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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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We're going to start this hour off with some Formula One with Tim Hodges. Before we speak to Hodgie, this is how it all unfolded overnight.
here come the lights for the Monaco Grand Prix Formula One goes racing on the street to Monte Carlo Verstappen barely moves from the front row and he has seen his Monaco victory chances disappear it's Antonelli then it's Hamilton then it's Leclerc, Hadjar and Russell one of our contenders for the win did not get off the line and it's heartbreak for Max Verstappen as Kimi Antonelli leads and now he's got to keep Lewis Hamilton behind
Hamilton trying to win his first Grand Prix for Ferrari. Antonelli trying to win in Monaco and make it five in a row. Oh, but into the wall and out of the race. Charles Leclerc from the podium to the wall. And it goes wrong on the restart for the home favourite.
Antonelli versus Hamilton to win the Grand Prix and Antonelli crawls off the line but he's got what he needs and he holds off Lewis Hamilton Kimi Antonelli wins the Monaco Grand Prix the teenager can't stop winning in Formula One that's five in a row and this one will mean everything to him and his family
Five in a row to Antonelli, and there's only been six races this year, and he's won five of them. And that also means he's 66 points clear in the championship. Tim Hodges is our motor racing expert on SEN. He joins us now. Hodgie, welcome.
Whitey, good to talk motorsport with you. Hope you're well.
How good is he, Antonelli?
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Chapter 2: What are the highlights of the Monaco Grand Prix?
Mercedes is the dominant team this year, but he is the dominant driver and he is completely bamboozled. He's more fancy teammate, George Russell, and he is in rare air. Five straight wins is ridiculous for a teenager and, And it's kind of cool, to be honest with you, like all the great drivers win on the streets of Monaco. It is the crown jewel in the sport.
And for him to have had such a dominant weekend, sweeping the weekend with pole position, with the most laps led, with the fastest lap, and an absolutely commanding win, just shows the class of the kid.
So what makes him so good? As you said, he's only 19. So he really shouldn't be doing as well as he is for someone with so little experience. Is it just that the car is so good or is it that he's so good?
No, it's that he's so good. And you saw that in qualifying on Saturday, that the Ferraris were probably the fastest cars this weekend. And he trounced them both in qualifying with his scintillating last lap. But the fact, what he's doing to George Russell is honestly gobsmacking that you go back to March in Melbourne when George Russell had pole position, won the Albert Park Grand Prix.
And you thought then that Mercedes was clearly, and everyone knew they were going to be the pace setter heading into the season because they had their heads around these new cars and these new engines better than anyone else. And you just thought with George Russell, who has bided his time in this sport, for nearly a decade, that this was going to be his year.
Finally, he was out of the shadow of his longtime teammate, Lewis Hamilton, and this was going to be the year that he was the champion. He was scintillating in the opening round of the season. He has been absolutely trounced in qualifying and race day ever since by his teenage teammate. That's not the way it should have been playing out.
You only have to listen to... I mean, he throws the toys out of the cot more than Max Verstappen, which is saying something. So they are all drama queens on the Formula One grid. But, gee, George Russell is having some hissy fits this year that he thinks the team is now prepping the car to favour Kimi Antonelli. Like, it's crazy.
But I don't want to say he's home and hosed because I thought in August last year that Oscar Piastri was going to be the world champion. And we unfortunately know how that turned out. But, gee, it's going to take something...
Quite remarkable to see Antonelli not be the world champ this year, which in his teenage year, I know he'll turn 20 by the end of the season, but by every factor, the youth, the second year in the sport, the fact he's landed in one of the big teams, but the fact he's not daunted by that, the fact he's not daunted by...
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Chapter 3: Why is Kimi Antonelli considered a rising star in Formula One?
And, you know, we're not even at the halfway point of the season.
We just had a temper text come through. Every time a Formula One driver has achieved a winning streak of five consecutive Grand Prix victories in a single season, they've gone on to win the world championship that same year. So there you go. Hey, Hodgie, thank you very much for joining us.
Now, for those that don't know, Tim Hodges isn't just a motor racing expert, but he's also the executive producer of AFL 360. Congratulations on the 1500 shows success. the other week. That is quite the achievement to produce that show that many times. I'm going to put you on the spot here. What's been your favourite moment across the 1,500 shows?
Apart from working with Gerard Whiteley for 1,500 shows.
It is the Whiteley show, isn't it? Today of all days, it's probably the relationship we had with Neil Danaher and we've got some some great interviews in the library while he was able to speak. And you saw a couple of weeks ago when we lost Neil that we played a big chunk of his interviews across time and the gradual decline of him. But, gee, there was no sharper mind in footy.
There was no sharper wit to go head-to-head with Robbo. We've got some gold in the library that we'll have forever with those nights with Neil Danaher. When he was just launching Big Freeze and he was talking about having ā
a meat pie raffle or a chook raffle or something and it got big on him and they started making beanies and you know now it is what it is and it's you know probably going to hit about 150 million dollars raised by the end of today which is phenomenal so I mean probably our relationship with Neil was is a high point and there was an interview with James Heard that was nominated for a Walkley award that was
Pretty testy. And, you know, it was Gerard at his absolute best and James Heard probably not as prepped as he might have been if he knew it was coming. So, yeah, I mean, there's 1,500 shows. That's a lot of nights for a lot of live television, Whitey. But, yeah, we go again tonight. Craig McRae and Stephen King are our special guests tonight, if I can give it a plug, straight after the footy.
We're live from... The Betty Cuthbert studio up in the second level of the Olympic Centre at MCG and Sly and Kingy will come up to join us after their press conference and their official duties are finished downstairs. They'll come up to join us.
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