P1 with Matt and Tommy - Reaction to Emilia Romagna GP qualifying
Episode Date: May 17, 2025Tommy’s back for an action-packed quali over at Imola, as we saw some incredibly surprising results from a few midfield teams and an absolute disasterclass from Ferrari…You can listen to an extend...ed version of tomorrow's Race Review podcast over on our Patreon! Sign up to also get every P1 episode ad-free, early access to live tickets and merch, and access to our Discord server where you can chat with us and other F1 fans! Click here to sign up now!Follow us on socials! You can find us on Twitter, Instagram, Twitch, YouTube and TikTok. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 podcast with Matt and Tommy.
Emilio Romagna, Grand Prix.
Wow, okay, just dropped a little hello there.
Tommy just making audio listeners aware of his presence.
Yes, Tommy's back from Holiday.
Very eager to get straight on with it is Tommy, qualifying, done and dusted.
A lot to reflect on.
A very busy, entertaining and point raising qualifying for sure.
Tommy, how are you, Festerty?
How's your holiday?
Good?
Lovely, yeah. And I just sensed a double Ferrari Q to exit and got straight on that plane and thought I'm not missing this for the world. So I'm back.
Let's get into Q1 then, shall we? Where the bottom five were Lawson, Holkenberg, Ocon, Bearman and Sonoda.
Yuki Sanoda, of course, P20 after a massive crash, a scary one for sure. I think we saw the aftermath and went, how on earth has he ended up there with all four corners of.
the car pretty mangled and it turned out that it hit the wall and gone flying and got caught
slightly by the catch fence came down flipped and a massively scary accident not just for yuki but also
the spectators the camera cameraman that were there as well it was yeah it was a big one so i'm really
glad to see yuki walk away from that um but yeah it just just one that we genuinely were
almost lost our breath slightly watching the replay yeah the replay was was insane it's
It was quite a common thing kind of back in the old days of Formula One to see cars kind of barrel rolling and having these big crashes.
But correct me if I'm wrong, but you really don't see that anymore.
A car kind of rolling or kind of getting airborne anymore.
It seems so so rare to see.
So when we had that replay.
Yeah, yeah, I think it must have been.
And again, that was a similar incident in the car going into a catch fence because it's not a part of the track.
that you'd expect a car to, you know, go flying into, you know, lost it over, over the curb,
bottomed out, and with these new Formula One cars, when you're kind of, when you lose it,
you lose it big and you have a massive snap, you go straight into the wall. And yeah,
very, very scary crash. Glad Yuki was okay. Hope the people behind, you know, the catch fencing as
well were okay because there were a lot of people stood there and there had been a lot of flying
debris. So fingers crossed, that was all okay as well. But a shocking crash for Sonoda.
Yeah, great to see Yuki, obviously, walk away from that one, from what I understand unscathed.
A big mistake as well, though, it has to be said.
Of course.
Yeah.
The curb very aggressively on the left, which then just unsettled the car ever so slightly and, you know, unsettling a car and, you know, the reliance of the floor with these generation of cars, you lose grip almost immediately.
And then, yeah, it was a big one.
And it obviously didn't help that on the flip side of that, you had Hadjar doing.
incredibly well and the, oh, do he start talking about the second seat again? Not quite, not quite.
But I don't know, it feels like with Yuki there is a lot more sort of calmness over that second
seat, at least at the moment. Of course, if we kind of got a free pass, not saying that that's
okay, but he has kind of got a free pass. He has a free pass for now, for sure, doesn't he?
As long as he, you know, pop it in P10, P9, we won't bat an eyelid. But yeah, a big mistake from Yuki.
Not the only one either. Because of course, Duhin was.
replaced by Colopinto for this weekend of the next five.
And despite Colopinto actually making it out of Q1, he crashed at the end of it.
And it's a tough one to, it'd probably be a tough pill to swallow for Colopinto, of course, as well.
