It certainly has turned into an exciting season! Bit of a withdrawal during this break, so big thx for posting this vid of all your AMAZING content throughout the first half! Looking forward to the next one! Cheers from Toronto 🇨🇦 Kym!
Great video Kym! Has been a great season, wish the championship was closer, but at least we have so many winners this season. Nice to see Hamilton getting wins with Mercedes before he heads to Ferrari.
@@KymIllman I am quite certain you will!! I watch the F1 UA-cam Live after the race channel. And there have been a couple races when you show up in the background...and everyone comments,.....Kym Illman!!!!
A round-up of the first half of the season can't ignore: Toto Wolff is not having the best of luck recently. He seriously undersestimated Sir 'LionHeart' Lewis Hamilton's USD$7Billion onto Ferrari share price, as soon as it was announced that 'The Dark Knight' will jump ship in 2025, (that chairman John Elkann made it his priority to discover and "Ah so!" explains the pursuing of Hamilton's 'brand' for 3 years). Toto totally fails to capture (affectionately termed in Dutch language the) 'Kasekopf' Max Verstappen; nor Fernando 'Don Quixote' Alonso, despite his 43 years old longevity "tilting at Windmills" with Sancho Panza squire in attendance as pay driver Lance Stroll ; nor indeed, Sr. Don Carlos Sainz Vazquez de Castro Cenamor Rinco'n Rebollo Birto Moreno de Aranda de Anterluga Tiapera Deltu'n. Yes!! that really is his full (hidalgo - 'son-of-somebody- influential and aristocratic) family name. His dad is actually Carlos Sainz Cenamor, 2×WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP Driver 1990 & 1992 with Toyota - plus 4×times runner up with Ford, Lancia, Suburu, Citroen - Winner of the internationally famous Paris - Dakar Rally 2010/18/20/24. So anyway, Toto Wolff's obliged to 'put all his eggs in one basket'; specifically the Italian wonder kid Andrea Kimi Antonelli's potential, while crossing all his fingers and toes, clutching his 'lucky rabbit's foot.' Meanwhile, George 'Close-To-The-Edge' Russell, is quietly hawking his career 2×F1 GP WINS & 13×F1 GP PODIUMS to Audi Sauber, as he can't trust his own allegedly bagging 20% of the driver take 'manager', to have The Fellow From Kong's Lynn Norfolk's best interests at heart and support him . . . "What a tangled web we weave" on The Grid. Gorgeous George must feel a tad daunted by the double whammy of Sir LionHeart Lewis winning both The F1 British Grand Prix @ "Silverstone' a record 9xtimes; With a part of that famous race circuit re-named 'The Hamilton Straight' In Sir Lewis"s honour and emotionally re-inventing himself once again; Winning the Belgian GP 'cause of George's disqualification; as, Mercedes suffer a nasty 'stabbing of stiletto 'twixt the shoulderblades', (from George's very unfortunate disqualification), robbing Mercedes AMG part-owner Toto 'the-buck-stops- here' Wolff, of an F1 points rich One - Two at the Belgian Grand Prix. So, The World's First Ever and To Date, The Only F1 GP 'CENTURION', with 104×F1 GP POLE POSITIONS 105xF1 GP VICTORIES. 176×F1 GP FRONT ROW STARTS 201×F1 GP PODIUM FINISHES [67×F1 GP FASTEST LAPS **19×F1 GP 'HAT TRICKS' i) F1 GP Pole Position ii) F1 GP Fastest Lap iii) F1 GP Win 2021Saudi Arabia Djeddah 2020Portugal Portimão 2020Tuscany Mugello 2020Hungary Hungaroring 2019Abu Dhabi Yas Marina 2017Britain Silverstone 2017China Shanghai 2015Italy Monza 2015Britain Silverstone 2015China Shanghai 2015Australia Melbourne 2014Singapore Singapour 2014Italy Monza 2014Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 2008China Shanghai 2007Japan Fuji 7×F1 GP WDC TITLES [or, is it 8?] 2008/ 2014/ 2015/ 2017/ 2018/ 2019/ 2020/ [2021?] **6×F1 GP 'GRAND SLAMS' i) F1 GP Pole Position ii) F1 GP Fastest Lap iii)F1 GP Lead every lap of the race 'from start to finish' iv)F1 GP Victory 2014Malaysia Kuala Lumpur/2015Italy Monza /2017China Shanghai /2017Canada Montreal / 2017Britain Silverstone / 2019Abu Dhabi Yas Marina **All accomplished in a single GP on The FiA international annual race calendar. Must seem like a veritable mountain to climb, for poor old deflated George. . . Still, at least penny-pinching Mercedes AMG Petronas '2 jobs' team principal Torgen Christian Wolff, will albeit grudgingly, cough up Georgie-Porgy-Pudden'n-Pie's 'win bonus'! After all, the sad disqualification wasn't his fault . . . ** German 'G.O.A.T.' Michael Schumacher has 22×F1 GP 'HAT TRICKS' - Retired for the 2nd time in 2012 and was replaced in Mercedes AMG, by none other than The (Prospective Life Peer), The Lord Hamiliton, Baron, of Stevenage in County Hertfordshire ** The immortal Scottish master, Jim Clark jr. (Mar.1936-Apr.1968) 8×F1 GP 'GRAND SLAMS' Was taken by The Gods to compete on celestial racing circuits war before Sir 'LionHeart' Lewis Hamilton was even a dream of his forbears.
