Canadian GP Preview: Will Antonelli & Russell Do Battle?

About this episode

Eleanor Oldroyd and guests preview the Canadian Grand Prix, discussing key drivers and recent developments in F1.

Eleanor Oldroyd is joined by F1 commentator Harry Benjamin and W Series race-winner Alice Powell to look ahead to the Canadian Grand Prix. Can Kimi Antonelli keep up his title charge? And will McLaren continue their resurgence? We get immediate reaction as the key protagonists speak with the media in Montreal, plus the BBC's F1 correspondent Andrew Benson joins the show to look ahead to the weekend and discuss F1's latest developments, including the most recent set of engine regulation tweaks.

People in this episode

Host: Eleanor Oldroyd

Guests: Harry Benjamin, Alice Powell, Andrew Benson

Topics covered

• Canadian Grand Prix
• F1 commentary
• race preview
• engine regulations
• driver performance

Keywords

• Canadian GP
• F1
• Kimi Antonelli
• McLaren
• engine regulations
• race preview
• Alice Powell

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: McLaren, BBC

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