P1 with Matt and Tommy - Reaction to United States GP sprint qualifying

Episode Date: October 18, 2025

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We are in person. I am in Tommy's room right now. It has taken us three hours to get back from Austin, the track itself, to get back to downtown Austin where we're staying. And we have been trying to get back as quickly as possible to record our reality. So apologies that it's a little bit delayed. This is what happens, Tommy, when we go outside and have some fun. I know. How dare we? And yeah, it was a long trip back, a little bit jet lagged.

Little bit. I'm on my last legs, bro. I am. I'm cooked. We might get some sass and opinion, so it might be fun. I think this could be a good one. So let's begin before we even get into sprint qualifying with, I guess, the chatter that was going on prior to all the shenanigans of this weekend.

And that was, of course, McLaren. and repercussion gate So wow that is one of the weirdest noise I've ever heard Come out of your mouth And I've heard some strange opinions from you So to get everybody up to speed If you've missed it I don't know how you would have

Because it's all over social media But the whole chat about repercussions After Lando Norris had a wheelbang with Oscar Piastri And we've spoken about it And we understood Oscar's viewpoint on it Didn't we in Singapore And the fact that he felt aggrieved Because papaya rules

Means you're not allowed to touch a teammate and they touched. And then there was no swap. So therefore not fair. And we've already spoken about how bad fairness can be when you try and level it all out. Well, of course, everything was about that in the interviews in the run-up to this weekend. And apparently, Lando is going to have repercussions or the way it's been phrased by Lando. It sounded like there either is going to be repercussions.

He even said there's going to be repercussions for the rest of the season, which I read that as if something like that happens again. there will be repercussions at some point during the season rather than he is now disadvantaged for the rest of the season. Yeah, I think people jumped on it immediately and thought that, you know, Lando now has to, you know, creating wild theories of like, Lando now must give Oscar preferential treatment in every single situation. I don't think it's that at all. I think it's very much McLaren doing their usual thing of trying to look like, show themselves in the best possible light and we've had essentially two weeks of this whole narrative of like McLaren of a favoring Lando over Oscar. This is really bad.

You know, all the press, all the memes, everything about it. And a very, in my opinion, a very easy way to basically get rid of all that heat and make and flip that narrative a little bit is for just Lando to come out and say, yeah, there's been repercussions. But it's kind of like, but if there has, it's kind of. Why didn't it happen at Singapore? It seems just a bit of a flaky way. And it's also really annoying because it's just like, just get on with it. It was a racing incident. It's so just so ridiculous.

I'm so bored of this chat. They're fighting for a world championship. And there's repercussions this, repercussions that. You can't race your teammate. Yeah, it's a bit like, why don't they just say, look, we've won the constructors race. Just race. Like this literally what everybody wants to see. Because if they collide, it doesn't matter now.

really like does it no well I mean I know they want to get the points and and I guess for like you know the sponsors and everything like they want to want to win the race but just let them race now for for the end like there's only a few races to go that's not going to happen we would love to see it in an ideal world but it also makes for some interesting discussions about what on the fairness it's actually it's it's a it's a it's a weirdly like fascinating yet annoying championship fight because it is literally so different to one I've ever seen in Formula One. I don't necessarily think it's for the right reasons or good reasons. But I don't. I don't either.

But it's something to talk about for sure. Question from P1PITR member Thimmer. What do you think are the consequences Piaastri was referring to in an interview? And will it impact either the sprint or race this weekend? I don't think it's as, I don't think it's a case of like Lando will have to give Oscar a place back. or Lando will need to give him a slipstream in qualifying. I just don't see it as that at all. Even though Oscar suggested,

this is why I just find it so boring. I just want to talk about the racing on action. But Oscar was speaking about the fact that the fact Lando has admitted fault in some way. Which is so bizarre because they claimed after the Singapore Grand Prix that it was fine. So like it's so weird. I am of the viewpoint that, firstly,

I think McLaren should have just literally ignored any of these questions. just not got the drivers to even talk about repercussions. But yeah, we discussed it internally, moving on. But they've opened a little bit of a can of worms with this one. But I don't think it's really going to amount to anything because they will always go back to. And what we've already seen this year is that every single incident is unique. And there isn't going to be a like-for-like situation.

