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Hello and a very warm welcome to the late breaking F1 podcast presented by Sam Sage and me, Ben Hocking, today reviewing the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix won by Oscar Piastri taking his third race win of the season and the first win this season that hasn't been won from Paul. Max Verstappen in second place and Charles Lecler rounding out the podium. Ferrari's

first podium of the season, excluding any sprint races. How'd you find that one, mate?

A bit of a mixed bag, actually, you know. There were some thrilling battles, some thrilling chases. We did also have some lulls in the race where there was some kind of two second gap, two second gap, two second gap. Sounds like the start of a rap song that does. And then we had some quite clever strategy where some people running very long, where some decided to pick very early, and their initial safety car. There's a lot to talk about here. Some of it not positive. Some of it very positive. And also we get a little chance to rip apart the, uh, the stewarder gang for their ruling on penalty. So it's going to be a mixed bag in this podcast. Indeed. I'll be real. I'm going to be extremely positive. I didn't love that one.

I, so there were a lot of overtakes. And I think when we'll go back on this race in a few

years' time and we'll see the number of overtakes. We'll go, oh, that must have been an all right race.

So many of them were slam dunk strategy versus strategy over. There was very little two

drivers on track on the same strategy going for the same bit of circuit. So I can't say this one

was one of my favorites, but you're right. We have got plenty to discuss. Imagine watching your

favourite film, right? But you're not actually watching it. You stood outside the door and you can hear it

playing through the wall. Now, you know that you're kind of enjoying it and you're like, oh, this is,

this is all right. I know this bit. Really wish I could watch it though, because that'll make it really, really good. That's what this Fong race was like. It's like, it's all my bits of it that you're like, kind of enjoying it,

but it's not as good as sitting there

and actually watching it be fully decent.

So, yeah, some ups, some downs.

An interesting battle is... of enjoying it, but it's not as good as sitting there and actually watching it be fully decent.

So, yeah, some ups, some downs.

An interesting battle in the midfield that we'll get to a little bit later on with Williams

versus the Racing Bulls team.

We've got Mercedes to discuss who finished this race in fifth and sixth.

Ferrari, as mentioned, getting their first podium in an actual race so far this season.

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