Sep 12, 2026 · 29 min · 20 segments
Harry Benjamin and Alice Powell review the first qualifying session at the brand-new Madring ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. They assess how Lando Norris, Kimi Antonelli and Max Verstappen handled…
Alice PowellGuest
Harry BenjaminHost
Jennie GowHost
A little bit the same with what's going on at, at Mercedes between George and, and Kimi Antonelli.
Uh, was fighting up for the world championship with his teammate, uh, last year.
Obviously, Lan- Lando Norris came on, out on top of that, but it was just a- A great lap from, from Lando, and, uh, we thought he might have lost it at the final corner.
He had a huge kick of oversteer as he applied throttle, but he managed to, to hold on.
But, uh, he'll be hoping to convert that pole position into a win tomorrow, and it's gonna be a totally different circuit, totally different race to what we saw at Monza.
As a driver, how difficult is it to, to produce a lap like that around a brand-new circuit where the walls are so close and you've had that kind of limited running?
The, the fact that he missed f- all of free practice two at a circuit that he's never been on before makes this pole position even more special.
They use simulators" But still, you know, these are, these are some of the best drivers in the world competing against each other, and they're such fine margins, and it's so difficult.
We've seen one small error, Lewis Hamilton, for example, in free practice three.
Uh, Ollie Bearman not even making qualifying because he made a, an error in free practice which, uh, destroyed the whole left-hand side of his car.
It bites, so for him to, to pull it out the bag on a car that I feel is not the best on the grid at the moment, I think you, we- we're looking at certainly the Mercedes for, for, for that bracket, was stunning.
He was, uh, in his element, was he, Lando Norris, and we know when Norris really is in his element, he can be unbeatable.
A little bit the same with what's going on at, at Mercedes between George and, and Kimi Antonelli.
Uh, was fighting up for the world championship with his teammate, uh, last year.
Obviously, Lan- Lando Norris came on, out on top of that, but it was just a- A great lap from, from Lando, and, uh, we thought he might have lost it at the final corner.
He had a huge kick of oversteer as he applied throttle, but he managed to, to hold on.
But, uh, he'll be hoping to convert that pole position into a win tomorrow, and it's gonna be a totally different circuit, totally different race to what we saw at Monza.
As a driver, how difficult is it to, to produce a lap like that around a brand-new circuit where the walls are so close and you've had that kind of limited running?
The, the fact that he missed f- all of free practice two at a circuit that he's never been on before makes this pole position even more special.
They use simulators" But still, you know, these are, these are some of the best drivers in the world competing against each other, and they're such fine margins, and it's so difficult.
We've seen one small error, Lewis Hamilton, for example, in free practice three.
Uh, Ollie Bearman not even making qualifying because he made a, an error in free practice which, uh, destroyed the whole left-hand side of his car.
It bites, so for him to, to pull it out the bag on a car that I feel is not the best on the grid at the moment, I think you, we- we're looking at certainly the Mercedes for, for, for that bracket, was stunning.
He was, uh, in his element, was he, Lando Norris, and we know when Norris really is in his element, he can be unbeatable.
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