British GP: Revitalised Leclerc wins - but did F1 ruin the finale?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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What led to Charles Leclerc's victory at the British GP?
The race is on and Charles Leclerc hit back after his poor run of form with victory in the British Grand Prix. But where did his and Ferrari's unexpected turn of pace come from? And was there any hope of a win without Antonelli hitting trouble while rapidly closing in on the lead? I'm Ed Straw and joining me from Silverstone are Josh Sutil and John Noble. Well, a massively eventful race with a controversial finish, it's safe to say, Josh, and unsurprisingly, a barrage of questions from the race members club. So we thought we'd start off with this. I'm going to merge it all into basically... One starting question, but to name check some of those who threw in questions. Pamela Rudolph, Liam H, Frederick Shurgan, Nyanga, Paul Collins, Craig Calladine, Richard Thurbin, Philip K. Morris, Alex97, CamGG, Kieran Sharkey, Edward Graff, Ethan, Jason SPD and Chiv2103, among others, all asked about the end of the race, why it finished under the safety car, especially considering that message about the race restarting that then seemed to be rescinded.
Why was the finish of the race under the safety car controversial?
It's the worst possible way for a Formula 1 Grand Prix to end, isn't it? Nobody on earth wants to see a race end under safety car, and that's exactly what we get. It seems like it was down to a software error, according to the FAA. That was the official line. So it was very, very confusing because we got that message, safety car in this lap, on lap 51 of 52, before that was swiftly called off. And we got that weird sort of safety car deployed message released when obviously the safety car was already out. So... A really, really weird one, but it is partly to do with quite an important regulation. So we know that the lap cars were allowed to un-lap themselves and that happened and they were rejoined the queue.
And then by the regulations, the start is then supposed to happen on the very next lap.
How did the safety car regulations impact the race outcome?
I don't know if anyone has that regulation to hand.
Yeah, it's Article B513-5B of the Sporting Regulations that basically says, once the message... So it's not when the lapped cars are doing it, it's when the message... Once the message, lapped cars may now overtake, has been sent to all competitors, the safety car will return to the pits at the end of the following lap. So basically gives you that... time frame of when the start's supposed to happen so it's not immediately it's the end of the following lap and of course this was the same regulation that you know was pulled over an awful lot after abu dhabi 21 yeah it's a shame isn't it because it came literally as as leclerc was crossing the start finish line um to begin that 51 of 52 so
Yeah, it was a shame, wasn't it, Ed? I mean, it's what nobody wants to see. It's just the question is, was it avoidable? Because I think that's the feeling from fans. It feels like we were robbed of a really great one-lap shootout there. I mean, there were scenarios up and down the field and so many exciting things to watch that we never got to see play out.
Yeah, it's frustrating because people like to see it finish, but the rules do have to be adhered to. So in terms of the way it played out, that was correct.
What factors contributed to Ferrari's unexpected pace at Silverstone?
The only question mark, well, I guess there's two question marks. One is... is whether it was possible to have cleared the yellow and then given that command maybe about, I think about five seconds earlier, if they'd given that lap cars can go past. I think that would have been enough to swing it so it was on the lap before because it was really close to the end of the lap. So maybe it could have been, but I mean, that's hypercritical. It takes an amount of time and I don't think they were particularly slow when it came to clearing Verstappen or anything.
Yeah, from my understanding, I think there was a very brief window on that critical lap where they were just clearing Max's car and they were within seconds of feeling that maybe we can get this rolling without the car 100% out of the way. But... you were kind of then pre-empting circumstances where if there was a problem then being in the car, you'd have started the restart sequence without anything kind of defined and definite.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:13
2
What led to Charles Leclerc's victory at the British GP?
0:13–1:19
3
Why was the finish of the race under the safety car controversial?
1:19–2:04
4
How did the safety car regulations impact the race outcome?
2:04–3:14
5
What factors contributed to Ferrari's unexpected pace at Silverstone?
3:14–4:28
6
How did Kimi Antonelli's issues affect the race results?
4:28–6:04
7
What challenges did Max Verstappen face during the race?
6:04–7:19
8
How did the home crowd influence driver performances at Silverstone?
7:19–58:05
Speakers
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