It's tough to see that he was, I think, three-tenths off Gassley going into that final set of runs in Q1.
And you're thinking, good, cool.
Doesn't even really matter if he gets knocked out in Q1.
because the expectation wasn't really there.
Some people felt I was being quite harsh
by predicting in P20 in our little predictions game.
That wasn't any disrespect to him.
It was just the fact that he's jumping in a car
with no experience as a rookie
and going up against Gassley.
The field is so close as well.
So close.
The Alpine is not fantastic.
And he was doing much better
than both you and I had sort of predicted
and anticipated.
But then to undo all of that hard work
tough.
Very tough.
Because you look, you know, I'm looking at a picture of the grid now and you see, without
any context, you look at Pierre Gasley 10th, Colopinto 15th, and you go, that's actually
a very respectable.
Solid.
Solid.
Yeah, if you haven't watched quality.
Yeah, if you haven't watched quality, you go, oh, Colapinto, actually did really good.
But instead, you know, the last thing you needed, I know it's a kind of cliche and silly
thing to say, but the last thing you needed was a crash.
I was on this podcast saying that I think it was unfair that he kind of had this crash reputation
because of the end of last season,
you know, mentioned the difficult race in Brazil
that a lot of people crashed out in.
This obviously doesn't help that narrative
because he smashed it immediately.
And even if he,
it had been better for him to just finish 17th, 18th, 19th and qualifying,
than it would be 15th and smashing it in the wall.
So it just didn't need to happen.
And, you know, he had a tough, tough time of it anyway
because there was the confusion of him leaving the pits after the red flag as well,
which looks like you'll get a penalty for as well.
No word of that at the moment.
But confusion there and then the crash just, yeah, not a great session for Colopinto.
No, certainly not.
Question from people on page, remember, R&B sheep.
How long does Colapinto last in the Alpine?
I think he lasts the rest of the season pretty much hands down.
I feel like even with this crash,
as long as he doesn't follow that up with four more over the next four weekends,
he's got a lot of potential.
He's got a lot of backing.
He's got a huge amount of support.
It's the perfect harmony.
He just needs to keep it within the white lines,
which he can bounce back from this.
He can have a great race tomorrow and we'll forget about it.
And I'm sure the team would too in the sense of you have to support a driver
that you've just plonked in the car, even if he has crashed.
So I think he'll last the rest of the season,
and I don't think it's really a conversation to be had just yet,
despite the big error.
Yes, and interestingly enough, one thing that we haven't spoken about was a very unusual quote from Briatore that said,
I don't understand where this five race contract thing has come from because that's not true.
And then, of course, Alpine themselves tweeted,
Colapinto is joining the team for the next five races.
So for me, that seems like Flavio is 100% keeping Colopinto in for the rest of the season.
Alpine PR have gone, well, we can't really.
just, I think it sounds better.
We give him a five race deal.
Does it though? I think it sounds worse.
It sounds like they're messing about even more with their driver line up.
But that being said, like you say, with the fact that do you think he'll be in the rest
of the season?
I agree with you that I think he will unless it's absolute disaster.
It feels like a sonoda where it's kind of like, we've made the change, it didn't work,
but we now have to just give this person time.
and obviously a lot of people would be annoyed by that
if you support Lawson or do it and go,
well, why do they get free passes and a bigger chance?
But I do think that is what they'll do.
It's the way Formula One sometimes works, I'm afraid.
And as if that wasn't enough in Q1,
we also had the massive debacle
around Bearman versus Bortoletto
and the fact of whether or not
Bearman got over the line and set a lap time.
Now, I have seen two different angles now, and I still don't know how Berman didn't get through to Q2.
I hope that for the FIA, obviously after recording this, will clarify why.
But I've seen a light where he drives past, which is like looking back.
So you can see as he's going, it's like kind of like an aerial sort of shot.
You can see the red light flash much after, three, four seconds maybe, after he crosses the line.