There's not going to be another Singapore wheelbang where Lando was avoiding contact with Maxfuss-Habbin's river. Everything is so different. Yeah, you're right. I don't think there is going to be this set rule now. It's just going to be basically like it could be a case of, you know, internally they've said if that happens again, we will swap back. But the chances of that happening in exactly the same situation again is so rare that it will just be a case-by-case basis.

And surely as the championship nears to a close, surely the driver is just going to say F off. Yeah, well, yeah, absolutely. I'm saying. It's ridiculous. Anyway, shall we talk about some actual sprint qualifying? Oh, go on then. Q1 or SQ1, I should say. The bottom five were Bearman, Colopinto, Sonoda, Ocon and Bortoletto. Let's get into a question from P1 Patreon member, Zingy 13. Why was the queuing at the end of SQ1 so bad today? It's been a while since there's been such a gaggle of teams and drivers leaving it late and then fighting to reach the line in time. Will this lead to a rule change to try and stop it happening again in the future? I think the only change it needs to happen is people need to get out the pits earlier and realize that, you know, on paper or on your, the computers and everything that they've got on the pit wall, it's go out as late as possible.

But when all 20 cars are trying to do the same thing or in particular six cars that they were doing it all at the same time, you're going to leave less time. and it felt almost like they forgot that it was SQ1 instead of Q1, where there's obviously a little bit more time, and they all just left it so late. And I know in theory that you're going out as late as possible gives you better track conditions, but if you can't even set a lap,

it's just absolutely farcical to end up in that situation, and it's far too risky. So I just think that it was embarrassing to watch. And I don't think it's Formula One's fault in any way or the format's fault. It's the team's fault for just, you know, plenty of other people managed to set laps and get on with it. And teams just left it too late. Yeah, they don't want to go out too early because the track is not in its best condition. But I also think there is a factor and, you know, I will say that myself and Tommy obviously at the track today.

So we missed things we had to watch on a screen which was muted. We couldn't hear any commentary. So there are pieces that I'm sure we slightly miss when we're at the track. But my gauge is also that there's always shenanigans in the pits. There's always drivers just slowing down, stopping, waiting for cars to be 20 car lengths ahead of them before they then move. And I think this is just the nature of those two things coming together where the drivers are trying to get a gap with everyone. And it's just chaos. And the gentleman's agreement all goes out the window when you're basically racing.

to the line as we saw with Lawson and Sonoda. Yeah, yeah. I mean, so many of them missed the line or were completely, you know, ruined laps before they'd even begun. So that was chaos. Both Hasse's out in SQ1, Berman just narrowly missing out in P-16. Colapinto out as well. And then Yuki-Sanoda, obviously the big, well, I was going to say talking point.

Is it a talking point anymore? Not really. But it's still something worth saying because his teammates literally on pole position. But he was, of course, one of those drivers just in the inner, a mix in a mix of cars that he just shouldn't be even involved with that he's got enough struggles as it is why is red bull even getting involved with you know or getting him putting him in that situation yeah i know it's it's it's really bizarre to to leave it that that late and it just didn't make any sense and yuki was struggling anyway i think it wasn't a case of like you know he was way up the top

i think i think before all the chaos he was about 14th anyway so yeah he was struggling i think you know It wasn't, I'd be amazed if it'd have got through to like SQ3 with the struggles he was having. But obviously 18th is really, really bad. Speaking of Yuki, Sunoda, P1 Patreon member, one Mingy. We know that Red Bull prioritises Max, but their neglect of Yuki is appalling. Should Yuki sign with Aston and Honda as third driver for 2026? I mean, that's probably the best that Yucke can hope for is reserve role in some team, which is obviously a sad thing for all yuki fans and yuki himself but can you expect anything else

with this current sort of run of form that he's having in red bull he's not able to show any of the potential and the promise that we saw in v carb where he's going to sign i don't think that's even in his sights at the moment right he's going to fight for his life to try and get a seat for next year and that is that absolutely should be the only option in his head right now a reserve driver role is something he can sort at the last minute if necessary. So for me, I don't think he should be setting his sights on that because that almost admits defeat before we've got to the end of the season. Yeah, true. He's not going to admit that he's out of Red Bull, even though I'm still very much convinced he is. And it's a shame to see, but I just don't see how it turns around

from here. I can't see him being at Red Bull next year or even getting the demotion back to V-Carb, I think, sadly for him. and his time's up and I do think that, you know, it's unfair because he is a better driver than he's being able to show in the second Red Bull seat. But it's just, unfortunately, that's just the nature of Formula One and so much of it can be right place, right time. And he is in the wrong place right now. He certainly is. Let's go to SQ2 then, where the five out were Antonelli, Hadjar, Ghazly, Stroll and Lawson. Of course, Kimmy Antonelli missed out by 0.006 of a second, but did make a pretty big error snatching.

