I love him, I couldn't watch an F1 event without his commentary, particularly because of his technical insights, but in the last few years, he's just been saying the same technical insights over and over and over again. Like that line about "10,000 combined horsepower at the race start", or when it's raining, that the drivers other senses (other than eyesight) get amplified, that they listen to the car in front to know when to brake, etc..I can almost predict what he's going to say. I still prefer his commentary to most others, but I think I'm starting to like Jolyan Palmer's commentary more, he's out-Brundling Martin Brundle now.
I've been watching F1 for over 40 years now and Martin Bundle is the only commentator other than Murray Walker that I really care/d to listen to, Ted Kravitz brings both love of the sport and commentary a bit like Murray Walker did but not as visceral, though Murray had a V8, V10, V12 soundtrack to back him up. R.I.P Murray, he'd have turned 100 a few months back.
Love it when Simon mentions pushrods / pullrods as if they're technical enough to understand the impact 😅🤣 Don't think it'll affect a driver's decision to move teams or not
If they learnt anything from last year, hopefully after the sprint race, I guess at the beginning of main qualifying, as per usual.. But I'd love to see it opened up again like the old days, where you could change it up to the start of the race.. Why not? 🤔
From another source - it seems the change in sprint arrangement to allow changes prior to main race - so, fingers-crossed, it's not a repeat on Sunday to that of Saturday's spring.
Sprint shootout should become a sort of competitive practice session where the teams at the end who are at the top make up the grid make up the spirit grid with the last 3o mins of that practice are when the teams at whatever point they want can do their competitive lap
I guess he needs someone to help him choose his outfit. You would wear this to cleanup your garage or something like that and afterwards throw it in the bin.
Martin and bernie are the ony real reporter's with knowledge and insight, the rest are just mouthpieces with no real knowledge and just trying to start more bs rumors . How lazenby keeps his job is a wonder of the modern world, 2nd rate actor, 3rd rate reporter.
Used to enjoy listening to Martin Brundle giving feedback on the side of the track...his comments are so spot on. No idea who the guy 2nd from left is, but he seems to have something against Charles - the jealousy is so obvious. Beat it. He's quick, and you can't take it.
the problem about the competitive argument regarding Andretti, is that Hass and Williams aren't competitive so how come they are being allowed to stay! It doesn't make sense to me how they can say a prospective team isn't competitive but just on paper!
Martin Brundle is such a goat announcer, @skysportsF1 & the @F1media need to put him as head announcer! Along side Ted Crofty! I can’t stand Joylar talking! 😩
Energise Merc? 😂😂 haven’t seen Toto this deflated since 2021. He knew he f’d up not giving SLH a longer contract. Part of the reason why was that SLH would be in his 40’s so to now offer Alonso a seat at Merc is laughable. And, sloppy Sky Sports again spouting that SLH left his contract prematurely and misleading the viewers. After long, drawn-out negotiations, SLH was offered a one year contract with an option of another year. He decided not to take up that option. Really not hard to understand.
Hamilton has never built a team. Mercedes were set up by Brawn and Schumacher. Given the language and unique environment at Ferrari there is a good chance he will be a fish out of water. Management trying to indoctrinate the staff to bend its ways to a short term driver could/will foment resentment. As Martin said Lewis will need to embed himself there, not the other way around. That is not his makeup.
@@ericrossonilet me guess you started watching F1 in 2021. If you look back at history it was Schumacher that helped Brawn turn that team into the team Mercedes became. Hamilton benefitted a lot from the groundwork Schumacher and Ross Brawn did to create a winning team.
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You must have a low IQ if you think most of these drivers with barley any high school or university experience built this cars @daveblock4061
I don't think the sprint race has added anything to F1. All it has done is given the already strong teams more opportunities to amass points and further pull themselves away from the less well performing teams. I think the sprint race should only involve the drivers who are placed from 11th to 20th in the Championship standings. This would allow them to potentially gain some much needed points that they probably wouldn't get in the race proper.
Friday-Practice 1 Friday-Practice 2 Saturday- Qualifing Saturday-Sprint Race (Reverse Qualifying Grid) Sunday-Race(Normal Qualifying Grid) Please make this the Format for sprint weekends
I don't think (unlike Sky L.H Fans club) SIR L. Hamilton is owed ANYTHING by M.B, they have mostly given him a great car & engine...… on the other hand I DO think Sly Sorts owe 90% of their status to Mr Brundle
Sir Lewis is probably already deep into learning the language and highly looking forward to next year’s embedding - who wouldn’t? What an exciting new year for him, the tifosi and the Cavallino!