It's crazy to think that early in the year we're thinking it's going to be another Red Bull/Verstappen wash out, and instead we have 7 different winners from the 4 teams including two maiden wins for the McLaren boys, and Max not having it all his way
If reverse grids are something coming, it should be a lottery draw after qualifying is complete, grid reversal anywhere from 0 to 10 spots, completely random.
Kym, you need to stop talking about where YOU were and what YOU were doing in your videos. People want to hear and see the content as it relates to F1, they're not here to hear about your personal humble bragging and boasting. Piss off with that sh!t! Other than that keep the videos coming, good work
You’ve picked up on about 6 seconds worth of a 12 minute 16 second video when he didn’t even say anything bad about Trump and chosen to be offended. You’re pathetically sensitive. Stop obsessing with politics and enjoy a good video explaining the first half of the F1 season.
@DannyBoy3 Is your head just for decoration? We had SUCH a better economy when he was in office. And yk, our president could actually form a sentence 😂🙄
@@brg_media1161 thats just factually wrong though. Oh yeah, he could also disrespect everyone and try to interfere with an election. But whatever, I know that the actual achievements don’t matter because Trump is more polarizing
Wow so much happened this season that I had already forgot
I too was surprised at what I’d seen and promptly forgotten, especially from those early races
I still love how Verstappen was happy when Norris wins his first GP.
It certainly has turned into an exciting season! Bit of a withdrawal during this break, so big thx for posting this vid of all your AMAZING content throughout the first half! Looking forward to the next one! Cheers from Toronto 🇨🇦 Kym!
I’m amassing plenty of content for when the season starts
@@KymIllman …it’s greatly appreciated! Thank you! 🙏🏽
Excellent review. Factual, no nonsense / bias, informative. Well done!
Much appreciated!
yeah soo good
Time really do fly fast.
does
Great video Kym! Has been a great season, wish the championship was closer, but at least we have so many winners this season. Nice to see Hamilton getting wins with Mercedes before he heads to Ferrari.
Next year's season of "Drive to Survive" is going to be lit!
Hopefully, I’ll appear in the background again
@@KymIllman Background, schmackground... you need a whole episode to yourself! :D
@@KymIllman I am quite certain you will!! I watch the F1 UA-cam Live after the race channel. And there have been a couple races when you show up in the background...and everyone comments,.....Kym Illman!!!!
Drive to survive is def taking notes 🤓📝🤣
This is the best mid-season review I have seen so far including absolutely phantastic photographs!
Great to hear!
Thank you Sir, awesome idea giving us a mid-season review to refresh our memories. Take care!
Great job Kym! Totally forgot what an interesting season it’s been so far and it’s the half way point! 🙏🏻🎧
Cheers
This was a brilliant recap! Thanks!
Such a great channel, loving your work...
Glad you enjoy it!
Looking good in a button down Kym! Glad you didn’t forget us during break.😊
Always!
A round-up of the first half of the season can't ignore:
Toto Wolff is not having the best of luck recently.
