Safety Car Controversy and Conclusion

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Whole Foods Market. Make your summer sizzle Five live, Formula one Hello and welcome to your Cckered Flag podcast and we've got a special edition of the show for you because we're recording it in the pop up hotel right in the middle of Silverston Circuit. And as I look out from the hotel, I can see helicopters landing and taking off, taking some of the VIPs home, I'm sure after a great day of racing, and we' still got lots of people out and about on the track as well, soaking up the atmosphere before perhaps heading home or back to their campsites I'm Ranna Tanan, and join me to look back on the British Grand Prix is the nineteen ninety six World Champion Damon Hill and our lead commentator at the BBC, Harry Benjamin. Harry, you were here earlier this morning. It's nice to see you fully closed because you were in the pool this morning. Yes, apologies to anyone who caught a glimpse of me topless earlier. I was indeed here with our dear friend Colin Murray on fiveive Live, who thought it would be a great idea get me in the pool doing my morning lengths, followed by a hot tub as well. But the pool was quite nippy this morning too. So it woke me up, that's for sure. Did't see you there, Damon. I thought I saoy a shower in the campsite. was ye a little bit more discreet than you, Harry t I want the attention apparently. Well it's nice to see you both looking very smart to look back at the British Grand Prix and Daam, I think you're probably the busgiest man here this weekend. You've been here there and everywhere. That's the perils of being a British worldld Champion forul One or two F one drivers who might take issue with that. It's a big event, isn't it? therish Grandrix especially if you're a British driver, you're Lewis Hamils or Landon Norris George Russell or any one of the British drivers, is a full on event. It's exploded the I mean, I've been bumping into people on the way back and some of them I've met have never been to a Grand before and they just loved it The last people I spoke to came from Scotland, so they've got to go all the way back to Scotland. but they've had a fantastic weekend. It's not just a day And that's that's good for us. We like to we like to hear that. We like to hear the people of taking in everything to do with grand pre racing. And that it's an event it's a little bit like a Glastonby, I suppose, you know, that's sort of You know, weekend, four days or Is of White Festival kind of experience where you come and you take in everything And then we give you a fantastic Grand Prix and I think it was T a point, absolutely perfect. Yeah, what did you make of it? Because I feel like we had a little bit of everything. You guys were calling the shots in the commentary box. Harry, kept you on your toes. Well, yeah, I was expecting a sort of frantic opening first few laps like we got in the sprint and we got that again as well. and you saw the two Ferraris with that pincer move to get Kimmy Aonlli into turn one. obbviously at the time. we hadn't quite clocked that Lewis Hamilton had jumped the start at that stage, but let's not hold that against him. I enjoy the Grand Prix U until I wish we'd had the final lap shoot out. That would have been brilliant. Obviously, the safety car and we'll get into that and the debate around the logistics and the systems involved that Overall, I enjoyed it. We're getting lots of overtakes, we're getting strategy just of a different kind when it comes to that energy deployment. we're getting At the start of the season, it was just sort of racy between two teammates and that was a bit of a worry, but actually now it's interest team with're getting Mercedes versus Ferrari. Max Verstappen is always there willing to chuck the red bull up the inside midfield battle's really exciting as well. I mean, look at how brilliant those racing bulls are go with Liam Lawson and Arvid Limblad. There's a lot, David, I think to talk about Yeah, I we forget, of course it was a spprint weekend. So you know there were two races this weekend and two qualifying sessions. So it is quite full on and it's quite difficult to remember everything that happened. Lap by lap d. Yeah I I'm getting them muddled up. I'm thinking back to the starts and I'm going, wasas that the spprint st or was That was the main race event, but you know it's good because there is plenty to talk about. I think that it was I did hear not just ourselves. you know It's very difficult as a commentator to explain to people watching whether or not this overtake was because they got a flat battery or they'd run out of deployment. So we need to work on that. It's very difficult to get that information. And I've heard other commentators complaining that that might be something we need to help people understand because we don't. We're looking and we're going to go, whyy is that car going slowly? So this is a new aspect to these new regulations is quite complicated, massively complicated. And as the weekend goes on, And as the cars run on the circuit, even during the race, they are adjusting the way that The batteries and the cars deploy