I think it was his front left break, which of course, he lost far more than six thousandths of a second, which would have meant Hamilton would have gone out in Q2. We will get onto Ferrari because I've been loading up a little, I just want to share some emotions and feelings about how it was, as a Ferrari fan, as a Charleclair fan, watching, qualifying in person. But back to Antonelli, you know, it's slightly disappointing.

Mercedes don't have the raw pace to challenge right at the front, but obviously Russell was able to make it through to Q3. But again, it's the sprint. It's not really that deep with Antonelli. I think as long as he bounces back for the main quality, he'll be okay. Yeah, definitely. It's such a weird session, SQ2, because all these drivers that have gone out,

I guess, you know, Antonelli should be higher up. But they're probably looking at it thinking like, oh, at least it's the sprint quality because... Which is a sad state of affairs, isn't it, with the former? It is. And I'm sure, you know, we could do this all day and I'll save it for sprint chat tomorrow. But there's definitely like a situation here where it just thinks like, well, what's the point for these runners? Because only the top eight gets points.

It's very impossible to overtake in these current regulations, particularly without pit stops or anything and different tires. So yeah, it's just kind of like I would be absolutely amazed if any of these. drivers get a point because it's just not going to happen, is it? Unlikely. Antonelli maybe, you know. Let's not give up before we've even got into the sprint. It's co-to, my guy. Another driver to speak about was Liam Lawson,

who I think was absolutely within his rights to be complaining about Charles LeCleur around the penultimate corner. It wasn't an absolute slam dunk impeding, but there was a little bit of dawdling going on from Charles LeClau, which, you know, with a little bit of dirty air, which we've spoken about before, haven't we, with drivers, even literally the last time out in Singapore with Vastap and Orlando. It's not within, it's not like breaking the rules,

but it's definitely impeding to a certain degree. And of course, Lawson then ran wide, extended. He wouldn't have made it through. I think he went to 11th with his time as he went over, if my memory serves me correctly. But I still think he was right to feel aggrieved with the situation that he was having to, well, yeah, experience. during his lap. Yeah, I don't think they had the pace to to get through potentially, but it was an

annoying situation and just one of those moments where you could see just how much dirty air as well makes a difference even when the car, yeah, it wasn't a case of like, oh my goes, it's been completely blocked and Charles should get a penalty. It was just one of those those moments where, yeah, a bit too close to the car in front, so I understand his frustrations. Lance Joel, just a solid little P-14. nothing really to write home. Gassley, I will say, look, P-13, I don't think he got really any sort of plaudits for that,

but I think he should in some ways, because that is like when we thought the salber was the last, when it was the worst car, and then Holkenberg or whatever would, you know, pop it in a position that it didn't belong. I think Gassley's done a pretty good job, especially considering they have one practice session, that was slightly taken away from them as well,

a little bit at that time because of Carlos Sines' issue. But for Gazley to do that, maybe it worked in their favour, that they kind of were like, this is the dustbin. Let's just chuck it out there and see what happens. Yeah, how far Alpine have fallen that we're sort of like applauding a 13th in a SQ2. But that is how bad it's got. It really has. So that's pretty much SQ2 done.

Holcomberg was flying in SQ2 and spoiler alert. E flew in Q3 as well. Let's head to it. The top 10 for tomorrow's sprint race is for Stappen, Norris, Piastry, Holcomberg, Russell, Alonzo, Sines, Hamilton, Albon and LeCler. P1, Patreon member Lex Wakeman. Vestappen isn't going to do this, right?

Right? Yeah, it's an interesting one because he's obviously got pole position again. It's now, I still am on this thought process that it's too little, too late. What percent are you telling me? Four percent now. well, you were three before, so we are loading. Exactly.

