The Late Braking F1 Podcast - 2026 Chinese GP Sprint Race & Qualifying Review

Episode Date: March 14, 2026

Ben and Sam discuss an action-packed day in Shanghai, from the sprint race battles and a new pole sitter to Red Bull’s struggles and the impact of the new regulations on Sprint and qualifying formats... Get involved in F1 Fantasy this season! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Late Braking league⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and see if you can beat us... LEAGUE CODE: C6Y6R4ZUY02 Want more Late Braking? Support the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get: Ad-free listening Full-length bonus episodes Power Rankings after every race Historical race reviews & more exclusive extras! Don't forget! You can also gift a Late Braking Patreon subscription—perfect for loved ones or your own wish list. Choose anything from 1 month up to a full year of top-notch F1 content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/latebrakingf1/gift⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Late Braking: You can find us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Come hang out with us and thousands of fellow F1 fans in our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server and get involved in lively everyday & race weekend chats! Join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠F1 Fantasy League⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and see if you can beat us! Get in touch any time at [e-mail] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Make sure to check out new episodes every Wednesday and every Sunday. I want a very well welcome to the late-breaking F1 podcast presented by Sam Sage and me, Ben Hocking. Not one, but two sessions to review from the Chinese Grand Prix today. The sprint that happened earlier on and the qualifying session that we have just witnessed a few moments ago, Sam. Two sessions to review. How are we going to do that? I'll record going to have to cut the episode like half thing. That's probably out of work, wait, don't you think?

Yeah, it's almost like we've done this before. Shocking, isn't it? Yeah, it's not our first sprint review going, but sprint race and on, we're qualifying. and unlike Ben, I stupidly woke up at 10 to 3 in the morning and then try to get back to sleep between the sessions. Won't complain, though, because the times are so much better for us for the rest of the year, I promise. It's not a problem.

Yeah, yeah, we've just got Japan to get through and then we're very lucky. I love waking up that early. It's an improvement on Australia, so we're getting there. Yeah, plenty to talk about with both sessions. Today, our first glimpse at what these regulations will look like in terms of a sprint race and then obviously getting back into qualifying the second qualifying session of the weekend. And we'll go in chronological order as we always do on these sprint reviews. So the sprint race that happened earlier on, George Russell in a bit of a

battle with the Ferrari drivers, particularly Lewis Hamilton, but he is able to come out on top leading home the two Ferraris, Lecleron second, Hamilton and third. Russell's teammate Antonelli a bit further back having to serve a penalty in the pits. We'll discuss that in a moment. But George Russell, just to start things off, as we saw in Australia, the Ferrari's using their advantage off the line and not plain sailing for Russell,

even if it did end up in the victory. Yeah, his comments after was quite interesting. You know, the Ferraris have their fun at the start. And then once it all settles down, Mercedes are able to kind of kick on and showcase that true race pace. And I think it's fascinating. I think we're lucky that actually,

Ferrari have got such incredible start capabilities because I do think with these new regulations, I think we're being a world of trouble. It's because of these new start regulations and the way that Ferrari can leap off the line to go up against the likes of George Grussel, who has started this season so well that we're getting fights with keeping them in the battle. And we're seeing this kind of four, five, six lap series where you know, we've had the league exchange, we've had wheel to race here, we've had Lewis Hamilton going around the outside of term one, all very fascinating and exciting stuff, but I think Formula One could be a much more boring place

if Ferrari weren't leaping off with that start line. It's not just, I think, the start line into term one either. It seems as if that Ferrari has an advantage for, say, the first lap. It looks like they can keep it going. Because Russell, even after he was passed, you know, by Hamilton in the first instance, he was still under quite a lot of pressure before he was able to really get things going and then start to think of an overtake getting back into the lead.

Essentially, I think it was tireware that gave Russell the step forward that he needed to break out of the one second overtake boost button window that you get, if you're behind one second behind the driver. And that essentially allowed Russell to kick on because I think the Mercedes is kind of its tires

and Hamilton even came out and stated, I learned a lot, I was in the fight for the lead and then I destroyed my tires and that put me out of it unfortunately, so I've got lots to learn there. And out of all the drivers at the front, he was the one that I thought would maybe be savvying enough to hold onto his tires,

but it felt like he had a moment to go gung-ho and actually go, I'm going to lead, I'm going to fight in the front. This is Chinese sprint. This is Hamilton territory nowadays. He's like, I'm back, back, back again. And Lewis Howard thinks he can conquer round two. And he almost did. This was really encouraging from Hamilton, great from Lecler.

Let's get back to Russell, who I thought, once he did kick on at the front, he was able to really stretch his legs at Stenius League. Now, it wasn't as massive as I thought. it was going to be. And part of that, I think, is management conservation of the tyres, as we just mentioned. But it felt comfortable. Once he got past the one and a half two second window,

George Russell was really able to just calm it all down, stretch those legs as I mentioned, to really just solidify that race swinging. The other than what we're about to discuss in qualifying after the mid-episode break, he has been nothing short of dominant. It's an absolute clean sweeping every single session. And he made it happen again in that sprint race. He was fully in control after about that five. five or six.

