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00:02I wanna let my hair down
00:05While I'm staring down your face
00:06Wanna go till the lights out
00:08Take it right back to my place
00:10You watch your mind
00:12If you don't know what this is
00:14I don't want my room
00:16I don't want my room
00:17Twist my wrist
00:18Eyes on me, eyes on me
00:21Out to my back, just like that
00:22Care for the night, just keep watching
00:28Just keep watching
00:45Welcome back to arguably the most glamorous
00:47And demanding race weekends of them all
00:50We have an hour of practice
00:52And it's home here at Charles Leclerc
00:54Who set the pace ahead of his team mate
00:56Lewis Hamilton
00:57So Ferrari 1 and 2
00:59In practice 1 this morning
01:04Well from above
01:05It looks almost impossible
01:06A ribbon of tarmac squeezed between the Mediterranean
01:09Sheer rock faces, luxury yachts
01:12And some of the most expensive real estate
01:14On the planet
01:19And on the ground
01:20It's the ultimate test
01:22Just 3 hours of practice
01:23To get your eye in ahead of it
01:25The second of which is on its way very soon
01:27Delighted to be reunited with Martin Rundle and Bernie Collins
01:30Great to see you
01:31I mean, what a setting
01:32It's a joy to come back, isn't it?
01:34Yeah, it is a joy to come back
01:35And it's always
01:36I've not been here in actually many, many years at Monaco
01:39And a lovely sunny day
01:40And it's really
01:41You can see it really test in these new cars
01:43And these drivers out there
01:44It's about getting everything right
01:46And the track here keeps changing more than any track
01:49And I think that's a real test as we go into this P2 session
01:52And practice sessions coming into the Monaco Grand Prix
01:54It's all about finding your rhythm and groove
01:57Early advantage to Ferrari
01:59Now, of course, Mercedes have got every pole and Grand Prix win so far this season
02:02But on the evidence this morning
02:04Are Ferrari favourites here in Monaco?
02:06We thought they would be coming into this event
02:09Because their car's been very good through the corners all year
02:12And also the way they've set the turbochargers up on the power unit
02:17And just other aspects
02:19And both drivers are very handy around there
02:22So, unquestionably, first advantage to Ferrari
02:25Charles Leclerc there
02:26Just two seconds off last year's free practice one time
02:29Dominated by him also at that time
02:32And that's amazing
02:34Considering how much downforce they've taken off these cars for 2026
02:37He's recommitted his future to the team
02:40He's obviously the home hero here
02:41He'll be looking for a strong result
02:43After what he said in Canada
02:44Was his worst weekend in Formula 1
02:46He still came P4
02:47It didn't come either to everyone this morning, though
02:50A few mishaps
02:51Let's have a look at them
02:52So, the first up was Hadja
02:55And very difficult, Bernie
02:56Because ultimately losing this time in practice
03:01Is a bit of a wounder here, isn't it?
03:03Yeah, it's really difficult here
03:04I think practice, like you said
03:06This track is about confidence
03:07There's driver track
03:08You need to be really sure
03:10Every time you approach a corner
03:11Where your braking is
03:12How much grip there is
03:14The grip is changing lap on lap throughout it
03:16So, this is one where teams don't worry so much about set-up
03:20They don't worry so much about tweaking the cars during the session in particular
03:23And it's just about getting the driver out there lap on lap on lap
03:26And missing out that will be disappointing
03:30And, you know, this is the big difficulty
03:32Is any accident, any incident
03:34These garages
03:35That image doesn't show it
03:37These garages are tiny here
03:39The rooms that the mechanics are trying to work in
03:41The space around the car is so limited
03:43The spares they have out the back
03:45Very, very limited
03:46So, to try and get these cars turned around and back out
03:49He doesn't want to miss any more running today
03:51He doesn't want to miss any of the P2 session
03:53They will work tirelessly throughout P2
03:55Even if it's not out at the beginning
03:57So, that, you know, there will be a lot of very hot mechanics back in that garage
04:01They're trying to get that ready for P2
04:03Now, the experienced Fernando Alonso
04:05New father
04:06So, maybe he's a little bit tired
04:08But he brushed the barrier
04:09It didn't look that bad
04:10But actually, the damage to the car was fairly significant
04:13Shaved off the front wing end plate
04:16I mean, you know, is this just what happens in Monaco, Martin?
04:20It can do there
04:21But that's a mechanical issue that's generated that
04:23And a pretty magnificent save, I must say, from Fernando
04:26Had his wits about it
04:27Because it looks as if he's just pulled the handbrake on
04:31You don't have a handbrake on these cars
04:32But effectively downshifting or hitting the brake pedal
04:35When you've got the kinetic motor
04:37Rather than the brake discs slowing it down initially
04:41And so, I'd be pretty sure that was a mechanical issue
04:45Yeah, we've seen a little bit of that from Aston, haven't we, this year already
04:47Certain times where these lock-ups have gone off
04:50In unusual places for Fernando Alonso
04:52Actually looks fairly calm in that garage, then
04:54What will he be hoping to achieve from FP2?
04:57Fernando Alonso, specifically?
