Is Carlos Sainz the most underrated driver in F1? 🌶 | Sky Sports F1 Podcast
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Sky Sports F1's Matt Baker looks back at the Australian Grand Prix with Matt Gallagher and former F1 strategist Bernie Collins, asking whether Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr is the most underrated driver on the grid.
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By the media? Yes. By teams? Maybe. By fans? We’ve known for years. Carlos is the real deal.
This is closer to the mark. Rather than being underrated, it’s more that he’s under-hyped. Whenever he’s discussed people say how good he is, they just mention others first.
@@rob-c.Slinding doors moment for Carlos? Hope so, he deserves more praise for his driving ability
@@allezlesrouges I’d say so - the choice he makes for 2025 could make or break his F1 career, whether he stays in F1 for 2025 or not.
I don’t know if he deserves more praise or not - I don’t look that closely at the numbers - but I’m sure the other teams know if he’s a good fit for them or not and that’s all that’s important regardless of how much or how little journalist talk about him.
Spot on
@@rob-c. Ricciardo’s career says it matters a lot what people say about you. Sponsors like him. The public likes him. You gotta give yourself the best chance.
Carlos is the big brain category of drivers with Alonso .. Just look at the way he managed Singapore to drag Norris behind him who he knew could not take him but used him to act as a buffer to the 2 Mercs behind Norris who were catching them .. brilliant racing brain ..
Just listen to the way he talks race strats to his pit team during a race .. hes more switched on than they are imo ..
Yes! Even in this race in Australia, he was the one who pushed to extend the first stint on the hards to build the advantage, and then had the tyre management skills to pull it off.
100% true you know that Saintz listens a lot to his father's experience. Also using Lando as the DRS buffer against other drivers is perfect, unless you are in a red bull. Max would never pull Perez along like that. However if Max did do that instead of blowing everyone away I think Perez would be getting a lot more 2nd place finishes but I know max is like " you gotta earn it" but lets see how max thinks 10 years from now when he is in a similar boat and not the #1 driver. I bet he would pull a nico and quit then because he would never want to be #2.
I don't think you can call any Ferrari driver "underrated." They're already rated pretty highly just being signed to that team.
and now take of ferray glasses..
Ummm.. Hamilton.
@@rumelahmed4539 I don't think you know what underrated is. The driver with the most championships in history is not underrated..
Yea first thought I had after seeing the video title
@wonderwu people dont like him cos hes black and always put him down. Apart from the British broadcasters
Matt can barely stop grinning. Happy for him, this is brilliant exposure. On Carlos: now that he's the only other winner in F1 besides Max in 18 months, everyone is on the bandwagon, but I remember a few years ago - all the comments from media and fans we questioning whether he's up to the task. If you're winning, most will praise you, if you're losing, most will call for your exit... but by now, Carlos knows better and will take every hit and miss in his stride.
I love Bernie, she is brilliant, good insights. Keep her in all podcasts.
He's always been underrated. Even after the DRS strategy in Singapore last year he still didn't get the respect he deserves.
To bad that real motorsport moments as Silverstone ‘22 overshooting corner when chased by Max and the same thing at Monza is the biggest tell you can get.
Id say he's properly rated.
He's very fast but not on the level of a Max, Lewis or Charles. It'd be very close with Fernando at this stage due to Fernando's age. He'd probably beat any other driver on the grid though, including George or Lando.
Whenever Charles is " on it" he's easily clear of Carlos.
Because he got beaten by Charles in every single weekend after that until the end of 23, so fairly rated i'd say.
The Ramadan is affecting your brain dude
@@mohammadhosainusofimotlagh6295
So your just gonna leave out the fact that he had to miss one of the races after that and took that BS penalty in Vegas or he would have been there right with Charles who he was beating until the last race of the season. Not trying to do a got ya but can’t stand when people try to make a point and don’t give all the facts.
Gallagher is a solid guest. He says it how he sees it. Mostly.
‘Mostly’ 😂. Matt would have Charles’ baby if he could 😂
Less obnoxious than on TH-cam, definitely solid.
I feel that the possible success of Carlos Saintz this year will haunt Ferrari signing Lewis in his seat in 2025.
