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04:29So, at Mercedes, you can see him there on your screen
04:32No George Russell, Fred Vesti standing in for him
04:35Max Verstappen sitting this one out at Red Bull
04:38Ayuma Iwasa comes in for another practice session
04:41Leonardo Fornaroli for Lando Norris at McLaren
04:46Nikola Soloff, as Ted mentioned, for Liam Lawson at Racing Bulls
04:50Gabriel Mini for Franco Colopinto at Alpine
04:53Ryu Hirakawa for Esteban Ocon at Haas
04:57Freddie Slater, as was mentioned, for Gabriel Bortoletto at Audi
05:00Luke Browning for Alex Albon at Williams
05:03Jack Crawford for Lance Stroll at Aston Martin
05:05And Colton Herta for Valtteri Bottas at Cadillac
05:09Colton Herta, who needs about 24 laps for that one remaining point on his super licence
05:14And then he'll be good enough to get a Formula One seat, if needed, for next year
05:18No pressure
05:19He's going to just be driving around doing, well, simultaneous laps
05:23But I think whether he does it today or later in the year
05:26There's a very clear goal for that side of the garage as to what they want to achieve
05:30As somebody, Jamie Cherubik, who has recently had a drive in a Formula One car
05:35What advice would you give to our ten rookies for today?
05:38Very different circumstances
05:39Today is do not crash, I think, is the biggest thing
05:42They didn't tell you that important amount?
05:44Well, loosely it was, I think, in some way and in small print
05:48But no, don't crash, that's a race driver's car
05:50They've got to get through the weekend
05:52They all have their own programmes
05:53Some drivers will have more performance-oriented programmes
05:57Where they can focus more on showing their best selves and doing a lap time
06:01Others will be a bit different
06:03And they'll just have to grin and bear going through the motions of doing whatever the team tells them
06:07Yeah, I mean, I'm excited to see Freddy Slater out on track
06:10You know, he's 18 years old, 1.77 metres tall
06:14And he's going to grow a bit in this hour
06:17You know, it's just, it's such a big thing
06:19To have that first opportunity
06:21Not physically, but metaphorically
06:22The first opportunity to drive a Grand Prix car
06:25And he's got an amazing pedigree, Crofty
06:27Jeanette, a junior champion
06:28F4 champion, Freca champion
06:31You know, runner-up in F3 this year
06:33He comes into it with a very strong pedigree
06:37Like a lot of other rookies
06:38You say grow, like 1.78 metres tall
06:41Or 179 by the end of it
06:42That sort of growth?
06:43Well, I'll tell you what
06:44Natalie's down in the paddock
06:46I'll let her go and investigate
06:47Whether he's actually grown anymore
06:49Let's focus on this lap then from Nicholas Soloff
06:51Championship contender in FP2
06:53Won four races in four weekends
06:56During the course of this season so far
06:58At the peak of his season
07:00And as Ted was saying
07:01You know, very highly regarded
07:04In the Red Bull programme
07:05To such an extent
07:07That neither Liam Lawson
07:09Possibly more so than I believe
07:12But absolutely certain of a seat
07:13For next year
07:15We can discuss that at length
07:16But Soloff on track at the moment
07:18Is he tight?
07:19Well, he's a very exciting talent
07:20I think the challenge Red Bull have
07:22Is that junior team
07:23Really is a junior team
07:24And historically has been a junior team
07:25I think if it was any other team
07:28They wouldn't be looking to replace
07:29Someone like Lawson
07:30But they are looking for
07:32Who can replace
07:33Isaac Hadjar if he went somewhere else
07:35Who can ultimately replace
07:36Max Verstappen
07:37If he were to go somewhere else
07:38And so they're constantly looking
07:40For this next world champion-esque driver
07:43And whether they believe
07:44That's Liam Lawson or not
07:45I'm unsure
07:46But they've got an exciting talent
07:48In Nicholas Soloff
07:49He seems to be getting better and better
07:51Every time he goes out
07:52Every year
07:53But they've got the metrics internally
07:55To know what they're doing decision-wise
07:57And whether it's the right one or not
07:59I take everything you've said there
08:01And agree with you on that logic
08:03Racing Bulls though
08:04Could finish fifth in the championship
08:06For the first time in their career
08:08Which makes them
08:09A slightly different team for me
08:12Than the Toro Rosso team
08:14That was set up by Red Bull
08:17They're not a backmarker team
08:19They are best of the rest
08:21Currently
08:21And as a result
08:22You probably want to have
08:22The best drivers in the seats
08:24And if Liam Lawson
08:26Has scored more points in 2026
08:28Than the rest of his F1 career combined
08:30And has finished in the points
08:32In 13 out of 18 starts
08:33Surely he deserves a spot
08:35On the grid for next year
08:36Well
08:37Can we just deal with the elephant in the room
08:38If Liam Lawson gets sacked from the seat
08:41It'll be one of the most unjust sackings
08:43In F1
08:44Because he's done a fantastic job this season
08:47He's come back
08:48Carrying the mental baggage
08:50Of being sacked from the Red Bull top team
08:52Went back into the Red Bull car
08:54For those three races
08:55And did a good job there
08:57And he's delivered really, really well
09:00So as much as I get it
09:02The junior team is there as a university
09:04To prepare drivers for the top team