And you can see it's not on before he's crossed.
And also you can see the onboard where the start gantry, there's a light to the right,
not the five red lights.
That is a completely different set of lights.
But there is a light to the right of that, which also flashes red,
after he has gone over the line.
Don't forget that the start finish line is essentially just after the right kink of the pit lane.
It's not at the end towards where the actual starting grid is.
So I feel like I've been robbed because obviously I went for Olly Bowen, Biggest Good Surprise.
he had popped at P10 in Q1
and then we had not just that
but then Salber and Bortoletto
at the beginning of Q2
before it started
rolling him out the pits
with five minutes to go
to make a statement from their end
that they believe they should be through.
I almost looking at it
I don't understand how
Bearman kind of wasn't allowed
to compete and it wasn't an easy decision.
My only reason I can think
is that when they press the red flag button,
there is some kind of delay that then gets to the light panels
for a number of seconds,
because that is the only way.
But if you're going off the light panels,
should you, like, when do you call,
like, when is a red flag a red flag?
Is it when the light panels come on?
Is it when someone is waving, a marshal waving a red flag?
Is it when the people in race control
have pressed the big button that says red flag?
Because if that's the case,
then maybe they,
pressed the red flag button and there's a five second delay and the light panels come on. But
that's not Olly Behrman's fault. He's just driving to the line and reacting. And if that is the
case, it is incredibly unlucky. You know, part of me thinks they just wanted to spare the embarrassment
and further delays of wheeling Bortoletto back in the pits after they'd made that big power move
because they were spending so long doing it that Bortoletto could sit at the end of the pit lane and go,
well, decide now then. Decide now while I'm sat at the end of the pit lane. It's pretty bad on a sporting
level though, isn't it? If that genuinely is the reason that they've gone, well, it's kind of a bit,
kind of annoying to get Bortledo back in the pit. Classic, classic Formula One with the eyes, the midfield as it
doesn't matter. You sure as hell know that if that was like a McLaren or one of the top teams,
that this should be so much more controversial than it is. Yes, for sure. It will get swept under the
carpet because it's has, and it's Q1, but it could have been something so much bigger than that.
But yeah, I don't particularly understand it for me.
I'm sure there is a rule in the ruling book of, yeah, they've pressed the button and then maybe even on his dash, which is not something I've seen.
Maybe that's where the red flag comes up.
But on circuit, if there's a delay, come on, guys.
This is a big sport.
We are a big boy these days in Formula One.
We're not a niche sport anymore.
These sorts of things just need to be aligned.
So, yeah, pretty annoyed for Berman, of course, because he's starting 19th, but also selfishly because I want a point.
But, you know, 19th to P10.
And there's right for them to be annoyed, right, as well, because he's a track like Imler,
where it's so hard to overtake.
Qualifying is, you know, Monaco-esque, where the difference between P10 and 20 is
points and almost having no chance of points.
So for that, for Hasse, it is huge.
It certainly is.
Let's head to Q2 then, if we have to.
We're the bottom five in this session.
were Leclair, Hamilton,
Antonelli, Bortoletto and Colapinto.
Do I have to go on?
Do we have to reflect on much from this?
I could play my biggest flop clip, if you want,
of saying, why have they changed the car?
And you're going, my name's Tommy.
My name's Tommy.
Yeah, and you can also play the clip
where I said,
I am absolutely convinced
that Ferrari are winning the Constructors Championship
in 2025
and they might not even finish fourth.
So,
it has been
18 years
since Ferrari won
a driver's world championship.
They are
Formula One, Ferrari of Formula One,
Formula One is Ferrari,
you know, all this sort of stuff.
When is enough enough?
When do we get to a point
where we go, Ferrari are a midfield team?
because they got beaten by not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, seven different teams to get through to Q3.
Seven different, we're the eighth fastest team on the grid, Tommy.