04:59Yeah, I think that, you know, Aston Martin need to get some reliability on the car
05:02We keep seeing these little issues, as you see
05:04It is about building up here
05:06This is about qualifying
05:08So, in the first session, we've seen a lot of teams running the hard and the medium tyres
05:11This is a chance to get the soft on
05:13Try and get a qualifying lap in as close to the representative conditions as you can
05:17Thanks, Bernie
05:18Well, from the harbour to the hills, Monaco delivers a picture postcard every time
05:23Back for second practice after the break
05:36A couple of world champions chewing the fat in the pit lane
05:40Jensen will be patrolling it for us throughout the session
05:42First time as pit lane reporter
05:44Here are times then for the rest of the weekend
05:47After this practice session
05:48We've got the F1 show at 5.15
05:51And then tomorrow
05:53Practice 3 at 11.15
05:54And the most important qualifying of the year at quarter past two
05:59Then on Sunday, we're on air at 12.30
06:02With lights out for the Monaco Grand Prix at 2 o'clock
06:05Right, let's head up to commentary
06:06And to Bernie and David
06:37We'll see you next time
07:02Welcome everyone to Monaco
07:04And what a spectacular place this is
07:07To go and race a few motor cars from the harbour side up to the casino
07:10And back down again
07:11It's round 6 of the Formula 1 season in 2026
07:14It is the 72nd Formula 1 World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
07:18Where pole has won 33 times out of 71 in the past
07:22And where the wins for the top three on the grid
07:24Have been 61 times out of 71
07:27Qualifying tomorrow
07:28All important as it ever is
07:3078 laps to come
07:322.07 miles
07:3319 corners
07:3419 corners, 8 to the left and 11 to the right
07:36And the top speed
07:37Have about 180 miles an hour
07:39On these twisty, narrow streets
07:41The tyres moulding up pretty well
07:43And so they should be
07:44They're a step harder than they were last year
07:46Still the softest in the Pirelli range
07:48C5, C4 and C3
07:51A one-stop race is predicted
07:53Let's have lots of sunshine as well
07:55Because it looks an absolute picture today
07:57Does Monaco
07:58Few shades being cast from the rock on the left-hand side
08:02But the harbour is bathed in sunshine
08:04Unless, of course, you're stood under that
08:06Anthony Davidson
08:08The best way to shield from the sun
08:09Especially if you're a Charles Leclerc fan
08:11Well, they were cheering on the right driver, weren't they?
08:14In that last FP1 session
08:15Topped the timesheets in pretty convincing style
08:19But his teammate Lewis Hamilton
08:21Not too far behind
08:23And looked pretty racy himself
08:24But those heli shots are amazing, aren't they?
08:26This place
08:26It's hard to believe when you see it
08:28That there's a racetrack down there somewhere
08:32Now, that is very true
08:33We didn't used to have the helicopter
08:35Until a few years ago as well
08:37Now we're seeing Monaco
08:38And it's full glory
08:39Bernie Collins is going to join us
08:41Come on in, Bernie
08:42And then we'll show everyone in the commentary box
08:45While we show you
08:46The work that's going on in the Rebel car
08:48Of Isaac Hadjals
08:50I reckon he'll be out about 10 minutes into the session
08:52To be honest
08:53And that's good work from the team
08:54To turn that car around
08:56Because when I saw it on a low loader
08:59Going back towards the pits
09:00There were quite a few bits that had been damaged
09:02By his bang into the arm coat
09:03Yeah, they've done a great job
09:05To turn that car around
09:07Almost complete down at Red Bull
09:09But hopefully we will see
09:10Hadjals back out there at some point in this session
09:12Hi, Bernie
09:13Hello
09:14I just made it up here
09:15Just in time for the on-screen best
09:16Did you do the stairs or the lift?
09:18I did the stairs, obviously
09:19I didn't even know there was a lift
09:20I don't know why you even asked
09:22To be fair, I had to share this commentary box location
09:26With a whole host of VIPs
09:28They get the lift, we get the stairs
09:30We're not actually important enough to take the lift
09:32Oh, we're not allowed to take that?
09:33Okay, well, I always take the stairs, of course
09:35Yeah, no, we're not allowed to
09:36They kicked me out of the lift
09:38Oh, dear
09:39Not, was the word
09:41So they tried to go in there
09:42No, no
09:43No, no, just the one
09:44They wanted to make it very clear
09:46That this lift was not
09:47For the likes of me
09:50And for the Constructors' Championship
09:52Mercedes
09:52Well clear
09:53But is this going to be Ferrari's weekend?
09:55And that touched on Charles Leclerc's performance
09:56In the first part of the weekend
10:00Fastest in FP1
10:01He did pick up a formal warning, though
10:03For a bit of impeding
10:05On Liam Lawson
10:06Who escaped with no penalty whatsoever
10:09For leaving the pit lane
10:10With the red light on
10:11And that's a sensible decision, I think
10:13Because when we saw the replay
10:14And the commentary box
10:15He couldn't really do much to stop
10:17We have 50 seconds to go
10:19That's a great shot there
10:20From the drone
10:21Of Beau Rivage
10:22And just how steep it is
10:24For the drivers
10:24And only when
10:25I think you've come to Monaco
10:26Do you realise
10:27Just what the drivers are going through
10:30As the exit sand of Otberney
10:32And start to head up the hill
10:33As Esteban Ocon said yesterday
10:35It's bumpy
10:35It's narrow
10:36And you're looking at the sky
10:38Yeah, and you know
10:39I think that
10:40Even for myself
10:41Coming here
10:42A normal person
10:43A non-driver
10:44When you walk around the street
10:46It's very hard to
10:47You actually have to stop
10:49Or sit down
10:50And see the visibility
10:52That you have
10:52And this sort of
10:53Sat on the tarmac position
10:54Because as you walk around
10:56You think
10:56Oh, that doesn't look too bad
10:57Or it doesn't look too steep
10:59But, you know
10:59That's why people do
11:00Track walks
11:01Or track runs
11:02Or whatever
11:02Because you don't feel the gradient
11:04Until you really start to
11:06Move around the circuit
11:07That's the same with any circuit
11:08I think
11:09Here it is phenomenally tight
11:11Everything changes
11:12Most tracks will go
11:13Year on year
11:14Is the same
11:14Here
11:15There'll be a different piece of tarmac
11:17There'll be a different curb
11:18Someone will put up
11:19In a different manhole
11:20The Armacol barriers
11:22Are living
11:22Put up in a slightly different position
11:23There's all these little things
11:25That change
11:26Because it's not
11:27A permanent track
11:28And, you know
11:29Lee and me
11:30The cameraman
11:30In the pit lane
11:31Earlier
11:31We were noticing
11:32That it's even
11:32Sections of the pit lane
11:34That look really bumpy
11:35So even when they're coming down
11:36On the limiter
11:37At 60 kmh
11:39The pit lane is bumpy
11:40And that's just
11:41You just don't get that
11:42At other tracks
11:42And you've got to remember
11:43As well
11:43The pit lane speed
11:44Is 60 kmh
11:46Not 80
11:47As it is for all the other tracks
11:48Because it is
11:49So narrow here
11:50And you have driven
11:51A Formula 1 car
11:52In this pit lane
11:55It's not the easiest thing
11:56To try and get out
11:57Of a garage ever
11:58Is it?