Yeah, as soon as he got the overtake done, I thought he was incredibly effective in pulling away. And it's actually what we spoke a lot about in the midweek episode when it comes to strategy and the tactics of trying to get an overtake done. Because again, it's not quite like it was last year where you just need to be later on the brakes, using a tire advantage, and getting a move done and that kind of sticking. You have to think about where you're getting a move done and then what's going to happen after that. So we saw on multiple. occasions, George Russell, making a move into that final hairpin and not being able to keep it with the Ferrari getting passed again into term one. And I think that's where, again,

something we suggested was turn six started to play a little bit of a factor. You could tell George Russell, even though he couldn't pull it off, was really trying to get the move done at turn six because you then don't have that much in the way of opportunity to get that spot back. But Russell had to, it was another instance I thought where Russell just had to figure things out for a few laps as it kind of went until he was able to get that move to stick. Because as soon as he got it done, like, he was off. Yeah, yeah. Without insulting George here, because he was fantastic and has been so far this season,

it does feel like out of these top guys, he is the slowest to work out where to deploy and harvest and use that battery efficiently across a racing lap. Both of the Clare and Hamilton, who I think are punching slightly above the Ferrari's weight, when it comes to jewelling with this Mercedes, seem able to really hang on. for longer than I'm expecting them to. The first time Russell got past Hamilton, I thought, okay, that's it. We've had their fun.

We're going to move on. And then Hamilton sails around the outside again to turn one. And you think, wow, okay, we're back again. And I'm really surprised. And on the regulation side of things, in terms of sprint races, I'm so confused when it comes to these regulations, because I thought that was really exciting.

I watched those first few laps. And I thought the fights that we had, actual overtakes we had, for the most part, were genuinely fun going around the outside and turn one. diving down the inside is on breaking. They weren't all just these back straight passes that maybe we thought we might get to see.

But equally, Carlos Sites, for example, has called up the DNA of the sport, seeing the clip, the super clipping down the straight, watching them drop at 1.90 kilometres an hour for harvesting, it's kind of horrible at the same time to watch. You can see that Formula One is worried about it because they're barely showing an onboard shot from that back straight as well.

So I'm so torn on if I enjoyed it, but I can do it. with the fact it was artificial, or is it too much skill for F1 fans and us to actually enjoy this with the new regulations? And there's likely to be some changes or some tweaks made to the regulations after the Chinese GP, which of course, when they're announced, we'll discuss in full if they are announced. In terms of the sprint, I was, regarding the regulations, the first time we've seen them in that sort of format, it makes sense to me why the sprint was relatively entertaining, because

one of the previous bug bears I've had about sprints is that it has stripped away any form of strategy at all. And it still does that. But it used to be that tyres were, you know, the number one priority when it came to strategy in Grand Prix. Whether it's a one stop or a two stop, you're thinking about what tire you're on and when you're switching. And then you get to the sprint and you don't have that. And therefore it's far less entertaining. But now, with the sport being a lot of. lot more focused on this battery management. That applies every single lap. That isn't,

whether you do a third of a race, half a race, three quarters of a race, it kind of doesn't matter. You're still going to get as much of that in every single race, if that makes sense. So I understand why it was more entertaining. These cars can clearly follow and overtake, regardless of your thoughts about how they get the overtakes done. They could do that a lot easier. So I'm not surprised that sprints will probably benefit as a result of these regulations, even if the overall racing is not better. It's still early days, but I think sprints will benefit more than main races will.

Yeah, I actually wouldn't mind them adapting sprints. If we're going to make the tweaks to the regulations, which I've rightly come under a lot of fire, it is difficult to defend F1 management when it comes to the way that they've been dealing with the feedback around the new regulations, you know, the hiding of comments, the sudden glitches on audio where you can't see the super clipping,

all very conveniently placed in what's going on. I do think that if you want to maybe differentiate the spring even more between the main Grand Prix, maybe you change something with battery deployment and the amount of harvesting you get and whatnot. And actually, a spring is a bigger battery use, so you get more power deployed by a battery, and the race actually goes back to being a bit more what we're used to,

with less clipping, less harvesting, and a bit more general racing. I don't know. It could be fun to see the difference between the two. but it's in a tricky state at the moment they've got to make sure these changes that are coming after the Chinese Japan Grand Prix are going to actually make changes for the general popularity of the sport.

