P1 with Matt and Tommy - Spanish GP Driver Ratings: F1-to-10

Episode Date: June 25, 2024

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Hello everybody and welcome back to the B1B podcast with Matt Tommy. Spanish Grand Prix driver ratings edition. We're about to get into the nitty gritty of each of the drivers and how they performed at the Circuit of Barcelona and Catalonia, a race that had some strategy, some things to keep an eye on, two stops, three stops for a couple of drivers out there. Tommy, how many stops would have you done on the Spanish Grand Prix? I'd have done one, I think.

Because you'd be driving that slowly that the tyres would never have degraded. Absolutely. Okay, let's get into the driver ratings and start with Kevin Magnerson. Qualified 16th, started 16th, finished 17th. It's going to be a whopping straight down the middle, 5 out of 10 from me for Kevin Magnuson. Look, five second penalty for a full start aside? What a calm, composed weekend to Kevin Magnuson. Nothing too crazy.

Of course, we got to see the penalty graphic, which, felt like home to see that come up for KMAG. But apart from that, quite an anonymous weekend for Kevin. There was maybe a show. I mean, when you look at Nico's race, there was potentially a chance of a point. But I think I'm more going to commend Nico's drive as opposed to really take away a lot from Kevin.

But yeah, it was a pretty, pretty, didn't we see him. Let's put it that way. now I've gone for a four out of ten for KMAG yeah the Holkenberg showed that points were maybe a possibility it was of course always difficult based on when the fact that everyone finished the race but Magnuson qualified poorly again compared to his teammate and yeah

jump start not to the best and then has finished down the order as well so can't give him a straight down the middle I've got to give him a little bit of a bad grade for that. Fair enough, good slander point, can see your point, and now maybe we should give him a four, but that's fine. We're sticking with a five, and the fans also gave KMAG a five. Nico Holcomberg, qualified to 13th, started 13th, finished 11th.

I've gone for a six out of ten for Nico Hulkemberg. Maybe points were on, he had a great start, battling a Red Bull in Sergio Perez, of course, but I think that's more on Paris's form at the moment. But, yeah, the five-second penalty of speeding in the pit lane may have cost him. I know he finished more than five seconds behind Ockon, but maybe it would have given him a bit more of a chance if he had been a few seconds behind him at the end and really gone for it.

So it's decent, but I do think Hasse, they're not that car they were last year where you kind of go, 11th last year with their car, I'd be getting a 10 out of 10 probably, but not this year. Okay, dokey, I have gone for a 7 out of 10 for Nico Hulkemberg, because I think it was a very good effort to finish 11th place in a race where everybody finished.

And, yeah, he pitted from lap 12, then on the mediums then. It was on the hards at the end, and we all know how bad the hards were. So to still finish 11th, I think, is a very good effort from me. Nico. So yeah, I'm going to commend him with a seven out of ten. And he had a very good start as well. It's worth mentioning, making up three places, which gave him a good opportunity to potentially score a point. The fans gave Nika Holkenberg a six. Joe Guan Yu, qualified 15th, started 15th, finished 13th. It is going to be a seven out of ten for Joe Guan Yu. I think it was a very good effort in that steak car that has had some upgrades.

this weekend and clearly they've taken a step forward from being last on the grid. So that's a great job from them. And I think Joe had a very good weekend. Of course, didn't score any points. Didn't really get close to the points. But if we think about where he's come from and how much he's improved from qualifying 20th and just being at the back languishing, got to commend it. So Joe's had a very good weekend and that's why I am giving him a seven.

He's also getting a seven from a very, very, decent drive, more what he should be doing, it has to be said. It seemed like every time I saw, we saw him on screen, he was passing or letting through Bottas. I think the stakes did a different strategy from each other. Joe had a really good race at Barcelona last year, so it'd be interesting to see going forward if this is just his absolute goaded track and he's really good around here and can get a good result. But yeah, it's a decent drive and he's unlucky not to be. get points on another day.