Not really, Ferrari knows Lewis might never get back to his winning ways, but as a Brand Draw and an ambassador, he will do 100% more than Carlos ever would. Lewis draws sponsors we know that and so does Ferrari. Do you think HP would have signed a 27b deal with Ferrari if Lewis wasn't coming there. Not a chance. They know Lewis's Exposure will make them that back 10 fold
Carlos is doing what every driver on the grid does when they loose a seat.
He has to prove his value to a new team, so driving like a man on mission plain and simple!
Someone with brains. He is looking for a job.
Carlos should be staying at Ferrari, I think Leclerc is good but he chokes under pressure a lot we seen it many times. They should have kept saintz and then let LeClerc go. TBH the only reason Leclerc is staying is he is Monegasque and has money behind him. Otherwise he would be gone. Also he is fluent in Italian which is a big plus. If I was Lewis I would be learning Italian right now to step in there next year and be somewhat fluent.
Guenther was on the Australian coverage with Damon Hill. The pair were hilarious as Damon was apparently Guether's chauffeur for the weekend 😂
True
I don't know if I'm here more for Bernie or Matt with P1 😂. Love the content.
The funny thing is that it's the media's fault that he's underrated.
While Leclerc is faster over one lap, Sainz is a more complete driver. He's better at strategy, at race management, at working under pressure, and at avoiding unforced errors.
Yes, no, they shouldn't have to (but yes), no, no maybe (Vegas 2023 race start for an example of an unforced error of Sainz, they just don't seem to get equal coverage)
@@unnamedunbekannt1691 All humans make errors, some make more than others, like Leclerc.
I'm a Leclerc fan, totally rooting for Carlos this year to take the fight to Max.
However, I still hope that Charles soon gets a car that he's so comfortable with that he gains the Max-like confidence to iron out all his errors. Imagine that: Charles' talent showing up every weekend, every quali, every race! And when he has an off moment he just bounces back and doesn't whine too much about it! But this is just me hoping.
Right now Carlos seems like he could be more consistently in front this year.
Doesn’t Leclerc stack up better vs Sainz than Verstappen stacks up over Perez over the last 3 years?
LOL delusional...
normally they start the first 6 minutes with how good hamilton is and how brilliantly mercedes tackles the small problems, but now no word about the complete mercedes dnf debakel, a small brake problem from rb is treated in detail but not a word about mercedes problems and engine failures. are of course not allowed to talk negatively about their favorites.
Matt is always very unbiased. Even if he is a fan of CL. He is very honest about all the drivers, He has a very popular podcast >P1. With Tommy. who is a Max-fan
Matty P1! Awesome to see you on this podcast! Good stuff.
Tommy is suing for betrayal 🤣
Bernie needs to be at every race talking Tires and strategy. She is the most experienced in that area out of everyone.
You should invite LawVS to chat, dude has F1 encyclopaedia in his head, good takes too
Bernie is so informative great pod👍👍
Bernie is underused by Sky. She should be at every race. Her insight adds so much more depth than even former drivers can offer.
True Bernie should be using her talents for Ferrari Next season Lets go!
I guess the reason he is underrated is cause you have chosen your narration to be that he is underrated - dear sky f1. For me and many others he is well known as a future DWC material
Brundle has said multiple times he’s a fan of Sainz, especially his work ethic
This year might still be his best chance for the WDC, if Ferrari is close enough to Red Bull.
Unless he goes to Red Bull next year...
Thank you!! As an F1 fan from one of the colonies, I have to say thank you for this comment. I have no other option than British media for commentary and they are…..sensationalist, and luuuuuv creating narratives and running with them as FACT once the narrative is set in place. Following these events, it bleeds onto international, non-English speaking commentary as other media struggles to keep up with the ‘new reality’ which in fact was just invented by the Brits. This could be something as simple as a smear campaign meant to give one driver the appearance of being disliked, a ‘meh’ driver being talked up as being especially skilled when in reality the driver is just British, along with every other propaganda tactic under the sun.
‘Oh but British media is entitled to talk up their own drivers or pander to their own fans, all other countries do’….ok, this has a small kernel of validity….until one acknowledges the fact that the English language is the official language of F1 and the British media is the gold standard and isn’t just some regional commentary in Turkmenistan. They not only set the narrative and the tone of a race event such as a crash and whose fault it is, but most importantly, it is THEIR message being cast into half a BILLION listener’s homes from the totality of the population of the four colonies of the old empire.