11:59No, it's definitely not
12:00Croft
12:01You really do feel
12:02The close proximity
12:04Of the barriers
12:05Around this circuit
12:06But for even new
12:07F1 drivers
12:08Coming here
12:09Drivers that have never
12:10Experienced
12:11The streets of Monaco
12:12In an F1 car
12:14You have
12:15Experienced street circuits
12:17Before you get
12:18Into Formula 1
12:19So you've got the likes
12:20Of the Macau Grand Prix
12:21For example
12:22In F3
12:22Or the Poe Grand Prix
12:24Like I did
12:25Back in my F3 days
12:26So you do pick up
12:29A little bit
12:29Of a sense
12:30Of what it's like
12:30Coming here
12:31And many would argue
12:32Actually
12:32That Macau Grand Prix
12:33Is a tougher track
12:35Than this one
12:36There's a corner
12:37On that circuit
12:37That's so tight
12:38They've got a permanent
12:39Yellow flag held out
12:40Because you can't
12:40Get two cars
12:42Around it
12:43So yeah
12:43So it's a little bit
12:45Bonkers
12:46But yeah
12:46Driving something
12:47That's so rapid
12:48Around this place
12:50It takes a breath away
12:51Let's get the driver's eye view
12:53On board
12:53With George Russell
12:54As he heads up
12:55Beau Ravage
12:56And towards Macau
12:57Obviously the human eye
12:59Has a bit more
12:59Natural suspension in it
13:00Than the camera
13:01That you see on the visor
13:02So it's not quite
13:03As bumpy
13:04As what it makes out
13:05But the visibility
13:07The vision
13:08That we have here
13:08Looking to the apex
13:10Of Mirabeau
13:10Then you'll see
13:11Just dock your head
13:12To the left hand side
13:13The hands
13:14Give it absolutely
13:15Maximum lock
13:15And cross over themselves
13:16At the hairpin
13:17This is the view
13:19You get
13:20So try to ignore
13:21And maybe dial out
13:22Some of the vibrations
13:23That you get
13:24It's not quite like that
13:25But yeah
13:25This is a great representation
13:27The closest experience
13:29The fans are going to get
13:30As to what it's really like
13:32In one of these cars
13:33And I always felt like
13:34It's much more
13:36Of a mental challenge
13:37This place
13:37More like driving in the rain
13:39Than it was driving
13:40On other circuits
13:41Where it's maybe
13:42More physical
13:43So here's
13:44Less of the physical elements
13:45You feel less
13:47Through your neck
13:47Less g-force
13:48For example
13:49But you have
13:50Got your eyes on stalks
13:51And you just
13:53You can barely breathe
13:54Through the lap
13:55Because you're so
13:56Hyper-focused
13:58Well
13:59Hyper-focused
14:00For George Russell
14:01We've been on board
14:02For all of
14:04The 1.9 miles
14:05I think
14:06Of this lap
14:07And he finishes
14:07The 2.07
14:08With a time of
14:09A 1.22-1
14:10Early stages though
14:12Down to Jenson Button
14:13In the pit lane
14:14What you got for us JB?
14:15Hello
14:15I've got a Mr. Toto Wolf here
14:17Watching his racing cars
14:18Go around the track
14:19Which is always nice
14:20We don't get to do this
14:21Very often do we?
14:22Actually see the cars
14:23Out on track
14:23Yeah exactly
14:24We look at screens
14:27And split times
14:28It's always good
14:28To see how the car behaves
14:30You know
14:30Is it safe or soft
14:31And the driving lines
14:32I like it
14:33Yeah I'm sure
14:34FB1 went pretty good
14:35For you guys
14:36A bit more of the same
14:37At FB2
14:38Yeah the car was
14:39Was good
14:41Now we've just got
14:41To develop it from here
14:43Yeah and the atmosphere
14:44Between the two drivers
14:45They're obviously
14:46Pushing each other
14:46Really hard
14:47Which sometimes
14:48Isn't what you want
14:49Around Monaco
14:49But you obviously
14:50Trust in them
14:52Yeah I wouldn't want
14:53To have this kind of
14:5450-50 through the corner
14:55In Monaco
14:55Because that doesn't go
14:57But they've done well
14:58So far
14:59And what about
15:00This corner here
15:00Is this a good one
15:02For you
15:02Second part of swimming pool
15:03Can you imagine
15:04Driving through this section
15:05No
15:05I mean you know
15:06But I've done some
15:09Hot laps this morning
15:10With Susie on the passenger seat
15:12And when you go
15:13Through the swimming pool section
15:15And you imagine
15:16That you guys
15:16Have been taking this flight
15:18I mean it's mind boggling
15:19Yeah it is
15:19Thank you Toto
15:20Thanks JB
15:21Excellent
15:22I would love to have
15:23Overheard that breakfast
15:24Discussion this morning
15:25Two former racing drivers
15:27Toto and Susie Wolff
15:29As Max Verstappen goes quickest
15:31Arguing about
15:31Who gets to get
15:32The driver's seat
15:34To go and do a hot lap
15:36I think he implied
15:37That Susie was driving
15:38But is that what he said
15:39Well I thought he said
15:40Susie in the passenger seat
15:41Ah is that what he said
15:42I thought he said
15:43With Susie actually
15:44Right okay
15:45But it could be yeah
15:45With Susie
15:47Implying that he was
15:48In the passenger seat
15:48But they're both former races
15:50I was actually thinking
15:51I don't think my other half
15:52Would go around with me driving
15:53And possibly correctly so
15:56But then again
15:57You don't
15:57You don't own the company
15:58As well
15:59I mean
15:59You own Mercedes
16:00You own Mercedes F1
16:01Or a third of it
16:02He could always pull rank
16:04On that one
16:05That would have been
16:06Do you remember
16:07As Lewis Hamilton
16:08Crosses the line
16:09Now with a 1.14.3
16:10Do you remember
16:11When Ricardo Patrese
16:12Did a hot lap
16:13With his wife
16:14Sat in the front of the car
16:16Around Jerez
16:17It is one of the funniest things
16:20You will ever see
16:21On YouTube
16:21Because Ricardo
16:23Is the most relaxed man
16:24Throughout
16:25And Mrs. Patrese
16:27Is the most
16:29Screamy
16:30Of scared passengers
16:31She is
16:32Yeah
16:32I agree
16:33But I was just going to say
16:34On that far there
16:34You can see it
16:35Going down the street
16:35You can see it
16:36Bouncing
16:37At the end of the street
16:38And you can see it
16:38Sparking out
16:39It looks
16:40All of the cars
16:41Just as they get
16:42Towards the start line