He puts in that drive and he might have snuck a point, but when everyone's finishing, still no points for stake. The fans gave him a six. Be harsh. Valtry Bottas, qualified 12th, started 12th, finished 16th. I have gone four.

A five out of ten for Valtry Bottas. Straight down the middle. Don't think it was entirely his fault that the race went the way it did. went for a different strategy that didn't quite work, but nothing spectacular either, so gone for a five. Interesting. I am going to go with a four out of ten for Bottas.

I think that it was a reasonably poor race from Valtteri, considering he's had the upper hand over Joe quite significantly, and he finished 20, 30 seconds behind his teammate. So it was quite the disaster for him. Of course, as he said, the strategy didn't work, but you know, you've got to try and make it work in some regards. And of course, he went from soft to soft and then onto the hards very early on lap 28. So I do wonder if Bottas just wasn't able to manage those soft tires like the others.

But I'm sure they will be regretting, not maybe going for the mediums in that middle stint like they did with show. I'm not sure why they've gone different there. But I would say quite a poor weekend for Bottas because with the car moving forward, you expect an experienced race winner like Bottas to maybe take advantage. of that stake having the upper hand over some other teams. But alas, it was a 16th for him. So, yeah, downgrading him for that. And the fans gave Bottas a five.

Yuki Sonoda, qualified to 17th, started to 17th, finished 19th. I am going for a 4 out of 10 for Yuki Sonoda. And you would think that a 19th place for an RB that's been scoring points left, right and center, would maybe constitute a two. But the car quite clearly with both drivers was pretty shocking. It just didn't work out at all. I think Yuki went for a three-stop strategy,

which is wild. And not the greatest of races from him personally, of course. Daniel O'Carno beating him. But he basically just said it was a really tough race and that the pace was nowhere and he struggled to drive. So a weekend to forget for Yuki, for sure. CF.4.

I've gone for a four out of ten as well for Yuki Sonoda. Tough weekend. Five second penalty, of course, shooting in the pit lane. Not ideal, but still qualified Daniel Ricardo, but then his race was poor and dropped back. It's one of those races where, yes, he's not in his usual place, but it's quite clear from what his teammate did as well. It just generally, R.B. or weekend, that it's down to the car, and that car has not worked. at all. So can't be too overly harsh on his drive, but it's not good enough to be, it's still worthy of a four. It certainly is. The fans gave Yuki Sonoda a four out of ten.

Daniel Ricardo now qualified 18, started 18th, finished 15th. I have gone for a five out of 10. Matt, I thought I was doing a dramatic pause there to give him a 10, but it's actually because I forgot it was my go. Yes, five out of ten for Daniel Ricardo, just a very average race in a car that wasn't very good this weekend, and they need to find out why. They have essentially gone backwards with upgrades, because not good at all for RB, but just nothing to shout about, really.

No, nothing to shout out about. I've gone for a five out of ten as well, Daniel, doing a two stop as opposed to Yuki's three and of course finished 15th so I give him a slightly better grade didn't get a drive-through or sorry a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane like Yuki did and a slightly cleaner weekend I think he even said that he maximised his weekend so maybe Daniel did actually drive a 10 out of 10 race but we will never know with him down in 15th. The beauty of Formula One these drivers could literally do the race of their life and then you just never know. We will never know because we aren't them and I'm going to give them a five because that's

what I think it deserves. And the fans also gave Daniel Ricardo a five out of ten. Logan Sargent, qualified 20th, started 19th and finished. 20th. It is a three out of ten for me for Logan Sargent. A very, just another Logan Sargent race. He didn't end up in the wall, so that gets an extra point. very disappointed with qualifying.