I'm curious to see how he'll be received in Italy. I live in Italy and Charles is extremely popular among young and old fans. Lewis on the other hand is not popular at all so it'll be interesting to see what happens.
Charles ain't worried about Lewis! It will be the last two years of his F1 career, charles is the future for Ferrari. I was at Monza 2019 and Charles manged to keep Lewis behind for the entire race, and 4 years on, Charles got F1 and Ferrari figured out !
Charles has already been the face of Ferrari for years. He won't be the future of the team for _that_ much longer. Unless they start winning championships, which of course is unlikely because... Ferrari
Indeed, during his F1 career he has some good luck within switching the teams. He never had a slow car. But before his dominance at Merc, his track record wasn't exactly bright: choked in 2007, barely beat Massa in 2008, choked in 2010, beaten by Button in 2011. Now he was matched by Rosberg in 2013. Lost from Rosberg 2016 and beaten by Russel in 2022. He was good in 2012, had a good rookie year, and that's it. He actually never dominated a teammate (like Max does) apart from Kovalainen. Button and Rosberg all were close to him, and Bottas was close to him until he got relegated to number 1.
Smart teams will use the sprint as a kind of FP2 for race simulations, collect data, then maybe retire from them to preserve the engine and other mechanical pieces to then have the right qualy and sunday race setup. I know I would.
Many of the modern F1 analysts are great. But NONE of them hold a candle to James Hunt. He always said it as it was. Martin picked up with Murray after James departed but he could never replace James. Murray Walker and James Hunt will always be the greatest English speaking F1 commentary duo in history. And by quite some way too. Cheers from the Land Down Under.
Cadillac and Andretti won't be competitive? Ridiculous. This provincial attitude is just a negotiating tactic. When andretti comes back they're coming back hard and they're going to make this happen. Count on it! LeMans, WEC, IMSA, Indy Car (GM).
The comment about Lewis Hamilton being credited with giving Merc 8x world championships does make me wonder why Lewis suddenly stopped doing that in 2022? Shouldn't it be Merc being credited with giving LH the car to win 6 WDC? The 2022 and 2023 seasons are good examples to show that without a good car, LH can't win, not even a single race. For this reason Merc team has got every right to feel betrayed by Lewis for dumping them the moment the team struggles. I think 2024 is going to be one really awkward season for LH and Merc and in a situation like this, better to see what the team does instead of listening to what they say or claim. The best parting gift for LH is to have Merc beating Ferrari in 2024 even if they cant win the championship
“Lewis is a winning machine” In that case I think it needs some maintenance. He lost to Rosberg, beat Bottas with a clean sheet and then lost to Russell, only to finally beat a non-Bottas teammate last season. Bottas was specifically signed to prevent another Rosberg-Lewis episode. He wasn’t allowed to challenge Lewis, wasn’t suppose to race him. So fundamentally Lewis lost two of his last three seasons against competitive teammates. If that’s a winning machine I would have it serviced thoroughly, some main parts are probably malfunctioning. “A Bottas-crushing machine” is more accurate I think. That works when you look at the facts.
I think the sprint race idea is dumb. Trying to cram too much into one weekend. Practice on Friday, Quali on Saturday. Race on Sunday. That's how it's always been and it should stay that way.
I couldn't care who Lewis drives for, at the end of the day, I do think he can drag the farrari team forwards as for maclaren I think they are the real deal to take on redbull
Mercedes guaranteed Lewis would go to Ferrari when it offered a 1+1. It said to Lewis, "We're waiting for you to leave and want to keep our options open." A driver of that calibre knows they offer any team a lot of value, and the team with the deepest reserves of cash said "We want you." Toto did this to himself, basically.
1: turning down Andretti 🙄🙄🙄 2: Martin's comment about drivers claiming they don't care about the sprint races 😂 until they get passed ... Hell for leather!! 🎉 Yeah! And it needs to be mandatory if your on the grid to either speak to him or be polite on the grid walk. It's BS to cold shoulder Martin or be rude.
Congratulations to Sky Sports F1 Podcast for recapping all off-season drama, before starting the first race in order to take them into consideration!!!
