Japanese GP: Did F1 dodge a bullet with Bearman's crash?
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🗓️ 29 March 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli bagged his second consecutive victory in the Japanese Grand Prix. But was McLaren's Oscar Piastri robbed by the intervention of the safety car, and how serious are the implications of the Ollie Bearman/Franco Colapinto crash that proved to be the big talking point at Suzuka?
Edd Straw is joined, from Suzuka, by Jon Noble and Scott Mitchell-Malm to discuss those questions and all of the important storylines from Japan.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | The Races |
| 0:02.7 | The Races on, and Kimi Antinelli bagged his second consecutive victory in the Japanese Grand Prix, |
| 0:17.3 | but was Oscar Piastri robbed by the intervention of the safety car |
| 0:20.2 | and how serious are the implications of the Olli-B Baerman Franco Colopinto crash that proved to be the big talking point at Suzuki? I'm Edgshaw and joining me from Japan, as Scott Mitchell Mound and John Noble. Well, John, we'll start with you. We've got to start this podcast in the middle of the race, lap 21 to be precise, when |
| 0:38.2 | Olly Beerman lost it at 308 kilometres per hour, hit the wall hard at Spoon Curve while trying |
| 0:42.9 | to pass Franco Colopinto, thankfully just a bruised knee, but did F1 dodge a bullet here? |
| 0:47.8 | It's been the accident that many feared were coming. You know, a lot of safety focus pre-season, safety concerns. The starts |
| 0:56.3 | had taken priority that altered the start procedure. We've had that into the season. They |
| 1:02.0 | didn't do anything about this speed differential between cars, the potential for it. We hadn't |
| 1:08.8 | had, we had some near misses and moments that looked quite scary, |
| 1:14.7 | but we hadn't had the kind of incident we had today. |
| 1:19.0 | I think we did dodge a bullet. |
| 1:21.4 | I'm not sure any of the listeners would have seen. |
| 1:24.2 | There was a huge portion today. |
| 1:26.3 | Car went over the barriers. |
| 1:27.4 | Suzuki's not a place |
| 1:28.2 | where there are small accidents out the back of the circuit. It spoons a very, very quick corner. |
| 1:36.6 | If Oli had gone into the back of Franco and launched into the air, it would have been a, you know, |
| 1:42.2 | tremendous crash at 300 kilometres an hour. |
| 1:46.4 | So this is something as A.L. Kamatsu told us tonight in the paddock when we spoke to him. |
| 1:51.1 | This is something that can't be ignored. |
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