09:07Today, as you rightly said, Crofty
09:09They're a strong midfield team
09:10You know, they've got their own identity
09:13They've got their own sponsors
09:15They've got their own reasons
09:17Yeah
09:18To be competitive and thing
09:19And not just to be there
09:20To train drivers up
09:22To go to the big team
09:23The team are keeping very tight-lipped
09:25About the situation
09:26I get the impression
09:27They would rather something
09:29Had have been decided
09:30Long before it's going to be decided
09:32And whether it gets decided
09:33Next week
09:35Or the week after
09:36It can't come soon enough
09:37So that everybody knows
09:39What they're playing with
09:39For next year
09:40Just to point out though
09:41Kimi Antonelli
09:42Into this corner here
09:45Looked like he was having a few problems
09:47Trying to slow down
09:47This track's been resurfaced
09:49For large parts
09:50It's not normally the grippiest session
09:52That we have of the season so far, Jamie
09:54I get the feeling
09:55It's going to be even less grippy today
09:57Yeah, it looks incredibly low grip
09:58But obviously first few laps
10:00For all the drivers
10:00It's going to clean up
10:01The track's going to evolve
10:02But already fighting it
10:04And it looks tough for everyone
10:06But that's also to be expected
10:07At this track
10:07They've done a lot of laps
10:09Out of tracks recently
10:11With a huge amount of downforce
10:12On the car
10:13You come here
10:13As we know
10:13This is the moment you were talking about
10:15As he straddles that kerb
10:16And then he has another moment
10:17Into the following corner
10:18So they come to this track
10:20The downforce is like
10:22Monza downforce
10:22In terms of the feeling
10:23And every time you touch
10:24The brakes like that
10:25You get a very different sensation
10:27As to how the car slows down
10:30You know that Antonelli lap
10:31That looks so terrible
10:32In the last sector
10:33That's the fastest lap
10:34Of the session so far
10:35And it's been deleted
10:35Yeah
10:36But it does a lap down
10:38It just shows
10:38You know
10:39It's difficult for everybody
10:40Out there
10:42But yeah
10:43I think the other thing
10:44Crofty
10:44Just to wrap up
10:45The loss
10:46And the reason point
10:46Is
10:47Would this
10:48Be the first
10:49Major driver decision
10:51In the post-Helmet Marco
10:53Hero
10:53Yes
10:53So I think
10:54That's an interesting thing
10:56As well
10:56Isn't it
10:56Something is spunky
10:58But
10:59Front brakes are on the hot side
11:00But it's okay for now
11:01Yeah
11:02I might be just to
11:03Cool them off
11:03A bit
11:04And that's not easily done
11:05Here
11:05Because the air is so thin
11:06And you don't
11:07Get as much chance
11:08It would
11:09Gwen LaGroove
11:10Is now the
11:11The man in charge
11:12Of the rebel
11:13Driver development
11:14And I get all the reasons
11:16Why
11:18Maybe it's just
11:18Personal sentimentality
11:20And that there might not
11:20Be room for that
11:21In Formula 1
11:21I just don't understand
11:23Why you jettison
11:24Someone like Liam Lawson
11:26Who
11:26At the grand old age
11:28Of 24
11:29Is
11:30Seemingly not deemed
11:31A prospect anymore
11:32And too old for that program
11:33You need to wear it up
11:34I think
11:35And in
11:36For example
11:36Kimi's situation
11:37With Mercedes
11:38And Lewis leaving Mercedes
11:40They had not so many options
11:42And taking the risk
11:43Putting a young driver in
11:44Clearly is paid off
11:45Albeit it was a risk
11:46Yeah
11:47Do they need to take that risk?
11:49Do they still have an option
11:50On Nikola Zolov
11:51For next year?
11:52Yes
11:52Will they be able to place him
11:54In Super Formula
11:54As a reserve driver?
11:55Have him somewhere
11:56Within their stable
11:57Whilst they keep Liam
11:58And continue to monitor options
12:00Most likely
12:01So do they need to make that decision
12:03Imminently
12:03In my opinion
12:04No
12:05But
12:06That's like I say
12:07They see all the data
12:08They know what they've got
12:09And if they've got something
12:10They believe to be
12:11Potentially an X-Max for Sappan
12:13Then that's a decision
12:14They have to make
12:15Yeah
12:15I just don't see
12:16How they can have any data
12:18That suggests that Zolov's
12:20A better option
12:20Than Liam Lawson
12:22But
12:22We'll see it
12:23But more importantly
12:24Crofty
12:24It's just on track now
12:25As Limblad goes fastest
12:27You know
12:28I was thinking
12:28You're talking about
12:29The FB1
12:30Rookies here
12:31Right
12:31How important that is
12:32Think back to when
12:32Only Behrman came here
12:34Yeah
12:34As a rookie
12:35This was the session
12:36That convinced
12:37Ayo Kamatsu
12:38That he
12:39Was a good option
12:40And he was
12:41Really
12:42Worth a race seat
12:45Something wrong
12:46Man
12:47Engine breaking
12:48There are
12:49Horses in the engine
12:50Have no power
12:51What's happening
12:53Don't you have no power
12:54It's really
12:55Copy
12:56That's really interesting
12:57Oh
12:57An issue
12:58Actually
12:59And we've got a red bull
13:01With Isaac Hadja
13:02Going very very slowly
13:03This is a bit of an unknown
13:05In terms of how these
13:06Power units
13:07Are going to perform
13:09In the high altitude
13:11Isaac Hadja looking to keep off the racing line
13:14He seems to have got enough power
13:15To be able to limp home
13:17At the very least
13:19He should go straight on here
13:20He's going straight on there