Yeah, we'll discuss those as they come out. In terms of McLaren, just to focus on them next, because they finished 4th and 6th in this one, with Norris in 4th and Piastri in 6th. It felt like in terms of race pace, they were a little bit better than what we saw in Australia,

enough for Norris to, of course, beat Antonelli, obviously that penalty very much playing into that. But it didn't feel like they were a million miles away either. I think, excuse me, sorry. Can I compare this? I can't believe I'm saying this, to Alpine in the sense that it feels like in the preseason testing when McLaren were at Bahrain, they felt very confident, very strong. The car looked like it was going really well around preseason testing of Bahrain as it did for Alpine. And I do wonder if McLaren, unlike last year where they had a bulletproof.

car that was essentially effective everywhere that we went to, much like what Mercedes have seemingly built this year. I do wonder if the McLaren car is better at these heavy braking, slightly more different speed corner racetracks. Like we'll get to Bahrain. It's quite similar to Shanghai. I wonder if that's beneficial for the McLaren. And actually, we go to somewhere like Japan again, if we'll see them fall slightly off the back foot. But as we saw in qualifying, which we'll get onto, they weren't realistically there again when it mattered. So it'll be interesting to see how the main race plays out for them. Yeah, I thought it was encouraging the sprint for them.

Again, they're not at the moment ready to compete with particularly Mercedes. Like, that's not a conversation for them at the moment. But they didn't drop off the back of the fight even before the safety car. You know, they were not quite there ready to pounce if one of them made an error. But if something had gone wrong, reliability-wise, like they wouldn't have needed that much to get by at least one or two cars. So, yeah, with some upgrades scheduled in the not too distant future. I don't think they're in a bad spot. Kimmy Antonelli, of course, we've been used to Mercedes won two finishes in qualifying sessions

and in the race in Australia to this point in the year. Not the case in this sprint. Antonelli finishing just P5 largely helped from his very difficult start, which then contributed to some contact he had with Isaac Adja. You got a 10 second penalty for it, which he did serve in the pits, even if some people think he didn't. Commentary team. What are you watching?

How long is he there for? You can count out loud on the replay. I don't know, man. Anyway, yeah, they decided to pit him, which was absolutely 100% the right idea, but still only P5. Did you think it was a deserved penalty, first and foremost? 100%. Hadjah's trying to go around the outside.

There is so much room on the inside of that corner. And we see cars go wheel to wheel there all the time. It's a really normal place for battling to happen. And then he overtakes to take place. So the fact that he's, I don't think there's anything malicious in it. I think he's completely misjudged the braking, locked up slightly and he's running to the side of Hager.

But the way the body work just goes flying off the side of that red ball. You could tell it must have been a bit of a hefty collision. And I'm actually surprised that Antigelli doesn't come away with some kind of puncture or front wing damage because he's really going to the side of him there. But yeah, I think this is a fair call. And I think they get a little lucky actually that the safe. car comes out when it does and it does allow them to stop because there's a risk that he might

have ending up behind Liam Lawson, who was going great guns all the way through on those hard sides. We'll get onto him in a little bit, but I was really gutting for Liam Lawson, who had a really great sprint racing. It just unfolded the wrong way for him. But they played it well, pitting it the right time, serve the penalty. I think he does well to get your front of Piastry, but make no bones about it. I think if there wasn't a penalty, he's comfortably ending up P2. He was already passing the Claire when the safety car comes out. I think he gets away in as saying he's comfortably retaining another one to finish. I think so.

Ultimately, with that penalty, I don't actually think it's mattered too much for him in regards to, with the safety car, he's decided to serve it. If there's no safety car, I think he drops back to maybe P5, P6 anyway. So I think the net result is probably quite similar. I also think it was a very deserved penalty.

And I don't want to say, Haj. I was lucky not to get more damage, because it wasn't his fault he was in the incident, but it could have been worse for him, and it definitely could have been worse for Antonelli. What did you make,

have you seen Hadjar's response? No, I've not pleased inform me. Well, it's just after the race. They're in, you know, they park the cars up in the pit lane, and Antonelli has gone over to Hadjar to say, basically, I'm sorry. Adjars, waved them away.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's also some frustration with where Red Bull are generally getting fed into that. Hagt Charles is a bit of a hot head I quite like that about him He's got an attitude about him We've seen photos of him sticking the middle finger up

when it comes to Pit Lang photographers and things like that as well I like my drivers and some personality and in that moment you're getting out of the car is a lot going on

that's the guy that's just taking you down the side I've got no issue with you being a bit frustrated I'm fine with it As long as I'd like to see after this is all blown over like

Hagshake later on And I think they are quite close so I'd assume that would happen but just as you're coming out the car. He's still sat in the car as Antonelli's come over. I don't mind that he's like, you know, I'm not ready to talk right now. If anything, Kimmy should probably wait and give it, you know, a little bit. But they're the two that broke the news that we wouldn't have races in DeBai and Salis, right? On their plane together, chatting away.

Barreina Sound, yeah. That's it, yes. Can we talk about Kimmy's start? This is the second one in a row now where he's absolutely fluffed his lines. Do you think it's a car problem or it's a Kimmy problem? It's a Kimmy problem in that George Russell isn't being affected anywhere near as badly as Antonelli is. Sure, Russell's not getting these fantastic starts, but he's doing enough to maintain or near enough position, maintain enough position that he's still able to fight with the Ferraris straight after that bad start. And what will be very interesting is, and we'll get on to this after the break, of course, with Antonelli gaining a position in terms of qualifying, he's going to be on pole position tomorrow, is he going to be able to more effectively keep position?

but if he gets another bad start, he will still go back to both Ferraris are started directly behind, Russell alongside. He will go back to at least P4, if not worse, if he gets another one like this. But at the moment, I tend to think it's more on him than it is the car. Because Max Verstaffan had the same start, didn't he, when he left the grid on the sprint as well. And I don't be wrong, there's definitely going to be some issues with the car with these new regulations. And that's another problem with these regulations that we're seeing these mixed starts. I don't mind it.