What does he owe them... He's given them all their wdc in the modern period. He has transformed their brand.. Marketing, social media.. Social causes etc etc...
Gratitude for the cars they built for him. Rosberg gave them a WDC as well and without Lewis he would have given them also a few more than that. Of course Lewis drove brilliantly. And of course he was good for marketing. But at least it's 50:50. To say Mercedes owes Lewis is a typical statement by british media. @@jastallion45
Yes Mercedes does owe him a lot, but he also owes them. It isnt this one way streak Lazenby pretends it to be. If he wants to leave than there isnt much that they owe him, and we have seen so many times in other sports, ab "keyplayer" announcing a move this early could easly effect the season negatively. If he shows the team that he is giving his a;; than they will respond in kind, team/group dynamics are pretty much universal.
I can’t see how everyone would say that and ready is not going to be competitive when they win, and so many other racing series. I really think Liberty Media is making a huge mistake by not allowing them on the grid.
Mercedes should go with George and Mick for the season 2025...honest. Because George is not a rookie anymore it's his 3d season. More than 5 seasons in f1. It's time to be nummer one. Mick Schumacher can be a number 2 at a top team 🙂 Lewis Hamilton need to adjust fast at Ferrari. Brundle is on point. Learn the language fast and go all in. And try to bring some own people. 👍
Andretti is a world famous racing name. General Motors (Cadillac) is a giant, world famous company. The F1 constructors have such "legendary" names as Stake, Visa something or other and Haas. Did those teams ever have one of their drivers win a World Championship? Mario Andretti won the Championship for Lotus. Michael Andretti's teams have entered and won in all sorts of racing, including winning the Indy 500. Quibble about what year Andretti should start in F1, OK. But, FOM/FOCA/FOwhatever should not belittle the Andrettis, General Motors or the value of an actual American team in Formula One. Haas is a Ferrari Junior team with non-American drivers whose cars were at one point painted as a Russian flag. What value do they bring? From this side of the pond, it looks like the size of the bribe Andretti was required to pay just wasn't enough for the existing teams. And, it seems to us "colonists" that Americans are just not welcome.
The new format for the sprint is more chronological but the pleasure before with a exciting event every day of the weekend, something to get excited about or talked about, is gone which to me is a downside, surprisingly to me noone talks about. I'm a purist and reversed grid was a no go to me until a friend came up with: qualifying and race as ever for the purists. No qualifying for the sprint but reversed grid for the sprint based on championship standings. For sure radical, but would save a meaningless sprint qualifying, keep a straight forward qualifying and race for the purists and would for sure make for exciting sprint race. Possibly something to talk about.
martin is right, audi purchased sauber and andretti choosed the hardest path to join f1. gene haas don't give a care of its f1's team. i'm surprise no investissor sent him a proposal.
They told us to appreciate last season more even if Redbull won all but 1 race. Now they’re telling us Hamilton to Ferrari is the best news for the sport after a boring season. Which is it?
Seems like they were saying it seemed boring that there were no driver changes, and most of the key drivers seemed to be staying where they are long term.
I've always said that Lewis would end his career at ferrari so i wasn't surprised by the move and I think Ferrari have or are getting rid of the wrong driver Sainz is a better driver than Leclerc and would have out scored him last year if it wasn't for that drain cover + Sainz would have out pointed Verstappen when they were team mates at torro rosso it was only reliability problems which let him down and caused max to score more points. Sainz is massively underrated if you ask me, I put him up there with Norris
They should go for Antonelli, if not put Ocon in the Merc seat for a year - he's still got ties to Mercedes. 23:54 - they should never have put restrictions in parc ferme post 2002.
Why would you not wait until all the cars were revealed to do this recording? It would've been so much more interesting/juicy to talk about if they'd seen the redbull..
I’m not sure Merc will go for Alonso. Lewis left because Merc only wanted to give him a one year contract. They only gave him a 1+1 as a compromise to keep him for ‘24. Kimi seems to be who they want long term and are afraid to lose him. Alonso doesn’t just want a one year contract. He’ll want the option to stay for as long as he is still performing at the top level he is now. If they didn’t want Lewis for a few more years, regardless of current performance and stature in the sport, I’m not sure they’ll want Fernando. That is unless they’ve learned their lesson.