16:45Very very bumpy on track
16:46Obviously I was not
16:47Up here in P1
16:48This is my first time
16:49Seeing this
16:50But that start finish
16:52Does look really bumpy
16:52They have resurfaced
16:54Parts of the circuit
16:55And I think in many ways
16:57It's made the ride
16:58A little bit more harsh
16:59Jensen was saying earlier
17:01In FB1
17:02He did the hot laps
17:02As well
17:03Driving the car
17:04He said
17:04Even in a road car
17:05He could feel
17:06That it was
17:06Quite bumpy out there
17:08So in one of these things
17:09So stiffly sprung
17:11That it's really
17:12Going to come through
17:14The driver's backside
17:15And those carbon seats
17:17So luckily
17:18They're not in last year's cars
17:20Which were even more
17:21Of a rough ride
17:22And it's actually
17:23I think
17:24Quite a few drivers
17:25Relieved
17:25This year
17:26Is less of a harsh ride
17:28Sorry
17:28This is the resurfaced bit
17:30From the last corner
17:31To turn one
17:32Is the brand new tarmac
17:33And it's still bumping
17:36They probably needed
17:37A couple of extra rollers
17:39I mean
17:39You can't move for rollers
17:40In this place
17:41But
17:42Rolls-Royce
17:42Rather than heavy things
17:43To flatten the tarmac
17:44Valtteri Bottas
17:45Into the chicane
17:46And not quite making the apex
17:48Yeah
17:48We've seen
17:49Quite a few
17:50Front locking
17:51And this track
17:52Oh that was
17:53Still getting
17:53Oh that is shape
17:55The part of the track
17:56That Toto Wolff said
17:57Is flat out
17:58I don't think it was
17:59That time for George
18:00But I think that's
18:01One of the issues
18:02With summer like Monaco
18:03When we think of
18:04When we have permanent tracks
18:06That's a bang
18:07Liam Lawson
18:08A little touch Crofty
18:10He'll get away with that
18:10I think
18:11That's the way
18:11To take that corner
18:13But you know
18:14Permanent tracks
18:14They can take all the time
18:15In the world
18:16They want to resurface
18:17They can go over it
18:18Again and again
18:19They can redo it
18:20Here they don't have that
18:21They probably have
18:22A very small
18:23You know
18:23I was going to say
18:24Track closed
18:25But street closed window
18:26To do the resurfacing
18:28They want to do
18:28And then it has to be done
18:29In that window
18:30So if it's not perfect
18:32Then it ends up
18:33With a non-perfect track
18:34And that is
18:34One of the challenges
18:36That the drivers face
18:37When we come to street circuits
18:38While we've been chatting
18:40Other things
18:41It's Charles Leclerc
18:42And Lewis Hamilton
18:42First and second
18:43Once again for Ferrari
18:45Separated by 6100 to the second
18:47Then there's a bit of a gap
18:48Back to Verstappen
18:49And to Russell
18:49Norris fifth fastest
18:51Then Antonelli
18:52Behrman now in the top seven
18:53Gasly Lawson
18:54And Piastri
18:55Everyone has been out
18:56On track
18:56Bar Isaac Hadjar
18:58You saw his car
18:59In the garage
18:59A few moments ago
19:00Still reckon
19:01They're going to get him out
19:02So maybe in about
19:04Five minutes time
19:05Is it worth going through
19:06A crafty experience
19:07And why we think
19:08Ferrari are going to be
19:08The favourites
19:09This weekend
19:10While we're in the discussion
19:11For those that didn't
19:13Join us for FP1
19:14Yes
19:15Of course it is Bernie
19:16I said on the podcast
19:19Slow corners are Ferrari's thing
19:21They are Ferrari's thing
19:23And I think one of the
19:24Ferrari
19:25From all of our understanding
19:26Obviously we're not privy
19:28To every decision made
19:29In a Ferrari design
19:30Camp or any design camp
19:31They've created a car
19:32With a small turbo
19:34Now the turbo
19:35Is the first bit
19:36That starts to spin
19:37Or the bit that you're
19:38Trying to get spinning
19:38As you exit corner
19:40The small turbo in Ferrari
19:42Spins up quicker
19:43So they get up to speed
19:44If you think of it like that
19:45From a stand and start
19:46Up to speed quicker
19:47That's why their starts are good
19:49And that's why we think
19:50In slow speed corners
19:52We have to do a lot
19:53Of that initial acceleration
19:55Which obviously
19:56When you look at
19:56The trackback of Monaco
19:57There's a lot of
19:58That is Ferrari's strength
20:00Rather than the long
20:01Straight lines
20:02That we've seen
20:03Somewhere like Canada
20:04So basically
20:05Getting into the corners
20:07They're not bad
20:08Getting out of the corners
20:09They're very good
20:09There's a lot of corners
20:10In fact the joint
20:11Most right handed corners
20:14On the F1 calendar
20:15Along with Jeddah
20:16If we're going to go there
20:17This year
20:1811 in total
20:19But they accelerate
20:20Out of the corners well
20:21And as we know
20:22In 2026 Ant
20:24Accelerating out of corners
20:25Is where a lot of the
20:27Drawer is happening
20:27And as the track
20:29Continues to grip up
20:31As they say
20:32In engineers speak
20:33As more rubber goes down
20:35As the dust
20:36And the oil and grime
20:37From this street circuit
20:38Clears up
20:40That's going to be
20:41More and more
20:42Of an advantage
20:42For Ferrari
20:43Because in FP1
20:45At the beginning
20:45You wouldn't have
20:46Had the chance
20:48To put that
20:48Power down on track
20:50Because you would have
20:51Just been wheel spinning
20:52But the grippier
20:53The circuit gets
20:54The more of an advantage
20:56That potentially
20:57Could be
20:58Max Verstappen
20:59Is the latest
20:59To go fastest
21:00A tenth and a half
21:02Ahead of Charles Leclerc
21:03As the tyres
21:04Get up to temperature
21:05The brakes get up to temperature
21:06And the fuel burns down
21:08Then we're going to see
21:09These tyres getting faster
21:11And faster
21:11With the track
21:12Gripping up
21:13As Ant says
21:13And the drivers
21:15And the drivers
21:16Able just to push
21:16A little bit more
21:17All on the medium tyre
21:19Bar
21:20Alonso
21:20And Stroll
21:22Hamilton's gone quickest
21:23Through the first sector
21:23And back down
21:24In the pit lane
21:25Jenson Buck
21:25Where have we got to?