I was going to say, when it comes to the entertainment cycle things, some drivers are clearly getting it right, and if you can get it right, that means it's possible. So it's kind of all you to get it right. You will see some problems with the turbo spoiling up. You will see some issue with deployment. We at least held the five lights slightly longer here than we did in Australia, which was quite literally a blink of the eye that you saw the fifth light for. I think it was slightly harsh on the very first time we ever went racing. I'll buy with it. Penicular motor racing. Get on with it. I love it. Ben is ruthless this season. But yeah, if If everyone else, you know, if 20 drivers out of 22 could get it right, you might start to think that you were the problem that time, not the car.

Yeah. Last little bit on the sprint, because struggling Red Bulls is what I've got written down on a piece of paper. Max Verstappen, using that safety car to go into the pits and get soft tires on. Not enough to get back into the points, though, as he finishes P9. Isaac Adjjar went for the softs on the start, the only car who did and seemed to be really struggling by the time the safety car made. the appearance. He was, of course, then the second Red Bull that went into the pits, somewhat delayed, and he ends up down in about 15th place. No points for them in a sprint. This seems to be Vastappen and Red Bull's new reality that they're not fighting with McLaren. They're not fighting with

Mercedes. They're fighting with the likes of Alpine and Pierre Gasley and Hass. The most telling sign about that is, and this is awful, I forgot this name, but the managing director they've been speaking to on Sky Sports. Steve Nilsome. Thank you. Big up, Steve Nielsen. When asked about getting into Q3 for qualifying, this is. We're jumping ahead slightly. Crofty spoke to him and said, you know, it's packed in that midfield. You know, how are you hoping to get across?

You know, you're actually getting to win it this time around. He said, well, yeah, but the people around us are really competitive. And, you know, we're going to make sure that we're beating our direct competition, which currently is awesome Red Bull. And at that point, I kind of like, oh, excuse you? You what? You what, sir? You accidentally said Red Bull when you men racing balls, right?

Nearly that's what you think. No, no, no. Because Gasly has beaten both the, in both sessions so far. Yeah, this is not good. This is not good. I do wonder if it is slightly tracked specific. I think it might be a bit. I wouldn't be surprised if say come Japan, we see them lift themselves back out of this midfield fight.

But regardless, this isn't good. This is not a good position for them. This won't be where they want to be at all. They want to be at least seventh and eight every single session right behind the McLaren's at worst. But they're not. They're mixing it with harsh. they're mixing it with Audies. Pierre Gassel is beating them at the moment.

And it's saying it's not a question of, is it close? I think Gassi was several attempts in front of them both as well. And the worst part for Vastappan, Hajjar is right there with him in every single session. They are struggling as a team. It is a bad car right now for tracks like this, and they showed it in the spring.

Could not make anything of it. Hadra, of course, had the damage after that collision with Antingale, which doesn't help. It kicks you on you down. But overall, they weren't even close to getting points. And the safety car was kind of what brought them back into the fight anyway. Yeah, it's rough.

I mean, we saw with, in Australia, and I think you're right that this is going to be at least somewhat track-specific, we saw with Australia that the Stappen, even though he started well down the order as a result of the spin in qualifying, he was able to almost pick off cars one at a time. But as soon as we get to a track like China, where it's maybe a bit more difficult on the Red Bull, and he's in more of a train rather than being able to just pick off cars one at a time.

they kind of get stuck. And it's him, Manhajar as well. Like, they kind of just, I don't know if their race pace was better than what they were able to show. It might well have been. But again, like, they're just in this midfield cluster where, unless you have outright definite better pace, you can't make that overtake to then get the clean air and prove what the car is capable of.

I'm not sure it would be capable of much more this weekend. But it'd be interesting to see if, firstly, for Stappan doesn't get as bad of a start in the main race and therefore has as less work to do. But my expectations aren't particularly high. The issue is he's got both horse drivers around him. Even if they do half of what the Ferrari drivers are able to do with these launches off the start, he's not going to be beating them into turn one. So he's going to have to do the work to make sure that it gets further than there.

And if Gassley keeps driving like the absolute gas man that he is, then that's stiff competition. In the Alpine, just check that again, get the Alpine seemingly doing really well now. Yes, if you speak to anyone that isn't Flavia Briotori. It's okay. He hugged Colopinto. Oh, yeah, yeah. They love each other now. It's all good. Shout out, by the way, Liam Lawson and Ollie Berman being able to get into the points. Two for Lawson, one for Berman. I think Lawson may be showing that that hard tire might be a very effective race tire.