I mean no hate from this is comment, just healthy criticism. I adore the Brits and love their passion, but anyone would be remiss in saying the obvious…even the British will sometimes admit that their commentary is biased. It will often even cross the line into propaganda. The British media also tends to perpetuate the stereotype that Brits are very passive aggressive and a little on the snobby side. And sure, if you want that kind of commentary, then go ahead and create a regional commentary, something apart from the internationally cast Sky/F1TV/BrundleCroft package.
Its WDC, not DWC
Excellent podcast with thoughtful questions and informed responses. Keep them coming.
Leclerc has always been portrait as the golden boy, the number one driver, but if you look at the stats its been pretty 50/50.
Leclerc might have some more raw talent when it comes to speed, Sainz is a more complete driver.
Where Leclerc buckles under pressure during a race, Sainz grabs the opportunity and gets it done.
But the stats have not been 50/50. LeClerc has been the faster driver and finished the seasons in the higher position than Carlos in a 2 of 3 seasons. Also, a couple of Carlos' wins were due to Ferrari messing up Charle's strategy, mechanical issue etc.. Carlos seems to be at the right place at the right time and makes the most of it, sometimes taking advantage of Ferrari strategy mistakes. But you don't make a decision on which driver to keep based on the times your team messed up the strategy, you want to keep the best driver period. Strategy errors need to be dealt with by fixing the issues with strategy. You dont say "I'll keep Carlos so when I mess up the strategy, he does better", no, you fix your strategy issues, and you keep the better driver, the driver's job is to race the car, not to make up for strategy deficiencies. Also, the only season that Carlos beat LeClerc was when Ferrari was having major stability issues with the car. So he just seems to beat LeClerc when something goes wrong, but under normal conditions, LeClerc is definitely the better and faster driver.
@@timoooo7320 Sure, bad strategy has hit Leclerc. Its also hit Sainz plenty of times. That was Ferrari messing up as a team as a whole. Its all part of racing. In the end, the results matter. Just look at how many points they both have had in the last 4 years. Seems pretty 50/50 to me. Yes, Leclerc is faster on one lap. He has more poles. He also locks up a lot of the time whenever he is in a battle for the win. He's done it with Lewis, Max, Perez.. He just seems to be unable to perform under pressure. When it matters. Sainz might be a bit slower, he is a more consistent type of driver and imo has better race craft then Leclerc. I don't consider Leclerc a bad driver, i just don't think hes on the same level as a Max, Lewis, Alonso. I'm not even sure Leclerc will ever win the championship. Same as Norris. They have the potential but somehow i just don't see it happen. Maybe once. He might be able to snag one up if everything falls together.
2023:
Leclerc - 206
Sainz - 200
2022:
Leclerc - 308
Sainz - 246
2021:
Sainz - 164.5
Leclerc - 159
2020:
Sainz - 105
Leclerc - 98
The addition of Bernie to the SKY F1 team was a great idea
I could sit and listen to Bernie talk about F1 for the rest of time lol. CARLOS TO MERCEDES!!!
I love Bernie she’s so technical and explains in such away you can understand
Trackside Marshals should have the power to instantly call VSCs in situations like what happened to Russell without having to pass it up any chain of command.
Matt appreciating that the rest of the world has to get up at crazy hours to watch f1 means so much.
Brilliant pod cast you guys are awesome😎🙏
I was on Melbourne time over the weekend and now I have virtual jet lag
I love that P1 Matt can't even think Leclerc could be the driver gone in the 44:00 question in the conversation. Matt, he ain't asking about Lewis Hamilton being on the team, he is asking if Leclerc is gone if Sainz pulls a 4+ wins over Leclerc this season.
Great podcast, awesome guests!
Bernie is such an excellent analyst. Love her insights.
Awesome line-up!
Thank you Bernie for saying Ferrari are 2nd guessing their decision on signing Lewis as no Podcast nor journalists would say that! 💯💪
No team is second guessing signing a driver who has 103 wins. No one but Max can match Hamilton's race pace, no one. If he has a good car, he will fight Max, and he's really the only driver who can still.
Carlos Sainz Jr.'s performance solidified his legacy in this race for shure. The focus, dedication is just incredibly inspiring!