21:26Hello
21:27We're actually at Red Bull
21:28And Isaac Hadjar
21:30Is in the car
21:30Front wing's just gone on
21:32Tyres are in the blanket still
21:33But it looks like
21:34They are
21:34Almost ready to go
21:36Nice one
21:38That would be good
21:40If he can only lose
21:41Say 15 minutes
21:42Of this session
21:43That's a decent result
21:45By Isaac Hadjar
21:46But he's got to go out
21:47There Ant
21:48And start to push
21:49As Hamilton
21:50Really pushed
21:51A bit twitchy there
21:52And the Ferrari
21:53Goes to the swimming pool
21:55But he's on
21:57Hadjar's just coming
21:58Out of the garage
21:59As I say that
22:00Hamilton
22:01Is about half a second up
22:04On any previous
22:05Best time
22:06We'd had before
22:07From him
22:07So as he crosses
22:08The line now
22:09He goes nearly
22:10Three tenths faster
22:11Than Max Verstappen
22:12For Isaac Hadjar
22:13He's got to get himself
22:14Dialed in
22:15And forget all about
22:16What happened
22:16In the swimming pool exit
22:17Round about three hours ago
22:19Exactly
22:19And not be spooked by
22:20And carry over
22:22What happened from before
22:23So you've just
22:25He's got to
22:25The track is an
22:26Ever-changing thing
22:26Round here
22:27And he's just got to
22:28Quickly get himself
22:30Up to speed
22:31With how it feels now
22:32And there was that moment
22:33You pointed out live
22:34Real time there
22:35Croft here
22:35With that twitchy
22:37Rear end of the Ferrari
22:38And there as well
22:39That's the corner
22:40Where Lando Norris
22:42Almost got it wrong
22:43Where Hadjar
22:44Ended up going
22:45Into the barrier
22:45So everyone
22:46Seems to be finding
22:46That final part
22:48Of the swimming pool section
22:49Pretty tricky
22:50I'm loving watching
22:51These narrower cars
22:54With shorter wheelbase
22:55And more importantly
22:56Less downforce
22:58And we've seen here
22:58In a long time
22:59I'm really enjoying
23:00Watching the drivers
23:01Actually having to
23:03Drive them
23:03And slide them
23:04And manage
23:05That lack of grip
23:07And that was super
23:08Close to the wall
23:09Forget your five centimetres
23:10Two centimetres
23:11For Gabriel Bortoleto
23:13Now Martin Brundle
23:14Said to me the other day
23:15Oh
23:16Here Isaac Hadjar
23:18Thank you boys
23:19Thank you
23:20Great result
23:21To get him back
23:22On the track
23:23Martin said
23:23When I go trackside
23:24For FP2
23:25I'm going to go
23:26Straight to the Nouvelle
23:27Chicane
23:28Because it's my favourite
23:28Place to stand
23:29In the season
23:30Martin
23:31Your wish has come true
23:37Very much so
23:38And that is exactly
23:39Where we are
23:39Turn 10 if you prefer
23:41But I want to see
23:43These slightly smaller
23:44FP1 cars
23:45Through here
23:46I must say
23:47They don't actually
23:47Look that small
23:48But it's fascinating
23:49To see the suspension
23:51Jacking the cars up
23:53So they use
23:53The front wheel
23:54And it sort of
23:55Lifts wheel
23:56Watch them come through
23:57As Lando Norris
23:58Stops in the runoff zone
24:00Down there
24:01Has he got a problem
24:02We'll wait till somebody
24:03Comes through quickly
24:04But that suggests to me
24:05That Lando straight down there
24:07Because he failed
24:08He's going to get back on track
24:10That would probably be
24:11A red flag
24:12In the runoff zone
24:14Coming out of the tunnel
24:16And he's starting
24:17To get out of the car
24:18So that will surely
24:21Be a red
24:22To clear Lando
24:24Out of the way
24:24So I can't actually show you
24:26What I wanted to show you
24:27About how the cars
24:30Are turning beautifully
24:31In this tight right-hand corner
24:34So they've gone
24:34Virtual safety car
24:35At the moment
24:36I can see the signs
24:37That are being given
24:38To the drivers
24:39So that means
24:40They're slowing everybody
24:41He's quite a long way
24:42Off the track
24:42But if you have a problem
24:44Like Fernando Alonso
24:45Did this morning
24:45You can quite easily
24:47End up down there
24:49And will they continue
24:51To cover it under
24:51They can press the clutch button
24:53Get the car out of the way
24:55But nobody's approaching
24:56The car
24:57At this time
24:57I can see the
24:58Yeah
24:59I can see
25:00All the marshals
25:01On the right-hand side
25:02Waiting for the instruction
25:03To come out
25:04Onto the racetrack
25:06And they should be able
25:07To just push that
25:08Right down the end
25:10Of the runoff zone
25:11There
25:12Meanwhile
25:12What we will talk about
25:14Is to the left-hand side
25:15Of this straight
25:16You'll see all those
25:18Boats
25:19To the left
25:19And all
25:20They all have to move
25:21That's been happening
25:22For decades
25:23And then just over the fence
25:25Are frogmen
25:26And little boats
25:27In case a car
25:28Goes over that fence
25:31And you sort of think
25:31Well
25:32Is that possible anymore
25:33For that to happen
25:35But
25:35I guess
25:36Better safe than sorry
25:37So under VSC
25:39They are
25:40If they could just press
25:41They've got to press a button
25:43On the front
25:43And the car should
25:45Freewheel
25:45And there it goes
25:47Does it?