So surprised that someone in the top six didn't risk that hard tire. Obviously, they would have been barreled out because of the safety car with hindsight. but the way that the medium tires got chewed up and by kind of lap 14, 15, we were seeing that hard tie really decay. I thought that maybe one of the McLarens, maybe Charlotte Clare, who was starting in sixth, I know he had a great comeback anyway,

might have given it a go on the hard to see what was possible. I think the issue is, because you have a limited supply of all of these compounds of tires, I don't think these drivers wanted to take away a hard compound for the main race tomorrow, because, you know, you could say, I don't know, the hard tire might give me the difference between second and fifth in the sprint, which is three points.

That's the same difference between fourth and, like third and fourth in the main race. Like, you'd rather keep as much as possible for that. So I wonder if that was a consideration. Quite possibly. But yeah, you're right. Fair play to Liam Lawson got beating handedly by his rookie teammate in Australia. This time he's turned it up. And that was a really, really strong performance in the sprint race.

He's obviously just in front of him in qualifying, which we'll get to, Limblight having some real issues this weekend with the car. There's just reliability is not on his side. But Lawson might not capitalize on that. We've seen before that he hasn't. He is so far this weekend. And it was good to see him in the point. So just want to make sure he gets his credit

because really, really good start to the weekend. Indeed. Let's take a quick break on this episode. On the other side, we're getting into qualifying for the main Grand Prix tomorrow. I don't need an astronaut. Audiences have spoken. Project Hail Mary is an awe-inspiring masterpiece.

So I met an alien. If you've fallen out of love with going to the movies, this one will bring you back. Ryan Gosling, in the first must-seem movie of 2026. Project Hail Mary, only theaters March 20th. Welcome back, everyone, to the second part of this episode, and we'll get into main qualifying that, I mean, first and foremost, Sam, looks very, very similar. to what sprint qualifying look like. I know we've got a different poll sitter.

We've got a few variations, but as far as I'm aware, every driver that was knocked out in SQ1 has been knocked out in Q1, and every driver that was knocked out in SQ2 has been knocked out in Q2. Yeah, this is the problem when it comes to a sprint weekend.

A lot of the time, you almost get like a spoiler. It's like when a trailer for a film doesn't make you go, oh, what comes next? It just tells you the whole film. Here's the plot. Yeah, you're like,

I don't need to see a film anymore. You might not need to see qualifying because you've just seen it. You might have misguess a couple of plot points, but you get the gist. And this is what's happened. We have seen almost a direct copy and paste between the two with no real massive differences

other than Alex Salon going, terrible! Honestly, not enough time. That's going on the soundboard. Thank you, Alex. Csaciosiosios. And you know what, fair play to you. No issues you're shouting that over the mic.

Yeah. But I was having a look through the 22 drivers, and I think you've got Colopinto, was four positions better for this qualifying than he was, sprint qualifying. And then no one else is more than two positions different. Yeah, and I actually, Colopinto, if he goes, what, another hundredth faster is into Q3. He had by far the biggest step up. And it was good to see from Franco.

It was. But a Mercedes 1-2 at the top, just the reverse order this time around. Antonelli getting polled by just over two temps. Russell having some problems towards the end of Q2 and then into Q3 with his battery. It was still able to set A-LAP, but importantly, A-Lab, didn't get more than one run in that final part of qualifying. Antonelli becomes the youngest ever pole sitter in F-1. I'm so grateful that this has happened, but he's still the youngest ever, because they'll stop specifying the sprint race. Yes, true. They'll stop saying qualifying session now. They'll just say

qualifying because they love to think that sprint qualifying is as equal to real qualifying, and it's not, it's not, and Kimmy-anskin is going to tell it both. So well done to you, Kimmy, sensational. It's a me, Kimmy Anton Healy. And it genuinely is you, Kimmy Antingelli, not Lewis Hamilton pretending. You're a superstar and you finally got the chance to prove it. And well done. You took advantage of a really tricky session for your teammate. And I do think it was down to those two Mercedes regardless. So when Russell went through the problems, it did think, okay, if Kimmy can't do it now, when can he do it? But he did it. Yeah. What was interesting I found with both Mercedes, and it wasn't just Mercedes. A couple of the other top teams had this as well, McLaren,

most specifically. Antonelli went two-tenths slower in this session than he did in SQ3. Of course, that lap from him wasn't enough for pole, which meant Russell went even slower still. I think Russell was about seven-tenths slower than what he was able to do in sprint qualifying, and that could be, at least in part, a changing in conditions, and Russell only getting one run, of course, but it was interesting that Mercedes actually fell back a little bit, not in terms of position, but in terms of what pace they were able to show the day before.

It's a massively gusky day, and that was the difference between the Friday and the Saturday. And that's when I like sprint qualifying and main qualifying, because I love qualifying. It's a real highlight of Formula One for me, but if you could make one always wet and one always dry or one always cold or one always hot or something

to differentiate the two, I would love to see how the driver's the car. I wasn't going to say it. But Bernie was. Bernie Eccleston. Which Bernie this time? The right Ekelston. No, that's never the right Bernie.