13:21He's just
13:22Down at turn four
13:24At the moment
13:25There's a little runoff road there
13:26That's come into play
13:28Hasn't it
13:28With leaving the track
13:29And gaining an advantage
13:30In previous years
13:32We're on board
13:32With Sergio Perez
13:34Who
13:35A very competitive time
13:37Straight out of the box
13:38Actually
13:39He was only about
13:39Seven tenths behind
13:40Charles Leclerc
13:41Currently finds himself
13:42A tenth fastest
13:441.7 seconds
13:45Off the pace
13:46We'll park the Racing Bulls chat
13:49For a while
13:49Just have a little chat
13:51About Sergio Perez
13:51This is such a special weekend
13:53For him
13:54I was talking to him
13:56A couple of weeks ago
13:56About this
13:57And he was saying
13:58That circumstances
13:59Have combined
14:00To give me
14:01The perfect
14:02300 races celebration
14:04This time last year
14:05He might not even have thought
14:06300 was possible
14:07Of course
14:08Because he was
14:09Out of the sport
14:09He's been super
14:10For Cadillac this year
14:11They're so happy with him
14:13They've given him
14:13Another two years contract
14:14Yeah
14:15And exactly
14:16I think
14:16What that team needs
14:17Experience
14:18Reliable
14:19Doing the job
14:20I think
14:20Coming to a track like this
14:22I think it shows
14:23The value of him
14:24Outside of
14:25The race car as well
14:26I think he's hugely popular
14:28Obviously in this part of the world
14:29Naturally
14:29And I think it's
14:31It's great for Cadillac
14:31To keep a driver like
14:32Sergio
14:33Within their stable
14:35He's missing the fan forum today
14:37Because he's just
14:39He's well enough to drive
14:40But then he's going to need
14:41A bit more rest afterwards
14:42Valtteri Bottas
14:43Missed the media day yesterday
14:45As did Kimi Antonelli
14:47The Cadillac team
14:48Particularly have a few illnesses
14:50Watch Sergio
14:51In the car there
14:52As Oli Behrman
14:53Goes four hundredths
14:54Behind Kimi Antonelli
14:55And you were talking
14:56Corinne about that
14:56FP1 session
14:57A couple of years ago
14:59He got hit by
15:00Alex Albon
15:01In the spinning Williams
15:02But Ayo Komatsu
15:04Who's going to be joining
15:05Is on the pit wall
15:06For this weekend
15:07So impressed with Oli Behrman
15:09It's like
15:09Yeah
15:10I'm going to take him
15:10Yeah
15:11And I think that's
15:12That's a real
15:13Really good example
15:15Right
15:15Of why these
15:16FP1 sessions
15:17For the rookies matter
15:17And Valtteri Bottas
15:19A penny for his thoughts
15:20Because he can see
15:22Colton Herta
15:22Driving around
15:23In his car
15:24And the big question
15:26Is will that be
15:27A permanent situation
15:28For next season
15:29You know
15:29We believe that
15:30That is still undecided
15:32Between Herta
15:33And Bottas
15:35Sort of loose rumours
15:37About Tsunoda
15:39And maybe even
15:42You know
15:42We're hearing about
15:43Fred Vesti
15:43Being sort of
15:45In the conversation
15:45We don't know
15:46But certainly a lot
15:48For Martin
15:49Budkovski
15:50And Dan Towers
15:51To think about
15:52Every free agent
15:54Driver wise
15:55Will be on the phone
15:56To Cadillac
15:57If it's Luke Brown
15:58If it's anyone
15:59That's missed out
16:00On a race seat
16:00Because the teams
16:01Have locked in
16:02And they're a third driver
16:02They're going to be
16:03Pushing for that
16:04That Cadillac seat
16:05And that gives
16:06Cadillac a good problem
16:07It means that
16:07They've got drivers
16:08That want to come
16:09And drive for them
16:10They want drivers
16:10Young drivers
16:11That are performing well
16:12That you know
16:13Want to be on the grid
16:14And have the opportunity
16:15Potentially do that
16:16So we've got a yellow flag out
16:18I'm just trying to think
16:19Who's out there
16:21Going slowly or stopped
16:24I can't
16:24I think someone
16:25Must have just
16:26Gone off the track
16:27Momentarily
16:28On that one
16:29It could have been
16:29Colton Herta
16:30Down at turn 12
16:32Who just went off the track
16:35Oli Behrman
16:36Hasn't got a contract
16:37For next year
16:37Don't have to ask
16:38Ayo about that
16:39When he comes on
16:40This is interesting to me
16:41I think
16:42And also the dynamic
16:43Is going to be interesting
16:44To me next year
16:44If he does resign
16:46You've got two Ferrari Juniors
16:48Oli's had his time
16:49And we said
16:50How good it is
16:50That he's had this time
16:51At Haas
16:52Because he can prove himself
16:54Relatively low pressure
16:55But suddenly he's got
16:56This young gun coming in
16:57That's performing
16:58At an extremely high
16:59High level
17:00In the junior formulas
17:01That's going to come in
17:02Alongside him
17:03And I think that's
17:03Going to put some pressure
17:04In and whether
17:05They're aware of that
17:06In their negotiations
17:07And that's maybe
17:08A sticking point
17:09In how they're
17:09Going about the contract
17:10To make sure
17:11That Oli is protected
17:12Regardless of how
17:13Next year looks
17:14I'm not sure
17:14But yeah
17:15Interesting that
17:16They haven't locked him down
17:17Because by all levels
17:18He deserves to be
17:20Yeah fully locked in
17:21In terms of a race suit
17:22Without a doubt
17:23The man who gave Haas
17:25The joint best finish ever
17:26Here in Mexico City
17:28Last year
17:29Ayo Kamatsu
17:30Is actually listening
17:30In to our conversation
17:31That's quite apt
17:32Ayo how are you
17:34Enjoying Mexico?
