Are Hamilton and Ferrari ACTUALLY 2026 title contenders?!
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What did Ben and Sam discuss about Hamilton and Ferrari's title chances after the Spanish GP?
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Hello and a very warm welcome to the Late Breaking F1 podcast presented by Sam Sage and me, Ben Hawking, on what is, sadly, not an F1 week for the first time in a couple of weeks. But yeah, you you're right, Sam. No You saying bourns? I was saying booerns. Um yeah, we've got a week's break until we get to the Austrian GP, but the good news is we've got a bit of time now to talk about some things that Haven't had the uh haven't had the time to talk about until now.
Yeah, it's uh unusual that we've got so much Formula One to talk about. Can't breathe for Formula One after that long spring break that we had to get through with the removal, of course, of Bahrain and Saudi. Uh but now we've had so much going on that we've got to catch up on some topics. So we've got some good shutting points to get through.
We do. Um just before we start, very, very quickly, um, do you have a uh a sweepstake at work for the World Cup? We do. So um I've got uh I've got a spinner in front of me here.
We haven't got a late breaking Is this a late breaking swoop stake? All right. All right. Okay. All right. This is your me. This is your team. All right. All right, who have I got?
Oh Oh. Katar mate.
Uh oh.
Here's who I get though. Could be better. Can't be worse. Oh I I get the Netherlands, so I'm doing all right. Sorry, mate.
I think you might have won the swings, mate, that last two.
So whoever gets further out of the Netherlands and Qatar actually wins ten thousand pounds.
We haven't got that much money to give away.
You are so right. Um, shall we um shall we talk about some F1 things? Uh we're gonna do a top five later on, our top five remaining races of the season. Um, we've got Gasly's third place being reinstated. Obviously, uh that was announced towards the back end of last week, but we haven't had the chance to talk about that on the podcast yet. But let's start out with Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari, because after the Barcelona Catalonia GP. Hamilton now trails Antonelli by 41 points in the Drivers' Championship. As a team, Ferrari trailed Mercedes by 72 points. When asked about the possibility of fighting for a championship, Hamilton said It's not over, that's for sure. It's his uh immediate post Barcelona reaction.
So um is a drivers or a constructors championship Possibility.
I mean Yeah. Yeah, if we're gonna talk factually, yes, it's a possibility because it's mathematically possible. Same for Aston Iron. Say in theory, the same for Aston Martin, Cagalak Williams all the way through to Ferrari and even Mercedes. No one has won either title yet, so mathematically possible. Is it plausible? Yeah, it is. I just think that They may be of Asked him a little too soon.
That's that's wait for the hopium levels to come down a little bit.
Yeah, that's tardo's off loads. Oh god, I can breathe again. No more hopium for me, just normal oxygen. Um I've Yes, the car is good, right? The car is being developed well. We had a great step forward for Ferrari when it came to Barcelona. But it's it's one event. It's a one-off. They weren't better at Monaco. They weren't better at Japan. They weren't better at Miami. The engine has been proven to be slower. You know, uh, it's not you got you there's more negatives than there are positives when it comes to versus Mercedes right now. They've got one wing. Mercedes have what, six?
It's more than one.
There you go. More than one. Kibi answer any alone as more than every other team combined. So it's look. I understand the reasons to be positive and I am more than most ecstatic that Lewis Hamilton is seemingly back to a strong pathway in Formula One. But we're basing this on such a small group of uh analysis, you know, uh uh of events that take place. And let's see Austria, let's see Silverstone, if we ask that question of the summer break, and let's say Ferrari, not just Hamilton, but Ferrari have won, I don't know, two of the next five. Okay. I can start to see where you might be uh getting the information from with the jury process coming in.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What did Ben and Sam discuss about Hamilton and Ferrari's title chances after the Spanish GP?
0:00–8:17
2
How plausible is a Hamilton vs Ferrari championship battle in 2026?
8:17–16:18
3
What impact did the Gasly Monaco podium reinstatement have on the season?
16:18–27:04
4
Which remaining races did the hosts rank as the top five to watch in 2026?
27:04–36:36
5
How did the hosts evaluate the performance of Leclerc and Hamilton on the track?
36:36–44:16
6
What were the concerns about penalties and their fairness discussed in the episode?
44:16–53:08
7
Which circuits did the hosts highlight as must‑see events for the rest of the season?
53:08–1:01:19
8
What are the final takeaways and upcoming fan events announced?
1:01:19–1:13:13