Mercedes are spoilt for choice. Toto Wolff will go for whomsover is cost effective. That means it'll cost too much to buy out Alonso. The 'German option' with Vettel, Schumacher, Hulkenberg, (even Rosberg) would please Daimler Benz main board of directors best of all.
@@shaunelsdon7963 it wouldn't surprise me if they all wanted to but like I said they bring more to the table than Andretti he's done nothing for the sport since he retired
You've chosen to record this in the most awkward awful setting possible lol. You want to know how you get the best conversations? By making people feel comfortable. You want to know how to tell if people are generally uncomfortable? You look at the way they're sitting. Throughout this entire episode every single one of these 4 has been sitting in a way that I would call 'Closed off' or guarded. If you'd ask them about this setting, and they were honest, they would all admit that this sucks. Is this the best you can do Sky Sports? Put some respect on these people.
Sprint races are a very expensive, boring addition to the F1 calendar that compromises race day setup & detracts from the essence of why F1 is the pinnacle of motor sport.
Maybe but the question should be why do you care? I don’t care where they are or what chairs they’re sitting on. All that matters is the quality of the conversation, which is first class as always. Sky F1 have nailed the people who are involved 👍
Martin Brundle is the only person I want to listen to talk F1, ever.
All the former f1 drivers , Ant, Karun, Martin, Damon, Johnny and non f1 but Billy Monger too
Brundle is a legend but I recommend searching for RocketPoweredMohawk
He is to much biased to me
Really? You will change your mind after digesting the excellent analysis by the F1XED channel.
I love Ant Davidson and Karun tbh
here because brundle is part of
Understandable. Have a great day
Lazenby is growing into it tbf a million miles better than when he startedb
Sky budget cap - "stick them on some canteen chairs in the lift well, that'll do it" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
No way there’s anything but a solid brick wall behind those double doors! 😅
I can listen to Martin all day
I don't thing that was a but
I love Martin Brundle
I love him, I couldn't watch an F1 event without his commentary, particularly because of his technical insights, but in the last few years, he's just been saying the same technical insights over and over and over again. Like that line about "10,000 combined horsepower at the race start", or when it's raining, that the drivers other senses (other than eyesight) get amplified, that they listen to the car in front to know when to brake, etc..I can almost predict what he's going to say. I still prefer his commentary to most others, but I think I'm starting to like Jolyan Palmer's commentary more, he's out-Brundling Martin Brundle now.
Thank goodness for Brundle. What a pro
Give Martin more content, the man a lot of the time speaks so much sense! Just says what he sees
How about Carlos in Mercedes? Nobody seems to think of it as a valid option
@@sbeer He'll have to choose between them and Audi I'd imagine, its about which he thinks is the best long term option, its a nice problem to have.
Sky Sports F1 is nothing without Martin Brundle.
Have a feeling this year is only going to get crazier with driver transfer/moves this year.
2026 looks like an absolute belter
Hopefully
well something has got to make watching F1 worthwhile. F1 is just SO SO boring.
Analyze Brundle analyze. I love the way you analyze ✅
Martin Brundle is literally the definition of a living icon. He’s a national gem and has so much knowledge and understand of his sport! ❤
fans are 100% not being listened to - i would love 12 teams on the grid and F1 needs that
Brundles voice is just GOLD
It should really only be Martin Brundle.
I've been watching F1 for over 40 years now and Martin Bundle is the only commentator other than Murray Walker that I really care/d to listen to, Ted Kravitz brings both love of the sport and commentary a bit like Murray Walker did but not as visceral, though Murray had a V8, V10, V12 soundtrack to back him up.
R.I.P Murray, he'd have turned 100 a few months back.
Love it when Simon mentions pushrods / pullrods as if they're technical enough to understand the impact 😅🤣
Don't think it'll affect a driver's decision to move teams or not
23:12 Is there anyone who knows what the parque fermé rules are going to be?
Good to hear Martin having the same question
If they learnt anything from last year, hopefully after the sprint race, I guess at the beginning of main qualifying, as per usual.. But I'd love to see it opened up again like the old days, where you could change it up to the start of the race.. Why not? 🤔
From another source - it seems the change in sprint arrangement to allow changes prior to main race - so, fingers-crossed, it's not a repeat on Sunday to that of Saturday's spring.
Sprint shootout should become a sort of competitive practice session where the teams at the end who are at the top make up the grid make up the spirit grid with the last 3o mins of that practice are when the teams at whatever point they want can do their competitive lap
Id like to start a petition that Sky Sports start paying Matt Baker more. Poor guy cant afford a clean pair of sneakers.