Leclair and Hamilton went out on fresh C6 tires.
It's not even like they just rolled the dice with it, with like a cheeky set, you know, oh, we've had a few runs and that, yeah, we'll get through to get.
they were on brand new tires
and they qualified 11th and 12th.
Thank you by the way to the thousands of people
that came and joined our stream
to check how I was doing
at the moment of which I was at my most vulnerable
so thank you for that during our watchalongs
but I'm bored of it now Tommy
I'm bored of it like this is ridiculous
what do you have to say on the matter?
Well I have to talk about it.
Okay good.
It was a very strange end to QT
wasn't it, let's be honest, because of course
you had the, I think
I even said, didn't I, that, oh
well, you've got Colapinto
out, Bortoletto is
gone through, so it's very likely he's going to go out.
It's probably not really much
to fight for in Q2
here and going to be a big shock, but
instead you had
yeah, Antonelli and the two Ferraris putting
in not a great lap
and Gassley and the
two Aston's putting in
great laps to improve at the end on mediums at the end of the session to improve and um for for Ferrari
it's you know it's grim reading anyway this this year they were incredibly hyped up going into the
season obviously this before testing thinking you know they've got hamilton in they're cashing in
all the instagram likes and everything um but you have to build a good car and they've changed
their entire car and it my word is it much worse than last year and for this is probably the most
high-profile Ferrari disaster class this year, and it's happened in front of the Tofosi.
This is makes it even worse.
Like, relax yourself.
Like, this is the second.
True, but at least they were kind of competitive in that.
There's still time.
They're still time.
They had two illegal cars for different reasons.
That's 100% the worst thing that Ferrari's done in many years.
I think the fact that it's in front of the Tofaci makes it even more painful.
And it's just shocking from Ferrari really is.
It's not even like it's back in the.
the day when Q2, you know, you're 11th or 12th on the grid.
You're like, yeah, fresh set of tyres.
You can use whatever ties you want.
No, no, no longer.
There is no benefit to starting 11th and 12th.
P1Petri member, Miss Sophie Walsh comes in with what the hell was that?
Both Ferraris were knocked out by Aston Martins on mediums.
I'm so very glad.
I'm not a Ferrari fan.
Now, I'm not going to say too much about the whole medium choice because there's this
whole slight confusion, I think, with this step softer tire, the C6, which has been
introduced this weekend.
and it's not that much, if quicker at all, for some teams
between the C5, the medium, and the C6, the soft.
So it looks worse, for sure,
if you just look at that and go,
wow, the Aston's on mediums have beaten the Ferraris.
But LeClaire was four-tenths,
if I'm going to have some small, tiny glimmer of just positivity.
It was four-tenths off the fastest time,
who was Carlos Sines in Q2,
just to kind of add another.
Oh, I forgot about that.
Just to add another little curveball of storyline there.
So yeah, it was a crazy Q2 session.
Don't get me wrong.
And Ferrari were on the wrong end of the stick for that.
So fun times, good stuff.
Yeah, don't want to reflect any more on that, to be honest for you.
Let's move on.
Actually, I will say that Ferrari are looking great in race pace.
So look forward to see what they can do.
And I said, and I think I said, well, it's not going to match if they qualify eighth.
And they were even worse.
We joked about this.
I think on the watch along where I said,
again, they're going to be really good in the race space, whatever.
And I said, well, let's see what they can do, stuck behind Pierre Gasley,
and look where Pierre Gasly is on the grid.
P-10.
Good.
Wow.
Fantastic.
I think Hamilton was stuck behind Gasly as well, wasn't he?
When he was in the Mercedes.
Oh, yeah.
Hamilton loves looking at Gasley's rear wing at this track.
I thought you were going to say rear end,
and that was going to be a really sussed comment.
Right, okay, let's go to Q3.
Piestri, Vestappan, Russell, Alon, Stroll, Hadjar, and Gazley are your top 10.
