HILL & HERBERT: Is F1 2026's Mario Kart style racing any good?
The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Media Ltd
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Damon Hill and Johnny Herbert return to discuss a polarising pair of races to kick-start the 2026 season. Some have controversially compared the racing to Mario Kart - but is that a fair comparison, and is it actually a good thing? Our grand prix winners discuss what they've liked and disliked about the new rules, debate whether F1 should exist more to thrill the drivers or entertain fans, and share their stand-out drivers of the season so far.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:04.3 | Coming up on this episode of Stay on Track, I want to get wowed by the drivers. |
| 0:09.3 | I think the people that watch it, who are sitting there on that grandstand at turn 9 and 10, |
| 0:13.4 | want to be wowed by the drivers and wound by the speed that those cars go through that corner. |
| 0:17.6 | They're slowing down before they get there, which is freaky, and it's sort of disappointing. |
| 0:22.8 | Even if we were having a race together in 10th position, we would be happy that we'd |
| 0:28.7 | had a bit of a ding-dong on the track. |
| 0:30.1 | We need to keep people entertained for an hour and half to two hours watching a race. |
| 0:36.0 | And if nothing happens in that, then they're going to walk away. |
| 0:39.9 | Your brain says, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, this is far. |
| 0:42.5 | This is too good. |
| 0:43.0 | This is mad. |
| 0:43.6 | This is mad. |
| 0:44.5 | Yeah, it's a bit like a night out, isn't it? |
| 0:46.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:46.4 | It's a bit like, oh, what the hell? |
| 0:47.9 | And then you pay the first race. |
| 1:02.9 | Or heard from us. |
| 1:03.9 | Some people aren't watching. |
| 1:05.8 | Some people aren't listening at all. |
| 1:08.8 | All watching. |
| 1:09.7 | Moriborily, yes, exactly. |
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