We've got a lot of issues with the game Bernie this weekend. But the best one is currently on Sky Sports. But I do think that that's when spring qualifying against normal qualifying does shine when you get a difference in conditions. We didn't really get a big enough one this time around. But yeah, you're right. It did affect the overall lap times. What did you make a Kimmy's lap?

I think it was a pretty solid lap. And I think the case with the Mercedes right now, is that the first and the middle sectors, there's barely anything to separate. The Mercedes, the Mercedes, the Mercedes, they are almost to a tenth or so, dead level after the first two sectors. I regularly wonder them,

will hold a purple sector over the Mercedes, right? Yeah, yeah. Norris, I think, actually ended up with the fastest first sector. I don't think Antonelli had the fastest middle sector either. In the sprint qualifying, Hamilton had the fastest middle sector, so it does change.

Yeah, the Ferrari and McLaren's are definitely holding with Mercedes through those first two sectors. And where Mercedes are right now able to make that difference is down that long straight in that final sector and then into the last few corners, for whatever reason, they're getting multiple tenths better pace than their rivals. And that's where this gap is coming from.

But Antonelli was over a temp faster than Russell in that final sector. So to hold it all together, knowing that your teammate, you don't know how much he knows, but his teammates having difficulties. It's only getting one run, but he's still out there and you need to focus for that final sector.

Antonoli did that and he delivered. What are your thoughts on Russell getting the lapping? You think that he delivered everything he could, or do you think that maybe someone else might have dug up a bag of a job? I think Russell just goes, cool, that's fine. He won't have too much room to complain given he's had poll, win, poll, win, and he hasn't got that pole to keep that streak alive.

but I think realistically at the beginning of, if you'd have asked him when he was sat still after turn three, you're going to get second place in this session. He'd have gone, yeah, where do I sign? I'll take it. Sign sealed. Right. He knows he'll have a good chance off the line against his teammate,

against the Ferrari's tomorrow. The worst case scenario for him was not getting a lap in and starting 9th, 10th. even though he would have recovered probably, there's no way to say he would have recovered to the win. He's got a very realistic chance of victory from second place. So sure, it's not the best lap of his weekend, far from it, but it was enough to beat everyone who wasn't a Mercedes.

That's a very good point. And that always should be remembered with especially what I'm about to say, that I do think for Stappan, LeCler, prime time Hamilton, they all go and put that on pole position. I still think that wasn't particularly a great lap from Russell. and I think that the pressure maybe got to him a little bit. But full credit to the Mercedes mechanics, full credit to Russell for still delivering A lap, because we've definitely seen top cars do far worse than second place,

and it could have been far worse than second place. But I'd like to see a little more from Russell when he's right at the top of his game right now, and the car is there with him. Those are the times where I want to see him pull out one of those. Oh, my goodness, what a lap from Russell after all that. I do think we've seen other drivers do it previously on what George should be doing that. Something that we haven't said, well, really, is that Hamilton has out-qualified LeCler

in two consecutive sessions. He out-qualified him. Yeah, he out-qualified him in for qualifying, and it was far closer here. They'll be next to each other on the grid. But Hamilton, again, P3 versus his teammate in P-4. Yeah, unfortunately for Lewis, I know you've done this a lot of times,

the points aren't scored on that bit. So if you want to beat LeCleur in the race, that's where you realistically want to be achieving the better spots. If he doesn't show up his tires and he gets a good start, there's a real chance that he could be challenging. Maybe not for the wing if the Mercedes is as strong as we think it is. But second, if things go his way, at worst, third, I think.

And the Lewis Hamilton podium in a full race in a Ferrari is something we are yet to witness. So around here, it's possible. It's definitely possible. That Ferrari has shown in terms of race pace, it is a step above the McLaren's. So to be able to, I know Hamilton was ahead of them anyway yesterday, or at least he was ahead of one of them, to have both Ferraris clear of both McLarence before the start is even considered,

that is going to be, that's going to help them quite a lot on race day. I think Hamilton could get a podium. Wouldn't surprise me at all. Again, he's slightly slower than he was yesterday in qualifying to a lesser extent than the Mercedes. Lecler didn't have a great lap time in yesterday's sprint qualifying. So he's basically matched his time. But it was good to see them more consistent as well.

We didn't see a lot of consistency from them yesterday. Yeah, they were basically right next to each other at the end of every session, which was good to see that they've clearly dialed the setup in further. And our park ferme has been lifted and they can make some proper adjustments again. And they've got proper running with this current rear wing on. I thought it was fascinating to see that Hamilton out of all drivers was probably most effective by the heavy winds, especially going through that middle sector.

Twice he almost had a spin going through turn 9 and 10. Yeah, turn 10, that was hairy, you know. Very oversteery. Yeah, a bit risky. And it was, I think if that happened a season ago, he would have been cursing and blinding that car. I think he could have been so frustrated. But I think because he knows he's got a little bit of a safety

to get to fall back on that, as long as he doesn't do that on the final run of the session, he has the ability to go out there and get the lapping. And he did. He went out there on those fresh soft ties. last half of the day beats his teammate. His teammate is Charlotte Claire, who is by far one of the fastest people on one lap pace going.