I really rate Carlos as a complete and inteligent driver. He is a better driver than Charles but not quite as quick over one lap. I like how Matt said that Carlos matched Lando when they team mates. As Lando was a rookie at the time its a reverse compliment.
maybe the question should have been more clearer: if Carlos is not underrated, then how come he's the one without a contract (or how come Ferrari did replace him)?
Well... Ferrari replaced him with a 7-times world champion so...
I think they made a mistake, because Hamilton is way overrated, but...
Because Charles moves over or stays behind on command without much disdain.
@@p.informatico1320nobody denying Hamilton. I'm curious why Charles over Carlos?
It’s possible to be rated behind 2 other drivers, without being underrated
@@p.informatico1320hmmm overrated with 7 WDC and others must really be mushrooms to allow that to happen. You need to explain that with drivers like Alonso, Vettel, Kimi, Masa, JB, Rosberg driving then. Maybe they too were underrated. The only one to have partnered 3 WDC.
Ferrari really did a stinker by replacing him, when they had two solid drivers who are both potential world champions. Lewis is Lewis, but it is a big IF.
Money talks 🙄
@@JXLY7not really when they’re paying Lewis more than Sainz make it make sense
@@MalcolmTann0 Lewis will generate 100x what Sainz can. Money talks.
The only driver that can beat Max directly on the grid is Lewis and Charles if both of them have the right car. Carlos is a one time off winner. The only reason they're talking about him, is because of Lewis.
I feel like with Lewis retiring soon after Ferrari that gives way to bearman to come and replace him + Lewis has the skill and input to make ferrari world champions again but with sainz although he’s a good driver , Lewis would bring more to the team in terms of input and commercial value in a short time frame
Always love when Bernie is on the show coz she’s so knowledgeable, and has adorable smiles ❤
Bernie is always such a delight to listen to. It's also really excellent to see Sky embrace the P1 boys, as well as other creators in the new F1 space. Great episode!
I’ve said for a long long time that Carlos is underrated. His teammates have been world class, and he’s always there or there abouts.
His victory in Singapore (keeping Lando in DRS) was top drawer and so controlled too.
Charles has made quite a few errors along the way, so I don’t understand why he’s always considered the team leader.
It’s a bit of a pain that Lewis is in and Carlos is out, as Carlos deserved better (although I am really interested to see what Lewis can do in a Ferrari)
Right about now, I’m sure Lewis is feeling pretty happy (and lucky) to have got the drive over Carlos.
Hopefully Carlos will end up in the Red Bull and we can see how good Max actually is, because Checo isn’t in the same league as a top class driver, and never has been.
Lewis is a legend, one of the greatest, but I think his best days are behind him. I don't think he is going to be anything substantially better. Not sure what Ferrari were thinking, but I think it has got to do with selling more merchandise and seducing some top engineers away from Merc and RB by dangling Lewis in front of them. Who knows, really.
We‘ll see how good Max actually is? What sort of nonsense are some of you delusional clowns yapping here ? Max is one of the greatest drivers this sport has ever seen while Sainz is slightly above average at best. A 17 y/o infant Max with 0 experience nearly outscored that Spanish bum by 3 times the amount of points in 2015. Imagine believing that this guy has any chance against the current Max in equal machinery💀
Max will make him his bitch, just like he did with all of his previus teammates🙃
Been saying this for years that Carlos is a thinking driver and Charles is a listening/following driver.
Carlos’s style is that of an artist and Charles is engineer-ish. Charles can put things together for one time very efficiently. But Carlos is more WDC than Charles.
No real tifosi underestimated the smooth operator. The media/narrative does.
For the first time...Charles was derailed, noticeable unravelled by the fact Carlos was so competitive and how that put a spotlight on his performance in comparison.
Saturday races my new favorites❤
The issue with KMag in the previous race was he accrued pens which didnt punish him at all. He was holding up a few cars and could have accrued 10 hours worth of pens for other offences without consequence to help his team mate out .
Imo once you get your pens you really should have to take it within a couple of laps to serve your time. If that happened it would have been a different race for Nico ..