He seriously undersestimated Sir 'LionHeart' Lewis Hamilton's USD$7Billion onto Ferrari share price, as soon as it was announced that 'The Dark Knight' will jump ship in 2025, (that chairman John Elkann made it his priority to discover and "Ah so!" explains the pursuing of Hamilton's 'brand' for 3 years).
Toto totally fails to capture (affectionately termed in Dutch language the) 'Kasekopf' Max Verstappen; nor Fernando 'Don Quixote' Alonso, despite his 43 years old longevity "tilting at Windmills" with Sancho Panza squire in attendance as pay driver Lance Stroll ; nor indeed, Sr. Don Carlos Sainz Vazquez de Castro Cenamor Rinco'n Rebollo Birto Moreno de Aranda de Anterluga Tiapera Deltu'n.
Yes!! that really is his full (hidalgo - 'son-of-somebody- influential and aristocratic) family name.
His dad is actually Carlos Sainz Cenamor, 2×WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP Driver 1990 & 1992 with Toyota - plus 4×times runner up with Ford, Lancia, Suburu, Citroen - Winner of the internationally famous Paris - Dakar Rally 2010/18/20/24.
So anyway, Toto Wolff's obliged to 'put all his eggs in one basket'; specifically the Italian wonder kid Andrea Kimi Antonelli's potential, while crossing all his fingers and toes, clutching his 'lucky rabbit's foot.'
Meanwhile, George 'Close-To-The-Edge' Russell, is quietly hawking his career 2×F1 GP WINS & 13×F1 GP PODIUMS to Audi Sauber, as he can't trust his own allegedly bagging 20% of the driver take 'manager', to have The Fellow From Kong's Lynn Norfolk's best interests at heart and support him . . .
"What a tangled web we weave" on The Grid.
Gorgeous George must feel a tad daunted by the double whammy of Sir LionHeart Lewis winning both
The F1 British Grand Prix @ "Silverstone' a record 9xtimes;
With a part of that famous race circuit re-named 'The Hamilton Straight'
In Sir Lewis"s honour and emotionally re-inventing himself once again;
Winning the Belgian GP 'cause of George's disqualification; as, Mercedes suffer a nasty 'stabbing of stiletto 'twixt the shoulderblades', (from George's very unfortunate disqualification), robbing Mercedes AMG part-owner Toto 'the-buck-stops- here' Wolff, of an F1 points rich One - Two at the Belgian Grand Prix.
So, The World's First Ever and To Date, The Only F1 GP 'CENTURION', with
104×F1 GP POLE POSITIONS
105xF1 GP VICTORIES.
176×F1 GP FRONT ROW STARTS
201×F1 GP PODIUM FINISHES
[67×F1 GP FASTEST LAPS
**19×F1 GP 'HAT TRICKS'
i) F1 GP Pole Position
ii) F1 GP Fastest Lap
iii) F1 GP Win
2021Saudi Arabia Djeddah
2020Portugal Portimão
2020Tuscany Mugello
2020Hungary Hungaroring
2019Abu Dhabi
Yas Marina
2017Britain Silverstone 2017China Shanghai
2015Italy Monza
2015Britain Silverstone
2015China Shanghai
2015Australia Melbourne
2014Singapore Singapour
2014Italy Monza
2014Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
2008China Shanghai
2007Japan Fuji
7×F1 GP WDC TITLES [or, is it 8?]
2008/ 2014/ 2015/ 2017/ 2018/ 2019/ 2020/ [2021?]
**6×F1 GP 'GRAND SLAMS'
i) F1 GP Pole Position
ii) F1 GP Fastest Lap
iii)F1 GP Lead every lap of the race 'from start to finish'
iv)F1 GP Victory
2014Malaysia Kuala Lumpur/2015Italy Monza /2017China Shanghai /2017Canada Montreal / 2017Britain Silverstone / 2019Abu Dhabi Yas Marina
**All accomplished in a single GP on The FiA international annual race calendar.
Must seem like a veritable mountain to climb, for poor old deflated George. . .
Still, at least penny-pinching Mercedes AMG Petronas '2 jobs' team principal Torgen Christian Wolff, will albeit grudgingly, cough up Georgie-Porgy-Pudden'n-Pie's 'win bonus'!
After all, the sad disqualification wasn't his fault . . .