So the old man still got it. He proved in the sprint race, he can still go toe to toe to, pull us a great racing. And now in qualifying, he's able to beat Charlotte Claire and be right there. And the saying is again, this is positive because a lot of people,

including myself, were saying, is it time that he maybe steps away now before he damages that legacy any further? My man still got it. Unk still got it. My unk is actually cool. And I found out the other day that means uncalled.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not uncle, uncle. Uncle, with the double O, yes. Yes, yes. For any of you fellow oldies listening, that's what that means. Sorry, let me just get my skateboard and put my Steve Buscemi mask on. Hello, fellow kids. I was disappointed in the McLaren's effort in Caller Phone.

Yeah. Because essentially, Piaastri couldn't put together a first sector and Norris couldn't put together a final sector. If you put their two sort of laps together, you get something that can compete with the Ferraris, no doubt about it. But neither of them, it felt to me got 100%. There was, I'm going to call out, not McLaren here, but I'm going to call out Crofty, sorry, David. But there was a moment in commentary. And you had a few today that made me roll my eyes about the Mr. Patience. That was a big one.

But when you came over the commentary, went, a special lap from Lando Morris to go P2. And then Piastri immediately beats him. It was a bit premature, on it? I got the special lap from Oscar Pastery. And I'm like, neither of them have got pole position either. I just wanted everyone just to keep improving. A special lap from Pierre Gassley. Oh, special.

Like, come on, man. I appreciate what you do is tough. But like, they were not good today. They had a couple of glimpsing moments where it felt like they might be in the mix. And I'm talking like Q2. They might be in the mix. That felt like where they performed their best. But the moment it got to Q3.

Mercedes and Antinglli and even Russell at the end, both Ferraris, they really stepped up. And I do think they're basically not, they've got no competition. Pierre Gas is the closest car to them and that's not close. The Red Bulls aren't there at the moment. They're in No Man's Land. They're dealing with kind of what Mercedes had to deal with last season where they just kind of sit in this window where they're too quick for the midfield. But they're not able to attain the pace of the front four cars at the moment.

It's tough for them. There's hope we see some upgrades coming from McLaren very soon. So we can have that six car. fight right at the front. One thing I found really interesting about Q3 in particular was, again, Antonelli, Russell, both Ferraris, and, sorry, not one, both Ferraris, Hamilton, Piastri, and Norris. So those five drivers, they all went slower than they did yesterday in qualifying in SQ3. Gassley, though, pretty much set an identical time to what he did yesterday, and both Red Bulls improved on where they were yesterday. So the field spread has shrunk a bit.

I noticed that. You see between the end of Q2 down to the poll time, so about a second and a half. And we were commenting how in Australia, it was over two seconds. So it was good to see that we've properly seen it condense. I think this again allows more understanding of setup essentially and where to deploy battery. It's taking drivers a bit of time in a race slash outright pace setting to know what the optimum pace deployment is and where to use the tires. each weekend the further we get through it, the smaller the gaps become. And that is to be expected. Yeah, Vestappen, you know, with some set-up work, has essentially gone from 1.7 behind to 0.9 behind,

which... Good games. For Vestappen is still going to be far too much, but it's a step in the right direction. And maybe we'll start to see this, where Mercedes and Ferrari seem to have got the early grasp on setup and really how to go racing, with these regulations.

It might be the case that with more knowledge, more data, these teams do start to catch up even a little bit to condense the field ever so slightly. So I think Red Bull can be happy with that. I do need to say, though, with qualifying a bit more generally, because, again, we have the same 10 drivers in Q3, same drivers knocked out in Q2,

same drivers knocked out in Q1. It is natural to expect at the beginning of a set of regulations that the gaps between teams are going to be larger and then they will get smaller as we go through. That does hurt qualifying, at least initially, because Q1, I'm not saying it's almost irrelevant. In the previous couple of years,

we've had many qualifying one sessions where five drivers have been eliminated from five different teams. We're not going to get that for a little while. And I think that does hurt qualifying a little bit. Also with these regulations as well, you mentioned it earlier. And this is partly related to the run, not the run plan, but the way that Russell's run ended up going in Q3. It's like everyone has pretty much finished their lap.

And all you've got is George Russell, the clear main competition to Antonelli. And you just want, for that one lap, no focus on anyone else, because there doesn't need to be, just focus on his lap. And you are, and you're on board with him, and you're going through the corners. and then you just you're sucked out of it on that back straight because they go,

we have to cut to this like long camera. We can't show super clipping. We can't show the battery being deployed. It's just, it just rips it away a little bit. Some of the most iconic moments in Formula One is being in that T-Camp, you know, for staffing at Monaco, Hamwitting at Singapore, where you've got the little timing board of the bottom right corner, and every sector it's flipping to purple. You think this is going to be so close as you get to the line.