their energy so it's never the same one lap to the next But we saw some good battles today, I think we'll all agree. Let's talk about our race winner then, because I don't know about you, but I did not have Charles Clc's card marked coming into this weekend. And I don't think he thought he was a favorite. He was playing down his chances, saying that better days were coming, but it was definitely not this weekend. and he didn't think the circuit would be favorable to quote him to their car. And yet here we are, he's the Grand Prix winner and he hasn't stood on the top step of a podium since twenty twenty four. Is this a huge turning point, do you think for not just for Ferrari, but for Charle L leclc, Harry? I thought it might happen At the don't you give it that At the start of every race, I do, I write a little line on each driver just so I've got some stuff to say if they're going to win. And I just thought from what we've seen this year, Okay I didn't really think Lele would win. but he was second. so you can't rule him out. But just from what we've seen so far this year chaos and sporadic racing that we've had, releliability has been a huge factor this year more than it has been in you know pretty much a decade you can never rule out somebody for a win if you're starting within the top five. I think for Charlacla I was actually really pleased to see him win. I thought he actually deserved it. It has been a long time coming. You can't fault anything he did on Sunday. It was a superb drive think if The gods hadn't gone against Kimmy Antonlli, Antoni would have reeled them in and would have overtaken him. The Mercedes is the all around stronger competitive package, but that should not take away anything from what Charlleacler did today nailed the start, managed the race pace in the first and second stint, Ferrari nailed the pit stops and then Sometimes you've got to have the rubber of the green in Formula one and it went Lecerair's way. I think it's huge relief for Chharl, isn't it, Damon? And for him, do you start to question yourself? Do you think he's been questioning his ability over all this time since his last win? Yeah, can you imagine being beaten by someone who's forty one years old forty two years old? I can't remember how Louis or forty one for one. Yeah, and you're the young kid and it's your team, you've been there for forever And suddenly this guy turns on stops putting in victories and stuff. Yeah, it can be quite demoralizing, but he worked hard. He said it himself. He went away and he's worked really hard and he's really pleased that he's found what he needed to. There is always something you can find as a driver now with the data you have and the team that you have behind you to help you find that little edge and it's only a little edge. you know, we're only talking about tiny fractions here and there now But what was his odds, Harry, if you claim that you were going to pick him I wish you told the odds that Charles Leclerc was I don't I don't have those official I think they have to be close to At least twenty to one I mean you can't. you can't rule him out. but could ten to one. I mean he was right out there. He was not he was not a favourite to win this race. I think what's also in the build upp to this race in the build up to the last few races, you've seen Lecler really have this sort of inner crisis, I think at Ferrari, having just signed this contract extension to stay with the team until the end of time, but it's out of it. then suddenly being able to deliver what he wants to. and as David's been saying with Lewis Hamilton, now starting to come alive and really running on running on gas now. but Having changed his brakes, trying to copy what Lewis is doing maybe worked a bit for him. It sounds like from speaking to him because the weekend that he's had this sort of philosophical change within him and has decided, well, if I'm really going to get on top of this, I need to adapt And perhaps that's what we've seen come to fruition this weekend. Well let's hear from Charlac Clc, our race winner this weekend at the British Grand Prix. Well Charl, congratulations. I feel like I'm talking to a totally different driver compared to Thursday where you were telling us betteretter days are to come, but not this weekend, The circuit iss not favorraable to our car. So what has happened over the last few days? I don't have the answer. I think as a team we still have to analyse as much as we need to analyse when bad weekends happen unexpected bad weekends happen, we need analyize when unexpected good weekends happen. And I think this one is we were not sandbagging on Thursday coming here and saying to everyone we will struggle. We really thought we would struggle massively with those traits and that hasn't been the case as much as we thought. I think Mercedes was faster and eventually if Kimedian had the problem, I think it would have been very difficult to win the race today But we were much faster and much closer than what we thought That is very positive. but more than that, I think it's more the feelilling and the things I've changed in the car from Saturday morning to Saturday afternoon that