Reaction to Canadian GP sprint race
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What controversial incident sparked discussions during the Canadian GP sprint race?
Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 Podcast with Matt and Tommy. We're going to talk about some Formula 1 today. Formula 1 has come back with a bang. And this sprint race... A wheel bang. Ooh. Good one, Tommy. You're on fire this weekend. I honestly can't wait to talk about this because it's felt like a while since we've had a dramatic sort of pretty much 50-50 incident to discuss. And some people will be on one side, some will be on the other. But that's the beauty of Formula One and their very vague rules.
yeah i'm hyped i'm very excited for this one there's a lot of strong opinions that i've got about this and yeah it was just a brilliant has to be said at the start just what a brilliant brilliant sprint race uh really really good years gone by we've always complained that the sprint doesn't really do anything in the oldest hold position because it's kind of the first phase of the race that did not happen my word was it brilliant
It certainly was. So let's get into it and start with a question from P1 patron member Blackson. How justified was Kimmy's anger at George for that first incident? The ones after were clearly his own doing, but the first one was on the line. We're going straight into it. There's no fluff. There's none of this sort of stuff. We're going straight into the incident.
Unless you want to talk about Stroll's P-16 and the investigation first?
Great idea, because that one actually is slightly more important for the championship and the narrative around it. No, it's the Russell versus Antonelli incident. And I have watched this a thousand times. Over and over and over again. And I love, by the way, how we joked after Miami about what we thought were instilled team orders about don't go anywhere near your teammate because of how much room they gave each other into turn one at Miami. No more. None of that at all. When it's for the win, even if it's a sprint and there's eight points on the line and seven for second, they will leave one millimetre if that. I... think that Kimi was absolutely justified to be angry. You know, we have to also take into account he's a 19-year-old, second season, trying to fight for a world championship.
And he attempted a move which was audacious. I think that is the first word you could use for it. Round the outside at turn one on your championship rival. Fair play.
And teammate, yeah.
Yes. But two, it was measured to a degree. Like, he was not going off the track. Yeah. He was staying on it. He was going for the more difficult move because there are different rules around going up the inside compared to around the outside. You need to be further ahead. So essentially, let me actually break this down for some people that maybe aren't completely up to speed. So if you are trying to make a move down the inside, you have to have your front axle at least alongside the mirror of the other car before and at the apex. That's the rule there. So it's not as far alongside. For round the outside, you have to have your front axle, so your wheel, essentially, ahead of their front axle at the apex.
So... I have been looking at these videos and I don't know if we're living in a simulation, Tommy, because when I watch the onboard of Kimi Antonelli, I know it looks like he is ahead. But when I look at the off board, it looks like George has got to the apex first. Are we living in two different simulations?
I don't know, but what I will say on this incident, and this is what I feel very strongly about, the fact that this wasn't even investigated is absolutely insane. Like, genuinely an unbelievably ridiculous stewarding call. I understand why Kimi was fuming. Whether or whether you think George gets a penalty or not... and whether it should be, the fact that it's not even investigated is absolutely bonkers. Kimi is in control of his car. He's going around the outside, exactly what you said with that kind of... We've seen incidents, particularly with a certain Max Verstappen, and I'll say this as a fan of him, where you can kind of... cheat the rules a little bit because you can dive into the apex and this is what we've said many times why we didn't like these rules about who's ahead at the apex because you can kind of almost dive to get there and sort the problem out however Kimi was completely in control of his car he was making the corner absolutely fine he was yeah well in control ahead of Russell in my opinion if you look at certain moments and
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