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French GP Review: Red Bull knock Merc off-balance

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4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Merci beaucoup, Paul Ricard! Damon, TC and Pinks re-live a thrilling French Grand Prix and marvel at Red Bull’s winning strategy. Damon gives his take on Valtteri Bottas’ radio fury, Max Verstappen’s Turn 1 wobble and Mercedes’ chassis swap. The gang also discuss a great weekend for McLaren and try and get to the bottom of Ferrari’s tyre woes.  With two races in Austria coming up, the team debate whether Red Bull or Mercedes are the favourites. Plus, why Pinks wants to swap lives with Yuki Tsunoda, DH compares himself to a Hollywood A-lister F1 and the trio answer your questions on dream Grand Prix locations and driver contracts in Ask Damon.
 
If you’d like to put your question to The Champ, record a voice note and email it to askdamonhill@gmail.com
 

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0:00.0

Have you ever tried to watch a Grand Prix while surrounded by 25-year-olds?

0:06.5

I don't mean people who are 25 years old, I mean 20 times, five-year-olds.

0:11.9

Well, how'd it go?

0:14.2

Hard.

0:15.2

Pretty hard, pretty hard.

0:17.2

Yeah, it was my daughter Willow's fifth birthday and it finished at two o'clock as the race started

0:22.6

and you should have seen me ushering these kids out of the soft play area.

0:26.8

I haven't tried that now, but I did have a phone call to congratulate and we all wish me

0:31.7

well on Father's Day at about the start time of the race. So I had to put the race on pause.

0:37.2

So I'm now 10 minutes by, time I finished speaking to my children, I missed the start and I had to catch

0:42.0

up. So it was a race to catch up with the race if you see what I mean. But anyway, that was lovely of

0:46.7

them. But a race it was though, wasn't it brilliant? Oh, amazing, amazing. And who knew we were going to

0:53.5

say that about a French Grand Prix? Pinks, you're sounding really enthused, it's great to have

0:58.0

you back. Oh, it's great to be back. I think you should kick it off. Well, hello ladies and

1:03.4

gentlemen, welcome to this week's F1 Nation podcast where I'm joined by Tom Gucksett and David Hell.

1:11.8

Now, you're both.

1:17.8

The staffen goes off the track and that gives the lead to Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton comes out,

1:23.4

is he ahead of Max Verstappen? No, he is not. Max Verstappen pulls the undercut on Lewis Hamilton.

1:29.2

Fox and pick and fill up, please Max. Right now, this swings around. It is a two-stop race as far

1:34.9

as Max Verstappen and Rebel are concerned. And now Max has got some work to do. Max Verstappen

1:40.9

goes past Lewis Hamilton. He sees the checkered flag and he wins the French Grand Prix.

1:47.8

Completely wrong, of course, in my prediction of the French Grand Prix, I did warn everyone

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