allowed me to extract more from this car You told me about philosophical changes. so what Are you going to carry forward from this weekend in terms of how you go racing? and almost is this relief going to help you find more confidence in the car going forward? Oh, I'm going to keep everything from this weekend. I mean the setup you are just from one weekend to the other, but the things I've changed to fit my driving, these are things that you carry over tracks So so yeah, I I still have to confirm that was defeing on different tracks. So again I But my God, it feels really good. I mean, it's been a few races where I was scratching my head on why It wasn't clicking as I've been saying recently and I could do some very good laps like in Aust trying qualifying, but then over the course of the race, I was just struggling a lot And today everything came towards me so I'm very happy This is Chelsea Handler from Dear Chelsea. I'm going to be honest with you. I am online way more than I probably should be. And between me and everyone else at my house, we've got a zillion screens going on at any given moment. So when my internet slows down, it is a full crisis. That's why having fast, reliable internet that can keep up really matters and why you need optimum famously fast fiber Internet Optimum fiber blows flaky five G out of the water and keeps it cool with the fastest and most reliable speeds that don't slow when things heat up. And right now, they have the deal of the summer, just thirty dollars a month for five years. 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But this isn't just about the grid That same racing mindset, the obsession with engineering, the pursuit of perfection, lives in the Cadillac V series lineup giving you the chance to experience the precision and performance of the grid on the open road. Cadlac V series, Distinctive Luxury performance enngineered to thrill Discover the V sereries lineup at cadillac. com. That was Charl le Cer. your winner here at Silverston, Great relief for him and I think for the team to get a win on the board in twenty twenty six Do we think they can carry that form through into Belgium, into Hungary and through the summer break? Because it's always tricky if you don't know why you've been good or if you don't know why you're struggling? And I feel there is a little bit of uncertainty and unknown when it comes to their performance of late. Lewis did say he was surprised, didn't he? and I think everyone was surprised, that the whole issue of power deployment the size of the turbo on the on the Ferrari, but then they've been getting these upgrades as well. So they have been pushing And they also got benefits of upgrades from the Adu, you know A Aduo you know advanced development opportunities and things. And so you know, and and so they they've jumped on that and Toto was saying, you know, they must have known this was coming because they had them ready. the moment they were granted them went onto the on the power unit. So, you know, they've done very well to to up their game But even so, it was a surprise that they were competitive here. We thought very much that the Mercedes would Really crush everyone here And perhaps Mercedes would have crushed everyone, or at least one of the Mercedes being Kimmy Antinelli, our championship leader But reliability rearing its ugly head again, that's two out of the three last races that Kimy Aonelli hasn't been able to finish with reliability issues. But my goodness me, he was tenacious. wasasn't he this afternoon? withith a problem with the car, but so adamant continue, telling his race engineer Bono, no, I think I can do it. I think I can do it. Brought him into the pits twice. And ultimately Harry, tell us about the problem There was no big moment out on track that led to any sort of failure of the car components from what we saw. No, it ended up being a piece of the bodywork on the inside of his wheel, which on the front left, which had essentially broken and really affected the steering ability of that Mercedes which just came out of noe didn't see how he picked it up Whether he took a bit of curbing, a bit too aggressively at one of the corners. So they'll let us know I'm sure in the next few hours in the next few days.. But I think I don't know what you think, David, but that kind of as Ran was saying, that tenacity, that unwillingness to call it quits. when it sounded like Bono and Mercedes were ready to come and mate just bring it in a couple of times we're going to retire the car. We're going to retire the car And then he stays out again and he goes, Well, no, maybe I can get a point here. Maybe I can get a point and we've seen so often in Formula one how that just one point can clinch you a world title at the end of the year. Right now we're at a stage where we don't know how many races we've got definitively for this season He came into this weekend with a forty three point gap I think it's really telling. of his personality and his championship mentality that he displayed what he did today. Unfortunately, he didn't come away with any points and that gap is now out to twenty five points. But that to me, Damon is