Reaction to Chinese GP qualifying
P1 with Matt and Tommy
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4.9 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Some car issues at Mercedes made for the most interesting qualifying of the season so far - but could Red Bull's struggles influence Max Verstappen into an earlier departure from F1?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 podcast with Matt and Tommy. |
| 0:10.0 | Thick and fast, another session done and dusted, qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix. |
| 0:15.4 | We have our result and we have, I would say, a finely poised race for tomorrow. I am rather excited for it. I'll be |
| 0:24.3 | completely honest. And I would say of the three qualifying sessions, of course, including the |
| 0:28.9 | sprint qualifying, that was the best qualifying we've had, and that's because of George Russell's |
| 0:34.5 | car. Thank you, George. How you feeling, Tommy? I'm feeling good. |
| 0:38.2 | I think all the complaints about qualifying were justified. |
| 0:42.3 | It was very confusing and different and not what we liked, but it's clear to see that |
| 0:48.3 | everything is a bit better here. |
| 0:51.1 | And I think as well, like, it just proves that what we want to see more than anything is competition at the front. |
| 0:58.1 | And when we saw, you know, Q3, where it looked like it was going to be close between quite a few drivers, felt a bit more like the qualifying of old, didn't it? |
| 1:06.2 | When you're actually seeing people going for pole position and it's close, |
| 1:11.1 | which at the end of the day, that's what we will want as Formula One fans. |
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