17:35Yeah we love coming here
17:36It's a good track
17:37And then like you said
17:38We've got a good record
17:39So yeah
17:39Really happy to be here
17:40And where do you
17:41Where do you want to
17:42Start the chat today
17:43We were just talking
17:43About Oli Behrman
17:45Any danger
17:46That you might want
17:47Him for next year?
17:49Any danger
17:50That we might want
17:50Him next year
17:51Yeah I think
17:52So there's lots of
17:53Danger that we want
17:54Him next year
17:54Yes
17:55Excellent
17:55When's that going
17:56To get done my friend?
17:57Soon
17:57Crafty
17:58Soon
17:58Again
17:59Up to Karen
18:00Still waiting
18:00For Karen's reply
18:03Ayo you've not
18:03Read my text
18:04I'm here
18:05I'm ready
18:06Sorry
18:06I was in the gym
18:08At 5am this morning
18:09I'm ready
18:09I'm in training
18:11Listen
18:12I want to ask you
18:13About
18:14Just the wider
18:15Conversation
18:15Clearly you're not
18:16Going to get the answer
18:16On Oli
18:17But
18:17Soon
18:18Soon
18:19Soon
18:19So there you go
18:21It's not definitive
18:22Is it
18:22I want to say about
18:24We're reflecting
18:25On how two years ago
18:26He ran the FP1 session
18:27Made a positive impression
18:29On you
18:29I remember speaking to you
18:30I remember speaking to you
18:31After the session
18:31And you were really impressed
18:33So just using that
18:34As an example
18:35How much do the teams
18:37Look at the rookies
18:38Here we've got 10 rookies
18:40In the session
18:40Ayo
18:42Yeah
18:43Of course we look at rookies
18:44I'm not sure about this track
18:45In particular
18:46But we look at
18:47Not just the speed
18:48How the rookies
18:49Approach the weekend
18:50The session
18:51How he understands
18:53The role he needs to play
18:54The overall
18:54As a total package
18:55He was very very impressive
18:58Ayo
18:58You've obviously got Rio out
19:00In this session
19:01But you've committed
19:02To Rafa for next season
19:03Is there an idea
19:05To put him out
19:05At some point
19:06In this year
19:07Or in this season
19:07For an FP1
19:08Alongside the TPCs
19:09He's doing
19:11With Rafa
19:12Not with us
19:13For this year
19:14We focused on
19:15Who we have currently
19:16So we're finishing
19:17A season like this
19:18And as for Rafa
19:20Camera
19:20What impressed you most
19:22I know you had a TPC
19:23Test at Portimao
19:25What was it
19:26That you thought
19:27Yeah
19:27He's the man for me
19:28First and foremost
19:29His incredible feel
19:31Of the car
19:31The speed he had
19:32The condition
19:33Was so difficult
19:34Every single lap
19:36Every single time
19:37He went out
19:37Truck temperature
19:38Wind condition
19:39Was so different
19:40But he just got
19:41Everything out of it
19:42Every time
19:42He improved
19:43Much more than we expected
19:45So that was very impressive
19:46So you've been
19:48Really impressed with him
19:49You've generally
19:50Been really impressed
19:51With all these
19:51Performances this season
19:53What's the stumbling block
19:54Because people at home
19:55Especially
19:56You know
19:56A lot of British fans
19:57Watching on Sky Sports F1
19:58You know
19:59They could just see
20:00He's done a good job
20:00On track
20:01He's beaten his teammate
20:02They're confused
20:03Why hasn't he got a deal
20:06I'm sorry
20:07I cannot say this
20:08On Sky F1
20:09But it's just all
20:11On the contractual side
20:12But honestly
20:12I don't see any issues
20:13Who get it done
20:14For sure
20:15Just give him an old car
20:16If that's what he wants
20:18Negotiations on behalf
20:19Of Mr. Bearman here
20:22He's just afraid
20:22That I'm in the contention
20:23For this drive
20:24That's the problem
20:26If you can get
20:27Carooned into a gym
20:28At 5am
20:28Keep him on notice
20:30My friend
20:30I like this
20:32He needs to prove
20:34Consistency
20:34Right
20:34So he needs to be in the gym
20:355am
20:36Rest of this weekend
20:37Yeah
20:37Fat child to that
20:38There's too many tacos
20:39In Mexico City
20:40Ayo
20:40Thanks ever so much
20:41Great to have you with us
20:42We'll talk more about
20:43What the track's doing
20:44A little bit later on
20:45But I think it was important
20:46To try and clear
20:47That sort of thing up
20:47I am very impressed
20:49That you were in the gym
20:50Thanks
20:50I hope that you were
20:51In the gym at 5
20:52Well done
20:53Listen
20:53Ayo's in my hotel
20:55Right
20:55I've got to impress him
20:56On the off chance
20:57That he's there
20:57At 5am
20:58That I'm committed
21:00He wasn't there
21:01This morning
21:01My hotel?
21:03Jamie and I
21:04Not staying in the same hotel
21:05I don't know where you're staying
21:06I haven't seen you
21:07I had dinner with Jamie
21:08Last night
21:08So I know she's there
21:09Good point
21:10Well made
21:10I'll tell you
21:11Who we haven't seen
21:14Throughout this session
21:15Or a lot of this session
21:16Isaac Hadjar
21:17Ted what's going on?