That was the opportunity to out-qualify Albon. Didn't started last. And just what is going on? He's saying as a team, it was a pretty terrible weekend. I'm like, bro, can we take some of that blame? You know, because Al-Bon's going in the gravel and still beating you by 26 and a half seconds. And he's started from the pits.

and he started from the Alex Albon could have started in Canada and probably still won that particular battle. So it's just, yeah, it's a three out of ten. I'm not going to give me any lower than that because he finished the race and whatnot. But yeah, and the Williams was very poor. But just another, another bad weekend to forget. I have gone for a three out of ten. It was going to be a two, but you've kind of convinced me that he hasn't gone off. But it's still incredibly poor.

from him because maybe his excuse the whole time was that he's been wanting a card that can you know get me on a level playing field with alban and it seems like he's got more upgrades this weekend and can can do that and he's absolutely way off and then when alban's even starting in the pale lane he's finishing behind him and then finishing behind him by such a long way um quite crazy uh to be honest so not a good weekend at all just cementing his sort of like P20 place really, like right at the back and a long way behind. Long, long way behind indeed. The fans gave Logan a two. Alex Albon, qualified 19th, started from the pit lane and finished 18th.

I have gone for five out of ten, maybe. This is a very difficult one because his teammates obviously done extremely poor. And it is another one of those where Alex Alburn might have had the great. greatest race of all time, apart from going off, of course. But I don't think he could do anything. I think Williams were clearly the worst car this weekend. So, you know, to finish head of an RB maybe as something. That's probably more on the RB than is anything else, though. Yeah, true. But, yeah, he's smashed Logan again, but we know that Logan's not been delivering. So, yeah, Alex Albin is going to be a very interesting driver.

when he has a decent teammate to find out how good he really is because at the moment, we just don't really know. But I'll give him a five. I'm going to give him a four because he made that mistake and went into the gravel, wasn't able to do any sort of Alex Albon's special things in qualifying. So I think it was a very, there was a poor weekend for Williams as a whole, but also Albon wasn't really making much of a, you know,

the difference that sometimes drivers can make in poor cars. So, yeah, I'm going to give him just under because of, mainly because of that mistake that he went off as well where he lost quite a bit of time and probably would have beaten KMAG and maybe even Bottas had he not made that mistake so who knows for that one and the fans gave Alex a five

Esteban Ocon qualified ninth started eighth, finished 10th I am locking in an eight out of ten for Esteban Ockon congratulations sir, you scored a point in an Alpine and Alpine looked quick this weekend he got into Q3 he drove a decently quiet

race not as good as Gassley but I still think it deserves a high grade just purely because he's scoring points in a car that looked like it was never going to score a point ever again at the start of the season so he also suspected he might have some front floor damage thinking that he might have had something wrong with the car

because it was really difficult to drive but either all scored a point what a knock on 8 out of 10 I've also gone for an eight out of ten for Ocon Yeah, big turnaround for Alpine this weekend Ocon was not the better driver but still a good race to deliver points because essentially they've been given that opportunity

and he's got a points finish so that's a bit of calm is what Alpine needed and that's what he delivered so fair enough Absolutely and the fans gave O'Con a seven Pierre Gassley qualified to seventh, started seventh, finish ninth. I have gone for a 10 out of 10 for Pierre Gassley. I think it was an absolutely brilliant race,

maximised everything he could do. He was quarter of a second, clear of his teammate in qualifying. The Alpine essentially was decent around here, and Gassley made the most of it and more. I think without the slow pit stop, he would have even beat Perez potentially as well. so.

I can't fault his drive, which is why it's a 10. I think it was a brilliant drive. He's unfortunate that everyone's finished the race. Otherwise, he could have been on for a fantastic point, but we're like a fantastic result, but we're not grading the result. We're grading their drive, and it's like spot on, so can't take anything away from him.

Wow. Good Lord. We've got a Ghazly fan boy in the house. Love that. I've gone for a nine out of ten. I can't quite give him a 10, but it was still a very, very good weekend for Gassley to score a couple of points, beat his teammate by 11 seconds. It's no mean feat when those two are very usually quite closely matched in literally every session they ever take part in. So, yeah, Gassley definitely was the better of the two Alpins, so I'm going to give him a nine.