** German 'G.O.A.T.' Michael Schumacher has
22×F1 GP 'HAT TRICKS' - Retired for the 2nd time in 2012 and was replaced in Mercedes AMG, by none other than The (Prospective Life Peer), The Lord Hamiliton, Baron, of Stevenage in County Hertfordshire
** The immortal Scottish master, Jim Clark jr. (Mar.1936-Apr.1968)
8×F1 GP 'GRAND SLAMS' Was taken by The Gods to compete on celestial racing circuits war before Sir 'LionHeart' Lewis Hamilton was even a dream of his forbears.
I can’t remember seeing a longer comment on any of my videos. You are the current world record holder
Welcome home Kym!
It’s good to be here.
What’s the plan for the break?
Just hang around my house and work
Great review!!! Thanks!!!
Thanks for watching!
Good reprise and very helpful, Kym!! ❤❤
Glad it was helpful!
I love the Kill Man, spot on every time
Think we are in for an epic season. Id love to see HAM challenge VER again as just feel that's unfinished business
F1 would love that I’m certain
This is awesome! way better than F1 podcasts out there.
I just tell people what I see. Many thanks.
That thumbnail freaky
Awesome video!
Afternoon from Scotland
G’day from WA
@@KymIllman Cheers.
Thanks
It's crazy to think that early in the year we're thinking it's going to be another Red Bull/Verstappen wash out, and instead we have 7 different winners from the 4 teams including two maiden wins for the McLaren boys, and Max not having it all his way
Its called a Lando Calsainsian moment.
*Charles, Carlos, Daniel + 2024 = 🏆🏆🏆*
Love from india!
Welcome back to winter in WA Kym!
And it was very wintry yesterday
Ocon vs Gasly in Monaco too.
Never saw that though.
Your summary of the season so far has been a treat to watch. Thanks!
Was this shot on your new cannon or have you gone back to sony ?
Same R5.
If reverse grids are something coming, it should be a lottery draw after qualifying is complete, grid reversal anywhere from 0 to 10 spots, completely random.
Good vid, Kym. Anyone hearing some peaking in the right channel of audio?
I love ur shirt where is it from??!?!?
China. Made by enslaved children
Uniqlo
@@KymIllmanrich man going to a common man shop
DTS needs 20 episodes
I forgot half of the stuff happened
Everyone wants to know if DR is going to Red Bull
I would be betting against it.
I'm no American from the US of A and the flavors I just had from my plate are fantastically wonderful.
7:37 it's disgusting the behavior from f1. they do this everywhere
3rd
Bottom step of the podium. No team photo for you 😂
@@zedlicious i will take it....i get cap n bubbly....😁
Kym, you need to stop talking about where YOU were and what YOU were doing in your videos. People want to hear and see the content as it relates to F1, they're not here to hear about your personal humble bragging and boasting. Piss off with that sh!t! Other than that keep the videos coming, good work
It’s Kym’s choice as to what he includes. Your comments are rude and arrogant. Show some respect.
Hear hear Rimini. Michael doesn’t get that I just tell people what I see. Nothing more nothing lesss
Why not just show Trump and leave off the hate/like part? BTW, I was way, way better off when he was in charge, then I am now. Way better off.
You’ve picked up on about 6 seconds worth of a 12 minute 16 second video when he didn’t even say anything bad about Trump and chosen to be offended. You’re pathetically sensitive. Stop obsessing with politics and enjoy a good video explaining the first half of the F1 season.
Because you felt more comfortable sharing your questionable views? Because everything else was factually worse
@DannyBoy3 Is your head just for decoration? We had SUCH a better economy when he was in office. And yk, our president could actually form a sentence 😂🙄
@@brg_media1161 thats just factually wrong though. Oh yeah, he could also disrespect everyone and try to interfere with an election. But whatever, I know that the actual achievements don’t matter because Trump is more polarizing
@@DannyBoy3 Can't argue with stupidity 🤷♂️ Have a good day 👍
Why give Tump air time? Is that to satisfy MAGA supporters? You don't need him to get subscribers.
RESPOND TO THIS KYM....OR ELSE 😳😂
Ok
first
Good on ya.
Yeah but who cares if you don’t have an opinion! 😂
@@karstivancuandro9138 Nope.