And the first question, in this segment,
it's from P1PATRI member, Matthew Cole, 04.
Oscar seems to be so far ahead of Lando.
Should Lando be worried?
I think Matthew Cole said exactly the same thing
about the practice session as well.
But I will say that
Oscar's cooking.
Oscar is straight up.
Ainsley Harriet, that's a Nazanese reference,
in the kitchen.
Hello, Jill.
Cooking up a master class right now.
I've been very vocal.
in the fact that I think Norris has a higher ceiling potential at this particular moment,
I am starting to eat my words because I think Piastri, he delivered to a level that was phenomenal today.
It's not a case of like, oh, you know, he's put a great lap on the board, but Norris,
if had he put everything together, would have been better.
Norris, you know, did make another mistake on his final qualifying lap,
and it's cost him not just a front row, but to be starting fourth behind Russell.
He's going to have to clear Russell at turn one tomorrow on lap one.
if you want to have any hope of beating,
not just for Stappan, but Piastri as well.
So Oscar is now at a level,
and it's frightening.
It's frightening to see because I still think he's going to continue to improve Oscar.
And I'm pretty speechless, to be honest with you.
I was not expecting a Piastri blockbuster
at the start of this season like he's produced,
but he's doing it time and time again.
and he doesn't make mistakes.
Australia is, of course, that one mistake that stands out,
but that was such treacherous conditions.
Since then, I can't think of one.
Can you?
Well, he's won, correct me if I'm wrong,
he's won every single race apart from Suzuki since then,
and that was just a qualifying race.
Yeah, he's won four of six.
Where he was basically off pole position
by the tiniest margin,
which he's done a lot this season,
and Japan, of course, couldn't overtake.
and it was impossible to pass in the same top ten finish in that order.
It was basically a Monaco.
So Oscar Piastri is driving absolutely superbly,
and I think he just needs, he deserves a huge amount of credit,
and the credit needs to be kind of said of just what a great job he's doing
rather than like, oh God, what about Lando?
You know, Piastri is driving so, so well.
the first time in his career
you know he's got a dominant car
or maybe not even that dominant but just a quick car
underneath him that he really really likes and he's just
you know this is his first shot of a championship
and he does not look like anything is going to phase him at all
you know we spoke last year and about other
drivers and things that it's not just so easy
when you get the best car and there's the pressure
and everything like that oscar piastri just does not
look like even Max Verstappen is going to phase him at all. He just doesn't seem phased or
worried at all by his teammate, Max, the rest of the grid. He's just doing his job and he's doing
his job absolutely superbly. And yeah, Landau should definitely be worried because my God,
his pace is incredible. Next question. Human and Hero asks, is Norris's title fight over?
I do not think so, no, I believe 24 race season.
We've got a long way to go.
And as of right now, Lando is well within a race win of his teammate.
I don't think we get to these kind of questions until he is at least 60 points behind.
One DNF can change the whole complexion of the championship.
one Piastri Vastappan
turned one incident
changes the whole complexion
of this championship
so you cannot have these conversations
until at least the halfway point
where we can really
sort of analyze what's happened
in this season so far
Vestappan is still well within
winning this title as well
he's just going to have to hope
that the Red Bull is decent round
more tracks than it isn't
than the quick ones yeah
exactly but no it's not over for Norris
it isn't
Norris gets so much heat on social media
and yes, he is making mistakes
he's not performing to the level
that I believe he has within him
but Piastri is forcing those mistakes.
Piaastri has taken a step up this year
and just being able to put in those kind of performances
puts pressure on the other side of the garage.
Yeah, to say that his title fight is over is ridiculous
you mentioned about it only takes one incident
and while it's kind of a if-buts and maybes
he's still within a race win
and Stappen's going to be very aggressive tomorrow
no doubt with Piastri and you know for all Landau's shortcomings and was talking about him
those two collide on lap one, Lando wins the race or finishes second he's leading the championship.