The fans gave him an eight. So they do not agree with that 10 out of 10. That is... This is why they can't be trusted with driver of the day, vote. Wow, way to go to insult literally everybody that listens to us. Also me. Everyone's allowed an opinion. Please respect us.

Yeah, exactly. Moving swiftly on, Lance Stroll, qualified 14th, started, 14th, finished, 14th. And it is a 4 out of 10 for Lance Stroll for me. I don't really know how he's not beaten Fernando Alonzo who's not at the best weekend. Every time I saw Alonzo, he just looked like he was driving a tractor. Of course, Lance is in the same car, but it was a pretty poor weekend for stroll. Fisd near on 15 seconds behind Alonzo at the end,

and did we even really see him in the entire race? Not really, but Aston Martin. Oh, dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Oh, dear indeed. Yeah, Lance Roller had gone for a five out of ten. What is that to say about his weekend? just nothing really happened did it and and Asson Martin isn't there he didn't deliver anything special but also at least didn't have one of his absolute crazy weekend sometimes where he's

doing silly things although you could argue maybe did a bit of a silly thing in practice but yeah it's five out of ten yeah the practice what gave him a four I think because you know gave himself a damage and I mean and the fans gave Lance a five out of 10. Fernando Alonzo qualified 11th, started 10th, finished 12th. It's 10 out of 10 for Fernando Alonso. No, of course it's not. It's difficult, though. I've gone for a six.

Again, could have been the greatest rate, and Alonzo loves to say this as well, doesn't he? Could have been the greatest race of his entire career wrestling that dustbin, because we saw that Aston Martin. I was convinced he had damage. It looked so

bad through every single corner he was fighting the car um looked like he was on like a wet track or something the way he was wrestling the car through the corners and it was just going off but yeah ashton martin just oh my god it's just shocking really isn't it um but he still delivered an all right um result but he can't get anything higher than a six because maybe he could have got a point uh with the alpines and stuff i don't know yeah not good for ashton it's quite depressing really. Quite depressing. Get over it, mate.

Your favourite drivers winning the world championship. I've gone for a five out of ten for Fernando Alonzo. Obviously better than Lance Stroll,

but he's finishing 18 odd seconds behind a point. Fernando Alonzo, you think he's going to make the difference, but I don't think he really can at the moment

in that car. But let's not forget, he is also off the back of not the best run of form he's ever had. So, yeah, it's hard to judge this, to be honest with you,

because, you know, we did see a little bit of a, he dropped back at the start, which, you know, going wide at term one didn't help his race. And I think he was pushing quite hard at the start as well, and dipping wheels into the gravel. But yeah, it was just a race of just trying to survive by the looks of things for Alonzo. So it's a five out of ten from me. And the fans gave Alonzo a five as well. Oscar Piastri, qualified 10th, started ninth, finished seventh.

It's going to be a six out of ten for Oscar Piastri this weekend. For me, it was one of his poorer weekends, of course, made that mistake in qualifying. And I know we more focused on the race, but that mistake in qualifying, starting 10th, would have been 9th. It would have been 9th, of course, with Perez's penalty. But still, it just put him on the back foot from there, took him quite a while to make it through the pack. And, you know, he finished quite a large chunk behind Lando Norris at the end,

around half a minute or so. So it's just not really a weekend I can grade him any higher than a six. I think it is a missed opportunity considering it looks like the McLaren was the quickest car. And to finish seventh, it's not good enough for Oscar this weekend. I've gone for a six out of ten as well. You've basically said everything that I was going to say in terms of it all came undone in qualifying, which is normally where Oscar is, that's his strongest kind of, thing at the moment. His raw speed is incredible.

