wide and he lost the lead.
Vegas. It was Vegas, wasn't it?
Sorry, what did I say?
It was Vegas. I'm sure he said Saudi Arabia. Yeah, I just heard a door slam.
I thought somebody was about to come in and tell me to shut up. It was 5.55 in the morning, so I panicked. Yes, of course, Vegas. Yeah, that's what I meant. And I don't think it's as bad as that, but I think Verstappen was trying to focus on too many different things at once. He's defending from Lando. He's also trying to go up the inside of Leclerc, and he's thinking about Antonelli as well.
He runs wide, of course, locks up, puts him on a slightly... compromise line. And yeah, again, so eager to try and fight Leclerc when Leclerc was a little bit too far ahead for, for Max to even have a chance. Uh, and then I think he said to Karim Chandork after, after the race that he just caught a bit of will spin and it was, uh, a mistake.
So, um, what I found utterly amazing, uh, in a kind of sarcastic way is, uh, Martin Brundle, I know what he meant, but the way in which he delivered it is hilarious. So he basically, he didn't lead with, that was a huge mistake, but I really like the way he's caught the spin. He went, genius, absolute genius, as the first bit. I was joking about it at the start.
Yeah, and then obviously he then goes on to explain what he meant.
That was actually a mistake from Max.
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Chapter 7: What is the significance of Kimi Antonelli's performance this season?
They cleared off. Their pace was unbelievable. I think Max... I think, to be honest, I don't really see him finishing higher than P4, if I'm being completely honest with you. Piastri, yeah, was lacking, but Piastri was also finishing 16 seconds clear come the end of the race ahead of, you know, Russell, Verstappen, Leclerc and that gaggle of cars. It's hard to tell, right?
Of course, Max had a good qualifying.
The sprint pace wasn't particularly comparable to the front runners, but also it's not exactly... With the changes you can make between the sprint and the main race weekend, Red Bull had clearly taken a step forward, but it's so hard to judge because he was on the hard tyres for 51 laps, had a spin at the start on the mediums, which would have, of course, degraded those tyres much quicker than those that hadn't spun.
So, yeah, I mean, potentially P3 is on the cards with how Oscar was was was struggling for pace. But Oscar also came good at the end and was very quick. So P3, maybe P4.
Yeah, I think a podium may have been an opportunity. Of course, he would have been behind Leclerc had he not spun. This is why it's so hard to know, because he was on a different strategy to everyone else. So we didn't get to see him running like everyone else, really. Of course, he was flying through the midfield, but they're very different cars to the leaders.
And then for the rest of the race, he was on a totally different strategy where he was... basically going really long on the hards and at the end he was just trying to defend and hang on. But Red Bull have definitely made a step forward. It's just victory seems a long, a big stretch because of how quick Antonelli and Norris were in that race.
Yeah, they were absolutely rapid. Question from MrNobod35992696 says, If Red Bull can maintain this pace and improve further, is there any hope for Max to go for the championship?
No chance. I'll get a tattoo if he wins the championship. Here we go. Here we go. I'm hoping that works again and he suddenly starts winning every single race. I think that's a big stretch from the fact that I think it's one step at a time for Red Bull. They've finally found something where he could start on the front row. He could challenge potentially for a podium.
and challenge in those front runners again, rather than fighting Pierre Gasly in the top end of the midfield. So that's the step there to think about the championship. Yes, it's really early days, but you will need a lot more from Red Bull to be able to challenge the likes of Mercedes and now McLaren, who look really, really strong.
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Chapter 8: What are the predictions for upcoming races after the Miami GP?
I knew that. I just wanted you to say it. So, you know, he's still got a long way to go. But I do think that if Rebel have found quite a bit in Miami, then it means that There's a long, long way to go. And that Max Verstappen not winning a race prediction might well go down the toilet at some point.
So it's given me a bit more hope, I think, for that side, for you to lose a point in the overall season predictions.
But I'll be happy about it.
How do you feel about it right now? Because obviously you've gone from insanely confident it's not going to happen. How do we feel now?
I still think that Mercedes are mighty, and we'll talk about them in a bit, the fact that they've managed to still end up winning when they didn't have the upgrades and looked a little bit on the back foot. I think that's going to make it really hard for everyone else. But I still think they're too far off at the moment.
What Max managed to do this weekend with qualifying and has shown a bit of race pace here and there, I think it is more likely that he could sneak a win this season in maybe a bit of a crazy race or just with a moment where he's just absolutely perfect and delivers. Because I fully expected to go into this race and it'd be much of the same. He's fighting the Alpines.
Red Bull are still kind of way at the back. And I'm thinking, is this Max's last year in Formula One and retiring? And he's just going to finish the championship in about ninth place. So it's looking a lot better, but I think to think about a championship is insane.
Yeah, it's a little bit rosier in the gardens of Tom pessimism Bellingham, but there's no championship challenge happening just yet. And just remember, everybody, the tattoo has been put on the line if Max does in fact go on to win this championship. Let's go to the next question from P1 Patreon member Joey G Madge. Why do they keep delaying decisions on incidents to happen after the race?
A lot of it seems to really have the potential to impact the race. This is a bugbear, an irritation that fans have had for many, many years. And there are some incidents where I completely understand why they'd have to investigate it after the race. This one, to do with Max Verstappen in particular, and the crossing of the pit exit line,
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