So it can change and we've seen even reliability and engine failure even though it's so rare
nowadays that it happens it can change a championship, look at Rossburg and Hamilton.
But with Lando, my word does that guy need to just put some qualifying laps together.
because I feel like after every single qualifying,
we're having this chat about Lando not hooking up a lap.
And I don't think it's unfair to say maybe the entire season
we're looking at the fact that Lando has kind of not put two qualifying laps.
He put in a banker which wasn't particularly quick,
three-tenths off what his teammate managed to do in the end,
and then messed up on his final run.
And this is just a trend that seems to have happened
since that first race that he was so brilliant in and did a great job and Orlando's, you know,
answered his critics here and he is a new new driver.
It's been mistake after mistake mainly in qualifying and he's just not happy with the car
and he's constantly like making qualifying mistakes and when it is a qualifying championship
that it's going to cost you big.
Certainly will.
A question from P1PATRE member PGO Stick 1.
Was adding the C6 is a good idea if only because there are now two,
viable qualifying tires.
I think it was absolutely a great idea.
I like the fact that we're trying something new.
I like the fact that Pirelli are being told to do something slightly different.
Let's try and force non-one-stop races and let's see what tomorrow brings.
I don't particularly think having two viable qualifying tires change as much, if anything.
It just feels like they then have more really fast tires to use and kind of puts less pressure on the teams.
you know, because usually you'd have to deliver in Q1,
maybe sit in the pits then if you've put in a really good lap
and then you'd be rewarded for that.
Whereas now, you know, you had the Aston's choosing the mediums
or the softs and they were like,
ah, chuck it, let's put some mediums on.
Oh, well, knock the Ferrari's out, lovely.
So from that side of things,
is not exactly what they were planning or intending for it to be.
You don't want to be, I don't know,
because I'm now thinking about what the race will look like.
For me, the C6 will have Z.
zero use tomorrow.
It'll be
medium and hard
and I believe
that they will
because you want
the C6 as a tire
that you can jump on
do 15 laps on them
and they're much quicker
than the C5s
C4s
and then that is viable
in the race
in my head at least
so what we've seen
this weekend so far
is not what I believe
Pirelli or Formula 1
wanted from this new batch
no I don't know
if our lovely patron
Pogo Stick 1 is a Pirelli employee and are trying to spin it in a positive way for Pirelli
because it is very much a task failed successfully if that's the case because it's not
what they intended. It was a cool quirk of qualifying. Of course, we saw George Russell go onto the
mediums and actually put in a lap quicker than Lando, which got him into third place.
Would he have been any quicker on the, on new softs? Maybe it had been a good.
exactly the same position.
But when it comes to the race, I will save my ranting about this decision for the race
and how that pans out because I've got some opinions and I feel like I know how the race is
going to go and when it does, then they will.
Oh, Tommy Gold pop off in the main race.
I look forward to that one tomorrow.
But fingers crossed, we get a banger and Tommy doesn't that.
It's a win-win for you wonderful listeners and watchers.
You get a rant if not.
Rant or a banger.
You choose.
I think you probably choose the banger race.
Question from people on Patreon member, Heather more or less.
How has Alonzo made it to P5?
Particularly on a scrub set of tyres.
Well, we kind of reflected on the medium still being something that works.
I do actually, yeah.
I remember watching, obviously watching it live with you guys that decided to tune in with us.
And I saw the Aston's going out on mediums and they weren't shiny.
And we both thought, well, there's probably not much.
Not much to improve there.
And they've gone and banged out another great lap, which...
It was unexpected to say the least.
What does this mean?
I don't know.
The Aston's anyway are quite unique in their way of, you know,
I remember they tend to do a lap in practice to scrub the tires
to then make them slightly more durable for the race
and things like that that are quite unique.
But for Aston Martin to have put in a phenomenal qualifying
when you reflect on their season, it's been shocking.