And then when Lando's there, absolutely distraught that he's finished second in the Grand Prix and saying that McLaren was the fastest car today, it's a missed opportunity. Oscar, you know, you can't be finishing P7 in that car. So, yeah, I want to forget for Oscar Piastri. The fans gave Oscar a seven. Lando Norris, qualified first, started first, finished second. I've gone for a nine out of ten for Lando Norris. It has to be. I think there's two sides to this.

I think Lando maybe unfairly gets criticised for like his driving and making mistakes and stuff. But the end of the day, he stuck it on pole when his teammate was 10th and he's finished second when his teammate was 7th. have to commend him in that in that sense that he's done a good job but he knows he's waited an opportunity there it all came undone at the start he got some wheel spin he did everything he could in that situation to try and stop max um i'd argue even a little bit uh naughty which max and lewis seemed to agree in the press conference and i think lando's may be fortunate that max didn't go straight into the grass and lose about four places because i was i think it would have been a penalty.

Not for the stewards look at consequence. No, they don't, apparently. But it's still a good drive. It's just... Come on, use a better superlative than that. You've given him a nine. You can't say it was good, brov. It's a great drive, but it's a missed win.

Yes. This is why it can't be a 10. Of course, yes. I think it was still near on excellent from Landau Norris this weekend. It's a 9 out of 10 from me as well. of course all lost at the start that's the only place that we can really fault him after that he drove a very good race

from where he was of course got stuck behind Russell but once he got through there he showed that the McLaren was yeah the fastest car I think this weekend marginally over the Red Bull and Max Verstappan combination to finish what two seconds behind Max at the end it was it's just

unfortunately a missed opportunity for Lando but he's in this position he can be happy about the fact that he's at McLaren now and they're fighting for wins, which is not something I think he would have maybe predicted at this point in the season. But yeah, so it's a nine out of ten from me and the fans also gave Lando a nine.

Carlos Sines, qualified sixth, started sixth, finished, sixth. I am going for a seven out of ten for Carlos Sines. I think it was a... For what the Ferrari is, it was a good weekend for Carlos. He was in the mix with Shal. He got give up. the worst strategy, so I'm not going to downgrade him any more than a seven, just purely because I think that he drove what he could with the strategy he was given. Of course, he was tenacious

in his overtake of Charler-Claire and slightly complainy as well with certain rulebooks and things like that, but I think he was very, very lucky indeed to, I've watched it countless times that term one incident. I'm like, how did he not get a penalty or be told to give the position back? I don't know. But either or I still think it was a decent weekend for Carlos and it's a seven. Yep, I've gone for a seven out of ten as well for Carlos. I agree. Very, very fortunate not to get a penalty.

But it's still a decent drive. I could say exactly the same thing for the next driver, that the sad reality for Ferrari is, I think they've still kind of maximised the result here, you'd say. But unfortunately for Ferrari, that's no longer second and third is now fifth and sixth which is not an awful performance

but they're getting points on the board but it's still disappointing based on how much hype they had a few races ago so yeah decent enough the fans gave Carlos signs a seven out of ten as well Charlotte Claire qualified fifth started fifth finished fifth

done for an eight I think just you've all Like your face is almost convinced me that it should be a seven. This is a really difficult one because essentially, like, I think he's only, it was very, it was really close and he's beating them because he's got a much better strategy. But I am going to give him an eight because he drove well at the start

and stayed out a lot longer on the ties to make that strategy happen. So it's very marginal, I think. he kind of just creeps over to a 7.5. I know you can see the heat of the comments that are coming through right now. No, no. I don't care about the comments personally. But yeah, I'll give Leclair an eight. Okay.