25:48No
25:48It won't go
25:50There's a clutch release
25:53And we saw this in Melbourne
25:55In Montreal as well
25:57Where a car
25:57Wouldn't move out of the way
26:01Because that should now
26:02Just freewheel easily
26:03And the fact that
26:05The McLaren
26:05We think the engine
26:06Just died
26:07Or maybe it's obviously
26:08Stuck in gear
26:09They ought to be able
26:10To just free that clutch off
26:11And get it out of the way
26:13Everybody's coasting through
26:15Meanwhile
26:15Hoping to stay on track
26:17And that tells me
26:18They really are
26:19Going to have to red flag it
26:20And get a vehicle out
26:21If they can't get that McLaren
26:24Trundling down the road
26:25Now they're going to put
26:26A little
26:27Dolly wheels underneath it
26:29But
26:29Have they got a jack?
26:31How they can
26:31Right
26:32So they're going to manhandle
26:33The front wing and nose
26:35Would you rather be talking
26:36About this Crofty
26:37Or am I seeing it better than you?
26:39You are seeing it better than anyone
26:41Martin Brundle
26:42You are
26:43You've got a bird's eye view
26:44Down there
26:45We're going to stick with you
26:45We think the electrics
26:47Went on the car
26:48Everything switched off
26:49Very quickly
26:50Okay
26:50Okay
26:50Yeah
26:52Yeah
26:53Alright
26:54So they've just literally
26:56Like a six man crew
26:58On the nose and front wing
26:59They've lifted it up
27:00They've put a little sort of
27:02A little dolly wheel thing
27:05Underneath the floor
27:06I bet McLaren will be grimacing at that
27:08Where that just happens to land
27:10On the aerodynamic parts
27:12And so Lando Norris has lost
27:14An awful lot of track time
27:17And the car unceremoniously
27:19Trundles down on a little
27:21Sort of trolley jack thing
27:23Into the runoff area
27:24And they're going to save the day
27:26With that concept
27:28They're so good here
27:29They're clearing vehicles
27:30Out of the way
27:31And off
27:33That's a beautiful livery
27:34On the McLaren
27:35But unfortunately for Lando Norris
27:37Critical track time
27:39Lost here
27:40You just don't want to miss
27:41The learning phase
27:44That they're going to have here
27:46But meanwhile
27:46Let's see if we can actually
27:48Learn anything
27:48If not I'll come back to you
27:50Just shout when you want it back
27:52Crofty
27:52Because until these bandits
27:54Start going fast
27:56I can't show you
27:57What I want to talk about
27:58I'll tell you what Martin
27:59We'll leave you be for a moment
28:01We'll be back when we get going
28:02In real time
28:03We're still under virtual safety car
28:04We'll go straight to the McLaren pit wall
28:06Zach Brown is with us this weekend
28:09Reigning champion
28:10Zach
28:10Last year's winner from pole
28:12And everything
28:14Just seemed to switch off
28:15Very quickly there
28:16For Lando
28:16Do we know what the issue was?
28:19We need to investigate it
28:20He did lose all power
28:23Looks like it might be battery related
28:25But we need to look into it
28:27Got to say
28:28Very reminiscent of
28:29What George Russell discovered
28:31On lap 30
28:32Of the Canadian Grand Prix
28:34Yeah I don't know exactly
28:35What George's issue was
28:36And we're not 100% sure
28:38What ours is yet
28:39But looks to be battery
28:40Battery related
28:41But we'll find out
28:42And fix it
28:43And Zach
28:44Anthony here
28:44Could Lando even communicate
28:47With the team
28:47Because he saw the electrics
28:49Go out
28:49Or not
28:51I didn't hear him on the radio
28:54But I was in conversation
28:55With Andrea
28:55So I don't know
28:56If he was able to
28:57Or not
28:58It's a lot of lap time
29:00To lose as well
29:00Zach
29:01Is it 50 odd minutes
29:02That he's lost there
29:03At track time
29:04In a really crucial session
29:06It doesn't help
29:07But it is what it is
29:09We won't get back out
29:10Obviously this session
29:11So we'll just have to
29:12Diagnose it
29:13Replace it
29:14And go again tomorrow morning
29:16Appreciate you joining us
29:17So quickly
29:18Thanks ever so much
29:18Zach
29:19From high up on the pit wall
29:20Above the McLaren garage
29:22Virtual safety car
29:23Has ended
29:24We are running again
29:25We'll go back to Martin
29:26In a couple of minutes
29:27Yeah I was just going to say
29:28Crofty
29:28There's lots to unpick there
29:30But one is in Monaco
29:31Because of the street circuit
29:32It's very rare
29:33That you get the car back
29:34In many other sessions
29:36You know the marshals
29:37Have seen do an incredible job
29:38Getting the car suit
29:40Through some inroads
29:41And back to the garage
29:42And you can start to work on it
29:43But in Monaco
29:44That very rarely happens
29:45You need to be in a very
29:46Idealic place
29:47To stop the car
29:48To get it back
29:49That's the first thing
29:50We had a bit of a discussion
29:51Here about
29:53Just let the team radio
29:54See it keeps clicking
29:59That's not great
30:00So the seat
30:01They locate on pegs
30:02They're not necessarily
30:03Even bolted in
30:05Because you've got the belts
30:06That doing that job anyway
30:07And so it's maybe just
30:09And don't forget
30:10I think they've moved
30:11His seat up
30:12For this race as well
30:13So there might be some
30:14Might be some washers
30:15Under there
30:16Some packers
30:17To lift that seat
30:18On those pegs
30:19That locate
30:19And the holes in the seat
30:20So that might explain
30:22Why the seat is
30:23Kind of clicking
30:24Moving around
30:25Yeah
30:26Yeah so the other thing
30:27I was going to say
30:27From like McLaren's
30:28Point of view there
30:29You know we've seen it
30:30On the on board
30:31The screen goes completely blank
30:32It doesn't shift
30:33Out of seventh gear
30:34That's why the car
30:35Is stuck and unable to move
30:36Initially it didn't look
30:37Like anyone even tried
30:38To press the button
30:39To release the clutch
30:40But then you put it on