Stroll has been the only one to score points so far this year.
and they've both made it to Q3
and to be fair to them you have to
you have to just give them praise
don't you because they've done a great job
and kind of put the car where perhaps
it doesn't belong.
Yeah, it's concerning for my less than
50 points prediction that
one Adrian Newey upgrade
has launched them into
a P5 in qualifying
so maybe there is performance
to be had and they can unlock something
but of course as an Alonzo fan
I'm very more than happy
to see him back where he deserves to be.
Of course, it's an absolute chasm between those top four and the midfield,
which now, of course, includes Ferrari.
Okay, all right.
Well, that didn't need to be.
But Alonzo, yeah, great, great performance from him.
And it was very close between those.
I think any of those drivers, maybe Gasliel, I don't think, had the pace in the Alpine,
could have popped it in P5.
I think Hadjab was a great shout for a P5
and would have been an amazing.
And what a statement going back to the start of the podcast
of had Had Had Hajab been P5,
we probably would be kind of talking about those Yuki Sonoda rumors
and joking and banter baby a little more seriously.
But he was kicking himself that he messed up, wasn't he, with that?
Yeah.
Yeah, it was a small mistake.
It was a huge chance.
Which, I think it was very similar to what we saw with Colopinto.
wasn't it in that exact area.
Just dips the front left wheel.
It's so hard to get those first couple of corners linked up
because you wanted then slingshot yourself down
towards the next left, right, where Yuki went off.
But yeah, Hajar just just.
A small mistake cost him massively
because he was looking really good.
But still P9, still plenty of chances to score points tomorrow.
Signs are now bonn.
They've kind of gone very quietly unnoticed P6 and P7 for them
in the Williams once again,
and that's exactly where I thought,
Marari were going to be, but instead, again, it's Williams.
So, yeah, big shout out to both of those guys,
four hundreds of a second separating those two.
That shows credit to Williams that a six and seventh for a Williams is almost a non-event now.
Yeah.
And that's credit to them.
Yeah, for sure.
And just daddy vows.
Well done.
No, that's the that's a place I use on Twitch.
James Vals.
But there you go, right.
Right.
Thank you, everybody for tuning in.
We'll be live tomorrow, of course.
Matt Pee on Tommy on YouTube and Twitch for our one.
watch along. I'm really excited to see how the first lap unfolds, whether Norris can get
Russell, whether Vastappan can get ahead of Piastri. I think that will be important for the
race. Pastery, I believe, is going to have the upper hand. Tommy, what are your final thoughts?
So true that we've barely even mentioned that that Maxis P2 on the grid, are we going to get a repeat
of Saudi where those two don't give it. And Russell as well. Again, just, oh, hey, P3, failed to
elaborate. See you tomorrow.
does Russell go for the softs and try and get a good launch off the line and block everyone?
You mean the mediums?
Or the softs?
The softs?
The softest softs.
You mean the red ones?
Aren't they the same as yellow ones though?
Yeah, exactly.
Who knows what those tyres are now?
But Piastri versus Vestappen into turn one could be very exciting.
We know that Piastri now will race Max very hard.
And Max is probably, you know, is Max Vestappen, so he always goes for the win.
and he also knows that these are the opportunities
if he has any hope this year
of fighting the McLean for the championship,
these are the circuits he needs to get wins on, basically,
because we could go back to,
we could be at Monaco next week
and he's ninth, 10th, or whatever,
because that red ball is just so unknown.
It certainly is.
Looking forward to it.
Thank you, everybody.
We'll see you soon.
Let's love to take care.
Bye!
Goodbye.
My chore is that you need to stay on time
for whatever you're about to do
because I'm really running late
because of all the stupid delays in qualifying,
and I need to go out for dinner right now
and I'm so, so late.
Goodbye, everybody.
Take care, sweet dreams.
Adios.
Goodbye.
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