James Hinchcliffe

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I'm Tom Clarkson and I'm joined by IndyCar race winner James Hinchcliffe.

Darkness has fallen over the paddock here in Mexico City, Hinch, but the party is only just getting started at Mercedes.

What a day, what a moment for Kimi Antonelli, the Formula One World Champion of 2026.

They were all in Barber, and you were there witnessing slash overseeing the McElroy test for ECR.

Why don't you give us a little breakdown of what was going on over there? Well, James,

not a whole lot was going on.

Being at a racetrack and not driving, as we know, is...

Las Vegas on Saturday and Sunday.

So that was my weekend.

Unfortunately, James, I didn't get to watch any of the Coda race in F1, but I heard it was exceptionally boring, so it sounds like I didn't miss much.

Yes, Alex.

I've been Will Buxton.

My thanks to Scott McLaughlin, to Joey Logano, to James Hinchcliffe.

Thanks to you, as always, for tuning in.

Thanks for watching Speed with Harvick and Buxton, fueled by Poet.

Hello and welcome to F1 Nation, brought to you by AWS, global AI partner of Formula One.

I'm Tom Clarkson with F1 TV pundit and IndyCar race winner James Hinchcliffe and F1 correspondent Laurence Barreto.

We're in the paddock.

In Austin to dissect the United States Grand Prix after what has been another outstanding race weekend in Austin.

Did I? I'm

going to be honest with you, James.

I watched the race.

Most of the race.

Just Sebring doesn't have the same type of high speed corners and the grip level isn't what IndieGP is.

So it wasn't like an immediate, oh my God, this thing is... night and day different.

There was some sections of the track, James, like turn two, you know, can be pretty on the limit at times, depending on your exit of one or tire life or fuel load or wind.

And like, I didn't lift once in 200 laps.

I think DC was talking to, to Max.

I can't remember who it was, somebody, DC, maybe even James Hinchcliffe, saying, um, you know, it was a lot of, a bit tense early on with George and then maybe, you know, later on with the Ferraris.

And he said, "Yeah, yeah, but you know, I know it's impossible to overtake here, so, you know, [chuckles] so long as I didn't make any mistakes, I was fine." And he just sort of dismissed it like that, and I thought, "Yeah, he's right." You know, that's probably what he was thinking in the car as well.

Probably wasn't even looking in the mirrors.

Elsewhere, do check out F1 Nation for our review of the Singapore Grand Prix.

James Hinchcliffe, Jolyon Palmer, and I dissect Max Verstappen's brilliant maiden win in the Lion City.

And F1 Explains is your place to go for answers to your questions about the sport.

Thanks very much for listening.

Welcome everyone to F1 Nation's review of the Singapore Grand Prix here at a very hot and sweaty Marina Bay paddock.

I'm Tom Clarkson alongside former Formula One driver Jolyon Palmer and IndyCar race winner James Hinchcliffe who've been analysing the action on F1 TV all weekend.

Headlines, please, Hinch.

What's your take home from this weekend?

Andrea Stella visibly angry about what was being said.

The other time I've seen him angry was after the sprint here in Singapore when both of his drivers crashed into each other.

Let's start with that, Inch.

What did you make of Lando Norris trying to dive down the inside of his teammates in a sprint? Wasn't going to make any difference to the constructors' points for the team.