I've gone for a seven out of ten for Charlotte Clare. Mainly because, and that's the thing that you were sort of wondering, I've gone for a 7.499999. Can I change it? I've just remembered him. No, no, no, no. I've just remembered his. very naughty thing in practice and I think he should have got a great penalty and he's a very

lucky man. Oh wow, you're going to downgrade him because of that. Yeah, I completely forgot about that. But to be fair, I think he's so fortunate that he didn't get a penalty that actually yeah, he does get a seven. Okay. That's my punishment for you, Charles. I'm sure you're going to cry yourself to sleep tonight.

Yeah, that's the point one downgrade to put him down to a seven. Okay, seven for me as well, I think that he wasn't fortunate in the sense of he did create that strategy for himself by going that much longer on the soft tires. But it just turned out to be a better strategy. I don't think that Charles drove much better of a race than Carlos Sines. And that's why I'm going to give them both a seven out of ten. I think they both drove decent races. And as you say, sort of maximised what that Ferrari can do at the moment,

which is insane to say it's fifth and sixth now after bringing upgrades to Spain that we've gone backwards. But that's fine. We'll talk about that never again. The fans gave Sharl a seven as well. George Russell qualified fourth, started fourth, finished fourth. I'm giving George Russell a nine out of ten. I think that it was a very, I mean, it was a really impressive race from Russell once again, just purely because he put himself in that position to score a really decent race.

And I think that was it not for the slow stop and the rubbish strategy, he would have been right up there in, well, he would have beaten. in Hamilton, I am convinced of that and finished on the podium and we would have been lauding a decent drive. So I'm sort of putting that to one side because the hard tyres at the end we saw both Russell and signs were rubbish. But apart from that, I can't really fault George Russell much at all. He didn't bottle it like other times we've seen or made a mistake and threw it away.

It was just very much a case of really hard battling, great moves, both being overtaken and being part of that move and also making some moves at the start. So yeah, I'm commending George Russell very highly on this one, 9 out of 10. I've gone for an 8 out of 10 for George Russell. Great move at the start. It was unfortunate to get the strategy he did because it was the worst of strategy.

But yeah, it's still a good drive. So it's an 8 out of 10 for George. The fans gave George an 8. well Lewis Hamilton qualified third started third finished third I've gone for a nine out of ten for Lewis Hamilton much more impressive from from Hamilton I do think and I'm sure a lot of his fans will say it that like if he'd got to a dressal start it might have been a very different different race for him because he has been better in the races but I missed opportunity again at the start which is why it's not a 10 and it does look

look like Mercedes are definitely getting there. Finally, after however many races of us going, I'm Mercedes back for the last three years. But it really does look like they are really pushing towards the front now, particularly as the Red Bull is going, is really slipping into that pack now of everyone else. So yeah, nine out of ten for Lewis. I've also gone for a nine out of ten for Lewis Hamilton.

I think it's a similar situation, Charlotte Claire Carlos Signs, I don't think there was, I mean, the only differing factor I think

between Hamilton and Russell was the start. Hamilton had a poor one. Russell had a great one which put Russell in a great position, hence why I've obviously put him a nine out of ten. But Hamilton made the better strategy work as well

and they were much closer, I think, than perhaps some other races that we've seen recently. So Hamilton deserves a very high grade as well. So it's a nine out of ten for me. and the fans gave Lewis a nine as well. Sergio Perez, qualified eighth, started 11th and finished eighth.

Three out of ten for Sergio Perez. Yes, he did score four points, but he finished one minute, I believe it was, behind his teammate. And I don't, I... I'm always speechless when I talk about Perez. I would love to see him up there fighting. I want to see him up there fighting because it's much more fun when we have more cars

all fighting in the top five or six but Perez did not have pace at any stage of the weekend and to finish eighth in a car that again your teammates just won the race a minute down the road yeah he would have been stuck in some traffic but that's all self-inflicted

so it's a three out of ten sorry Perez yeah I've also gone for a three out of ten I'm losing my voice I'm actually completely lost my voice now Sorry I don't know why Sergio Perez 3 out of 10

it was a poor poor weekend again even at a normal track where he's not made a mistake or gone off or it's tricky conditions he's just finished a minute behind his teammate on the road you know when Max is winning the race brilliantly

he should not be locked in a battle with the two Alpines like that is shocking and yeah you know free place crib penalty from the previous race as well

but that's his fault because he went off and crashed so yeah it is not looking good for Paris but like you say I want him to turn his form around

because it's more fun if he's at the front because Max can clearly do it so the car is capable of winning races or at the very least being on the podium and he's not anywhere near that now. The fans gave Perez a four.