What I have learnt is that Alonso more than likely will not be going to the merc camp 😂😂😂
Alonso would never get along with a team mate that is competitive by nature he is confrontational. Having stroll as his team mate is a perfect choice because Fernando knows he is no challenge, so thats why he is staying at Aston. Even if they bring in another driver to replace stroll, if they are in the top 10 drivers in F1 Fernando would have made a move I am sure, Imagine Ocon going to his team he would be like HELL NO because he knows by definition Ocon was a lot like him when he was young, he would never take a team order to keep Fernando in front if they were in similar setup cars and racing for 1-2. So ya thats why he signed the deal he did. I would bet he has a no competition clause in his contract that no other driver can be #1 they would have to be his #2
@Flamestryke-TV sometimes I think that they should snap up Danny Ric if they don't take Yuki for the Honda thing
Ya I don't think Yuki will even get considered
Nice to see Matt, always watch the P1 stuff
This is great to know and savour the fact that we did not have to wait till Singapore to enjoy another team win an F1 GP! Hopefully, there will be more to come to not see us fall asleep, watching other RBR procession to transform F1 into a 'Funeral' of Formula 1.
Matt dodging the question wether Leclerc would have ben better to be dropped than Sainz was excellent
I thought podcasts were for free speech but seems like sky have a hold on these guys sometimes . Niomi is merc merc merc, martin and jenson is prob the only reasonable one who comment, prob y they don’t do many shows lol
Tbh signing hamilton in the 1st place is looking like 1 of the worst decisions ferrari have made.
And lets be honest that list is extremely long
@@bartman01021988Ferrari will be the most popular team in the history of the sport for the next three years and Lewis is the only driver who can beat Max. So you better get ready for it.
I was wondering if it was a dodge or Matt just misheard the question
@@JasperHayward Oh man, definitely a dodge. The host specifically mentioned Leclerc and Matt spun it into a Sainz-Hamilton debate 😆
Judging by the comments after Australia and tbh for longer he and George are the two most underrated on the grid.
Both aren’t elite
@@AbdulBinRahman You want to hold on with Carlos, fair enough. But for George it’s no longer debatable. He’s an elite driver. And if Carlos defeats Charles this year, so is he.
@@gameofender4463 George Russell lol isn’t an elite driver, he has won 1gp and made numerous mistake. He was also trounced last season by his ageing teammate!
Lmao not George. Norris, Piastri, Leclerc are all better than Russell
@@AbdulBinRahman lewis is the greatest of all time so almost everyone except maybe max would lose to him
I usually like Bernie's analysis, but her comment about banning braking early in a corner is a bad comment as it just adds more rules and prevents drivers from being able to be defensive in their driving if they are about to be overtaken, not allowing them to fight for their position. We don't want to see all the fights and passes to only be in DRS straights, it ruins the races and makes the races feel so forced and boring. There are enough rules, probably too many rules. Stop trying to add more as a reflex every time something happens.
Bernadette 🙌😍
Derogation of the rubber could make the 🔥 in the brake, if not rubber attachment to brake disc , what else could make fire?
Bernie's assessment of the Alonso/Russell incident was spot on!
The problem is not the corner and how tight it is, but the wall at the end of it, same as in Spa and eau rouge. Every car crashing there ends up in the middle of the track.
Tbf at Melbourne it is basically a street circuit
@@bartman01021988That is correct :) , but after that wall there seems to be just a park. I guess it could be rebuilt to make it more safe right? So the cars crashing there do not end up in the middle of the track :)
@@kelomanogranich6247 and then lose what makes the track appealing, which is its street circuit nature.
Sorry to say it Bernie... as much I adore your technical commentary but !..... We have seen faster Red Flags put out for cars into a barrier off the racing tarmac than what happened on the last lap of the Australian GP. The VSC was Absolute Lunacy and we were all just waiting for another incident as per the Spa 2019 F2 Race! Serious questions need to asked WHY this wasn't an IMMEADIATE RED FLAG!
Red flags don’t stop cars where they stand. They would still all be given the same speed. What saved Russell was the quick comms from Lance’s engineer. VSC/Red Flag would still have all the cars in exactly the same place at the same time.