21:19It's a power unit problem
21:20Crofty
21:20It is what he felt
21:22He felt it was a power unit problem
21:24And I've just had that confirmed
21:26That Red Bull Racing
21:27Are investigating a problem
21:29On the power unit side
21:31Interestingly
21:31They're also having a look
21:33At the steering rack
21:35And the track rods
21:37As well
21:38So there's some concern
21:40Around there
21:40You can see the mechanics
21:41On the front
21:42And you can also
21:43See the mechanics
21:44On the rear as well
21:45Isaac is optimistic
21:47Given that it's a PU issue
21:49And he's still in the car
21:50Watching the session
21:51I guess what else he can do
21:52Can he do
21:53But yeah
21:54He's losing valuable track time
21:56Talking of people
21:57Who are losing track time
21:58It's quite interesting
21:59To see what the
21:59What the people
22:00Who aren't driving
22:01The Grand Prix Stars
22:02Are doing in this session
22:03Yeah what are they doing?
22:04Well Lando Norris
22:05Is on the pit wall
22:06In a pair of
22:07Very sort of pale
22:08Faded jeans
22:09George Russell
22:10Was on the pit wall
22:11But there's not a
22:12Spare seat for him
22:13So he's gone back
22:14Into the garage
22:15And Max Verstappen
22:16As you saw a moment ago
22:16Is hanging out
22:18At the back of the garage
22:18There are a few engineers
22:19Being swapped around here
22:20At Red Bull Racing
22:21As well
22:22Haven't seen GP
22:23Yet this session
22:24Haven't seen Paul Monaghan
22:26Either
22:26So I think they're
22:27Rotating some engineers
22:28Down here at Red Bull
22:29Ted a fulsome update
22:31Thank you very much
22:32If you fancy a trip
22:33Down to Audi
22:34And Aston Martin
22:35We haven't seen Jack Crawford
22:37Or Freddy Slater
22:38Out on the track
22:38For a while
22:39Either
22:39Wow
22:40Do you see how close
22:41Kimi Antonelli
22:41Got to the wall there
22:42Yes
22:43Went through
22:43The penultimate corner
22:4516
22:46Go on the dirt
22:47On the outside
22:48Just exactly there
22:50Clearly
22:50It's still
22:51Very low grip
22:52As you mentioned
22:53Coffee
22:53It's been resurfaced
22:54From turn 11
22:55In the middle sector
22:56All the way around
22:57To turn 1
22:58Hasn't it
22:59For this year
22:59It's turn 16
23:00To turn 1
23:02And then turn 7
23:03To turn 16
23:05Is what I read
23:07On that
23:07So that's
23:08It's a big resurfacing job
23:10Yeah
23:11That is for sure
23:13I also think turn 12
23:16Is proving a little bit
23:17Problematic too
23:18Because we've seen a few drivers
23:19Run off the track there
23:20This is Leo Fornaroli
23:21Going through the S's
23:23You're going to get
23:24A little bit disturbed
23:25By the car in front
23:29There was a big moment
23:31You know what happened there
23:3411
23:35No we're just looking
23:35At the data now
23:38Huge snap
23:39Yeah
23:40Was that caused
23:41By the car in front
23:42I think he was asking
23:43To have a look
23:43To work out what
23:44As we see this moment
23:45That Karim was talking about
23:46Of Kimi
23:47In that last thing
23:47He also has a snap
23:48He just gets out of it
23:50At the last moment
23:50But I think traffic
23:52Is a big thing here
23:53Okay we've got 10 rookies
23:54So there's always
23:55That's a little bit
23:56Of a factor to give
23:57But the amount of times
23:58Here you see cars
23:59Sort of disrupting each other
24:00Disturbing each other
24:01And I think that's what
24:03Leo Fornaroli's asked
24:04The team to look at there
24:05Because he felt like
24:06He had this snap
24:07Out of nowhere
24:08Was it because of
24:08The disruption of the car
24:09In front
24:10Was it a gust of wind
24:11What was the cause of that
24:13Jamie Chabbit
24:13Karim Chandok
24:14With us in the commentary box
24:16Gabriel Portoleto
24:17Sitting this one out
24:19One of 10 drivers
24:21You'd normally see
24:22In a practice session
24:23And you will see
24:23This afternoon
24:24Whilst others take over
24:26And Jack Crawford
24:27Has only done two laps
24:28So far
24:28Looks like though
24:30They're getting ready
24:30To send him back
24:31On the track
24:40And welcome back
24:42To Mexico City
24:43Oscar Piastri
24:44Along the main straight
24:45Currently ninth fastest
24:46And that's another lockup
24:48We saw one a little earlier
24:49In this session
24:50This time at turn one
24:52And he took to the grass
24:54To escape any big flat spots
24:57That you don't want
24:58On your tyres
24:59Medium tyres
25:00For Oscar Piastri
25:02In this session
25:03One of only four drivers
25:05That have run the medium tyre
25:07So far
25:08We are 25 minutes
25:09Into this session
25:10And so far
25:12So good
25:13For Ayuma Iwasa
25:14Third fastest
25:15In terms of the times
25:17And in the red bull
25:18That seems to have
25:18The engine working
25:19In this session
25:20Isaac Hadjar
25:21Still in the garage
25:22While they fixed
25:22That power unit problem
25:23Lewis Hamilton
25:24Has taken the aero rake
25:25Off the Ferrari
25:26So those experiments
25:28They were trying to do
25:29There to understand
25:30The air flow
25:30They've got enough data
25:32And he can just get on
25:33With some normal lappage
25:34Yeah I mean
25:35It's come off the back
25:36Of Lewis's