It is frustrating in a weird way because all I can think about is I wish there was eight races to go, not six, because it is going to be a big ask. I wouldn't be, I know I'm the pessimistic Max fan all the time anyway, but I wouldn't be shouting from the rooftops because it is a sprint race and it's going to be such minimal points he needs to deliver that again in the in the main qualifying um because that's where you get you know a massive point because piastri will get onto him later is looking um kind of worryingly off off the pace from from from from that but even even if piastri is nowhere near the top two he's only going to lose a couple of points so because of the sprint format so for the for the stepan yes he

His form is amazing, but I still just feel like it's unfortunately like a little bit too late in the fight. And he's definitely got a chance to do it. But it's just, it's too much. He's winning it all, Tommy. And you need to just understand that. You know, as two Max fans on the podcast now, you just need to really sort of just enjoy what you're about to witness in the next six races. Three sprints as well, right? You know, this isn't just 10 points swings in six races.

You've also got three sprints where that is 24 points in total, Tommy, eight times three. and anything can happen in Rompere racing. And also I want to combat very quickly, sorry Tommy, your pessimistic view on like, oh, well, you know, he has to do it tomorrow as well. He's already done it. Like the fact that we're at Austin, which I was like, maybe McLaren will have an edge again.

They haven't. I think if we go to Qatar as well, obviously a little bit later on in the season, and again, like Red Bull are there. And they've been good at medium-speed corners. He's winning the lot, Tommy. That's basically what I'm trying to say to you. He needs that McLaren incident though.

They need a... He's had one. He's had one. Yeah, exactly. Papyrolls is at an absolute limit right now. So the stars are aligning. We did walk on our long journey back to this hotel. We did walk past a tattoo parlor and I said that if the McLaren's do collide on Sunday

and Max wins and takes 25 points out of it, probably start prepping the tattoo because then I would very much feel like it's on. he needs like a massive swing again really, doesn't he? He does. I'm just trying to now think of maths on the top of my head. You know, if you did have that McLaren instant hypothetically, obviously this is the sprint we're talking about, but the main thing, you know, we're into the 30 odd points.

And then if he wins every race, it doesn't matter if they even finish second. And then he might not even need to win all the races. We need to stop dreaming because people can't believe that I've now started to root for Max Verstappen. I'll let you know how I'm feeling. about Ferrari very shortly indeed. P1 Patreon member Alan Enderpe has Oscar's momentum gone?

Tommy, you alluded to it ever so slightly with Piastri looking off the pace. Oscar said after Quali as well that it was a scruffy lap. He just couldn't really put it all together. I am feeling like there is, I mean, it's hard to say right, because Singapore, Oscar was ahead of Lando until he got barged out of the way. And yes, he looked a little bit slower in race trim. But had that little wheelbang not happened, I think Oscar has a very good chance of beating Lando in Singapore. Do we then say that his momentum's gone? I think it's unfair to say that I don't think he's in the mud.

I don't think he's washed. Perhaps Baku has dented his confidence ever so slightly, knowing that if he does put a foot wrong, a massive point swing can happen. But that being said, if Lando wins every race from here to the end of the season or even the majority of them, he's probably going to be champion. So back to the point, do I think his momentum's gone? I think the sort of iron sort of, sorry, what's it? Iceman. Iron, Iron Man? I'm so tired and so jet lagged. It's ridiculous.

I just feel like maybe that's gone, but that's probably just a narrative within fans. Is that something that Lando or Max thinks about? No. But there are sort of chinks in the armour for sure. And I think Oscar, you know, if you look back to last year, the end of the season was a struggle for him last year as well in terms of pace. So maybe it's just tracks. He doesn't like it as well. I'm going to repeat kind of what I said at the end of the last race podcast where I said it's not complete panic stations. He's completely, you know, throwing the title here because it's

definitely not. But if I was an Oscar Piastri fan, I'd be getting pretty nervous, actually, about it. And it's funny how, and this is reflected by this question and the two questions that we've just had now is there's all this talk about Max Stauffin, can he do this? And I know it's an unpopular opinion because people completely write him off. But I really do think Lando could very easily win this championship. And I'm starting to think more and more that he may well do because he doesn't have a massive of points gap to kind of catch up on with piastri and since baku lando is chipping away every single race at that lead and it's coming down again and he yeah he doesn't have like