30:41You know
30:42Some sort of trolley
30:43To move it
30:44How much damage
30:45Do you do
30:46Either lifting it
30:47Or you know
30:47If you lift the wrong
30:48Point of a suspension
30:49It's not designed
30:50To be picked up
30:52By the suspension
30:53Those are all meant
30:54To do something
30:55Very very different
30:56To that sort of action
30:58So they'll have to
30:59Have a look around
31:00The floor and stuff as well
31:02Right
31:02Let's go back
31:03As we ride on board
31:04With Lewis Hamilton
31:05For the moment
31:05Let's go back
31:06To Martin Brundle
31:07Because in about
31:0820 seconds time
31:09Lewis will be with him
31:10At the chicane
31:11Martin
31:15Yeah so what we'll have
31:16A look at
31:17We're looking at
31:17The right rear wheel
31:18So they use the kerb
31:20They can't run over the kerb
31:21In the middle of the car
31:21They'll destroy it
31:22They use the kerb
31:24And it sort of
31:25Jacks the rear up as well
31:26The car takes a step
31:27Helps them turn
31:28So they can catapult
31:30Down the next race
31:31They're keeping a little bit
31:32Of throttle on
31:33As well
31:33As Lewis Hamilton
31:35Comes through
31:35Quite moderately
31:36Actually
31:37They're all peeing through
31:38So it's like
31:39Like a little dance
31:40They have to do
31:41And they have to get it
31:42Absolutely right
31:43Keep the little throttle
31:44Keep the turbo spooled up
31:46And then pick
31:47And then hit the throttle hard
31:49Through the exit
31:50It's really lovely to watch
31:52And so it just looks like
31:54A little bit clumsy
31:55Doesn't it
31:55And that was a bit too much kerb there
31:57For the Haas
31:59So that's the way
32:00To get a big Formula 1 car
32:01Around some
32:02Of these tighter corners
32:04And off the head
32:06Down to
32:07We'll just
32:08We'll just watch
32:09One more car through here
32:10And see what
32:10I would say
32:12One in five times
32:13A car just goes
32:15Straight through here
32:16But yeah
32:17It's a tricky
32:18And it's all so important
32:20For the lap time
32:21I'm going to head down
32:22Towards three to back
32:23As well
32:25Oh Leclerc got in there
32:27Too tight
32:27If you're still with me
32:28Leclerc came
32:29Steaming in there
32:31Yeah
32:32And
32:33Leclerc just got in
32:34Too tight
32:35Too fast
32:36Slid across the kerb
32:38And
32:39He lost quite a lot of time
32:40In there
32:40So I don't know how
32:41That lap ends up
32:42But
32:42I know somebody
32:43Who does
32:44Back to you
32:45Yeah
32:45Thanks so much Martin
32:46He was on a flyer
32:47Charles Leclerc
32:48He's lost
32:49A couple of tenths
32:50Of a second
32:50I think
32:51In the middle part
32:51Of the lap
32:52After setting the best
32:53First sector time
32:54And he still salvaged
32:56That lap
32:56To be a tenth ahead
32:57Of his teammate
32:58Lewis Hamilton
32:58Yeah
32:58It's the fastest time
32:59That we've seen so far
33:00By two tenths
33:01This weekend
33:02And
33:02Lewis Hamilton
33:04Is two tenths down
33:06At the end
33:07Of the second sector
33:08So the two Ferrari drivers
33:10Continue
33:10To battle it out
33:12Right at the sharp end
33:13With Verstappen
33:14Up in P3 once again
33:15As he ended
33:16FP1
33:17So let's see what Lewis
33:18Can do in that final sector
33:21And a personal best
33:23And he
33:23More than halves that gap
33:25To Leclerc
33:26In that final sector
33:27So the fight is on
33:28I believe
33:29Between these two
33:30But it was great
33:31That Martin
33:31Could spot that
33:32With Leclerc
33:33In the Nouvelle Chicane
33:35Standing right there
33:36What a great
33:37Vantage spot that is
33:38Super jealous
33:38I'm so glad
33:39We just left it there
33:41Because we knew
33:42Charles Leclerc was coming
33:43And we just left it there
33:45To see him steaming through
33:46And sadly for him
33:48Losing a bit of time
33:48Right
33:4923 minutes gone here
33:51And Isaac Hadger
33:53Out on track
33:53He's a bit behind
33:54Everybody else
33:55Charles Leclerc a bit ahead
33:57Of his teammate
33:58And the rest
34:06On board with Kimi Antonelli
34:08With Charles Leclerc fastest
34:09From Lewis Hamilton
34:10Both on the medium tyres
34:12Max Verstappen
34:12And Hülkenberg
34:13With a soft tyre on
34:14As is Kimi Antonelli
34:16At the soft tyres
34:17Not finding the pace
34:19Of the medium
34:19At this moment
34:21Antonelli crosses the line
34:22To go third fastest
34:23But he's still
34:24A couple of tenths
34:25Outside the pace
34:27Of the Ferraris
34:27Fuel levels
34:28Might play a part
34:29In some of these times
34:31But that's looking
34:32Even better isn't it
34:32At the moment
34:33For the two Ferrari guys
34:35But here is
34:36Max Verstappen
34:38On an absolute flyer
34:39On his previous lap
34:40He set the fastest
34:41Final sector
34:43On this lap
34:44He's gone quickest
34:44Overall in the middle sector
34:45And if he repeats
34:46The previous lap's final bit
34:48This will be Max Verstappen
34:49With the quickest lap time
34:50So far
34:50And is
34:51Even though he didn't
34:52Set the fastest
34:53Final sector
34:54Well that's because
34:55He did it when his tyres
34:56Were fresher before
34:57And they're hanging on
34:58In there aren't they
34:59The soft tyres
35:00For almost two push laps
35:02But yeah
35:03I'm not surprised
35:04That they started to
35:04Fall away there
35:05In that final sector
35:06And he absolutely
35:07Perfected that last time around
35:09So it's him
35:10Versus himself
35:11In that regard
35:12Now George Russell
35:13Has caught some traffic
35:14On a fast lap here
35:16So there's nothing
35:17That he could do
35:18This is classic Monaco
35:19And you're gonna
35:21Have to wait
35:21Gabriel Borselletto
35:23The car in front of him
35:24Lando Norris
35:25With the debrief already
35:26Down at McLaren
35:27He's out of this session
35:29With what looked like
35:29A battery issue
35:30And
35:31Did you see that slide
35:32From Hamilton
35:33Exiting me
35:34I didn't know
