Jul 21, 2026 Ā· 37 min Ā· 12 segments
Welcome to this week's episode of Pitlane Torque! Host Abi Nicholson is joined by Daniel Moxon (Daily Mirror and Daily Express F1 correspondent) to break down all the chaotic action from the finalā¦
Dan MoxonPanelist
Abi NicholsonHost
But yeah, it's very much a tale of two stories, a tale of two cars, of two drivers for Mercedes really, with Kimi Antonelli taking the win, as the photo behind us gives away very much, if you haven't seen it, sorry about that.
But then George Russell, his Grand Prix lost at best part of 30 seconds, and he gets taken out, spun into the gravel by his old teammate, Lewis Hamilton, and wasn't a happy bunny.
No, it was a real big mix, wasn't it, of Kimi Antonelli doing so, so well, and George Russell, we've been saying for a little while now he needs to show up, but again, it's another race where we can't blame him.
Well, they just need to find this problem on the car, and he was saying beforehand they thought that after Silverson, they thought it was more a driver thing.
And then he came into it with practice and qualifying, and even then they came to the conclusion that it can't be because he's adapted his driving style and it's still not working.
And they seem to have now found this issue on his car that is causing him to struggle in the high speed straights.
But it wasn't in time for Sunday, and it wasn't in time to stop what happened along that Kemmel Strait, which is, you know, it started off pretty well, and then he just got swallowed up by two, three cars, ends up in that sort of no-man's land that you really don't want to be, where you get pinched in with a few other cars, and he ended up making contact with his rear right, touching Lewis's front left, spun off into the gravel, that's day over.
After the race, obviously, most of us have now heard this unaired radio message, which I'll say now, partially, for people who haven't already heard it.
What the F happened with the SOC down the street? I had no effing battery down the street.
And for me... it's it's very hard because he does come across as a very calm person but i can't imagine the pressure cooker that is an f1 car sure but the thing that really stood out to me was how he was talking to the team and the aggression that was in his voice i really really did not like that from george russell i was going
to say your recap didn't quite capture the the tone of it you were a lot calmer than george was yes he was it was it was aggressive it was and and again you definitely understand that it's the heat of the moment you know he's he's He's recognized again that Kimi was leading the race.
He's probably going to lose 25 points ground, and he did lose 25 points ground in the championship.
Obviously, heat at the moment, you have to factor that in, but I agree with you a little bit.
But yeah, it's very much a tale of two stories, a tale of two cars, of two drivers for Mercedes really, with Kimi Antonelli taking the win, as the photo behind us gives away very much, if you haven't seen it, sorry about that.
But then George Russell, his Grand Prix lost at best part of 30 seconds, and he gets taken out, spun into the gravel by his old teammate, Lewis Hamilton, and wasn't a happy bunny.
No, it was a real big mix, wasn't it, of Kimi Antonelli doing so, so well, and George Russell, we've been saying for a little while now he needs to show up, but again, it's another race where we can't blame him.
Well, they just need to find this problem on the car, and he was saying beforehand they thought that after Silverson, they thought it was more a driver thing.
And then he came into it with practice and qualifying, and even then they came to the conclusion that it can't be because he's adapted his driving style and it's still not working.
And they seem to have now found this issue on his car that is causing him to struggle in the high speed straights.
But it wasn't in time for Sunday, and it wasn't in time to stop what happened along that Kemmel Strait, which is, you know, it started off pretty well, and then he just got swallowed up by two, three cars, ends up in that sort of no-man's land that you really don't want to be, where you get pinched in with a few other cars, and he ended up making contact with his rear right, touching Lewis's front left, spun off into the gravel, that's day over.
After the race, obviously, most of us have now heard this unaired radio message, which I'll say now, partially, for people who haven't already heard it.
What the F happened with the SOC down the street? I had no effing battery down the street.
And for me... it's it's very hard because he does come across as a very calm person but i can't imagine the pressure cooker that is an f1 car sure but the thing that really stood out to me was how he was talking to the team and the aggression that was in his voice i really really did not like that from george russell i was going
to say your recap didn't quite capture the the tone of it you were a lot calmer than george was yes he was it was it was aggressive it was and and again you definitely understand that it's the heat of the moment you know he's he's He's recognized again that Kimi was leading the race.
He's probably going to lose 25 points ground, and he did lose 25 points ground in the championship.
Obviously, heat at the moment, you have to factor that in, but I agree with you a little bit.
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