Episode 372 – Jewel In The Dessert

Race winner Oscar Piastri of Australia and McLaren lifts his trophy on the podium during the F1 Grand Prix of Bahrain at Bahrain International Circuit
BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - APRIL 13: Race winner Oscar Piastri of Australia and McLaren lifts his trophy on the podium during the F1 Grand Prix of Bahrain at Bahrain International Circuit on April 13, 2025 in Bahrain, Bahrain. (Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images)

After the fairly restrained Japanese Grand Prix we needed a bit of a plate cleanser and that’s exactly what Bahrain served up to us for out 2nd race in the Gulf this season. A dominant win for McLaren’s Oscar Piastri , but eith more FIA based chaos hiding beneath the surface.

This week on the podcast we look at the Bahrain Grand Prix which saw a huge number of technical gremlins strike several teams, and some very strange and late calls from the stewards, which ened up ahving a negative effect on a few driver’s races. It all kicked off on Saturday when Nico Hulkenberg’s best Q1 lap time was deleted during Q3, but the problem was he’d already taken part in Q2 when it turned out he shouldn’t have actually got through, this had a knock on effct on Alex Albon, who should then have made the 2nd session with a car that team principle James Vowles claimed had th pace for Q3.

It didn’t get much better from there as we had timing failures, George Russell able to open his DRS manually and by mistake (when he wqas trying to use the radio) and who knows what else. As usual there’s our team by team review and the expected sheload of tangents!

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