I guess he needs someone to help him choose his outfit. You would wear this to cleanup your garage or something like that and afterwards throw it in the bin.
Martin and bernie are the ony real reporter's with knowledge and insight, the rest are just mouthpieces with no real knowledge and just trying to start more bs rumors . How lazenby keeps his job is a wonder of the modern world, 2nd rate actor, 3rd rate reporter.
FANS AREN'T BEING LISTENED TO! WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE STREET TRACKS. WE. HAVE. ENOUGH.
Used to enjoy listening to Martin Brundle giving feedback on the side of the track...his comments are so spot on. No idea who the guy 2nd from left is, but he seems to have something against Charles - the jealousy is so obvious. Beat it. He's quick, and you can't take it.
the problem about the competitive argument regarding Andretti, is that Hass and Williams aren't competitive so how come they are being allowed to stay! It doesn't make sense to me how they can say a prospective team isn't competitive but just on paper!
Martin Brundle is such a goat announcer, @skysportsF1 & the @F1media need to put him as head announcer! Along side Ted Crofty!
I can’t stand Joylar talking! 😩
Energise Merc? 😂😂 haven’t seen Toto this deflated since 2021. He knew he f’d up not giving SLH a longer contract. Part of the reason why was that SLH would be in his 40’s so to now offer Alonso a seat at Merc is laughable. And, sloppy Sky Sports again spouting that SLH left his contract prematurely and misleading the viewers. After long, drawn-out negotiations, SLH was offered a one year contract with an option of another year. He decided not to take up that option. Really not hard to understand.
Hamilton has never built a team. Mercedes were set up by Brawn and Schumacher. Given the language and unique environment at Ferrari there is a good chance he will be a fish out of water. Management trying to indoctrinate the staff to bend its ways to a short term driver could/will foment resentment. As Martin said Lewis will need to embed himself there, not the other way around. That is not his makeup.
Schumacher had nothing to do with Mercedes success lol
@@ericrossoniif you have a braincell you would know what he meant.
@@ericrossonilet me guess you started watching F1 in 2021. If you look back at history it was Schumacher that helped Brawn turn that team into the team Mercedes became. Hamilton benefitted a lot from the groundwork Schumacher and Ross Brawn did to create a winning team.
You must have a low IQ if you think most of these drivers with barley any high school or university experience built this cars @daveblock4061
@@gavinBsussexand all the years when brawn and msc left it was their ghost guiding the car... 😆😆😆😆
I don't think the sprint race has added anything to F1. All it has done is given the already strong teams more opportunities to amass points and further pull themselves away from the less well performing teams. I think the sprint race should only involve the drivers who are placed from 11th to 20th in the Championship standings. This would allow them to potentially gain some much needed points that they probably wouldn't get in the race proper.
The timing of the Lewis news was Ferrari value genius …
Andretti/GM deserve to be 11th team
They should just buy hass
Friday-Practice 1
Friday-Practice 2
Saturday- Qualifing
Saturday-Sprint Race (Reverse Qualifying Grid)
Sunday-Race(Normal Qualifying Grid)
Please make this the Format for sprint weekends
😂😂
I was thinking this was a race podcast. This is just a Merc and Hamilton channel.
Because Lewis if f1
Oh, boohoo, an English channel discusses the best ever English driver. 😂😂
then dotn show up nobody is forcing you ... maxtards love to whine
There hasn’t been a race yet this year 😂
So which 2024 race should they talk when testing hasn't even started? Maybe you should think a bit harder.
I don't think (unlike Sky L.H Fans club) SIR L. Hamilton is owed ANYTHING by M.B, they have mostly given him a great car & engine...… on the other hand I DO think Sly Sorts owe 90% of their status to Mr Brundle
Thanks for (1) putting this on UA-cam (2) allowing us in the US to watch it!
Sir Lewis is probably already deep into learning the language and highly looking forward to next year’s embedding - who wouldn’t? What an exciting new year for him, the tifosi and the Cavallino!
When I'm on autotrader I'm always looking for the cars with the back wheels on the front
Honda?
Woohoo we’re almost there guys!
Don't want him anywhere near Ferrari, too much baggage, terrible decision, hopefully Charles will annihilate him
I'm curious to see how he'll be received in Italy. I live in Italy and Charles is extremely popular among young and old fans. Lewis on the other hand is not popular at all so it'll be interesting to see what happens.