all the hallmarks of somebody who can challenge for a championship. Yeah, he would have impressed the team with what he did there today. He could have easily have gone this is no good. I can't can't use this is broken and come in, but he didn't. He went, No no, I think I can maybe make this way. It's like the black prince in the Holy Grail, isn't he? You know, he's had his leg cut off and he's still going, No, it's just a flesh wound. And then so he was relentless in his fight back and his determination. and he would get massive credit for that. But I would do there was a clip of the Mercedes people in Toto in the background there. and you could see what they were thinking. they were thinking He's got a car that could have a mechanical failure. He doesn't want to hurt himself and we don't want to put him at risk. So they're having to make a jgment call quite Quite a tricky situation for them. But the other factor was he was then being told by by Bono, you know, we're getting lots of track limits violations now because he's struggling to keep it on the track Antonlli's argument was, well, I can't help I'm not doing it on purpose But I also wonder, you know, because there is a flag if you are carrying damage. People black and orange when they're with an orange disc. that you if you have damage and it's deemed you've got unsafe car on track, you have to come in and fix it. So bit I'm actually a bit surprised reflecting on it that that didn't get called out. Y you don't want to say my car is broken. you declare it yourself, you're asking for it. exactly. I'm driving a dangerous car. And they didn'tugh didn' give him the flag. So maybe they were yeah, they were probably a bit uncertain. Anyway, yeah, it's best to keep quiet, isn't it Well, ultimately though, unfortunately for him, he comes out with zero points because the way he had a five second time penalty and with the safety car at the end, the gaps were so close us does just liven things up a bit more because now twenty five points between himself and Russell, that's only a race victory But George Russell, I'm sure, will leave Silverstone happppy that he's closed the gap, but he'll count himself lucky, I think, that the circumstances fell in the way they did. Do you think? Yes. Well, at one point, Damon and I was saying can George Russell catch a break because he was carving his way through the field. Yes, he got out qualified by his teammate. He hasn't quite had the edge. I was still predicting an anntonelli win regardless of what Russell was able to do. thenen he got the slow puncture which just seemed can he catch that break? No he know he couldn't had to come in for another pit stop. So In a weird sort of reversal, he was then given that kind of luck towards the end One thing that was quite telling was while I loved that battle with Louewis Hamilton and Max Verstnappen because that went on for quite a while. the three of the Mercedes Red Bull and Ferrari all battling. The checkered flag, George Russell again on the radio saying we've got to work on this straight line speed. I'm I'm down on I'm down on power And Toto Wolf then coming back on the radio and saying I think we're all right. I don't know that David that felt a bit pointed did a bit. Yeah. I think he wasn't going to let George put The idea in people's minds that the reason he's slower than Kimmy Antonlli is because there's some deficit. He might well have had a deficit at some point they were working on this weekend, but what Toto was saying there was there was nothing wrong with the car this time. George, you know and the pace the guy was setting the pace was Kimmy And this is the problem for George is that on this year's form. he doesn't have the sheer pace apart from race one, I think it was he hasn't shown that he's able to reel in Kimy in fact, most cases, Kimmy's able to reel him in And it seems like he's had the balance of bad luck, good luck, I think has now evened itself out of it. I don't think he can complain that he's where he is because of lots more bad luck than Kimmy's had. So I think now we're on a level playing field and the pace going forward is still the advantagees Kimmy. so George still needs to find something in himself be able to U Check mate Kimy, he just seems to be phenomenal. Even after the race, George was telling me in the media pen that there is an issue with his car, but I feel like he needs to just park that Get on and drive as we've heard Toto Wolf tell him, because otherwise it's going to haunt him in the coming wases. He needs to remove that from his mindset, surely Yeah. I mean, look, we don't definitively know that there isn't an issue is the other side of it. And if he seems convinced, then you sort of have to take him at face value on that respect and Mercedes are the works team. So if anyone can fix it, he's the best seat to be able to make that happen But I just think this is this will be a season that is quite probably defined by you know that reliability factor who's had more retirements, who's lost out points Antoni should have won today. He didn't come he came with zero points. Russell managed to bag eighteen. That's how it's going to work all the way