60 points to overturn it's what like 22 is it so it's much much less and I don't think oscar's forms like completely um gone and he's in is in the mud but having you know three races in a row where Landau's taken points out of Oscar's lead and now to go into a sprint qualifying session and him be three tenths off Lando. Off pole and two tenths off Lando. It is concerning because I think the start of the season, I think Piastri just had, you know,

the measure of Lando completely in almost like every race, he was going in and just doing a fantastic job. but it does feel like the momentum's maybe swinging a bit towards Lando now. For sure. I think you also have to give Lando his commendations, don't you? Because as much as we think, oh, Oscar's thrown at Oscar might be feeling the pressure of the championship.

It could well just be that Lando is doing a better job and really starting to feel at one with the car again because he has struggled at times this year. So, yeah, it's going to be a fascinating one. I think if we get to sort of under 20 points again coming out of this weekend, then again, it's very much looking at the moment like Lando could close the gap. Let's move away from McLaren now and head to Salber. Gavin Curley 90 asks,

how good was the Hulk to get fourth? Very, very good. Very good indeed. He just looked absolutely on it all day, really. I don't know what's gone on today because Bortoletto was unlucky in qualifying, but then he had a lap deleted for for track limits as well and so it's probably not reflective of his of his pace but that being said holkenberg has just looked really really strong and i don't think it's necessarily that salber are suddenly like really really quick this weekend i just think

holcomburg is an absolutely brilliant job and when he got second in fp1 it was kind of like oh okay that that's cool but you know it's not representative like it's it's him maybe on a low fuel run or whatever, I don't think would have possibly thought maybe even top top eight or something. So for him to get fourth is absolutely unbelievable. What a performance. And yeah, top, top Ferrari engine. Wow. Okay. I was about to say, come on, Tommy. Do you remember when he was sat there? Q3 was starting and I said, I smell a Hulk top five. Did I, did I not say that? You did say that. I did say that. A broken clock is right twice a day. But yes, Holkenberg, as you say, He was on it the entire day.

It wasn't a stroke of luck. And I think that's the beauty of the sprint format as well. Less practice can allow for things like this to happen where a team and a driver can just get a set up right that they feel good in the car. And then you don't have the teams that you would expect to maybe be in that top 10. The V-cubs, I think, is one scalp from this quality session. And that's what I like to see is that slight unpredictability. And, yeah, Hulk brilliant.

The first time he's got into the top 10 in qualifying the entire year. It's in sprint quality. So well done, Hulk. Hopefully you can score some points tomorrow. B1 Patreon member, Mikey B. How much worse can it get for Ferrari from here? Look, I think I actually got to my end with this now. It was quite frankly depressing watching Ferrari today.

They were on the back foot scraping through every single session. Yes, they both got through to SQ3. whoop de do. I do not watch Ferrari and Charlecler to scrape through every quality session. They built a car for this year that promised big things. They were so close to winning the constructors last year.

And I'm watching Charlecler 20th in free practice because he's had gearbox issues and he was having a lot of trouble with the car. And it's just frankly not good enough. It's been an absolute disaster of a season. It's been a year since Charlotte Claire last one, of course, an amazing time last year when he pulled off that brilliant win. But they have looked apart from once or twice this year just so lackluster.

It's hard to watch. You know, people, my dad even messaged me when Charles just scraped through to SQ3. He's like, oh, so close to a heartbroken son. I'm like, Dad, I am so far gone. If Shah was knocked out in SQ2, I couldn't really care. because it's at that point now where I'm like, but we're not fighting for anything. Okay, if Charles gets through, he qualified 10th. I'm like, what are we doing here?

We're being outqualified by a salber that's up in fourth, and this is Ferrari. Yeah, it's so true. It's so true. I mean, LeCler nearly got knocked out in SQ1. If there hadn't have been the kind of all those cars together and they'd have actually got their laps in, I think Shaal would have been out. It was that bad. and you know before we were obviously watching at the track and before the session they actually

played a replay of last year's race some some highlights and what an insane thing a thing to think about that you know this time last year charler has just won won the grand prix Ferrari are looking at going for the constructors title and I think at this point kind of towards the end of the season I think charler le clare had scored as many points in the kind of final few races as max of stappen and lando norris and you think okay going into the the new season surely you know Ferrari have got a great chance here and instead fast forward a year later and they're barely making it through into you know they're behind Williams who everyone was saying you know carlos science has been demoted to them they're behind Williams and they're not even the