25:37Early part of the race
25:38In Austin
25:38Wasn't it
25:39Where
25:40From what I understand
25:40You know
25:41He had less front wing angle
25:43In the first stint of the race
25:44And just complained of a lack of performance
25:48In that first stint he wasn't happy
25:49Now whether he made that call
25:51Or the team made a call
25:53Or they jointly made a call
25:54I don't know
25:56But once they rebalanced it
25:58Actually his race fastly improved
26:00In the next sort of two thirds
26:02So he's clearly not in a happy place
26:06And wanted to
26:07As Ted Milo earlier
26:08Wanted to get a better understanding of it
26:10Here is
26:11Oasa
26:11Crossing the line
26:12Now fourth fastest
26:13After Lewis Hamilton's time lap
26:16Oh dear
26:17They've left a fan on the side
26:18Ready
26:19We have to box this lap
26:20We have an issue
26:21Box this lap
26:22The issue is that the cooling fan
26:24Has been left on
26:25And I would imagine
26:26That is going to attract
26:27The attention of the stewards
26:28And there will be a fine
26:29Coming out his way
26:30For releasing the car
26:32In an unsafe condition
26:33It is unsafe
26:34Because the fan could have come out
26:37That's how I would imagine
26:38The stewards are going to see that one
26:39I mean
26:41It's a pretty bright fan
26:42They've got
26:43For somebody not to have spotted that
26:45I think Ted
26:45He's coming down to you
26:46But you can see that
26:48From a long way away
26:49I mean
26:50It is astonishing
26:51That they didn't spot that
26:53They're a good team
26:53This is
26:54You know
26:55You might see how badly
26:55They might be a new team
26:56In Formula 1
26:57This is Sauber
26:58Right
26:58This used to be Sauber
26:59They're the third
27:01Longest serving team
27:02In Formula 1
27:03Aren't they
27:04So
27:06No they're not
27:07They're the fourth
27:07After McLaren
27:08And Ferrari
27:10And Williams
27:11But
27:12Yeah
27:13It's strange
27:14For that to happen
27:15Freddy was in the garage
27:17He was ready
27:17It was all ready to go
27:18And
27:20Well I think
27:21That will be
27:2220 grand plus
27:23For leaving that fan in
27:25Yeah
27:25And thankfully
27:26It didn't fall off
27:27Ted
27:27While we're talking about
27:28Sauber being
27:30The fourth longest team
27:31In Formula history
27:32Is it the fourth?
27:34I think you're absolutely right
27:35I saw
27:36Confirmation
27:37Confirmation
27:38That long time
27:39Sauber
27:39Stalwart
27:40Bert Zender
27:41Is leaving
27:43And we should send our best wishes
27:44To Bert
27:45Who's one of the great characters
27:47In the paddock
27:47Vastly experienced
27:51A mechanic
27:52And then sporting director
27:53As well
27:53And they're certainly
27:55Going to miss him
27:56He's not been at the track
27:56This year
27:57But it's a shame
27:58He's now leaving the sport
27:59Yes
27:59He came to one
28:00I saw him
28:01I saw him at one or two track
28:03Races
28:03Grand Prix this year
28:04And I said to him
28:05Hang on
28:05I said goodbye to you
28:07In an operational way
28:08At Abu Dhabi 2025
28:10So what are you doing back here?
28:11But yes
28:12He's been part of their
28:13He's been leading their heritage
28:14Operation
28:15The historic side
28:17Of what was Sauber
28:18And is now Audi
28:18But they've announced
28:20That that is it
28:22After 40 years plus
28:24I think in the sport
28:25Yeah
28:25So yeah
28:26Well served
28:27By Bayat Zender
28:29They even wrote a song about him
28:30Return to Zender
28:31Stop it
28:32I think Ted and I
28:33Are going to have some
28:33Lunchtime debates here
28:35Because
28:35You know
28:36You've got
28:38You've got
28:39Aston
28:39Who were Jordan
28:40Who started before Sauber
28:41Two years earlier
28:42No no that doesn't count
28:43You've got Minardi
28:44Who became Toro
28:45So they started a lot earlier
28:46That doesn't count
28:47Toro Rosso
28:48Started from zero
28:50And Aston Martin
28:51Started from zero as well
28:54And that was their choice
28:56But then Sauber
28:58You have to
28:58You know
28:59They became BMW
29:00They continue
29:01Anyway
29:01Anyway
29:03Freddie Slater
29:04Is having to come back in
29:05Yes
29:06Because they've got another issue
29:07And I wonder if it's overheated
29:08As a result
29:09That cooling plan
29:09Had been stuck in the side pod
29:11Jamie
29:12Quite possibly
29:12It looks like he was struggling
29:13To get out the box as well
29:14Whether that's just with
29:15The feeling of the clutch
29:16Paddle
29:17I think he really is a proper rookie
29:19In this sense
29:20Yes he's probably done some TPCs
29:22But never in that car
29:24And really relatively
29:25He's been thrown in the deep end here
29:26So this isn't the session he'd want
29:29But I think
29:29For him he just needs to be professional
29:31Just carry himself through this session
29:33It's not going to plan
29:34So far
29:35Just get through it
29:36And hopefully they can get to the bottom
29:38Of those issues
29:38So he can at least do some laps
29:39To get a feel for that car
29:40And that cooling fan issue
29:41Is going to be investigated
29:43After the session
29:44Do you know who's going to be starting
29:46At the back of the grid this weekend?