35:34You had the eyes on the screen
35:35He's been on more slides
35:37Than
35:37Well than the children's holidays
35:39At the moment
35:40Quite frankly
35:40Goes for second fastest
35:42Once again
35:43I was just gonna say
35:44Crofty
35:45I think Antonelli's lap
35:46Was a bit hard
35:46By an Aston Martin
35:47At the end of the lap
35:48I think the final sector
35:49Could have been better
35:50I think when we've seen
35:51Jordan Russell there
35:52And that sort of
35:52Incident again
35:54Just at pit entry
35:55I think the car in front
35:56I don't actually know
35:56Which car it was
35:57Could have done a better job
35:58There
35:59When you see a flying car
36:00Come in
36:00You know that you're
36:01Gonna meet them
36:02At a round pit entry
36:03You let them go
36:04Earlier than that
36:04You let them go
36:05Sort of
36:06Out of the swimming pool
36:07Section
36:07Such to not
36:08Impede the end of the lap
36:09So that is something
36:10That will need to be better
36:12By the time we get to qualify
36:14Kimi Antonelli
36:15With the quickest time
36:16Through the first sector
36:17For himself
36:18We're watching Pierre Gasly
36:19As well
36:19As many on boards
36:20As you would like to show
36:21As Mr. Director
36:22Because I'm loving
36:23Seeing the cars
36:24Going through
36:25The streets of Monte Carlo
36:26Gasly lost time
36:28On this lap
36:29Compared to others
36:30Kimi's overdrove
36:31Now overdriven this lap
36:33Property
36:33I think he's
36:33Had to bail out of it
36:34I saw his hand
36:36Go down immediately
36:36To the strategy mode
36:38Switch to
36:40Maybe put that car
36:41Back into charge mode
36:42Before going again
36:43So yeah
36:44Gasly
36:45Crossed line
36:45A second down
36:47Yeah
36:48There's Antonelli
36:49I see he's been overdriving
36:52That lap
36:53So I think he was
36:54Just doing that
36:54To get out of
36:55Someone's way
36:56Yeah
36:57Yeah
36:57Perez actually
36:58Got out of the way
36:59Perez
36:59In the new bel chicane
37:00You've got to watch
37:01In mirrors at all times
37:02Around here
37:03Because
37:03If you go wrong
37:05You back off
37:05There's always
37:06Someone on the flyer
37:07Right behind you
37:08Nice one George
37:09And totally committed
37:11Through the start
37:12Of that sector
37:12And then
37:13Oscar Piastri
37:14Is right in his way
37:15And Toto Wolf
37:16And James Allison
37:18Probably not amused
37:20Just as unamused
37:21As George Russell
37:22To be fair
37:22I think that was
37:23Alright there
37:23For Piastri
37:24It wasn't
37:24I'm not saying
37:25He was deliberately
37:26In the way
37:27No no no
37:27Of course not
37:28He was in the wrong
37:29He was in the wrong
37:29Part of track
37:30At the wrong time
37:30Yeah I think
37:31I think he was
37:31Trying to do
37:32Exactly what I said
37:33Earlier
37:33They predicted
37:34That he might get him
37:35At the end of the lap
37:35So they were
37:36Trying to hold him
37:36Back to space
37:37Where he could see
37:38A little bit better
37:39And Piastri started
37:40His fly on that
37:41Now it's
37:41So much workload
37:43On drivers
37:44And the pit wall
37:45Here to try
37:45And get on top
37:46Of this traffic
37:46We saw Toto Wolf
37:48And James Allison
37:49As Oscar Piastri
37:51Scraps the wall
37:52On the run
37:53Down towards
37:54Portier
37:54Where you actually
37:55Have a bit of a view
37:56These days
37:56They've finished
37:57The expensive
37:58Apartment blocks
37:59And you can see
38:01And that is where
38:02George Russell
38:02Caught Oscar Piastri
38:03And just watching
38:04That live
38:05And in the flesh
38:06Jenson Button
38:06Hello
38:07So yeah
38:08This is the view
38:09That Toto
38:10Has had
38:11And the reason
38:11Why he's down here
38:12Watching his cars
38:13Drive round
38:13It's pretty awesome
38:14Seeing the cars
38:15Come through here
38:16The apex curb here
38:17The yellow one
38:18Is much smaller
38:19Than it was last year
38:21But still
38:21The cars react
38:23Quite badly
38:23Off of it
38:24And you see
38:24The cars
38:25Every time a car
38:26Comes through
38:26It looks like
38:26They're going to be
38:27In the barrier
38:28I mean
38:28The way that the front
38:30Bounces across the track
38:32It's very difficult
38:33To pick your line
38:33And talking about
38:34That incident
38:35With Oscar
38:36Possibly getting in the way
38:37I don't think
38:38He got in the way
38:38But it definitely hurts
38:39When you're the car behind
38:40Because you lose visibility
38:42Of the entry
38:42Because you know
38:43You need that visibility
38:45To the entry
38:45To hit the apex correctly
38:46Oh
38:47Alpine very sideways
38:49On the entry there
38:50Which again
38:50Put him in the wrong spot
38:51For the apex
38:53But this is such a nice place
38:55To watch
38:55And for the fans
38:56Watching here
38:57They are getting
38:58A bird's eye view
38:59Of what a Formula One car
39:00Is able to achieve
39:01In a low speed corner
39:03These aren't mechanically
39:04Strong cars
39:05But they look pretty awesome
39:06Through this corner
39:07Thanks ever so much
39:08JB
39:10George Russell
39:11Going to go for it again
39:13Found some space
39:14If you can find
39:15Any space around here
39:16I think he is
39:17He will try to
39:18So he's had
39:19What's he got in front of him
39:20He's got
39:21Colopinto
39:21On the rise
39:22Up the hill
39:23Now towards
39:24Massonet
39:25As we look at his
39:25Team-mate
39:26Antonelli
39:27Who's a lot cleaner
39:28That time
39:29Through Poitier
39:30And sets his personal best
39:32In the first sector
39:34And attacks the braking zone
39:36Got to get the car
39:37Nice and straight
39:38Before that part
39:39Good change of direction
39:41In the car
39:41Through turns 10 and 11
39:44And then you've got
39:44Tabak turn 12
39:45Carry the speed
39:46On the exit
39:47Use all the width
39:48Of the circuit
39:49Through the swimming pool section
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