Race Review | 2026 Chinese and Japanese Grands Prix | 169 | Three Races, Three Voices, and One Conversation That Got Serious Fast

About this episode

The episode discusses Kimi Antonelli's recent victories and the serious implications of Ollie Bearman's crash during the races in China and Japan.

Kimi Antonelli has now won back-to-back Grands Prix, leads the 2026 Formula 1 World Drivers Championship at nineteen years old, and by the time Dick, Joe Saward, and Sabrina are done talking about what it took to unlock him -- you will understand why the result matters less than the story behind it. But the episode pivots. Hard. Ollie Bearman hit the wall at Spoon Curve in Japan at 50G. The drivers had warned the FIA about exactly this scenario on Friday. And then there is the detail that put...

People in this episode

Hosts: Dick, Sabrina

Guest: Joe Saward

Topics covered

• Formula 1
• race review
• Kimi Antonelli
• Ollie Bearman
• FIA
• 2026 Grands Prix

Keywords

• Kimi Antonelli
• Ollie Bearman
• Formula 1
• Grands Prix
• FIA
• race review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FIA

Places: Spoon Curve, Japan, China

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