About this episode

The episode reviews the Chinese Grand Prix, highlighting Mercedes' strength, a potential title fight, and Ferrari's competitive performance.

Mercedes show their strength once again, but will we have an inter-team title fight between George Russell and Kimi Antonelli after the Italian’s star show in China? Ferrari produced a battle for the ages, so is Lewis Hamilton back to his best? Plus, what is going on at McLaren? Harry Benjamin, former McLaren Formula E driver Sam Bird and the BBC’s F1 correspondent Andrew Benson review the Chinese Grand Prix, asking whether the new rules have worked or whether this is now a ‘battery world championship’.

People in this episode

Host: Harry Benjamin

Guests: Sam Bird, Andrew Benson

Topics covered

• Chinese Grand Prix
• F1 review
• team battles
• new rules
• Mercedes performance
• Ferrari competition

Keywords

• Chinese GP
• F1
• Mercedes
• Ferrari
• Kimi Antonelli
• Lewis Hamilton
• George Russell
• McLaren
• new rules

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren

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