You are watching them go to the line. but yet the biggest corner on that racetrack and you go, no, you don't get to see it in the driver's eye because they're essentially lying to you a little bit in how it's coming across. And it's disappointing. It's disappointing and it does take away the excitement. And also, I'm going to play Bortoletto for crashing on the last corner

because I do think that there was a chance of someone like Limblad may be doing something slightly extraordinary, pushing Hagar out of things. I actually don't think it would have changed anything. You don't think so? No, I think that the racing, Bulls at terms of qualifying pace are about where they qualified. I think maybe Ocon, if he gets a lap in, stands a chance. Stop trying to force this Ocon agenda, man.

He's only a 10th away. My man's washed, it's okay. He is not performing as well as his teammate, no doubt about it. I think he was maybe the best chance of getting through to it. But my instinct was that the top 10 wasn't changing even as dang as it was. I think so. That's disappointing. I mean, we will never go, but that is disappointing.

Anything else from qualifying that caught your eye? You just mentioned the Bortoletto spin, of course, which probably cost him a couple of spots. I mean, Bottas, should we just focus a bit on Bottas and ask the mind? Because Bottas was able to out-qualify Lance Drol and get within two tenths of Fernando Bologn, and six or seven tenths away from Alex Albon? I know it doesn't sound like much, but...

It's small wings, but it is small wings, and it's better than the small losses, and they are moving slowly but surely towards the rest of the field. We're only, you know, even two, four races into their start of Formula One, their journey. So whilst Dustin Martin are desperately struggling, and, you know, it is horrible down there to see what they're doing. The gap between Lankstrol and Flandau-Longso also says something

is what, eight-tenths between Lank Stroll and Franda-Longso. So that says a lot, you know. It says a lot. He's eight-tenths faster than him, and he's still only two places in front. That's diabolical. Man's nearly 45 and he's putting nearly a second on his teammate, and it's just irrelevant.

He may as well got bother, and you're only going to be two places back anyway. It doesn't make any difference. But Bottas, this is what I expected from Bottas. I expected him to rock up to qualifying and push the car, be better in the car. The stat that came up halfway through his lap, Pulse at a China 2019.

I thought, oh, my guy's like 2.4 off pole. It's a nice reminder to, you know, These guys can drive. Just don't be blinded by the car. These are two good drivers. Yeah, yeah. And fair play to them. Have you seen the state of Perez's Kagalak after the sprint race?

No. Okay, I'm going to hold on. Folks listening, I'm sending being a picture of Perez's Kagalak. Oh, God. You're going to love this. It's in our little group chat. There you go. Have a little look.

Wait for the reaction. That's not a car. It's missing half the car. You know Wallace and Gromut, and I'm talking here, which one, the close shave. Yes. And the dog named Preston, who's actually a robot. And he's just exposed at the end and he's a full on, right? That's Preston.

Preston Perez. Yeah, exactly. Good. Yeah, I mean, if you haven't seen it, folks, go looking up. But the whole engine covers just come off. And the long shot, which was really blurry for some bizarre reason, of the Kagalak, just disintegrate. rating down the track.

It doesn't hold itself together very well, doesn't it? What can it do at the moment? I don't know. It's just trying to shed its own weight, apparently. Yeah, but I think good news for Bottas and for Cadillac that in the sprint qualifying yesterday and qualifying in Australia, it appreciates a different track. But in neither instance, had a Cadillac got within three seconds of the fastest time in the session, 2.2 away here.

So far closer. And something to build on, at least. Should we round out with a driver of the session? We didn't do one for the sprint, so you can give out two driver of the sessions. Oh, delightful. A driver of the session for the sprint, I'm going to go with Liam Lawson.

I thought he was genuinely fantastic. And you know what? I give plenty of skit to Liam Lawson, but that's what I want to see for a really, really good performance. Drive the session for qualifying, I'm going to Pierre Gasly. I know Kimi Antigali took his first poll, but I do think there were some slightly mitigating circumstances. Gassel, on the other hand,

he's doing things that I don't think that Alpine, should be capable of. So well done to those guys. I'm going to be boring and agree with you on both actually. Liam Lawson plus seven in terms of race position in the sprint, which is no mean feat, like seven positions gained. In 19 laps with a safety car. Pretty rare. So yeah, well done to him. And I'm also going to go with Pierre Gasly. I know I went for him yesterday in terms of the sprint qualifying driver of the session as well. But to be over a 10th clear of Verstappen, to be within one second of the fastest time as well. Yesterday he was 1.368 behind Russell's poll time. Today he was 0.809 away from Antonelli's poll time.

Someone give this man a chance, he can't say a good car, please. I know he got it when he was basically a rookie, but he's so underrated. Yeah, I think he did a great job. And he's definitely got something to fight with from P7 tomorrow. But it will be Antonelli from Paul, George Russell, alongside him, both fast-starting Ferraris in behind. That promises to be a very exciting lap one. Who do you think will get the wing, folks? Make sure you report back here straight after the race, because we will be recording our race review.

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