29:49Sadly for him
29:50Valtteri Bottas
29:51A lot of new power unit elements
29:54Being taken on
29:55Internal combustion engine
29:56Turbocharger
29:57MG UK
29:57And Energy Store as well
30:00Back at the grid for Bottas
30:01I'm afraid
30:02There's your power responses
30:04Interesting that
30:05Racing Bulls have gone
30:06For a soft tyre there
30:08For Arvid Lindblad
30:09Charles Leclerc has also gone
30:10Out of the pits
30:10On a set of soft tyres
30:11So we're only 30 minutes
30:14Of track running
30:15And really on a new surface
30:16That's not a lot
30:17Oh dear
30:18No
30:19Six laps
30:20And six laps only
30:21And not one of them
30:22A time lap
30:23Yeah
30:23For Freddy Slater
30:25It's not where you start
30:26It's where you finish
30:27Freddy
30:27And you will not be finishing
30:29In Formula 1
30:30Like this
30:31You're going to get another go
30:32In Brazil next week
30:32Anyway
30:33But that's such a shame
30:34For him
30:35Max is just here
30:36Sorry
30:36Massive shame for Freddy
30:37But with his two GT teammates
30:40Jorgoon and Danny Junker
30:41So I wonder how much
30:43They're talking about
30:43Formula 1
30:44Max the man who
30:45Had a weekend off
30:46And chose to go GT racing
30:48At Port of Mau instead
30:49Because that's where he gets
30:50His relaxation
30:51And fair play to him
30:52Yeah
30:53No just on Freddy's
30:55It's a bit like
30:55Luke Browning
30:56Wasn't it
30:56We had this last year
30:57With Luke here
30:59Didn't get to do
30:59Any track running
31:00And it's such a shame
31:02There's
31:03You know
31:03I've been in that position
31:04Where
31:06I remember
31:06In
31:07You remember
31:07We had that
31:08Valencia street circuit
31:09Yes
31:09And it was
31:10I was doing FP1
31:11In the Lotus
31:12At the time
31:13Went to the end of the pit lane
31:14And the gearbox broke
31:15As I was leaving
31:16And it's such a deflating feeling
31:18Because it's like
31:20You've got all this build up
31:22For that one hour
31:23For the rest of the weekend
31:24You're not actually doing anything
31:25You're just a spare part
31:26In the garage
31:26And when you have that
31:28Taken away from you
31:29It is a really deflating feeling
31:31Turn one
31:32Braking
31:33Jack Crawford
31:35Carlos Sainz
31:36Oscar Piastri
31:37They've all
31:39They've all had lockups down there
31:41Which might not be
31:42Anything to do
31:44With the driver
31:44Pressing the brake paddle
31:46Paddle
31:47Pedal even
31:47And might be
31:49A lot to do
31:49With the engine braking
31:50Etc
31:51But you don't want to be
31:52Doing that
31:53Too often
31:54Colton Herter
31:55Has done 13 laps
31:57Another 11
31:58I think
31:58For that super license
31:59Point
32:00And hopefully
32:01Colton joining us
32:02In the commentary box
32:03Tomorrow
32:03For FP3
32:04As well
32:05Charles Leclerc
32:06Is on another flyer
32:08And you mentioned
32:08Karun
32:08That he was on the
32:09Soft compound tyre
32:10And Ferrari
32:11Deciding
32:12Are they going to commit
32:13To a set of softs
32:14For this session
32:15Charles Leclerc
32:16By a second
32:17Over his teammate
32:18Lewis Hamilton
32:19Has the fastest time
32:20But that is
32:21Soft tyre
32:22Against hard tyre
32:23In terms of the run comparison
32:25Yeah I mean
32:26Well this will be
32:26The interesting comparison
32:28Kimi Antonelli
32:28Who's three turns down
32:29Sector one
32:30So I think
32:31Ferrari
32:32Came into this weekend
32:33Everyone hyping them up
32:34Saying that
32:35They're going to be
32:35The ones to be
32:36I think
32:37Proving that theory
32:38Right so far
32:39And I think
32:39That's a little bit
32:40Based on the fact
32:41We know
32:41When the track conditions
32:42Are like this
32:43How well their chassis works
32:45How generally speaking
32:46They are on top of it
32:48In terms of
32:49Through corner balance
32:50Where they lack
32:51Is straight line performance
32:52And that's a little bit
32:53More negated here
32:54Just with the less drag
32:55That you have
32:56With the altitude
32:56And the question I had
32:58Was the turbo
32:59The smaller turbo
32:59Whether that would be
33:00Working as well
33:02At altitude
33:02And it seems to so far
33:04Be working
33:05In our favour
33:05Yeah I think
33:06We should also
33:06Quantify the reason
33:08That a lot of others
33:08Are putting Ferrari
33:09Down as favourites
33:10Is that this track
33:11Is made up
33:12Primarily of slow speed
33:13Corners
33:14And we've seen
33:15Throughout the season
33:15That is the type of
33:17Corner where the Ferrari
33:17Excels
33:18Absolutely
33:18Charles Leclerc was fastest
33:20In FP1 last year
33:21With a time of
33:23118.380
33:25Current fastest time
33:27Is a 118.128
33:28I mentioned it
33:30Because it is rare
33:31I'm not sure it has
33:32Happened
33:33But we've had a faster
33:34Time
33:35Unless it's a dry
33:37Compared to a wet
33:39Session
33:39In 2026
33:40From last year
33:41Yeah
33:42What I'm trying to now
33:43Remember is what the
33:45Track conditions were like
33:46Last year
33:47And I can't
33:48Off it off my head
33:49Obviously we've got
33:50New surface
33:51So maybe that surface
33:52Now that it's cleaned
33:53Off the dirt
33:54Is providing more grip
33:55Is giving them more grip
33:56Once the dirt