Max Verstappen, qualified second, started second, finished first. It is a 10 out of 10 for Max Verstappen. Didn't get it, didn't get pole position, of course, but second race in a row, I genuinely believe, and even drivers omitting it themselves, that the Red Bull was not to the fastest car. this weekend and he's done it again he's won the race um great start to um take lando uh even despite despite getting squeezed his move on george russell was absolutely sensational like it is it's textbook like i've watched it back and it is just like on the limit the best kind of formula one where they are like side by side through the corner no kind of

there is literally a car's width for him to make that move and he does it. And yeah, he's just, it's just so damn good. And it's actually really enjoyable to see Max, you know, have to fight for it now because it's more fun. And he's literally like proving all these people that just think it was just the car wrong because second race in a row now. And the car is not, the car is not there this year, but he is still, you know, as to be said, like dominating the seasons

and picking up like win after win. I mean, when you say the car is not there, obviously, it is there. Yeah, it's there. It's not where it was last year. Yeah, yeah. Tom is like, yeah, the car's not there. It's about sixth or seventh fastest on the grid, but Max making the difference. Well, six fastest maybe.

Yeah? I can't. I mean, Perez might be suggesting. Yeah, exactly. But, but no, it's superb. Superb indeed. It's a 10 out of 10 for me as well for Max Verstappen. It's just this is what makes him so devastating to race against that even if you have the fastest car, you know Max will be there. You know he'll fight tooth and nail. And that move on Russell was so important. Had he got stuck behind George for a couple more laps, the soft tires start to overheat a little bit, perhaps he gets stuck.

And then that will give Norris the opportunity to win the race in the slightly faster McLaren. the sounds of it. So that was really important. He won by 2.2 seconds. There was no safety cars. That could have come down to the wire had Max not made that unbelievable move into term one and then just managed his race from there

and you can't fault him. You really can't. Oh, he didn't get pulled by two hundreds of a second. But that's about it really. So yeah, so 10 from me and the fans also gave Max a 10 out of 10. So who is RP1? Well, for me, it's Max for Stappen

because it's the only driver I've given a 10 to this weekend. Of course, Russell Housen came close with some nines and Lando as well, but it's Max, it's always Max, and it will be Max forevermore. I gave Pierre Galsley a 10 and Max a 10, but sorry, yeah, it's not as good as Max's drive. So yeah, Max has happened P1 again. Woo-whoop, and that is it. We are done here for the driver ratings for the Spanish Grand Prix,

but do not sweat. We are back once again and again after that for the Austrian and British Grand Prix. We'll be live on Twitch. Sprint weekend, don't forget, okay, this weekend for Austria. So lots of sessions coming up, little practice and lots of watch-alongs

and lots of podcasts. Tommy, what are your final thoughts? Final thoughts? Bated you. You thought I was saying goodbye. I did. You thought I'd forgotten. How could I ever forget final thoughts?

How could you ever forget that final thoughts are coming? When this goes out, it would be the Euros and just shout out that the Netherlands are playing Austria. So we'll get to hear those two glorious national anthems together again. So we might... I will not be watching. We might have the Dutch and Austrian anthems potentially three. three times in the space of a week if Max wins in the Red Ball Ring. But Willie, because we're doing our predictions soon.

We are indeed, so stay tuned for that and we'll see very soon. Lots of love. Bye. P1 is a Stack production and part of the Acast's creator network.