Charles ain't worried about Lewis! It will be the last two years of his F1 career, charles is the future for Ferrari. I was at Monza 2019 and Charles manged to keep Lewis behind for the entire race, and 4 years on, Charles got F1 and Ferrari figured out !
Charles won with an illegal engine at Monza. Sorry.
Charles has already been the face of Ferrari for years. He won't be the future of the team for _that_ much longer. Unless they start winning championships, which of course is unlikely because... Ferrari
10:37 I'd say Lewis owes Mercedes more than the other way around
Indeed, during his F1 career he has some good luck within switching the teams.
He never had a slow car. But before his dominance at Merc, his track record wasn't exactly bright: choked in 2007, barely beat Massa in 2008, choked in 2010, beaten by Button in 2011. Now he was matched by Rosberg in 2013. Lost from Rosberg 2016 and beaten by Russel in 2022. He was good in 2012, had a good rookie year, and that's it.
He actually never dominated a teammate (like Max does) apart from Kovalainen. Button and Rosberg all were close to him, and Bottas was close to him until he got relegated to number 1.
Mercedes probably won't be competitive till 2026 Lewis not getting any younger...
Whoever put Martin in the thumbnail 🙏
If they didn't nobody would watch
F1 would not be the same without Lord Martin Brundle.
Smart teams will use the sprint as a kind of FP2 for race simulations, collect data, then maybe retire from them to preserve the engine and other mechanical pieces to then have the right qualy and sunday race setup. I know I would.
There’s Peter Drury for the premier league and there’s Martin Brundle for F1
Lazenby does not have a clue
Thank you Simon for being absolutely honest! They owe him! 💯👍🏾
Many of the modern F1 analysts are great. But NONE of them hold a candle to James Hunt. He always said it as it was. Martin picked up with Murray after James departed but he could never replace James. Murray Walker and James Hunt will always be the greatest English speaking F1 commentary duo in history. And by quite some way too. Cheers from the Land Down Under.
Missed Martin Brundle
I just hope Hamiltons move is with a future thought toward WEC. Vettel and hamilton in a ferrari car at le-mans sounds tasty tbh
That was interesting. Everyone was very articulate. Lots of things brought up we don't hear much about with inseason commentary.
Cadillac and Andretti won't be competitive? Ridiculous. This provincial attitude is just a negotiating tactic. When andretti comes back they're coming back hard and they're going to make this happen. Count on it!
LeMans, WEC, IMSA, Indy Car (GM).
Based on what? Their recent f1 experience?
Those are nothing compared to F1
Great discussion
Lazenby should have stayed at the fried chicken shop, that's about his level...
Lewis.... nothing to loose, its just a personal goal to race for ferrari.
Mick should be the driver they sign. Even if it’s until Kimi is ready..
The comment about Lewis Hamilton being credited with giving Merc 8x world championships does make me wonder why Lewis suddenly stopped doing that in 2022? Shouldn't it be Merc being credited with giving LH the car to win 6 WDC? The 2022 and 2023 seasons are good examples to show that without a good car, LH can't win, not even a single race. For this reason Merc team has got every right to feel betrayed by Lewis for dumping them the moment the team struggles. I think 2024 is going to be one really awkward season for LH and Merc and in a situation like this, better to see what the team does instead of listening to what they say or claim. The best parting gift for LH is to have Merc beating Ferrari in 2024 even if they cant win the championship
“Lewis is a winning machine”
In that case I think it needs some maintenance. He lost to Rosberg, beat Bottas with a clean sheet and then lost to Russell, only to finally beat a non-Bottas teammate last season.
Bottas was specifically signed to prevent another Rosberg-Lewis episode. He wasn’t allowed to challenge Lewis, wasn’t suppose to race him.
So fundamentally Lewis lost two of his last three seasons against competitive teammates. If that’s a winning machine I would have it serviced thoroughly, some main parts are probably malfunctioning.
“A Bottas-crushing machine” is more accurate I think. That works when you look at the facts.
Lewis owes Mercades everything! as f1 proves again and again the best car wins irrespective of the driver
Spot on.
The 3 Stripes need a decent scrub.
Lazenby looks high as a kite
Ultimately it's a business yes but without fans it's nothing...