@@markafcb the red flag would have placed more urgency in the minds of the drivers as their main thought would have been focused on minimizing time loss... Its NOT about stopping the cars and more about the URGENCY of safety for the individuals at risk. You don't need to look that far back to see races or track sessions that had a vehicle impeding the the track and immediate red flags have been waved. Race control are now so concerned with allowing the race to finish without stoppages, that once again safety is their second concern. Th FiA have questions that need answering and will yet again pat themselves on the back and conduct non transparent reviews behind closed doors.
Maybe I’m biased as a regular viewer of P1, but that Matt Gallagher fella is quite good
I think the number 1 thing they need to do with a lot of these tracks is bring back those huge gravel pits instead of those paved run off areas. Because this would stop a lot of those risky moves. Also I believe they need to bring back the V10/V8 non Hybrid engines with 100% sustainable fuels, making the cars the size of the 2010 cars (Not these big boats) that would make those tight turns a lot more race friendly because you can fit 2 into 1 then. I think also that F1 needs to understand they are not the only series out there getting a lot of attention, WEC and other racing is starting to gain on them. A lot of drivers skip F1 and go right to WEC, so I know some of them couldn't hack it in F1 but I believe before F1 FIA should give them younger drivers WEC experience first, then move them into F1 once they prove they can drive the endurance racing. Then a lot of younger drivers would get time to learn how to drive properly in a WEC car then move into F1. Then if they cannot make it in F1 it wouldn't feel like a downgrade going back to WEC.
Max did say in his interview after the race that they only saw in the data afterwards, the brake had been dragging from the moment he set off from the line. "Realized later in the data" maybe the more appropriate word. This could be because if initially starting as a slight drag, as the brakes run so hot continually to operate effectively, it may not have been initially spotted in the data what was being caused by the drag and normal use. That is until the differential between the brake on other side became obviously significant in the data. The visual obviously became the real give away :)
Bernie saying Redbull isn't as bulletproof as we all think is not completly true. It was an unfortunate thing to happen, it's not like it was their engine that was the issue. Dont count on it happening too much through out the rest of the season.
I know right. I mean 43 races without retirement is a terrible record 😂
But Sainz overtook Verstappen before the problems started so...
@@p.informatico1320 The brakes caught on fire after Sainz passed yes, but the problem was there already. The team said it themselves if you don't believe it, go watch the footage of the race again. When Sainz was still behind Max, Max went too deep into turn 3 I believe and that's when Sainz capitalized on it and gained momentum from there and managed to overtake Max.
@@Meta_exI would rather have yours deep inside me.
@@Meta_ex Sorry about that. It was not a RB disc. It was a Brembo disc. RB does not manufacture their own discs. They buy from supplier, same as Ferrari.
Love how Bernie teach engineering on the table 👌
I see Matt, I click
A "victory" means that you beat another driver on the track. Saint did not beat Max. Max dropped out. They did not race each other for any length of time.
What you SHOULD be asking is "Is Charles LeClerk the most OVERRATED driver in F1" (Along with Lewis hamilton). Carlos is fine.
@Matt.
If this race was in the 1960s, a move like Alomso's would be followed by flicking a ciggie over the shoulder. F1 has become the same as anything else corporate greed got its fingers in. F2 is generally more fun to watch. Alonso is old school. Russel is a statiatic
could you not put digital vrc signs in the dangerous corners around circuits this would be quicker to respond and the drivers all would see them for safety reasons of course
every time you say "Bernie" the autofill function of my mind adds Ecclestone. interesting.
At the moment yes he is. He's easily a top 3 Driver his results tell us this. Ferrari not giving him a decent contract deal was madness.
Sheesh he has been in F1 since 2015, driven for four different teams TR, Renault, McLaren and Ferrari and has won 3 races. How much more must he be rated? What are the stats of drivers winning a WDC after 10 years of being in the sport?
My point exactly, how long does a driver need to show is caliber? We all saw what Hamilton did in his first year against Alonso and the very next year won it. How many drivers hit the ground running? They want to hype him because of Lewis is taking over his seat.
I think they should state a minimum tire change requirement, similar to Qatar in 2023. It creates a slightly longer race, and is technically slower, but there is no doubt it creates better "racing"
Carlos might fly under the radar of only the most casual of watchers, or those that are just trying F1 out. Big reason he isn't the face of a team. Lando on Mclaren, you kinda have the transition period with Hamilton and Russel for Mercedes, Verstappen for RedBull, Leclerc for Ferarri etc. Carlos has been hopping quite a lot between teams making him maybe a tad less famous. But those who watched know he performed in every team he raced for which is an accomplishment in itself. And lets be honest Carlos flying a bit under the radar is what got him the attention in the first place.