to the end of the season. I think as we figure out this new generation of Formula One car So Until he starts saying, I think there's a crack in the chassis, which isually which is usually the red flag for a driver that they've run out of excuses now and I want a change of chassis We've got to kind of take them at face value because these are probably the most complicated Formula one cars I think we've ever seen in history. So If he is genuineally feeling like that and if it's reflected in the data, then that's a whole other story So that was George Russell's first podium here at Silverstone, and he was one of two Bits on the podium, the second being Sir Lewis Hamilton. It's been a mixed weekend for him, hasn't it? The highs of taking Sprint poole and then the lows of, as you mentioned earlier, Harry, a full start jumping the lights. Then we were wondering before we started the podcast whether he'd pick up another penalty for a yellow flag infringement That was just a reprimand this time around. but I feel like he wanted so much more and of course he'd want more here in front of his home crowd, Damon, where he's gone so well in the past nine wins and he was looking for that tenth today, wasn't he C can't win him all. cany? I mean you know, he's had a good run at it and but performances and some really exciting moves. I mean, I think what he showed today was he' every bit a racer and his courage is phenomenal to go attacking drivers around the outside going aroundound cops, especially as we saw what happened to Max Verstappen that time And he so, you know, he's he's a He's a formidable racing driver. It's in his bones. He can't do anything else. and it was brilliant to watch I feel like Ferrari did invert e commommerce the right thing by taking a bit of an attacking approach with bringing the drivers in to pit them under that safety car. Obviously, it ended up being the wrong decision. It sort of shows that Ferrari were up for trying to get the win with both cars today and make sure they were protected. And this is this is great. This is what we're seeing from Ferrari. I feel like we've seen a real shift in how they are approaching races now. They're bringing quite innovative developments in Formula onene. They have a history Ferrari starting seasons incredibly well then just falling away and not being able to keep up. I think we're starting to see that shift in almost culture maybe at the team, which I think is being brought by Lewis Hamilton now being a part of it shaping his own engineering team around him And in terms of the race, yeah I completely agree with what you said, but also I think Hamilton, I think he struggled a little bit with the ties in the first phase of the race and fell away from Charlle leclerc as they the Ferraris took one and two and just didn't quite have the same outright race pace as Lecler did. But overall it wasn't to be for a tenth Silverston victory, but I think he can still take a lot of heart from what he's seeing a Fy right down. They're the quickest in the corners. They just need a bit more grunt. And I think they won't be far off Yeah, it was an odd thing about the tire strategy because he was complaining about the tyres. He was saying I've got loads of understairs this have come in. I have a new set of tyres. and he went, no, no, they're fine. So that was a bit I don't know what happened there, but it was confusing for me. I didn't quite get what he was saying. They have been graining, haven't they? Maybe they cleared up as they often do. Yeah. But yeah, I mean it's great to see them there. I mean, they're quick in a straight line, but they just don't have the when it's a very fine margin between them and Mercedes now Redull had an issue. I think Max had an issue. so Wh where are McLaren? they they've they weren't really in the fight this weekend. So it's as far as Numbers of contenders. It does seem that it's going to be between Mercedes and Ferrari for a while anyway I think that was the thing wasn't it, Lladon Norr is knocking on the door of the podium, but not really legitimately because we lost Max Verstappen and we lost Kimmy Antonelli. Let's just touch on Max Verstappen's issue first That was a strange incident. The camera' cut to just a plume of dust. We weren't even sure who was in there, I think. But another failure for Max Verstappen with that rear wing not fully closing. and it's really, really getting to him, I think. Yeah, it was dangerously similar to qualifying in Austria, wasasn't it high speed right hand and it just seemed like that rear wing close fully and a bit of a failure on the rear end there because you don't ever expect to see Max Wdabpper make a kind of mistake like that and not in a corner like that either. ultimately put him out of the race, but ' really it's always fascinating watching Max Verstappen throughout a weekend because he's not been happy whatsoever. You can hear him on the team radio and as he got out of the car, I actually think he was quite relieved to leave it behind in the graroundvel, even though he was challenging for a podium position They have fundamental chassis issues. Even though they've been declared as the best engine in