I think the sprint race idea is dumb. Trying to cram too much into one weekend.
Practice on Friday, Quali on Saturday. Race on Sunday. That's how it's always been and it should stay that way.
I couldn't care who Lewis drives for, at the end of the day, I do think he can drag the farrari team forwards as for maclaren I think they are the real deal to take on redbull
NETFLIX Drive to Survive trailer nailed it with Lewis and Toto...
Mercedes guaranteed Lewis would go to Ferrari when it offered a 1+1. It said to Lewis, "We're waiting for you to leave and want to keep our options open." A driver of that calibre knows they offer any team a lot of value, and the team with the deepest reserves of cash said "We want you." Toto did this to himself, basically.
1: turning down Andretti 🙄🙄🙄
2: Martin's comment about drivers claiming they don't care about the sprint races 😂 until they get passed ... Hell for leather!! 🎉
Yeah! And it needs to be mandatory if your on the grid to either speak to him or be polite on the grid walk. It's BS to cold shoulder Martin or be rude.
None of Matt Baker's clothes fit him 😂
Congratulations to Sky Sports F1 Podcast for recapping all off-season drama, before starting the first race in order to take them into consideration!!!
Lewis owes Mercedes not the other way round. British Media at its best.
What does he owe them... He's given them all their wdc in the modern period. He has transformed their brand.. Marketing, social media.. Social causes etc etc...
Gratitude for the cars they built for him. Rosberg gave them a WDC as well and without Lewis he would have given them also a few more than that. Of course Lewis drove brilliantly. And of course he was good for marketing. But at least it's 50:50. To say Mercedes owes Lewis is a typical statement by british media. @@jastallion45
RedBull is powered by Honda.
Why wouldnt they just called there name as Honda😅
Yes Mercedes does owe him a lot, but he also owes them. It isnt this one way streak Lazenby pretends it to be. If he wants to leave than there isnt much that they owe him, and we have seen so many times in other sports, ab "keyplayer" announcing a move this early could easly effect the season negatively. If he shows the team that he is giving his a;; than they will respond in kind, team/group dynamics are pretty much universal.
old mate doesn't have a better pair of shoes?
I can’t see how everyone would say that and ready is not going to be competitive when they win, and so many other racing series. I really think Liberty Media is making a huge mistake by not allowing them on the grid.
Wasn't Simon Lazenby in that James Bond film?
There are alot of talk about lewis V Charles.
Don't forget Monza 2019 people 👀
Mercedes should go with George and Mick for the season 2025...honest. Because George is not a rookie anymore it's his 3d season. More than 5 seasons in f1. It's time to be nummer one. Mick Schumacher can be a number 2 at a top team 🙂 Lewis Hamilton need to adjust fast at Ferrari. Brundle is on point. Learn the language fast and go all in. And try to bring some own people. 👍
Of course Sky F1 hate RBR
Andretti is a world famous racing name. General Motors (Cadillac) is a giant, world famous company. The F1 constructors have such "legendary" names as Stake, Visa something or other and Haas. Did those teams ever have one of their drivers win a World Championship? Mario Andretti won the Championship for Lotus. Michael Andretti's teams have entered and won in all sorts of racing, including winning the Indy 500. Quibble about what year Andretti should start in F1, OK. But, FOM/FOCA/FOwhatever should not belittle the Andrettis, General Motors or the value of an actual American team in Formula One. Haas is a Ferrari Junior team with non-American drivers whose cars were at one point painted as a Russian flag. What value do they bring? From this side of the pond, it looks like the size of the bribe Andretti was required to pay just wasn't enough for the existing teams. And, it seems to us "colonists" that Americans are just not welcome.
The new format for the sprint is more chronological but the pleasure before with a exciting event every day of the weekend, something to get excited about or talked about, is gone which to me is a downside, surprisingly to me noone talks about. I'm a purist and reversed grid was a no go to me until a friend came up with: qualifying and race as ever for the purists. No qualifying for the sprint but reversed grid for the sprint based on championship standings. For sure radical, but would save a meaningless sprint qualifying, keep a straight forward qualifying and race for the purists and would for sure make for exciting sprint race. Possibly something to talk about.
martin is right, audi purchased sauber and andretti choosed the hardest path to join f1. gene haas don't give a care of its f1's team. i'm surprise no investissor sent him a proposal.