Can we also have a Carlos Sainz episode when he has his next off weekend? Because he has plenty of those as well.
He is a very good driver, and it is true that when he has an opportunity he will do everything he can to take it, more so than Charles. But he is just not at the very top end. Not underrated, just rated correctly.
The penalty against Fernando Alonso does not make any sense, check Hamilton's defense of Alonso in Canada 2013 for second place, with two cars almost stopped in a curve just before the DRS zone, there was no punishment then, there should not be one now either.
With Sainz, they always don't say that he got beaten by Hulk at Renault.
The best thing about having a big international european sporting event here is hearing a bunch of non-Australians being able to pronounce 'Melbourne' correctly :-P
Regarding Alonso's sanction. Let me give a bizarre situation to prove that steward decision is not just controversial, even absurd. For a moment, imagine that Alonso has the chance to communicate by radio with Russell and Alonso shout out: Buuuuh!!! Then Russell crashes.
Should Alonso be penalized for that?
Is this the level?
Is this the F1 we want?
Is this the level of racers we want?
Is this the level of stewards we want?
How can you know that Russell wasn't managing brake balance and he got it wrong?
Yuki is the most underrated driver
With Bernie on the Alonso penalty. The problem is not with how slow you are through the corners, it’s about erratic braking and your braking distance, especially into a fast one that might cause an accident.
It should have been a red flag. No questions needed. They wouldn't have to come out and do the final lap. What is she talking about.
You need to just listen how Carlos is talking to understand he is class.
I think he's got the highest IQ on the grid
Strange not seeing Tommy aswell 😢
WORST LIVE WEEKEND COVERAGE EVER
LONDON WAS THE MAIN EVENT
AUSTRALIA WAS A MERE INCONVENIENCE
YOUR EITHER THERE OR YOUR NOT
Just listen to Peter Windsor’s analysis on the Alonso incident. The penalty is BS. And he explains very well why ! With all due respect… you are all journalists, NOT race drivers….
Isn't Peter Windsor also a journalist, not a race driver?
AI enhanced audio is a touch strong on this one
No overrated LH but underrated smooth operator on Ferrari 2025.
Charles and Carlos are best duo for Ferrari no doubt.
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I called George’s crash as soon as it was known that he was challenging Fernando. “He’s just gonna overdrive again” was my only thought- nearly pissed myself laughing when my prediction came true. Glad he was okay, obviously, but that kid is never going to get his head game together. You can’t unlearn a neurotic personality.
Matthew Gallagher doesn't understand the Ferrari regret question because his brain cannot comprehend the thought that Ferrari would even consider replacing Charles.
That's what people said about Perez winning for racing point in sakhir.
Matt is great. So unbisaed. I always listen to his podcast. Also Tommy is great.
What exactly was so thrilling about the Australian GP??
The front runner drives offff in the distance and the rest quarrels quietly behind.
Nothing out of the ordinary…except…the national anthem at the prize giving.
Welcome to the world of British bias, where they find thrilling whatever that means Max not winning (unless it's Perez, which they hate even more than Max).
It was a top race from Sains, but it's about the entire season. If he finishes above Charles at the end of the season, then he is undervalued.
Perez sayed, Max couln't have won the race any way!! Because he finishes almost a min behind Sainz on 5th
what a way to hide the fact he's to slow!!!
He had damage
He drives for Ferrari.
That's the only argument necessary.
I think anyone who has raced at least on a go kart level or above would never judge this as penalty for Alonso. This is the nature of racing guys.
Yes. Should take a rebuild seat
LOL Red Bull/ Verstappen have 1 mechanical failure in over 2 years, "RED BULL ARE NOT AS BULLET PROOF AS LAST YEAR" 🤣🤣🤣
I mean given that Max didn't have a single dnf last season, they are infinite less reliable, now that probably means they will still be the most reliable car xD
Yes
Carlos Sainz, smooth operator of F1, doesn't matter what you through at him, cars on fire, missing wheels, thieves, unfair penalties, drains covers, appendix, he will be there
GR should concentrate more😒