Cool overtakes, flaming engines and a squealing child: yes, the Spanish Grand Prix had it all. Cheeka, Phill and Terry review the best race of the season so far, in the State Of F1 we consider if F1 should have the NASCAR model of open scrutiny and we launch the greatest competition EVER.
It had been a decent start to the Formula 1 season – but things found a whole new level in Spain.
We had teary Thomas meeting his hero Kimi Raikkonen; it’s probably his reputation for liking ice-cream. Then there were the epic battles on track: Sebastien Vettel and Valtteri Bottas, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and that last chicane.
Edition 164 of The NR F1 Podcast reviews round 5 of the 2017 F1 championship, as the Spanish Grand Prix in Catalunya is lit up by Pascal Wehrlein, Esteban Ocon, Fernando Alonso and a Lewis Hamilton so hungry, he couldn’t even tell his race engineers to leave him to it.
The crew also dish out their Of The Weekend awards – with no shortage of candidates.
And if you like a bit of hindsight with your F1, then take in the pod’s Spain preview: https://audioboom.com/posts/5908301
Predictions: https://audioboom.com/posts/5911006
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It had been a decent start to the Formula 1 season – but things found a whole new level in Spain.
We had teary Thomas meeting his hero Kimi Raikkonen; it’s probably his reputation for liking ice-cream. Then there were the epic battles on track: Sebastien Vettel and Valtteri Bottas, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and that last chicane.
Edition 164 of The NR F1 Podcast reviews round 5 of the 2017 F1 championship, as the Spanish Grand Prix in Catalunya is lit up by Pascal Wehrlein, Esteban Ocon, Fernando Alonso and a Lewis Hamilton so hungry, he couldn’t even tell his race engineers to leave him to it.
The crew also dish out their Of The Weekend awards – with no shortage of candidates.
And if you like a bit of hindsight with your F1, then take in the pod’s Spain preview: https://audioboom.com/posts/5908301
Predictions: https://audioboom.com/posts/5911006
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The British county of Norfolk is where the iconic success of Team Lotus was cultivated, where Ayrton Senna, Martin Brundle, Mark Webber and more honed their race craft – and home to The NR F1 Podcast.
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Karun Chandhok’s latest post-race insight – the big Barcelona updates, how Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes combined to deny Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari, and why this is shaping up to be the best F1 season for years.
Published by Christine Blachford
Sebastian Vettel snatched the lead of the race from polesitter Lewis Hamilton off the line, as the Spanish Grand Prix got underway. Behind them, Valtteri Bottas nudged Kimi Räikkönen who had a hard impact with Max Verstappen, knocking both drivers out of the race. With tyre strategy the main area to make gains or losses, Bottas remained out the longest of the front runners and managed to hold up Vettel, but things still looked like they were going Ferrari’s way.
That is until Stoffel Vandoorne beached his McLaren in the gravel after contact with Felipe Massa. The virtual safety car was deployed and Hamilton essentially got a free pit stop. When Vettel’s next stop came he rejoined side by side with the Mercedes, kept the position but some tense laps followed. Hamilton made it past, took the lead and never looked back. Vettel stayed second, with Daniel Ricciardo a distant and lonesome third.
The only other retirement of the day was Bottas, whose engine was smoking as he pulled to a halt off track. Pascal Wehrlein finished in the top ten to bring home Sauber’s first points of the season, whilst Force India finished fourth and fifth to consolidate their fourth place in the championship.
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