Formula One, I think there's a high amount of skepticism around that. They may well have the best internal combustion side, but maybe not quite the best on the battery and the electrical side. Either way he's not happy with the balance or ind did the output of that power train and Red Bull will to quickly fix that issue. He was so unhappy. he wanted to make changes overnight from yesterday into today and had asked the team to start from the pit lane actually, but they went against his request. So some frustration there for Max throughout Sunday and ultimately crashing out as you say, Harry in the gravel. So Lando Norris then, he's also said it's actually nothing to do with the engine. It's all the car. P four for him today. and I know he wanted more in front of of course his grandstand, he wanted to be able to look out from the podium and see all of those wonderful neon t shirts, all of the incredible fans supporting him, but they are some way off, aren't they? Yeah, there's a bit more work to do. I think that even than Redull in the hands of Max, you know, I think that they are probably the fourth best team now. So They do have some work to do. It's always very interesting to know How you get from where you are. you're nibbling at the heels of the guys in front and you only need a tiny bit more improvement And he could be in with you know in the hunt. But how you do that with these regulations? I think there's an awful lot of science that's going in an unknown and mysterious knowledge that they need to find to do with how the these power units are best deployed and how to use the deployment and the charging of the battery because theyve got the same unit power unit as Mercedes, but I think the Mercedes are holding a little bit of the secret information that makes those things work a bit better. Land and Norris got the most out of that McLaren today. It probably shouldn't have even been that high because of the retirements that happened. I wonder if McLaren, I think there's a few things going on here McLaren might well be paying the price for going so late with development at the end of last year to try and clinch the drivers and the team's title, which ultimately paid off pututting all that development so close to the end of last season might well have put them a little bit on the back burner coming into this season and on the back foot as a result. Then there is, as you say, Damon, the question around McLaren being a customer team. They don't have any say in what goes into that Mercedes power trarain Publicly, they're all playing nicey nicy, but I think behind the scenes, McLn are not happy with the level of communication between Mercedes high performance power trarains McLaren themselves when it's getting spec the latest spec engine, understanding the reliability of it and the various software systems that need to be integrated, they're not happy behind closed doors And landown is to tell our BBCF on correspondent Andrew Benson that he would have taken the pain of this year for the glory of L. So I feel like perhaps you know You have to balance these things out. He also told me at the end of the Grand Prix Lando Noris that if he'd had a couple of extra laps, he might have won the race today. It was a strange finish, wasn't it? We always like to see green flag racing while up to the Chequkered flag, but we finished behind a safety car. Damid, do you think we could have got the race going a little quicker? It was a shame there was an error with the safety car panel lights, wasn't it? Yeah, but I think once bititten twice shy, I think with what happened to Aber Dhabi in the safety car now that they really don't want to expose themselves to another. drama like that. So I don't know why they put up the safety car was coming in and then they say it's a software glitch. Well, I can tell you, Damon, this is what the FIA said. So they well the article in the regulations states that one lap must be completed following the unlapping procedure of those lpped cars This process was followed by Race operations. The safety cart in this lap message, the wheelspa was displayed erroneously due to a software error So that obviously confused all of us because we were ready for one final shootout. Here we go, Leclair and George Russell, Lewis Hamilton all in the fight and in the end it wasn't to be, which is disappointing I understand the the sort of the article in a way because you want to allow the lap runners up the road because otherwise it's going to cause carnage However, there's got to be a better way than that. And also, you know, a software error Really Did they call twenty twenty one a hardware error, maybe? I don't know. I just I saw I can't remember who said it, but I saw it just on my walk over here that Well, if what a Ferrari is suddenly saying that Louis Hamilton jumped the start of sorry, software error, hold our hands up Okay, fine. penalty or not that the FIA can get a penalty, but you know these things shouldn't shouldn't really be happening and that left the race with a bit wanting at the end. I don't want to take away from what was an overall enjoyable grand Prix, but Frustrating. to humans counter software