33:56You know the first
33:5710-15 minutes
33:58It looked like an ice rink
33:59But Formula 1 cars
34:01Are fantastic
34:02Hoover's
34:03As Formula Roly
34:04Locks up
34:04The outside front
34:05The other thing of course
34:07And I'm reminded of this
34:09Because I was talking
34:09To someone at Monza
34:11About this
34:11Because you've got
34:12Monza levels
34:13Of downforce
34:15Even last year
34:16You wouldn't have had
34:17A huge amount
34:18Of downforce
34:19Because of the thin air
34:21So the fact
34:22That we've taken
34:2330% of the downforce
34:24Off is not
34:25Quite as prohibitive
34:26At this track
34:27As it would be
34:28At others
34:29So that could be
34:29A reason for it
34:30Yeah
34:31Again the outside front
34:32Jamie locking up
34:33There wasn't it
34:33Was he drifting over
34:34Yeah
34:35And then became double
34:35Was he drifting over
34:37To the left
34:38Yeah he was
34:38Wasn't he
34:39What happened there
34:43Well that was taking place
34:46Just wondering
34:47Did Isaac Hajar
34:48Come out
34:49For another lap
34:51I think he was
34:52Might have been
34:53On the verge
34:54Of coming out
34:57Track temperature
34:5841 degrees
35:00But for Luke Browning
35:01Tyres still need
35:02A bit of preparation
35:03So he'll go for
35:04Another prep lap
35:05And he needs to
35:06Stop the weaving
35:06Because Charles Leclerc
35:07Is in front of him
35:08Now
35:08And he hasn't
35:10Quite got the space
35:11That he had
35:11So how are
35:12The rookies doing
35:13Well so far
35:15No rookie
35:16In the top seven
35:18Fred Vesti
35:19Has the fastest
35:20Rookie time
35:21Iwasa
35:22Ninth fastest
35:23Currently
35:24Solof is
35:24Eleventh fastest
35:25Rio Hirokawa
35:27For Haas
35:28Fourteenth
35:29Gabriel Mini
35:30For Alpine
35:30Sixteenth
35:31And then Jack Crawford
35:32Colton
35:33Hurt
35:33Leo
35:34Fornaroli
35:35Luke Browning
35:36And Freddy
35:36Slater
35:36Completing the bottom
35:38Five
35:38And Slater
35:39Not coming out
35:39Again
35:40A technical issue
35:41With the car
35:44So it's probably
35:45A combination
35:45Of a few things
35:46Colt ties
35:48The bottom
35:49And just pushing
35:50The braking
35:50A bit harder
35:51I thought it was
35:52Conservative
35:53That's a shame
35:54It's a big difference
35:56Isn't there
35:56From what he's
35:57Driven before
35:58But he's made it
35:58Yep
35:59This time
36:00Yeah he made it
36:01Through the first sector
36:02Now without
36:03A lock up
36:04So
36:04Let's see how
36:05The sector ties
36:06By the way
36:07Colton Hurt
36:07Update
36:08Crofty
36:08Up to 16 laps
36:09Now
36:09Yeah
36:10Each to go
36:12Until he gets
36:13Another point
36:14For completing
36:15100 kilometres
36:16Which takes him
36:17To 40 points
36:18If he was my
36:19Football team
36:20I'd be celebrating
36:21Along with him
36:21As well
36:23How is your
36:24Football team
36:24That would have
36:25Been the magic
36:25One to keep us
36:26Up I think
36:26Last year
36:27They're doing
36:28Better this year
36:28After relegation
36:31Sergio Perez
36:32Back in Formula
36:33One after
36:33Being relegated
36:35To the
36:35Sidelines
36:36On the medium
36:37Tire
36:37Did you see
36:38Something flapping
36:38About
36:39Now on the
36:39Rear right
36:40Just maybe
36:41Get a shot
36:41A bit here
36:42There on the
36:43Floor
36:43There's something
36:44Hanging off
36:44The bottom
36:45Of the diffuser
36:46There on the
36:47Right hand side
36:48So 11th fastest
36:49That's a good
36:50Good comparison
36:51And
36:51He's actually
36:52Had a decent
36:52Morning
36:52To be fair
36:53And on the
36:54Same tyre
36:55As Hurt
36:55Hurt
36:561.2 seconds
36:57Off
36:58Perez's name
36:59That's
36:59That's what
37:00The team
37:00Will be looking
37:00At
37:01Sergio Perez
37:02The only
37:02Mexican driver
37:03Of the six
37:04That have raced
37:05In Formula
37:05One
37:05To have stood
37:06On the podium
37:06At his
37:07Home race
37:08As well
37:10I think
37:11Well he's still
37:11Got two years
37:12It'll be interesting
37:12To see where
37:13Cadillac end up
37:14In the next
37:14Couple of years
37:15But I think
37:16If they are up
37:17On that podium
37:18On Sunday
37:19We will be
37:19Maybe not too
37:21Far short
37:21Of a bit
37:22Of a miracle
37:22But yeah
37:23Lando
37:23Sitting this
37:24One out
37:25I think
37:25The interesting
37:26Thing from
37:26For Neroli
37:27There is
37:28He's feeling
37:29Like he's
37:29Being conservative
37:30And that's
37:30A rookie
37:31Being conservative
37:32On the brakes
37:33Just shows
37:34The lack of grip
37:34And how challenging
37:35It is out there
37:36It's the worst
37:36Feeling
37:37I think
37:37This is the
37:37Best comparison
37:38Now to see
37:39Where Oscar
37:39Is
37:51Metal
37:51And the car
37:52Slows down
37:52It's got to be
37:53The easiest thing
37:54In the world
37:54But I take it
37:56It's not
37:56No the hardest
37:57Thing in the world
37:58And especially
37:59In a car like this
38:00Yes you talk
38:00About how much
38:01Better the brakes
38:02Are in a Formula
38:02One car
38:03That shortens
38:03The braking
38:04So it shortens
38:05The potential
38:05For the braking
38:06But equally
38:07It's so hard
38:09To pick it
38:09And what
38:09He's
38:09He's
38:09He's
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