Reaction to British GP sprint race
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What were the initial reactions to the British GP sprint race?
Hello everybody and welcome back to the B1 Podcast with Matt and Tommy. We are here, thanks to YouTube, in an amazing little setup after the sprint. You'll see this a bit later on as well after the main qualifying too. But we're here, Tommy, to reflect on what we've seen today. An unbelievable view we have as well. Oh my word, yes. The Wellington Straight we are basically at the end of. And then of course you have the sequence of corners where they're constantly battling. I always forget the names of these ones here, Brooklands. Yeah, all that. Unbelievable. So thank you to YouTube for having us here. But Tommy, first thoughts, how are you feeling? What's your emotions after that sprint? My emotions were to be here is unbelievable.
The view we had was incredible. We saw an insane moment where... we felt like we were literally above George Russell and Max when we had that really close moment. I hope it was shown, by the way, because we talked about things that maybe you guys might not have seen. We're on a balcony and we're kind of like looking down at the kind of breaking zone after the Wellington Strait. And from being that close and seeing it with your own eyes, it must have been millimetres. And it's that kind of thing where... When you're at a track, you can really appreciate more of how insane it is that these guys race this closely and get that close to each other. And it must have been so close to George losing his front wing.
That was madness. Yeah, because Max sort of came across and I genuinely winced. I stepped back. I thought, oh, my front wing's going to go flying here. Catch it. Yeah, there you go. Take that one. But yes, apart from that, overall feelings. My overall feelings are that I thought I was watching the start of the season again with a certain B word. B word? Battery. Ah, I thought you were going to call it super clipping or yo-yoing B. I thought it would have been Y. Yes, let's get into some questions because I know a lot of you are feeling very passionate about this. P1 Patreon member Zingy13, was the yo-yoing too much even though it did give us exciting racing? Should we expect to see more of it again for the main race?
How did the sprint race's overtaking compare to previous races?
Now, Silverstone, as we came into this weekend, we knew that it was going to be a battery starved circuit. There's not a lot of places for the battery to recharge. A lot of places that they would love to deploy. And I... Look, there were a lot of... moves, a lot of overtakes, those moves. A slam dunk. Well, no, but we were talking about side-by-side racing, which is the only time that I'm happy with potential yo-yo racing is when they fight into the corner. But the problem that I kind of felt constantly was because we're watching on like a big screen, which is behind the camera, and we're just seeing positions just change all the time. And it It was, as you say, most of the time, slam dunk. The battery runs out for one of the drivers trying to defend.
Maybe they don't have overtake mode. All of a sudden, they've lost one, two positions. And yeah, it was very much how I felt Australia was, where not only was it yo-yoing, but it felt like the drivers were almost learning as they went as well of where to deploy. Because at points, drivers were just sitting ducks. They were, and I know Antonelli and Hamilton were the class of the field in qualifying and I know in the race again, but I'm convinced it's very similar to Australia, where the guys in that kind of fighting for third was Lando, George, Oscar, Charles, Max, they were all going for it. And they just lost so much time because they didn't actually lose a huge amount of time throughout the race.
It was just all at that start. And that reminded me so much of Australia, where as soon as you get caught in a battle and someone's flying past someone and then you lose so much time and you get repassed and you get repassed, they were like five seconds behind, I think, after about four laps, just because they were all switching positions, which... On paper, and it's the same conversation of Australia, on paper that is exactly what you want to see.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What were the initial reactions to the British GP sprint race?
0:05–2:07
2
How did the sprint race's overtaking compare to previous races?
2:07–6:25
3
What are the implications of battery usage on race performance?
6:25–8:21
4
How did Silverstone's circuit characteristics affect the race?
8:21–17:07
5
What were the standout moments during the sprint race?
17:07–17:18