the fastest Ferrari engineed cars. It is an absolute joke. And, you know, I can sit here and be smug and say, oh, look, I said that, why did they change their car? But it has to be, it has to be spoken about like, why an earth going into one year before a new regulation change when you had a car that on its day could be the best, the best car on the grid,

completely changed. whole thing to me is just absolutely insane. And they've brought specs of that last year's car onto the car for this year at certain tracks because they've clearly gone, wow, actually that last year's car was pretty good. Let's go back to that. And I'm concerned as to what 2026 and beyond will bring if they have put a hell of a lot of resource into maybe winning something this year. And we've heard all these talks about 2026 and stuff now. It's just, it's not like a good. We're cooked, we're cooked, chat. We really are. Okay, let's get into another question. Eddie from Eden, Why did Mercedes send Russell out early in SQ3 again when it worked so badly in Miami?

Now, I'm going to sound like a massive hypocrite here because right at the start of this podcast, I was saying why a team's messing about going out to the end? Because, you know, you just need to get a lap in. But that being said, when there's only 10 cars in the session, you don't need to do that. It makes sense. It makes sense when, you know, 20 cars on track. but 10 cars on track, you're very rarely going to get traffic. And I'd also argue that this is not a track like even Miami.

Like if that, you know, that was the case or a Singapore or something where a red flag is off. There's so much runoff around that you're very unlikely there's going to be an incident and red flagged. So you're not really gaining anything by going out so early. So very, very surprising, you know, at the end of the day, one place in the sprint. I think Russell was, even if, you know, had gone out last, he's going to be fourth, potentially. So it's one position, so it's not that deep, but still an odd choice from Mac. Yeah, it was an odd choice. It felt like the first three that went out and set a lap that it was almost

like they were trying to put in another lap. It felt that early in the session. And when Holkenberg went provisional pole past Russell, we're like, well, why have they gone out so early? But, yeah, as you say, realistically, I don't think it's much to read into. It's not a disaster for Russell, but I'm sure he will be questioning it to the team. And finally, I think it's worth mentioning. First, also, Fernando Alonso did a very good job. I'm surprised you haven't spoken about or said his name. I was going to say the entire podcast. And of course, Carlos Seins, a fellow Spaniard who missed a little bit of free, I say a little bit. I think he missed half of free practice one with an issue with his car and easily chucks it in SQ3 and out qualifies Albon.

I mean, that's a pretty good job. Yeah, it's really great to see because I think, I think Carlos is finding his grief now it seems and we said the whole time in his struggles that you know we know he's a better driver than this and it kept going on and on and on and it went on far far like way longer than I thought it would and you know I thought it would maybe and take him a few races and we got to goodness knows how many races and he was still getting knocked out quite early in qualifying and going what this is not the car loss we know um but something how has changed and he's found his confidence again. And yeah, he's doing a brilliant job.

So well done to Carlos and well on to Williams for a double SQ3 appearance. And that is it. We are done. We are dusted. I cannot wait for my head to hit the pillow in my room. Not your room, Tommy. Sadly.

What are your final thoughts, sir? Final thoughts are that just looking forward to the sprint tomorrow. and I'm sure there'll be, I think there'll be a little bit of a sprint rant coming tomorrow because unless it provides the greatest race, we need to have some serious talks. We need to talk about the sprint. It's probably also worth mentioning if you want to come and see myself and Tommy live, then you can at the AT&T garage at Distribution Hall in downtown Austin. I believe it's 2pm that we're doing our live podcast there.

It's free entry. So if you're not going to the race, sorry, into quality. and obviously the sprint race, then come down to that. You can come and see us live. There's a Q&A as well. So it'll be a lot of fun. And that's it. We are done.

And we will see you actually as well. We're going to be live streaming tomorrow. So as much as we're in Austin, we will be live on Twitch and YouTube, fingers crossed if we can figure out all the logistics. So I promised you something that might not be able to be delivered. But yeah, just pray. Just pray.

We are trying so hard. Honestly, I promise. Okay. Right. See you soon. Bye. Bye. is a Stack production and part of the ACAST's created network.