They told us to appreciate last season more even if Redbull won all but 1 race. Now they’re telling us Hamilton to Ferrari is the best news for the sport after a boring season. Which is it?
Seems like they were saying it seemed boring that there were no driver changes, and most of the key drivers seemed to be staying where they are long term.
I've always said that Lewis would end his career at ferrari so i wasn't surprised by the move and I think Ferrari have or are getting rid of the wrong driver Sainz is a better driver than Leclerc and would have out scored him last year if it wasn't for that drain cover + Sainz would have out pointed Verstappen when they were team mates at torro rosso it was only reliability problems which let him down and caused max to score more points. Sainz is massively underrated if you ask me, I put him up there with Norris
They should go for Antonelli, if not put Ocon in the Merc seat for a year - he's still got ties to Mercedes.
23:54 - they should never have put restrictions in parc ferme post 2002.
😂 No chance there putting a rookie straight in the MB
No chance ocon is getting the merc seat either
One of our biggest concerns this upcoming 2024 Season is the FIA. I wish they would relax their grip during the year. Even just a little! 🏁
Signing pre season isn't that unusual. Daniel did it with his McLaren move.
If/when Horner goes from Red Bull I'd love for Guenther to take over his role.
GP qualifying after the sprint race? That seems awkward. I liked the 2023 format. Sprint Saturday was awesome.
Some awesome commentary here!!!
Why would you not wait until all the cars were revealed to do this recording? It would've been so much more interesting/juicy to talk about if they'd seen the redbull..
I’m not sure Merc will go for Alonso. Lewis left because Merc only wanted to give him a one year contract. They only gave him a 1+1 as a compromise to keep him for ‘24. Kimi seems to be who they want long term and are afraid to lose him. Alonso doesn’t just want a one year contract. He’ll want the option to stay for as long as he is still performing at the top level he is now. If they didn’t want Lewis for a few more years, regardless of current performance and stature in the sport, I’m not sure they’ll want Fernando. That is unless they’ve learned their lesson.
Mercedes are spoilt for choice.
Toto Wolff will go for whomsover is cost effective.
That means it'll cost too much to buy out Alonso.
The 'German option' with Vettel, Schumacher, Hulkenberg, (even Rosberg) would please Daimler Benz main board of directors best of all.
@@sam.victor470 nothing to buy Alonso out of. His contract with AM ends this year. It was only 2 years.
And we should still believe that Lewis and his camp didn't reach out to Red Bull.......
Rachel does talk alot of rubbish
F1 has 3 races in the USA, stupid to exclude Andretti Cadillac
F1 has god know how many races in Europe its stupid not to add lambo or porsch they'd add more to the table than Andretti
@@andrewbragg504 point taken, Audi is coming in... But do those teams really need to or want to?
@@shaunelsdon7963 it wouldn't surprise me if they all wanted to but like I said they bring more to the table than Andretti he's done nothing for the sport since he retired
@@andrewbragg504 where does Lambo race anywhere though, Le Mans?
@@andrewbragg504 Porsche are technically there with Audi, so I am sure they are adding tech advice
You've chosen to record this in the most awkward awful setting possible lol. You want to know how you get the best conversations? By making people feel comfortable. You want to know how to tell if people are generally uncomfortable? You look at the way they're sitting. Throughout this entire episode every single one of these 4 has been sitting in a way that I would call 'Closed off' or guarded. If you'd ask them about this setting, and they were honest, they would all admit that this sucks. Is this the best you can do Sky Sports? Put some respect on these people.
Any one that found the sprint weekend format confusing needs to go back and redo primary school
Where bloody hell are they? Looks very professional!..😂
Mick Schumacher
Yes, let’s go 🙌🙌 Finally, let’s watch them together! Full focus on the Bahrain tests, team! ❤🇮🇹 Forza C² ❤❤💪🏽💪🏽 💚🤍❤ Forza Ferrari! 💚🤍❤
Sprint races are a very expensive, boring addition to the F1 calendar that compromises race day setup & detracts from the essence of why F1 is the pinnacle of motor sport.
Andretti was dissed very simple and also American fans plus gm very importantantly the fia
Is this podcast filmed in a fire-escape sitting on Lidl chairs?
Maybe but the question should be why do you care? I don’t care where they are or what chairs they’re sitting on. All that matters is the quality of the conversation, which is first class as always. Sky F1 have nailed the people who are involved 👍
But it works though. For reasons you listed